PSU Transportation Seminar: The Impacts of a Multimodal Safety Project on North Lombard Street in Portland, Oregon
Friday, October 11, 2024, 11:30am to 12:30pm PDTFriday Transportation Seminars at Portland State University have been a tradition since 2000. We've opened up PSU Transportation Seminars to other days of the week, but the format is the same: Feel free to bring your lunch! If you can't join us in person, you can always watch online via Zoom.
THE TOPIC
North Lombard Street/US-30 Bypass is a critical corridor in North Portland, serving both commercial and residential interests. This corridor is also ranked 11th in terms of fatal and serious injury crashes in Portland. The Oregon Department of Transportation and the Portland Bureau of Transportation undertook a reconfiguration to improve multimodal safety and accessibility for all users. The reconfiguration happened between North Fiske Ave and North Boston Ave. Improvements included additional curb ramps that meet ADA standards, safer crosswalks with fewer lanes to cross, buffered bike lanes, new pavement and center turn lanes, traffic signals, and RRFBs and median refuge islands.
This seminar will present the results of a before and after evaluation focused on vehicle-pedestrian conflicts, pedestrian crossing volumes, pedestrian delay, vehicle throughput and vehicle miles traveled (VMT), vehicle speed, and vehicle travel time.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Impact of a multimodal...
PSU Transportation Seminar: Bike Bus Research Project
Friday, October 25, 2024, 11:30am to 12:30pm PDTFriday Transportation Seminars at Portland State University have been a tradition since 2000. We've opened up PSU Transportation Seminars to other days of the week, but the format is the same: Feel free to bring your lunch! If you can't join us in person, you can always watch online via Zoom.
THE TOPIC
More info coming soon!
SPEAKERS
John MacArthur, TREC at Portland State University
John MacArthur is the Sustainable Transportation Program Manager at TREC at Portland State University and an instructor in civil and environmental engineering, teaching on new & emerging technologies in transportation. He is active in research related to sustainable and equitable transportation, particularly in the areas of emerging tech such as e-bikes, bike share, transit, and the relationship between transportation and public health. Mr. MacArthur is the Section Chair for Transportation Research Board’s AME00 Transportation and Society and a member of Innovative Public Transportation Services and Technologies (AP020). He received his BS in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University and a MS in Environmental...
PSU Transportation Seminar: Let Knowledge Serve the City! A Decade of Better Block PSU Projects
Friday, November 1, 2024, 11:30am to 12:30pm PDT
Friday Transportation Seminars at Portland State University have been a tradition since 2000. We've opened up PSU Transportation Seminars to other days of the week, but the format is the same: Feel free to bring your lunch! If you can't join us in person, you can always watch online via Zoom.
THE TOPIC
Better Block PSU works with Planning and Civil Engineering students to bring community ideas to life! Over the last 10 years, the pathway has resulted in many real world pop ups and capital projects implemented by volunteers and PBOT.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Student work has been crucial to advancing difficult conversations within the bureaucracy & bureaus
- Create win win opportunities to share credit with civic leaders and electeds
- Celebrate the internal staff who are project champions
SPEAKER
Ryan Hashagen, Director, Better Block PDX; Founder, Icicle Tricycles
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PSU Transportation Seminar: Division Transit project, signal priority
Friday, November 8, 2024, 11:30am to 12:30pm PSTFriday Transportation Seminars at Portland State University have been a tradition since 2000. We've opened up PSU Transportation Seminars to other days of the week, but the format is the same: Feel free to bring your lunch! If you can't join us in person, you can always watch online via Zoom.
THE TOPIC
More information coming soon!
SPEAKER
Mark Haines, Portland Bureau of Transportation
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
This 60-minute seminar is eligible for 1 hour of professional development credit for AICP (see our provider summary). We can provide an electronic attendance certificate for other types of certification maintenance.
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Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) is home to the U.S. DOT funded National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), PORTAL, BikePed Portal and other transportation grants and programs. We produce impactful research and tools for transportation decision makers, expand the diversity and capacity of the workforce, and engage students and professionals through education and...
Read morePSU Transportation Seminar: Energy Policy And How The State Is Addressing Transportation Impacts
Friday, November 15, 2024, 11:30am to 12:30pm PSTFriday Transportation Seminars at Portland State University have been a tradition since 2000. We've opened up PSU Transportation Seminars to other days of the week, but the format is the same: Feel free to bring your lunch! If you can't join us in person, you can always watch online via Zoom.
THE TOPIC
More information coming soon!
SPEAKER
Amy Schlusser, Oregon Department of Energy
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
This 60-minute seminar is eligible for 1 hour of professional development credit for AICP (see our provider summary). We can provide an electronic attendance certificate for other types of certification maintenance.
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Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) is home to the U.S. DOT funded National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), PORTAL, BikePed Portal and other transportation grants and programs. We produce impactful research and tools for transportation decision makers, expand the diversity and capacity of the workforce, and engage students and professionals through education and...
Read morePSU Transportation Seminar: Transitioning to Electric Vehicles
Friday, November 22, 2024, 11:30am to 12:30pm PSTFriday Transportation Seminars at Portland State University have been a tradition since 2000. We've opened up PSU Transportation Seminars to other days of the week, but the format is the same: Feel free to bring your lunch! If you can't join us in person, you can always watch online via Zoom.
THE TOPIC
More information coming soon!
SPEAKER
TBA - Forth Mobility
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
This 60-minute seminar is eligible for 1 hour of professional development credit for AICP (see our provider summary). We can provide an electronic attendance certificate for other types of certification maintenance.
ADD IT TO YOUR CALENDAR
Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) is home to the U.S. DOT funded National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), PORTAL, BikePed Portal and other transportation grants and programs. We produce impactful research and tools for transportation decision makers, expand the diversity and capacity of the workforce, and engage students and professionals through education and participation in research.
PSU Transportation Seminar: Metro Smart Climate Strategy
Friday, December 6, 2024, 11:30am to 12:30pm PSTFriday Transportation Seminars at Portland State University have been a tradition since 2000. We've opened up PSU Transportation Seminars to other days of the week, but the format is the same: Feel free to bring your lunch! If you can't join us in person, you can always watch online via Zoom.
THE TOPIC
More info coming soon!
SPEAKERS
Thaya Patton, Metro
Jonathan Slason, RSG
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
This 60-minute seminar is eligible for 1 hour of professional development credit for AICP (see our provider summary). We can provide an electronic attendance certificate for other types of certification maintenance.
ADD IT TO YOUR CALENDAR
Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) is home to the U.S. DOT funded National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), PORTAL, BikePed Portal and other transportation grants and programs. We produce impactful research and tools for transportation decision makers, expand the diversity and capacity of the workforce, and engage students and professionals through...
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