PSU Transportation Seminar: Fast-Tracking Transit: Unveiling Portland's First Bus Rapid Transit Line and Signal Optimization Strategies
Friday, November 8, 2024, 11:30am to 12:30pm PST
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.
PRESENTATION ARCHIVE
- Video
- Slides (coming soon)
- Professional Development Certificate
THE TOPIC
This presentation on the Division Transit Project will provide an overview of the project elements including roadway design, bus station design, traffic signal timing and operations and the Next Gen Transit Signal Priority (TSP) system. We will discuss some lessons learned and provide before and after results from the project.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Understand key components to bus rapid transit in the Portland Region.
- Learn about next generation transit signal priority and the groundbreaking being done to prioritize transit.
- Hear lessons learned and the plans for future bus rapid transit in...
PSU Transportation Seminar: Addressing Transportation Emissions through State Climate and Energy Policy
Friday, November 15, 2024, 11:30am to 12:30pm PST
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
Oregon has adopted policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the energy and transportation sectors. This presentation will provide some background on these policy frameworks and explore how these policies impact transportation fuels and the transportation sector more broadly.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Develop a general or better understanding of Oregon's energy and climate policy mechanisms and the interplay between them;
- Understand how Oregon's policies impact the transportation sector;
- Understand some of the costs, benefits, and other implications for consumers and businesses; and
- Gain an understanding of some of the legal and regulatory constraints affecting transportation decarbonization.
SPEAKER
Amy Schlusser, Climate Policy Lead, Oregon Department of Energy
PSU Transportation Seminar: EV Charging at Multifamily Properties: Moving Beyond Barriers
Friday, November 22, 2024, 11:30am to 12:30pm PST
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
Transportation is the top contributor of greenhouse gas emissions in the US and light-duty vehicles are the #1 contributor to transportation emissions. Mass adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is key in the fight toward a more sustainable future, but there are several factors that have delayed our transition to EVs.
EV charging at home is the most convenient and cost-effective charging option for EV drivers, but people living in multifamily housing face serious barriers to accessing home charging. During this session, we will explore why EV charging at multifamily housing is critical to mass adoption of EVs, barriers to charging access at multifamily developments, and potential solutions. Among the solutions discussed, we will delve into Forth's experiences with carshare located at affordable housing developments.
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Until access to EV charging at home is as easy for multifamily residents as single-family home residents, EV adoption rates in MFH locations...