Image: Two Portland streetcars in front a multifamily apartment building. Text: PSU TRANSPORTATION SEMINAR Transit-Oriented Development and Affordable Housing: Lessons from Portland Oct 17, 2025 11 AM (Pacific)
DATE
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SPEAKERS
Nathan McNeil, PSU
COST
Free and open to the public
CREDIT
PDH: 1 | AICP: 1

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 

The seminar will cover surveys of residents at recently built Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs) focused on affordable housing sites. This study builds off of an ongoing partnership between Portland State University and the Portland Metro regional government to understand the travel choices of people who move to recently constructed Metro supported TODs. 

Since 2018, Metro has focused their TOD investment on affordable housing; this survey, conducted in 2024, offers a lens into how TOD works for these low-income Portlanders, how their travel differs from prior TOD residents, and what opportunities exist to improve the TOD - affordable housing combination.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES

The audience will gain:

  • Understanding of how residents at affordable housing TODs and market rate TODs differ in travel behavior and housing preferences.
  • Understanding of how residents at recently built TODs travel differs from earlier TODs, and from the broader Portland area.

SPEAKERS

Nathan McNeil, Portland State University

nathan mcneilNathan McNeil is a Research Associate at Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center. His research focuses on active transportation safety and travel behavior, emerging mobility and data sources, and how to make sustainable transportation accessible and easy for all people. Nathan received a master of urban and regional planning from Portland State University (PSU) and studied history at Columbia University as an undergraduate. Prior to PSU, Nathan worked for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City as a performance auditor where he evaluated capital programs and contractors.

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 a multidisciplinary hub for all things transportation. We are home to the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), the data programs PORTAL and BikePed Portal, the Better Block PSU program, and PSU's membership in PacTrans, the Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium. Our continuing goal is to produce impactful research and tools for transportation decision makers, expand the diversity and capacity of the workforce, and engage students and professionals through education, seminars, and participation in research. To get updates about what's happening at TREC, sign up for our monthly newsletter or follow us on social media.