52 Results
Transforming Land Use Regulations to Create Livable Communities that Support Physical Activity in Everyday Life
Jennifer Dill
Deborah Howe
This project seeks to develop a multi-faceted study of a wide range of US communities and their experiences in adopting and implementing land use policies and implementation tools that support active living. The essential aim is to develop an under ...
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Evaluation of Metro RTO Program, 2007-08
Jennifer Dill
To help implement the Growth Concept, Metro’s Regional Travel Options (RTO) Program works to increase awareness of non-SOV alternatives and increase the provision of those alternatives. The program complements other strategies, including land use p ...
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Long term evaluation of individualized marketing programs for travel demand management
Jennifer Dill
Cynthia Mohr
This research examines the use of individualized marketing as a transportation demand management (TDM) strategy, using the City of Portland’s SmartTrips program. This research project has two specific aims: (1) to evaluate whether the benefits of t ...
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Evaluation of Bike Boxes at Signalized Intersections
Jennifer Dill
Christopher Monsere
This report presents a before-after study of bike boxes at 10 signalized intersections in Portland, Oregon. The bike boxes, also known as advanced stop lines or advanced stop boxes, were installed to increase visibility of cyclists and reduce conflic ...
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Rural Transit in Oregon: Current and Future Needs
Jennifer Dill
Margaret Neal
The purpose of the research reported was to identify the current status and needs for general public transportation in Oregon’s rural areas, as well as opportunities and barriers (e.g., funding, governance issues, and leadership) to expanding servi ...
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Improving Regional Travel Demand Models for Bicycling
John Gliebe
Jennifer Dill
With growing concerns over the lack of physical activity, increase in greenhouse gases, and other threats to sustainability, planners, engineers, and policy makers are looking for ways to increase the use of alternative modes of travel. Bicycling ...
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Equity Analysis for the Existing and Planned Bicycle Network
Jennifer Dill
Portland’s current bicycle network has brought the city into the national spotlight as aÂ
leader in the provision of cycling infrastructure.  As the city looks forward to 2030 withÂ
ambitions of becoming a truly ...
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Understanding and Measuring Bicycling Behavior: A Focus on Travel Time and Route Choice
Jennifer Dill
With rates of obesity, heart disease, and related health problems increasing in the U.S., health professionals, planners, and policy makers are looking for ways to increase physical activity through changing urban form. While much of the focus is on ...
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Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation
Jennifer Dill
Karen Dixon , Marc Schlossberg
The Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation aims to advance the field of bicycle and pedestrian transportation through four primary mechanisms: (1) developing and pursuing a collaborative research agenda that more directly informs practice a ...
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Needs, Costs, and Funding Alternatives for Transportation Services for Older Adults and People with Disabilities in Oregon
Jennifer Dill
Margaret Neal
Portland State University’s Institute on Aging and Center for Transportation Studies, along with the Population Research Center, were contracted by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), via the Association of Counties, to project the tran ...
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Evaluation of Metro's Regional Travel Options Program, 2004-2005
Jennifer Dill
The Metro Regional Travel Options (RTO) program has gone through significant changes in the past
three years and will continue to do so over the next few years. This is an important time to assess
past accomplishments to help shape the program in t ...
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Travel Choices at TransitOriented Developments: Survey Results from Portland’s Eastside
Jennifer Dill
This report presents results from surveys of residents at several transit-oriented
developments (TODs) in the cities of Portland and Gresham, along the MAX blue line
between downtown Portland and Gresham. The research complements survey work
done ...
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