Friday Transportation Seminars at Portland State University have been a tradition since 2000. You can join us online at 11:30 AM. All presentations are recorded and shared on the event page afterwards.

PRESENTATION ARCHIVE

• Darshan Chauhan's Presentation Slides
• Sangwan Lee's Presentation Slides
• Video
• PDH Certificate

THE TOPIC

Join us for a two-part seminar diving into research that was presented by Portland State University students at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in January 2022.

FIRST PRESENTATION
Drone Facility Location Considering Coverage Reliability: Application to Emergency Medical Scenarios
Darshan Chauhan, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Access the TRB Poster: Robust Multi-Period Maximum Coverage Facility Location Problem Considering Coverage Reliability (PDF)

Public service agencies like hospitals, fire, rescue, and police departments are required to maintain a high level of service. These service standards often come as reliability constraints. For example, fire-related incidents require a 90% response rate in 4 minutes. We consider a case study of tackling out-of-hospital cardiac events using AED-enabled drones in Portland, OR. Environmental factors, majorly wind speed and direction, significantly impact drone performance. We formulate the drone location problem as a robust multi-period maximum coverage facility location problem. We model the coverage reliability constraint as a chance constraint on failure probabilities. For our context, multiple periods translate to periods with different wind speeds and distributions. The results show that extending to a multi-period formulation, rather than using average information in a single period, is particularly beneficial when either response time is short or uncertainty in failure probabilities is not accounted for. Accounting for uncertainty in decision-making improves coverage significantly while reducing variability, especially when response times are longer. Using multiple periods and accounting for uncertainty in failure probabilities boosts the simulated coverage values by 57%, on average.

Key Learning Outcomes

• Learn how to model service reliability constraint as a chance-constraint.
   
• Learn how to develop a Monte-Carlo Simulation scheme to evaluate model performance.
   
• Learn how to make inferences from model results.

SECOND PRESENTATION
Effect of COVID-19 on Property Value Premium of Light Rail Transit
Sangwan Lee, Urban Studies & Planning 

Access the TRB poster: Effect of COVID-19 on Residential Property Value Premium of Light Rail Transit: A Case Study of the Portland Metropolitan Area (PDF)

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted health and transformed many aspects of our lives, such as travel behavior and residential location preference. For instance, since the outbreak, there was a sharp decline in the ridership of public transportation. Moreover, since the pandemic, a shifting preference toward suburban and exurban areas from denser urban areas like Central Business Districts has been reported. Accordingly, a question arises whether the plummeted transit ridership, alongside the anecdotal and empirical evidence that some households prefer to disperse away from the cities, could combine to transform the long-standing housing price mechanism related to transit proximity. Thus, we asked whether the preference for proximity to a light rail transit (LRT) station in residential location choice remained during the pandemic and whether/how the potentially changing preference was reflected in property value in the Portland Metropolitan Area.

Key Learning Outcomes

• While homebuyers still value single-family homes proximate to a LRT station, multi-family homes within a service are of a LRT station lost their premium during the pandemic.
• The price appreciation rate was 1.7% higher for single-family homes located within a half-mile of an LRT station in the Portland metropolitan area, Oregon, compared to otherwise similar homes.
• Conversely, multi-family homes within an LRT service area showed a 3.2% lower price appreciation rate than those with similar characteristics.

SPEAKERS

Darshan Chauhan, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University

Darshan is a Ph.D. Candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Graduate Research Assistant at Portland State University (PSU). His doctoral work with Dr. Avinash Unnikrishnan is on planning and real-time resource allocation in freight logistics systems using robust optimization and reinforcement learning. He is also interested in data analytics and its applications to transportation safety using econometric modeling. He has served as the Treasurer of STEP, PSU’s ITE student chapter.

Sangwan Lee, Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University

Sangwan Lee is a graduate research assistant in the Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University. He has also served as a teaching assistant at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; and as an assistant research fellow in urban engineering at Chonbik National University. Sangwan is currently a Ph.D. student in urban studies at PSU with a focus on regional science. He earned his Masters of City and Regional Planning at Rutgers in 2019 and his Masters of Urban Engineering at Chonbuk in 2014. He also earned a BS in Architecture and Urban Engineering from Chonbuk in 2012.

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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The Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University is home to the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), and other transportation programs. TREC produces research and tools for transportation decision makers, develops K-12 curriculum to expand the diversity and capacity of the workforce, and engages students and professionals through education.

PRESENTATION ARCHIVE

• Video
• Presentation Slides
• PDH Certificate

OVERVIEW

With so many Probe-Data Vendors in the market, and the fact that each offers their own unique solutions, it can be challenging to identify which vendor(s) would best meet the needs of an organization. Based on a study prepared for the Seattle Department of Transportation, this presentation will provide highlights around eight Probe-Data Vendors and their capabilities, limitations, and quality of data.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES

• An understanding of primary vendors that offer probe data and related products
• Key probe data sources used to put together data summaries
• An understanding of the types of platforms that exist and basic analytical capabilities
• Data quality considerations from each of the vendors offering probe data

SPEAKER

Scott Lee, CEO, IDAX Data Solutions

Scott is a founding member at IDAX. Scott is a transportation engineer, specializing in parking, traffic operations, planning, and ITS. With 16 years of experience Scott brings a wealth of information around discussions related to the management, access, and use of data across all transportation disciplines. Scott graduated with a Masters in Civil Engineering from Montana State University.

Mark Skaggs, Principal, COO, IDAX Data Solutions

Mark Skaggs co-founded IDAX Data Solutions in 2013. He is one of the most experienced and forward-thinking traffic data collection project managers in the industry. Over the past 20+ years, he has established excellent rapport and strong relationships with clients ranging from cities, counties, private engineering companies, and other transportation professionals. Mark has personally conducted and managed countless studies involving traditional traffic data collection methods, as well as led investigations of how emerging technologies may be leveraged to get the answers that his clients need.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

This 60-minute seminar is eligible for 1 hour of professional development credit for AICP (see our provider summary). We provide an electronic attendance certificate for other types of certification maintenance.

THE TRANSPORTATION DATA WEBINAR SERIES

In Summer 2021 we launched a new quarterly webinar series focused on the issues and topics important to multimodal transportation data, led by the the TREC Transportation Data Manager Tammy Lee with support from our PORTAL partners. This series is integrated with the PORTAL User Group monthly meetings.

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The Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University is home to the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), and other transportation programs. TREC produces research and tools for transportation decision makers, develops K-12 curriculum to expand the diversity and capacity of the workforce, and engages students and professionals through education.

Friday Transportation Seminars at Portland State University have been a tradition since 2000. You can join us online at 11:30 AM. All presentations are recorded and shared on the event page afterwards.

PRESENTATION ARCHIVE

• Video
• Presentation slides
• PDH Certificate

THE TOPIC 

Empirical research shows that expanding roadway capacity induces more driving - the so-called "induced travel" phenomenon. However, environmental impact assessments and cost-benefit analyses of roadway capacity expansion projects have historically ignored, underestimated, or mis-estimated this induced travel effect. As a result, they frequently overestimate the projects' potential to relieve congestion and reduce air pollution. That spurred our team at the National Center for Sustainable Transportation (UC Davis) to develop an online tool to facilitate estimation of induced vehicle travel from capacity expansion projects. This presentation will explain the induced travel phenomenon, introduce our induced travel calculator and its offshoots, and discuss how transportation impact analysis is changing.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES

The audience will hopefully walk away with an understanding of:

• the induced travel phenomenon,
• how the induced travel calculators work, and
• how they are helping change transportation impact analysis.

SPEAKER

Jamey Volker, University of California, Davis

Dr. Jamey Volker is a postdoctoral researcher with the National Center for Sustainable Transportation at UC Davis. He studies transportation policy, housing policy, and land use and environmental law.

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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The Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University is home to the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), and other transportation programs. TREC produces research and tools for transportation decision makers, develops K-12 curriculum to expand the diversity and capacity of the workforce, and engages students and professionals through education.

PRESENTATION ARCHIVE

• Video
• Presentation Slides
• PDH Certificate

OVERVIEW

Bicyclist Distinguishment at Traffic Signals Using Infrared Camera Technology
Shaun Quayle of Washington County, Oregon and Chase Hildner of DKS Associates

The speakers will summarize the goals and evaluation results of Washington County, Oregon's pilot project efforts to leverage infrared video cameras to distinguish bikes on approach at signalized intersections. They will also touch on the signal phasing and timing applications to be employed.

Key Learning Outcomes

• Understanding of the problem cyclists often face at signalized intersections with legacy detection systems.
• Results of Washington County's efforts to determine the accuracy of detection systems on distinguishing bicyclists from other roadway users.
• Awareness of the signal timing applications to enhance cyclist safety.

SPEAKERS   

Shaun Quayle, Washington County, Oregon

Shaun Quayle is a senior traffic engineer with Washington County, leading the intelligent transportation and traffic signal systems group. He is passionate about enhancing safety and mobility through smart technologies and engineering solutions. His professional experience includes University, Consulting, and Public sector work across the Pacific Northwest, Tennessee, and Florida.

Chase Hildner, DKS Associates 

Chase Hildner is a recent graduate from Oregon State University with a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering. He was previously an intern at Washington County before making the move to the private sector. Now he is a Transportation Engineering Assistant at DKS Associates.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

This 60-minute seminar is eligible for 1 hour of professional development credit for AICP (see our provider summary). We provide an electronic attendance certificate for other types of certification maintenance.

THE TRANSPORTATION DATA WEBINAR SERIES

In Summer 2021 we launched a new periodic webinar series focused on the issues and topics important to multimodal transportation data, led by the the TREC Transportation Data Manager Tammy Lee with support from our PORTAL partners. This series is integrated with the PORTAL User Group monthly meetings.

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The Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University is home to the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), and other transportation programs. TREC produces research and tools for transportation decision makers, develops K-12 curriculum to expand the diversity and capacity of the workforce, and engages students and professionals through education.

Friday Transportation Seminars at Portland State University have been a tradition since 2000. You can join us online at 11:30 AM. All presentations are recorded and shared on the event page afterwards.

PRESENTATION ARCHIVE

• Video
• Slides
• PDH Certificate
• TREC Twitter thread

THE TOPIC 

This presentation provides a framework for improving older pedestrian safety in regard to serious (fatal and incapacitating) crashes, using Oregon as a case study. Upon review of state and federal practices pertaining to older pedestrian safety, four years of crash data identified 112 older (≥ 65 years) pedestrian serious injury crashes. These data were explored for factors that might be addressed systemically using two methods. First, raw frequencies in the crash data were assessed to determine trends and crash-related factors that are overrepresented. Second, a random forest analysis is conducted to determine important variables for predicting older pedestrian serious injury crashes. Using these crash-related factors, a workshop was held with 18 local stakeholders and experts. As part of the workshop, key crash trends, potential causations, and potential countermeasures by priority of implementation were determined based on perspectives from workshop participants. Three key systemic solutions were identified to improve older pedestrian safety, including improving pedestrian visibility and illumination, implementing treatments for left-turns, and shortening pedestrian crossing distances across the state. The framework presented in the current study can be adopted by other agencies to systemically address a wide variety of safety concerns.

This research was presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), in the "Translating Safety Research to Real-World Solutions" session.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES

• A framework for improving older pedestrian safety.
• Complementing traditional safety analyses with machine learning approaches.
• Stakeholder and expert opinions on older pedestrian overrepresentations and potential solutions.
• Systemic solutions that can address older pedestrian safety, while also addressing safety for all pedestrians.

SPEAKERS

Jason Anderson, Research Associate and Adjunct Professor, Portland State University

Dr. Jason C. Anderson is a research associate and adjunct professor at Portland State University. Dr. Anderson’s expertise is in data analytics, particularly advanced statistical and econometric methods, with an emphasis on transportation safety, transportation economics, travel behavior, transportation mobility, big data, and policy-related applications (impacts of policy changes on transportation safety). His work on policy-related applications has led Oregon to develop and maintain a Safety Action Plan aimed at reducing truck driver-at-fault crashes on state highways. Although much of Dr. Anderson’s work has been focused on freight transportation, he has worked on several projects that focus on various transportation modes, including passenger vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles. Dr. Anderson’s research on transportation safety has helped advance fundamental knowledge on various factors that influence the risk and severity of freight transportation-related crashes, and the impacts of speed limit regulatory changes on driver behavior and safety. Recently, Dr. Anderson has begun fusing these statistical and econometric methods with machine learning approaches to study transportation safety and travel behavior. Dr. Anderson focuses on innovative strategies to generate multidisciplinary solutions to technology-driven questions related to transportation engineering. Dr. Anderson is also an avid sports fan who does not miss a Sacramento Kings game or a NASCAR race.

Sirisha Kothuri, Senior Research Associate, Portland State University

Sirisha Kothuri, Ph.D. is a senior research associate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Portland State University. Dr. Kothuri’s primary research interests are in the areas of multimodal traffic operations, bicycle and pedestrian counting, and safety. Dr. Kothuri is the research co-chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Pedestrians Committee (ANF10) and the Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Subcommittee (ABJ 35(3)) and a member of Traffic Signal Systems committee. Dr. Kothuri received her BCE from Osmania University, India, MSCE from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge and Ph.D. from Portland State University.

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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The Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University is home to the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), and other transportation programs. TREC produces research and tools for transportation decision makers, develops K-12 curriculum to expand the diversity and capacity of the workforce, and engages students and professionals through education.

Friday Transportation Seminars at Portland State University have been a tradition since 2000. You can join us online at 11:30 AM. All presentations are recorded and shared on the event page afterwards.

PRESENTATION ARCHIVE

• Video
• PDH Certificate
• TREC Twitter thread

THE TOPIC 

In late 2013, cultural anthropologist Lugo launched an email list called the Bike Equity Network (BEN). The purpose of the list was to create a space for connection among bike advocates who brought racial and social justice into their mobility work. The email list was a community for the advocates who went on to create the "1.0 Principles of Mobility Justice" as The Untokening, and it continues to expand today. Lugo will share stories from the BEN that define bike equity, mobility justice, and, ultimately, how to open the sustainable transportation and mobility field to more voices and experiences.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Overview of mobility justice concept as defined by The Untokening collective
• Suggestions for using just transition framework in transportation and mobility planning
• Elaboration of "human infrastructure" concept introduced in Lugo's book, Bicycle/Race

SPEAKER

Adonia Lugo, Antioch University

Cultural anthropologist Adonia E. Lugo, PhD is the chair of the Urban Sustainability Department at Antioch University Los Angeles. She was born and raised in traditional and unceded Acjachemen territory and now lives and works in traditional and unceded Tongva territory in Los Angeles. Lugo began investigating sustainable mobility, race, and space during her graduate studies at UC Irvine, when she co-created CicLAvia and the organization today known as People for Mobility Justice in Los Angeles. After receiving her doctorate in 2013, she worked at the League of American Bicyclists in Washington, D.C. as a national leader in developing "bike equity." In addition to her role at Antioch LA, Professor Lugo is an urban anthropologist at Pueblo Planning, a core organizer of The Untokening, and the co-founder of the Mobility Justice Research Network.

Her book, Bicycle/Race: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance, was published in 2018. Visit Dr. Lugo's website.

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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The Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University is home to the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), and other transportation programs. TREC produces research and tools for transportation decision makers, develops K-12 curriculum to expand the diversity and capacity of the workforce, and engages students and professionals through education.

PRESENTATION ARCHIVE

• Video
• Slides
• PDH Certificate

OVERVIEW

Planners and decision makers have increasingly voiced a need for network-wide estimates of bicycling activity. Such volume estimates have for decades informed motorized planning and analysis but have only recently become feasible for non-motorized travel modes.

Recently, new sources of bicycling activity data have emerged such as Strava, Streetlight, and GPS-enabled bike share systems. These emerging data sources have potential advantages as a complement to traditional count data, and have even been proposed as replacements for such data, since they are collected continuously and for larger portions of local bicycle networks. However, the representativeness of these new data sources has been questioned, and their suitability for producing bicycle volume estimates has yet to be rigorously explored. This project develops a method for evaluating and integrating emerging sources of bicycle activity data with conventional demand data and methods, and applies the results to several locations to predict network-wide bicycle volumes.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Familiarity with a method for evaluating and integrating emerging sources of bicycle activity data with conventional methods;
• An understanding of the limitations and opportunities of new and emerging data sets;
• Results of a test application of a new method for integrating data from various sources.

THE RESEARCH

This webinar is based on a study funded by the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC) and conducted at Portland State University and the University of Texas at Arlington. The project is supported by a pooled fund grant. Matched by NITC, funding partners include Oregon Department of Transportation, Virginia DOT, Colorado DOT, Central Lane MPO, Portland Bureau of Transportation, District DOT, and Utah DOT. Read more about the research: Exploring Data Fusion Techniques to Derive Bicycle Volumes on a Network.

SPEAKERS

Sirisha Kothuri, Portland State University

Sirisha Kothuri, Ph.D. is a senior research associate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Portland State University. Dr. Kothuri’s primary research interests are in the areas of multimodal traffic operations, bicycle and pedestrian counting, and safety. Dr. Kothuri is the research co-chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Pedestrians Committee (ANF10) and the Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Subcommittee (ABJ 35(3)) and a member of Traffic Signal Systems committee. Dr. Kothuri received her BCE from Osmania University, India, MSCE from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge and Ph.D. from Portland State University.

Joe Broach, Portland State University

Joe Broach is a ​Research Associate with the Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC), an Instructor in the School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University, and a Senior Researcher and Modeler at Metro (MPO). H​is work primarily ​focuses ​on transportation data​, behavior,​ and modeling, and ​he ​helped design the ​Portland region's ​next-generation bicycle model in conjunction with Metro.​

Kate Hyun, University of Texas at Arlington

Dr. Hyun is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at UT Arlington.  Her research centers on big data analytics using Intelligent Transportation Systems technologies for various applications including community mobility modeling, traffic monitoring and operation, freight transportation planning, safety, and travel behavior study. In recent five years, she served as the PI or co-PI over 20 interdisciplinary projects. She seeks to explore how professionals in different fields could interact around issues of transportation and transportation equity and to identify opportunities for enhanced collaboration and training in anticipation of emerging transportation needs for disadvantaged communities.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

This 60-minute webinar is eligible for 1 hour of professional development credit for AICP (see our provider summary). We provide an electronic attendance certificate for other types of certification maintenance.

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This webinar is hosted by the Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University. The research was funded by the Summit Foundation and the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), a program of TREC and one of five U.S. Department of Transportation national university transportation centers. The NITC program is a Portland State-led partnership with the University of Oregon, Oregon Institute of Technology, University of Utah and new partners University of Arizona and University of Texas at Arlington. We pursue our theme — improving mobility of people and goods to build strong communities — through research, education and technology transfer.

Friday Transportation Seminars at Portland State University have been a tradition since 2000. You can join us online at 11:30 AM. All presentations are recorded and shared on the event page afterwards.

PRESENTATION ARCHIVE

• Video
• Slides
• PDH Certificate
• TREC Twitter thread

THE TOPIC 

This presentation will cover experiences, disparities, and solutions to gendered travel differences. Madeline will discuss research from a worldwide survey of harassment on public transit with specific insights from Los Angeles and research from two agency-led studies in Los Angeles. The talk will cover the large issues that make women's travel needs distinct from their male counter-parts - safety and complex travel patterns and some promising solutions for addressing these disparities.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Understanding women's key travel differences.
2. Increased awareness of intersectional issues facing women and differences by race and age.
3. Ideas for solutions to address gender differences in transportation. 

SPEAKER

Madeline Brozen, Deputy Director, UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

Madeline Brozen is the Deputy Director for the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies. Her research focuses on transportation needs for priority populations and how transportation can enable increased access to opportunity. She has a background in GIS and remote sensing, enjoys using a variety of different research methods and working to ensure that research can help advance progressive policy.

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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The Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University is home to the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), and other transportation programs. TREC produces research and tools for transportation decision makers, develops K-12 curriculum to expand the diversity and capacity of the workforce, and engages students and professionals through education.

PRESENTATION ARCHIVE

• Video
• Slides
• PDH Certificate

OVERVIEW

With findings from a mixed methods research study, this interdisciplinary webinar will present results from a historical public document analysis, a GIS spatial analyses, client surveys and interviews, and interviews with professionals and service providers. In 2019, the delivery of homeless sheltering services in Salt Lake County transitioned from a centralized emergency shelter to a scattered site model with multiple resource center locations, operated by multiple service providers. To understand the degree to which “proximity” to public transportation and other needed services was achieved, this study examined:

1. how the decentralization of homeless services influenced transportation demand and mobility patterns for persons experiencing homelessness; and
2. how transportation and mobility changes affected access to services.

Findings reveal that while the region’s homelessness services system changed, the transportation network went unchanged, challenging the use of transportation, mobility, and access to services. Recommendations to mitigate transportation issues when homeless services are decentralized include significant consideration of how the transportation network system will evolve alongside the restructured service system. This could include development of no- or low-cost transportation on demand options, expanding bus routes, state-level funding for a shuttle system, and education for people experiencing homelessness on how to use public transit.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES

• The audience will learn about a case study of a homeless shelter that was replaced by multiple shelters and how this change affected the mobility of those receiving services.
• The audience will learn about how public transportation networks need to be in dynamic cooperation with other municipal and social services, with particular attention toward how those experiencing homelessness require access to public transportation services.
• The audience will learn about the need to offer transportation on demand to persons experiencing homelessness, provide education on transportation and system navigation, and increase transportation-related funding to ensure transportation costs are not a barrier to healthcare and social services.

THE RESEARCH

This webinar is based on a study funded by the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC) and conducted at the University of Utah. Read more about the project: Understanding the Mobility Impacts of Decentralizing Homeless Services in Salt Lake County, Utah.

SPEAKERS

Sarah Canham, University of Utah

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Ivis Garcia, University of Utah

Ivis Garcia, Ph.D., AICP, is an Assistant Professor in City and Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah. Ivis has worked in several NITC projects that are interested in access to transportation for older adults, low-income individuals, and people of color. Dr. Garcia has worked in multiple projects related to providing services to those experiencing homelessness including a Homeless Plan for the Concord Naval Weapons Station, an evaluation of the Chicago Housing Trust Fund, and a study on the Rapid Rehousing Program with the Road Home in Salt Lake City. 

Shannon Jones, University of Utah

Shannon Jones, M.S., is an Assistant Professor (Clinical), in the Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, as well as the Project Lead for diabetes prevention amongst people experiencing homelessness as part of Health Sciences’ Driving Out Diabetes Initiative at the University of Utah. Her applied interventions utilize critical systems theories and critical cultural studies perspectives to collaborate with communities experiencing homelessness, service agencies, and nonprofits to work towards more equitable health and food systems within local homeless services, with particular foci on food access, food security, and nutritional justice.

Jeff Rose, University of Utah
Jeff Rose, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism at the University of Utah. His research leverages interdisciplinary political ecology to take a social and environmental justice approach to nature-society relations. His past and current research critically interrogates issues of public space, productions of nature, connection to place, and various non-normative behaviors, with a particular focus on experiences of unsheltered homelessness across the urban-wildland interface.

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This webinar is hosted by the Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University. The research was funded by the Summit Foundation and the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), a program of TREC and one of five U.S. Department of Transportation national university transportation centers. The NITC program is a Portland State-led partnership with the University of Oregon, Oregon Institute of Technology, University of Utah and new partners University of Arizona and University of Texas at Arlington. We pursue our theme — improving mobility of people and goods to build strong communities — through research, education and technology transfer.

Friday Transportation Seminars at Portland State University have been a tradition since 2000. You can join us online or in-person (proof of vaccination required, see below) at 11:30 AM. All presentations are recorded and shared on the event page afterwards.

PRESENTATION ARCHIVE

• Video
• Slides
• TREC Twitter Thread
• PDH Certificate

THE TOPIC 

John MacArthur and Cameron Bennett of Portland State University will be presenting the findings and recommendations from their recent white paper "Using E-Bike Incentive Programs to Expand the Market – Trends and Best Practices." This will include a review of the 50+ current, past, and proposed e-bike purchase incentive programs in North America, including summary statistics and details from exemplary programs. Best practice gained from review of the programs and discussion with program managers, industry professionals, and other stakeholders will be shared. A discussion of the benefits of promoting e-bike uptake in regard to mode shift, VMT, emissions, and human health will be provided to support the value added by an incentive program. Finally, John and Cameron will preview upcoming results from their stated preference survey intended to provide quantitative guidance for e-bike purchase incentive program design.

This event is part of Portland State University's annual Research Week, hosted May 2 - 6, learn more.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Benefits of e-bikes for achieving mode shift, VMT, emissions, and health goals
• An overview of current e-bike purchase incentive programs in North America
• Best practice guidance for the design of an e-bike purchase incentive program

THE RESEARCH

This presentation is based on a study funded by the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC) with support from PeopleForBikes, and conducted at Portland State University. Read more about the project: How Can E-bike Purchase Incentives Grow the E-bike Market?, and learn more about the online e-bike incentive program tracker.

SPEAKERS

John MacArthur, TREC at Portland State University

Mr. 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 Health Sciences from the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan.

Cameron Bennett, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University

Cameron is a first-year master’s student in transportation engineering at PSU. His work as a graduate research assistant focuses on promoting and facilitating the uptake of active transportation modes. He serves as president of the PSU ITE-STEP (Students in Transportation Engineering and Planning) student group. He received a Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship presented by the U.S. Department of Transportation at the Transportation Research Board 2022 annual meeting. His passion lies in the promotion of cycling in all its forms through engineering design, planning, policy, advocacy, and community-driven engagement. In his free time, you can usually find him moving through the mountains on a bike, vertical rock, a pair of skis, or his own two feet. 

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.

COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS

Attendance at this in-person event on the PSU campus requires valid proof of COVID-19 vaccination.
Valid proof of COVID-19 vaccination is either a hard copy or a picture of a vaccination card showing a vaccine series was completed at least two weeks prior to the event date. Documentation of a recent (within the last 48 hours) COVID-19 test with a negative result is either a printout or picture of results that include your name and test date. Proof of boosters not required at this time, and your medical data will not be recorded during the spot-check at the door.

Effective March 19, 2022, Portland State University no longer requires that masks be worn in classrooms, offices, and most other public and private indoor spaces. 
As PSU shifts into the next phase of the response to COVID-19, we understand that some in our community may feel more comfortable continuing to wear a mask. That is a personal decision that we wholeheartedly support. We ask that our community respect the choice of people who keep their masks on, but to refrain from asking others to wear a mask. Disposable masks will continue to be available at PSU building entrances.

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The Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University is home to the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), and other transportation programs. TREC produces research and tools for transportation decision makers, develops K-12 curriculum to expand the diversity and capacity of the workforce, and engages students and professionals through education.