352 Results
Applying the Safe System Approach in Decision-Making
Sirisha Kothuri
Jason Anderson
Current fatality and serious injury trends continue to rise steeply for all road users, particularly vulnerable users, in both Washington State specifically and across the United States more broadly. While the United States Department of Transportati ...
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A Proactive Approach to Examining Transportation Safety and Equity
Aaron Golub
The PSU team will be a core contributor to the literature review focused on equity analysis approaches and best practices. This contribution will complement the expertise on safety and geographical analysis brought to the project from other team memb ...
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Exploring Bike Bus Programs in the United States
John MacArthur
Nathan McNeil
Photo by Jonathan Maus, BikePortland
This research report, authored by Evan Howington, John MacArthur, and Nathan McNeil of PSU's Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC), concludes that bike buses have the potential to leverage the las ...
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SAI-P: Overcoming Barriers to User-Centered Infrastructure Planning with System Modeling and Natural Language Processing
Antonie Jetter
Avinash Unnikrishnan , Ameeta Agrawal
Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI) is an NSF Program seeking to stimulate humancentered fundamental and potentially transformative research that strengthens America?s infrastructure. Effective infrastructure provides a strong foundation for ...
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E-bike Incentives Programs Study
John MacArthur
The University of Washington and Portland State University will partner to research how e-bike incentive programs change travel choices and their related greenhouse gas emissions using funding from City of Portland PCEF (Portland Clean Energy Communi ...
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A Research Roadmap for Institutionalizing Transportation Equity
Aaron Golub
Nathan McNeil
The American Association of State Highway Transportation (AASHTO) Strategic Plan includes a goal of promoting diversity in all AASHTO activities, collaborating with traditional and nontraditional partners to support equity and social justice objectiv ...
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Mobility and Accessibility Resilience of Transportation Infrastructures
David Yang
The objective is to address practical challenges related to mobility and accessibility following natural disasters. The anticipated outcome of this project will be to provide actionable insights and solutions that can be implemented in real-world tra ...
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Evaluation of Different Curb Extension Treatments for Pedestrian Comfort and Safety at Intersections
Nathan McNeil
Sirisha Kothuri
In a project funded by the The District Department of Transportation (DDOT), Portland State University is partnering with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to document and identify factors associated with road user safety and comfort at ...
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E-commerce Impacts on Oregon Household Level Deliveries, Trips, and VMT
Miguel Andres Figliozzi
The last decade saw double-digit growth of e-commerce sales, both in the US and Oregon, which translates to more delivery vehicles on the roads to meet this demand. However, there is no observed data available to determine the net impacts on system u ...
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Pile-supported Wharves Subjected to Combined Inertial and Lateral Ground Deformation Loads in Earthquakes
Arash Khosravifar
This project will improve the resilience of maritime transportation systems in earthquakes, including ports, terminals, and Navy facilities which are key components of economic prosperity, emergency response, and national security. In addition, ports ...
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Examining the Geotechnical Earthquake Hazard to Transportation Assets in Oregon and Washington: Characterizing Earthquake-Induced Deformations of Silt Soils
Diane Moug
Critical transportation infrastructure in Washington and Oregon is vulnerable to damage during strong earthquake shaking, including the anticipated magnitude 9 Cascadia Subduction Zone event. A major hazard to transportation infrastructure is the fai ...
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The Oregon Connectivity Assessment and Mapping Project (OCAMP)
Martin Lafrenz
Catherine Rivera , Daniel Taylor-Rodriguez
Wildlife everywhere faces a growing challenge: moving safely across an increasingly fragmented landscape. Roads, urban development, and other human-made barriers can make it harder for animals to access food, shelter, and breeding areas, while also i ...
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