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Working Towards Operationalizing Equity into the Research Process
Aaron Golub
While our researchers are experts in various aspects of transportation research, not all researchers have the tools to address equity topics in their research or conduct their work following good equity practices, ranging from data collection and ana ...
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Statewide Active Transportation Count Database (SATDB-003)
Sirisha Kothuri
Knowing how many people use walking and bicycling infrastructure is crucial for transportation planning. Active transportation projects can help cities and states achieve multiple climate- and public-health-related targets, and a new project launchin ...
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Expanding Transmobilities: An Art-Informed Methodology For Genderdiverse Travel Behavior
Nicholas Puczkowskyj
There is a significant gendered travel behavior research gap in the transportation literature. A plethora of transportation literature identifying and contrasting cisgender disparities exists, but more inclusive approaches to genderdiverse identities ...
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FORTH Community Carsharing: Ensuring Equitable Access to Electric Transportation
John MacArthur
The Affordable Mobility Platform (AMP) is a nationwide community carsharing program providing electric vehicles to affordable housing locations.
Forth Mobility (https://forthmobility.org/) is working with local partners including utilities and co ...
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Guide for Addressing Encampments on State Transportation Rights-of-Way (NCHRP 20-129)
Marisa Zapata
John MacArthur , Hau Hagedorn
The number of people experiencing homelessness in the United States has increased in recent years; state transportation rights-of-way (ROWs) are often some of the most accessible areas to set up temporary encampments. This growing trend of encampment ...
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E-bike Lending Libraries Synthesis
John MacArthur
Despite the practical and sustainable mobility benefits of e-bikes, personal ownership and maintenance are considered barriers to adoption (Fitch et al., 2022). Lending e-bikes may address some of the challenges of shared micromobility programs, such ...
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Improving Accuracy and Precision of Bicycle Volume Estimates Using Advanced Machine Learning Approaches
Sirisha Kothuri
Banafsheh Rekabdar
This study presents a novel approach to bicycle volume estimation using data fusion techniques that integrate crowdsourced data (e.g., Strava) with traditional count data. We aim to improve the accuracy and robustness of bicycle volume estimates in d ...
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Risk-Based Methodology for Structural Evaluation of Bridge-Sized Culverts
David Yang
Kevin White , Timothy Wood
Many long-span culverts are subject to loads from heavy trucks, and thus need to be evaluated for their load carrying capacities to estimate safety margins. However, the current manual on bridge evaluation provides limited guidance for bridge-sized c ...
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Improving Guidance for Automated Speed Enforcement
Miguel Andres Figliozzi
PROBLEM SUMMARY
Fatal and severe injury crashes are on the rise in Oregon with one of the prominent factors being excessive speeding. As many cities and communities expand walking and cycling infrastructure there has been an increase in pedestrian ...
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Portland SMART Grant: Zero Emission Delivery Zones
John MacArthur
Nathan McNeil
In Spring 2023, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) was awarded a Stage-1 grant under the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program by the US DOT, titled “Decarbonizing Goods Movement: A Technology-En ...
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Validation of the New Speed Zoning Method for Urban Arterials and High-Speed Roadways in Terms of Speed Compliance and Safety Outcomes
Jason Anderson
The evaluation of the current ODOT methodology will focus on higher speed roadways such as arterials and roadways with a record of high severity injuries. This will require investigating ways agencies have found to balance between local safety needs ...
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Exploring the Use of Crowdsourced Data Sources for Pedestrian Count Estimations
Sirisha Kothuri
Nathan McNeil , Kate Hyun , Stephen Mattingly
Counts provide the foundation for measuring nonmotorized travel along a link or a network and are also useful for monitoring trends, planning new infrastructure, and for conducting safety, health, and economic analyses. For safety analysis, they are ...
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