Extraboard Management
James Strathman
This paper examines extraboard operations and management at TriMet, the transit provider for the Portland Oregon metropolitan area. The extraboard consists of a pool of operators who fill open work resulting from absences and other causes. The paper ...
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Evaluation of Innovative Bicycle Facilities
Christopher Monsere
Jennifer Dill
Two innovative bicycle facilities installed in late summer and early fall 2009 in downtown Portland by the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) were evaluated to understand how they are functioning on multiple levels. All of these facilit ...
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Developing a Highway Safety Investigation Manual for the Oregon Department of Transportation
Christopher Monsere
Across the state, region, and nation highway safety investigators have developed a wide variety of tools and techniques for highway safety investigation procedures. Analysis techniques can range from systematic evaluation approaches such as the Orego ...
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Maintaining Safe, Efficient and Sustainable Intermodal Transport through the Port of Portland
David Jay
Jiayi Pan
About $15 billion of freight passes annually through the Lower Columbia River (LCR) navigation channel to reach Portland and Vancouver, where most of it connects with land transport. This commerce plays a vital role in sustaining the regional economy ...
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Green and Economic Fleet Replacement Modeling
David Kim
Miguel Andres Figliozzi , David Porter
The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of how equipment replacement decisions are supported with data collection and quantitative models at state DOTs, and to determine if models found in the research literature offer any better ...
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Development of a Model to Predict and Mitigate Environmental and Public Health Impacts of Traffic Flows and Traffic Management Policies in Urban Transportation Microenvironments
Linda George
Christopher Monsere , Miguel Andres Figliozzi
It is well established that vehicles powered by carbon-based fuels (e.g. gasoline, diesel) have a negative impact on air quality, especially in urban centers. Traditionally, air quality conformity studies analyze the macroenvironmental impact of tran ...
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Demonstrating the Benefits of Sustainable Streets for Active Aging
Jennifer Dill
Margaret Neal
This project will help demonstrate how sustainable ("green") streets contribute to the well-being of a community, including the physical and mental health of older and younger adults, along with the environment and economy. The project will collect d ...
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Implementation of Active Living Policies by Transportation Agencies and Departments
Jennifer Dill
Deborah Howe
The built environment is an important factor in enabling people of all ages to be physically active on a daily basis whether for recreation or carrying out the tasks of everyday life. The extent to which a community has a system of well-maintained s ...
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Developing a Coordinated Professional Development Program for OTREC
Christopher Monsere
As OTREC consortium members prepare to enhance transportation-related professional development programs, both through new course offering sand enhancing existing courses, there is a clear need to develop a basic understanding of the needs of the prof ...
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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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Calibrating the HSM Predictive Methods for Oregon Highways
Karen Dixon
Christopher Monsere
The Highway Safety Manual (HSM) was published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) in the spring of 2010. Volume 2 (Part C) of the HSM includes safety predictive methods which can be used to quantitativel ...
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Future Flooding Impacts on Transportation Infrastructure and Traffic Patterns Resulting from Climate Change
Heejun Chang
Martin Lafrenz , Miguel Andres Figliozzi
This study investigated potential impacts of climate change on travel disruption resulting from road closures in two urban watersheds in the Portland metropolitan area. We used ensemble climate change scenarios, a hydrologic model, stream channel sur ...
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