Developing Guidance On Leading Pedestrian Intervals And Curb Extensions To Improve Pedestrian Safety At Signalized Intersections
David Hurwitz
Christopher Monsere
Improving pedestrian safety continues to be critically important to ODOT’s mission to provide a safe and reliable multimodal transportation system. Approximately 920 pedestrians were injured, and 78 pedestrians were killed in Oregon each year betwe ...
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Taxing Shared Micromobility: Assessing The Global Landscape Of Fees And Taxes And Their Implications For Cities, Riders, And Operators
John MacArthur
Shared micromobility (including shared electric scooters and bikes provided by private companies) is one of the newest transportation options that has come to cities in the last several decades. A new report explores the different ways cities charge ...
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Trends and Challenges Posed by Medium-Duty Trucks to the Operation and Safety of Oregon Highways
Miguel Andres Figliozzi
The primary goal of this initiative is to provide the agency with a comprehensive understanding of medium-duty truck operation, identification of potential areas of risk, forecast of future operational growth and monetization of the costs associated ...
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The Effect of Vehicle Mix on Crash Frequency and Crash Severity (NCHRP 22-49)
Tanmoy Bhowmik
Crash prediction analysis focuses on identifying attributes that result in traffic crashes and proposes effective countermeasures to improve the roadway design and operational attributes. These crash frequency models are typically employed for examin ...
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PeopleForBikes National E-bike Survey
John MacArthur
Portland State University has conducted a North American survey of e-bike owners. The primary objective of this study is to gain a better understanding of the factors that influence purchase and use of e-bikes from existing users. Understanding who u ...
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Unequal realities and racialized geographies: Men of color biking in Portland
Amy Lubitow
The city of Portland has developed a national reputation as a bike-friendly city as a result of numerous citywide bike infrastructure plans, yet as is true across the country, ridership data indicates that people of color make up a small portion of r ...
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NCHRP 15-73 Design Options to Reduce Turning Motor Vehicle – Bicycle Conflicts at Controlled Intersections
Christopher Monsere
Sirisha Kothuri , Nathan McNeil
BACKGROUND
One of the most common locations for fatal motor vehicle-bicyclist crashes is at intersections, which inherently have a large number of turning conflicts. Reducing these conflicts is a key objective in improving intersection safety acr ...
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NCHRP 15-74 Safety Evaluation of On-Street Bicycle Facility Design Features
Christopher Monsere
Sirisha Kothuri
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BACKGROUND
While non-separated on-street bicycle facilities have been used in the United States for many years, separated on-street bicycle facilities are becoming increasing ...
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NCA Trail Monitoring and Analysis Program
Hau Hagedorn
Tammy Lee
NCA Trail Monitoring and Analysis Program ...
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Development of Reliable Geotechnical Methods for Standards for Design and Construction over Diatomaceous Silt
Diane Moug
Development of Reliable Geotechnical Methods for Standards for Design and Construction over Diatomaceous Silt ...
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2022 Evaluation of the Highway Construction Workforce Development Program
Maura Kelly
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) have partnered in a statewide effort—the Highway Construction Workforce Development Program—to recruit, train, and employ a diverse workforce for high ...
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