TREC research addresses complex transportation problems by drawing on multiple disciplines, including engineering, planning, economics and design, from across the Portland State University campus. Use the search box at right to search for a specific project.
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Research Highlights
Establishing Risk-based Bridge Management Models and Tools for Municipal Transportation Assets
David Yang
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) manages a bridge inventory including National Bridge Inventory (NBI) bridges, non-NBI pedestrian bridges, and culverts. Historically, condition data has been stored in disparate and/or non-digital formats, hindering efficient management and decision-making for rehabilitation efforts. PBOT is addressing this by migrating to AASHTOWare BrM, a bridge management system, to digitize and standardize infrastructure data.
However, this process faces signi...
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Improving Trip Generation Methods for Livable Communities
Kelly Clifton
Nico Larco
This NITC report offers a multimodal framework for transportation impact analysis – a welcome tool for professionals in many cities seeking more detailed data about non-drivers. Headed by Kelly Clifton of Portland State University and Nico Larco of the University of Oregon, this project is the latest effort in an ongoing collaboration to create more open sourced, widely available data about non-motorized road users.
Over the last decades, cities have become more invested in fostering the ...
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