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
Suburban Black Poverty in East Portland: The Role of Transportation in Making Ends Meet
Steven Howland
Portland has faced a mass displacement of Black households from the historically segregated area of Albina through various phases of urban renewal, urban deterioration, and gentrification. A substantial number of them have moved to East Portland, a suburban segment of the City of Portland that was unincorporated county land prior to the 1990’s. As Black people have left Albina, the roots of Blackness there have eroded from the area as businesses and churches catering to them have also closed ...
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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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