Development of a Pedestrian Demand Estimation Tool
Kelly Clifton
There is growing support to improve the quality of the walking environment and make investments to promote pedestrian travel. Such efforts often require analytical non-motorized planning tools to estimate levels of pedestrian demand that are sensitiv ...
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Impact of Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake on the Seismic Evaluation Criteria of Bridges
Peter Dusicka
ODOT project page: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TP_RES/docs/stage1/2014stageone/14_087_Seismic_Evaluation_Criteria.pdf
Under our current seismic design code, bridge designers ...
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Understanding Types of Cyclists Nationally
Jennifer Dill
Nathan McNeil
Transportation professionals who are developing plans and projects that aim to change people’s travel behavior – such as getting more people to bicycle – need to understand the people they are targeting. To do so, planners and researchers have ...
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Impact of Bike Facilities on Residential Property Prices
Jenny Liu
Wei Shi
As many cities are investing in street improvement or transportation infrastructure upgrade projects to provide better bike access or more complete bike networks, the economic value of bike infrastructure and bike facilities remains an area where man ...
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Transportation Leadership Education
Nathan McNeil
The Portland Traffic and Transportation course serves a number of different purposes. On one hand, it is designed to develop citizens who are informed about the transportation system, including how it got where it is today, what agencies and actors p ...
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Do TODs Make a Difference?
Arthur C. Nelson
Jenny Liu , Reid Ewing
The United States is moving into a new era of metropolitan development and form. The demographic, economic and finance drivers that made America a suburban nation may have run their course. America will see a shift toward infill and redevelopment. Fa ...
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Encouraging Low-Income Households to Make Location-Efficient Housing Choices
Andree Tremoulet
The purpose of this project is to develop and evaluate tools to assist Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program participants in the Portland, OR, metro region with considering transportation needs and options when making decisions about where to live. Th ...
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Do TODs Make A Difference? Phase 2
Arthur C. Nelson
Reid Ewing , Jenny Liu
The United States is moving into a new era of metropolitan development and form. The demographic, economic and finance drivers that made America a suburban nation may have run their course. America will see a shift toward infill and redevelopment. Fa ...
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Status and Needs for Public Transportation in Oregon
Jennifer Dill
Margaret Neal , John MacArthur
Status and Needs for Public Transportation in Oregon: sponsored by ODOT ...
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Drive Oregon E-Bike Transit Connection Experimental Pilot Project
John MacArthur
The program’s primary goal is to test user acceptance of electric-assist folding bicycles (IZIP E3 Compact) as a first/last mile commuting solution and be able to communicate positive stories to a broad range of workplaces to help reduce single occ ...
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Washington State Pedestrian and Bicycle Miles Traveled Project
Krista Nordback
Estimates of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) drive policy and planning decisions for surface transportation. No similar metric is computed for cycling and walking. What approaches could be used to compute such a metric on the state level? This report di ...
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Online Implementation Resource of Innovative Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities (IBPI)
Jennifer Dill
Online Implementation Resource of Innovative Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities sponsored by Summit Foundation
IBPI: Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation ...
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