Transportation Seminar Series Archives
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Fall 2011
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
Sept 30 |
Emerging Trends in Developing and Implementing Bicycle Master Plans – The Seattle Example
[Handout] |
Peter Lagerwey, Toole Design Group |
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| Oct 7 |
Making Healthy Places: Designing and Building for Health, Well-being, and Sustainability |
Andrew Dannenberg, MD, MPH, University of Washington and Center for Disease Control (OTREC/PSU Visiting Scholar, with support from the PSU College of Urban and Public Affairs) |
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| Oct 14 |
"Gasless and Cashless take a Toll": Sustainable and Non-Stop Mobility through User Fees |
Christopher Garlick, Atkins North America |
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| Oct 21 |
Lessons from Utrecht: Connecting Bicycle and Rail Networks
[Presentation] |
Ronald Tamse, City of Utrecht (Netherlands) (PSU/UO Visiting Scholar) |
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| Oct 28 |
Student, Practitioner, and Faculty Context and Understanding of Sight Distance and Stopping Sight Distance |
Shane Brown, Washington State University (OTREC/OSU Visiting Scholar) |
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| Nov 4 |
Coal, Trains and the Clean Air Act: Demand Analysis of the Ohio River Basin |
Wesley W. Wilson, University of Oregon |
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| Nov 11 |
Veterans Day - No Seminar |
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| Nov 18 |
Using Traditional Methodologies with Full-Scale Driving Simulation to Advance Roadway Safety |
David Noyce, University of Wisconsin (OTREC/PSU Visiting Scholar) |
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| Nov 25 |
Thanksgiving - No Seminar |
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| Dec 2 |
Identifying Market Segments based on Observed Travel and Activity Patterns |
Roger Chen, Ph.D., Portland State University |
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| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Spring 2011
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| April 1 |
Electric Vehicles: Are We in The Driver's Seat? |
George Beard, Portland State University |
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| April 8 |
The Past, Present and Future of Personal Urban Transportation |
Gabe Klein, Former Director of Washington, DC Department of Transportation |
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| April 8, 3-4pm |
Special Seminar: Lessons Learned from Capital Bikeshare [ITS Lab, Engineering 315] |
Gabe Klein, and Alison Cohen (Alta Bike Share |
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| April 15 |
Columbia River Crossing – Update on Bridge Type and Design [presentation] |
Nancy Boyd (CRC project director for Washington), Frank Green, P.E., CRC structural engineering manager |
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| April 22 |
Integrating Transportation and Environmental Planning (related executive summary) |
Jimmy Kagan, Institute for Natural Resources |
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| April 29 |
New Energy Vehicles (NEV) Demonstration in China |
Jianhong Ye, Portland State University |
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| May 6 |
How Do People Choose a Travel Mode? Factors Associated with Routine Walking & Bicycling [presentation] |
*Robert Schneider, UC Berkeley |
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| May 13 |
The Sustainable City Year: A new model for multidisciplinary and applied transportation education |
Nico Larco, University of Oregon |
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May 17, 3-4pm
(Special Seminar) |
Driveway Design: Lessons from an NCHRP Project
[ITS Lab, Engineering 315] |
Jim Gattis, Professor of Engineering at the University of Arkansas |
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| May 20 |
TOD in 3D: How Transit Oriented is the Portland Region? |
Christopher Yake, Senior TOD Project Manager, Metro |
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| May 27 |
Demonstrating the Benefits of Green Streets for Active Aging |
Margaret Neal, Jennifer Dill, Arlie Adkins, Gretchen Luhr, Portland State University |
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| June 3 |
Can Congestion Mitigation Reduce Emissions? |
Alex Bigazzi, Portland State University |
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| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Winter 2011
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Jan 7 |
Modeling Access Mode Choice for Westside Express Service Commuter Rail |
Åsa Bergman, Portland State University |
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| Jan 14 |
Sam Baek and the Jajeongeo: Visiting the Bike City of Korea [presentation] |
Tara Goddard, City of Davis |
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| Jan 21 |
Household Vehicle Choice from an Adoption Perspective |
Jenny Liu, Economics, Portland State University |
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| Jan 28 |
Beyond the Bike Hook: Linking Bicycles and Transit |
Colin Maher, TriMet |
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| Feb 4 |
How Sprawl is Lengthening our Commutes and Why Misleading Mobility Measures are Making Things Worse |
Joe Cortright, Impresa |
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| Feb 11 |
2010 Shanghai World Expo Transportation Solution and Evaluation |
Chen Xiaohong, School of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University |
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| Feb 18 |
Getting Around on Foot Action Plan |
Stephanie Routh, Willamette Pedestrian Coalition |
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| Feb 25 |
Portland's Cycle Track and Buffered Bike Lanes: Are they working? |
Chris Monsere, Nathan McNeil, Portland State University |
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| Mar 4 |
Transforming Traffic Signals to Support Sustainability: Applications, Ideas, and Research Needs [presentation] |
Peter Koonce, Division Manager for the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation's Signals, Street Lighting, & ITS Division |
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| Mar 11 |
Modeling Safety and Urban Form |
Kristie Gladhill, Transportation Modeler, Metro |
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| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Fall 2010
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Oct 1 |
STARS: Creating Stellar - and Sustainable - Transportation Projects |
Peter Hurley, City of Portland Bureau of Transportation |
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| Oct 8 |
Bikeability and the Twenty-Minute Neighborhood: Exploring How Infrastructure and Destinations Influence Bicycle Accessibility [presentation] |
Nathan McNeil, MURP graduate and Research Associate in the Center for Transportation Studies, Portland State University |
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| Oct 15 |
Vision Zero: Towards Zero Deaths |
*Peter Jacobsen, P.E., Public Health Consultant |
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| Oct 22 |
Applying Health Impact Assessment to Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning [presentation] |
Brendon Haggerty,
MURP, Program Coordinator, Planning Active Walkable Neighborhoods, Clark County Public Health |
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| Oct 29 |
Portal 2.0: A Next-Generation Archived Data User Service |
Kristin Tufte, Assistant Professor, Portland State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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| Nov 5 |
Housing 101: Demystifying the Subsidized Housing System for Transportation Planners [presentation] |
Andree Tremoulet, Institute on Aging, Portland State University; Vince Chiotti, Regional Advisor, Oregon Housing and Community Services |
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| Nov 12 |
Oregon Modeling Collaborative Launch |
Peter Appel, Director, RITA; Jennifer Dill; Kelly Clifton; Wim Weiwel, Jerri Bohard |
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| Nov 19 |
Our Aging Transportation Infrastructure: A Concrete Perspective [presentation] |
Jason Ideker, Assistant Professor and Kearney Faculty Scholar, School of Civil & Construction Engineering, Oregon State University |
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| Nov 26 |
Thanksgiving - no seminar |
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| Dec 3 |
From Spokes to Sprockettes: A History of Women and the Bicycle |
Jennifer Dill, Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University |
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| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Summer 2010
Spring 2010
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| April 2 |
Driver Behavior and the Dilemma Zone at High-Speed Signalized Intersections |
David Hurwitz, Assistant Professor, Transportation Engineering, Oregon State University |
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| April 9 |
Modeling High Speed Rail Ridership and Revenue in California: An Overview |
*David Kurth, Cambridge Systematics |
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| April 16 |
Promising Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Strategies for the Transportation Sector: Low Carbon Fuels, Leveraging Transit with Smart Growth, and Ports and Goods Movement Opportunities [presentation] |
Lewison Lem, Principal Consultant and Climate Change Practice Leader, Jack Faucett Associates |
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| April 23 |
The Next Generation of Adaptive Signal Systems |
Smith Siromaskul, P.E., HDR |
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| April 30 |
Overcoming Barriers to Bicycling in Low-Income and Minority Communities [presentation] |
Lynn Weigand, Director, IBPI; Alison Graves, Executive Director, Community Cycling Center |
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| May 7 |
Tappan Zee Bridge - I 287 Corridor Project. A Bridge to the Next Century [presentation] |
*Michael Anderson, NYSDOT |
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| May 14 |
The Alameda Corridor: Lessons Learned [presentation] |
*Gill Hicks, Cambridge Systematics |
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| May 21 |
Emerging Implications of Electric Bicycles [presentation - smaller slides] |
Geoff Rose, Director, Institute of Transport Studies and Transport Theme Leader in the Monash Sustainability Institute |
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| May 28 |
Developing a Bicyclist Route Choice Model Using GPS Data [presentation] |
Joe Broach, PhD Student, Urban Studies, Portland State University |
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| June 4 |
Residential Choice Locations - A Search in the Mirror of the Past [presentation] |
Cynthia Chen, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington |
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| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Winter 2010
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Jan 8 |
Regional Implications of the Federal Livability Initiative |
Rick Krochalis, Administrator, Region X, FTA |
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| Jan 15 |
Linking Fuel Prices, Transportation, Land Use and Economic Activity: A Review of Empirical Findings [presentation] |
Hongwei Dong, PhD Student, School of Urban Studies and Planning, PSU |
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| Jan 22 |
Health Benefits of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in our Transportation System [presentation] |
Mel Rader, Co-Director, Upstream Public Health |
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| Jan 29 |
European Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning (Scan Tour Report) [presentation] |
Ed Fischer, P.E., State Traffic Engineer, Oregon DOT |
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| Feb 5 |
PlanSafe - Transportation Safety Planning: Forecasting the Safety Impacts in Socio-Demographic Changes and Safety Countermeasures |
Ida van Schalkwyk, PhD, Faculty Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University |
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| Feb 12 |
Transit Oriented Development 2.0 [presentation] |
*Rick Willson, PhD, Professor, Cal Poly Pomona |
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| Feb 19 |
Innovative Solutions for OR 217 |
Randy McCourt, President, DKS Associates |
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| Feb 26 |
Where do we go from here? Changing the state of the practice of pedestrian demand modeling |
Kelly Clifton, PhD, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, PSU |
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| Mar 5 |
Adapting Our Transportation System to Climate Change |
Ashley Haire, PhD, Senior Research Associate, Civil Engineering, PSU |
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| Mar 12 |
Comparing Active Transportation Approaches in China and Europe [presentation] |
*Shawn Turner, Program Manager, Texas Transportation Institute, The Texas A&M University System |
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| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Fall 2009
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
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| Oct 2 |
Creating a City of Cyclists: What We Can Learn from Copenhagen |
Niels Jensen, City of Copenhagen Traffic and Road Department |
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| Oct 9 |
Bio-Composites for West Coast Highways |
Lech Muszynski, Associate Professor, Department of Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University |
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| Oct 16 |
Urban Form and Traffic Safety: Examining the Design and Developmental Factors that Influence Crash Incidence |
*Eric Dumbaugh, Texas A&M |
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| Oct 23 |
Economic Value of Walkability [presentation] |
Joe Cortright, Vice President/Economist, Impresa, Inc. |
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| Oct 30 |
The Multi-Tasking Driver: Are We Being Driven to Distraction? |
*David Strayer, University of Utah |
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| Nov 6 |
My Year at AASHTO |
Joel McCarroll, ODOT |
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| Nov 13 |
The Power and Value of 'Green' in Promoting Sustainable Travel Behaviors |
*Joan Walker, UC Berkeley |
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| Nov 20 |
Adventures in DC: Getting Washington Perspectives on Transportation Research, Finance, and Policy |
Tony Rufolo, PSU |
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| Nov 27 |
Thanksgiving - No seminar |
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| Dec 4 |
Initial Assessment of Portland's Green Bike Boxes [presentation] |
Jennifer Dill and Chris Monsere, PSU |
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| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Summer 2009
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
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| June 15 Monday |
Building the London Cycle Network - 900km of Fast, Safe, and Comfortable Bike Routes
[presentation - examples]
Location: ITS Lab (Engineering 315) |
Steve Cardno, London Cycle Network Project Manager |
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June 25
Thursday |
Emerging types of private vehicles and their implications for road system management
Location: ITS Lab (Engineering 315) |
*Geoff Rose, Director, Institute of Transport Studies, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne Australia |
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July 10
1pm |
Upsides of the Current Economic Downturn: Changes in Vehicle Fuel Economy, Amount of Driving, Vehicle Emissions, and Road Fatalities
Location: ITS Lab (Engineering 315) |
*Michael Sivak, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute |
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| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Spring 2009
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
Special Seminar
April 2, Thursday |
Mid-Session Update on Oregon's Transportation Legislation
Special time: 8am. |
Olivia Clark (Trimet), Chris Hagerbaumer (Oregon Environmental Council), and Randy Tucker (Metro) |
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| Apr 3 |
Transport, Land Use, and Value
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*David Levinson, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Networks, Economics, and Urban Systems (NEXUS) research group |
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| Apr 10 |
Powering the Future of Transportation
[presentation] |
*Scott Samuelsen, Director, National Fuel Cell Research Center, UC Irvine |
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| Apr 17 |
Measuring Travel and Physical Activity Using GPS and Accelerometry: Applications for Transportation and Health |
Jean Wolf, President, Co-Founder of GeoStats |
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| Apr 24 |
Technology for assessment of Mileage, Weight and Congestion Taxation [presentation] |
Justin Soltani, Technology Officer, Zada Partners |
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| May 1 |
Re-examining the influence of work and non-work accessibility on residential location choices with a micro-analytic framework [presentation] |
*Brian Lee, Doctoral Candidate, University of Washington Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Urban Design & Planning |
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| May 8 |
Zoning Strategy Effect in ADA Paratransit Services: A Simulation Study in Los Angeles, CA |
*Luca Quadrifoglio, Assistant Professor, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University |
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| May 15 |
Multi Modal Level of Service:
State of the Practice |
Seleta J. Reynolds, AICP, Fehr & Peers/Mirai |
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| May 22 |
How Public Transportation is Financed in Oregon [presentation] |
Michael Ward, Public Transit Division Administrator, Oregon Department of Transportation |
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Special Seminar
May 26 |
Aggressive Signal Priority with Compensation: Maximizing the Transit Benefit Without Disrupting Traffic
[Time: Noon. Location: ITS Lab (Room 315 in the Engineering Building)] |
*Peter Furth, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University |
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Special Seminar
May 27 |
Cycle Tracks and Bicycle Priority Lanes: More Tools to Serve Traffic Intolerant Riders
[Time: Noon. Location: ITS Lab (Room 315 in the Engineering Building)] |
*Peter Furth, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University |
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| May 29 |
Parking in Suburban Downtowns: A Case Study of Kirkland, WA |
Ken Dueker, Professor Emeritus, PSU, Center for Urban Studies |
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| June 5 |
Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities |
Jeff Mapes, senior political reporter for The Oregonian |
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Special Seminar
June 12 |
Imbalances in Lane Change Accommodation Time and Lasting Disturbances |
*Dr. Benjamin Coifman, Associate Professor, Ohio State University |
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| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Winter 2009
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Jan 9 |
Global Warming Transportation Solutions Via Social Marketing [background] |
Alison Wiley, Transportation Options Program Manager, Oregon Dept. of Transportation |
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| Jan 16 |
Willamette River Crossing (Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project) [presentation] |
Dave Unsworth, TriMet Sr. Manager of Transit Development, and Guenevere Millius, Principal at SRM Architecture and Marketing, Inc. |
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| Jan 23 |
The Effects of Data Aggregation on Measuring Arterial Performance |
Michael Wolfe, M.S. Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University |
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| Jan 30 |
Diverging Diamond Interchanges: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions |
Smith Siromaskul, P.E., Mobility Coordinator, Oregon Bridge Delivery Partners |
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| Feb 6 |
21st Century Smart Truck and Smart Back Office Technologies [presentation] |
Robert DeKoning, President and CEO, Routeware, Inc. |
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| Feb 13 |
Private Sector Role in Reducing Auto Travel: Motives for Innovation? |
Tom Brennan, Principal, Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates |
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| Feb 20 |
Asset Management for ADA Compliance Using Advanced Technologies [presentation] |
Franz Loewenherz, Senior Transportation Planner, City of Bellevue, WA |
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| Feb 27 |
Seen and Heard at TRB, 2009 |
A Panel Debrief featuring Mike Hoglund (Metro), Gail Achterman (OSU), and Matt Berkow (Alta Planning + Design) |
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| Mar 6 |
ITS at TriMet: Improving Service & Saving Money [presentation] |
David Crout, Analyst, TriMet |
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| Mar 13 |
How Sharing and Openness Should Play a Critical Role in Our Transportation Future |
*Robin Chase, founder and former CEO of Zipcar, founder and current CEO of GoLoco and Meadow Networks |
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Mar 19 |
Special Seminar: Modeling Transportation and Traffic in India
[Time: 10am. Location: ITS Lab (Room 315 in the Engineering Building)] |
Dr. V. Thamizh Arasan, Professor & Head, Transportation Engineering Division, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras |
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| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Fall 2009
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Oct 3 |
Trimet Update: I-205 |
Meghan Oldfield, Trimet |
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| Oct 10 |
Using Archived ITS Data to Measure the Operational Benefits of a System-Wide Adaptive Ramp Metering System (SWARM) |
Christopher Monsere, Assistant Professor, Portland State University |
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| Oct 17 |
The Past, Present, and Future of Data for Traveler Information [presentation] |
Michael Berman, AICP, Senior Strategic Planner, ICx Transportation |
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| Oct 24 |
Bicycling in Davis, CA: Rise and Maturation of Bicycle Engineering, Advocacy and Policy from 1960s - Present |
Ted Buehler |
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| Oct 31 |
Oregon's Statewide Work Zone Traffic Analysis Program [Presentation] |
Smith Siromaskul, P.E., Mobility Coordinator, Oregon Bridge Delivery Partners |
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| Nov 7 |
Evaluation of the first fixed photo speed enforcement camera demonstration program in the US [presentation] |
Ida van Schalkwyk, Research Assistant Professor, Oregon State University |
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| Nov 14 |
Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil [presentation] |
*David L. Goodstein, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology |
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| Nov 21 |
Portland is good, but Copenhagen and Amsterdam are awesome: Lessons Learned from the world's best large cycling cities [presentation] |
IBPI Board Members/founders Mia Birk, Principal of Alta Planning + Design, Jay Graves, owner of the Bike Gallery, and Rob Burchfield, City of Portland Traffic Engineer |
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| Nov 28 |
No Seminar - Happy Thanksgiving |
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| Dec 5 |
Fringe Urbanism: Potential Transportation Patterns In Overlooked Suburban Density |
Nico Larco, University of Oregon, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture |
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| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Apr 4 |
200th Seminar!
Travel Time Estimation for Traffic Management and Traveler Information [presentation slides] |
Robert L. Bertini, Portland State University |
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| Apr 11 |
Behavioral Responses to Oregon's Mileage Fee Experiment |
Anthony Rufolo, Professor, Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University |
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| Apr 18 |
Traffic Choices Study: Findings from a Road Pricing Experiment |
Matthew Kitchen, Puget Sound Regional Council |
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| Apr 25 |
Older Drivers in Oregon: Factors Associated with Continuing or Ceasing to Drive [presentation slides] |
Margaret Neal, Director, Institute on Aging, Portland State University |
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| May 2 |
Transit-Oriented Development: Findings from Recent Research [Dill presentation slides] |
GB Arrington, Principal Practice Leader, PB PlaceMaking and Jennifer Dill, PSU |
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| May 9 |
Long Before Airline Deregulation |
Alan R. Bender, Associate Professor of Aeronautics, Worldwide Campus, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL |
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| May 16 |
Where Do People Bicycle? The Role of Infrastructure in Determining Bicycling Behavior
[presentation slides] |
Jennifer Dill, Associate Professor, School of Urban Studies and Planning, PSU |
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| May 30 |
Imagine 82nd |
Steve Szigethy and Jamison Kelleher, PSU MURP Workshop team |
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| Jun 6 |
Public Health and Active Living |
Dr. James Sallis, Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University; Director, Active Living Research
Co-sponsored by the School of Community Health |
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Winter 2008
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Jan 11 |
Bicycling in London: Innovations, Outreach, and Progress |
Steve Durrant, Alta Planning + Design |
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| Jan 18 |
Psychological Insights on Transportation Mode Choice [presentation slides] |
Brent Zenobia,
Adjunct Professor, Software Engineering, Portland State University |
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| Jan 25 |
Portland Aerial Tram Update |
Art Pearce, Project Manager,
City of Portland, Office of Transportation |
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| Feb 1 |
An Analysis of the Efficiency of Urban Commercial Vehicle Tours |
Miguel Figliozzi, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University |
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| Feb 8 |
Strategies for Operating Closely Spaced Traffic Signals |
Zong Tian, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno |
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| Feb 15 |
Where the Rubber Leaves the Road: A Snapshot of Two Current Efforts to Manage Parking Issues in Regional Centers |
Marc Guichard, Metro |
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| Feb 22 |
Transportation Careers: Working Together to Move Forward |
Brian Ray and Jamie Parks, Kittelson and Associates, Inc. |
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| Feb 29 |
Sustainable Urban Logistics: SeuLo |
Erkki Timmerbacka, Senior Consultant, Establish United Logistics Group (Finland Oy) |
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| Mar 7 |
Taming the Dragon: Reducing the Climate Impact of the Transportation System
[presentation slides; paper] |
Lewison Lem, Principal Consultant, PB |
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| Mar 14 |
Children's School Travel |
Yizhao Yang, Assistant Professor, Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon |
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Fall 2007
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Sep 28 |
Promoting Safe Walking and Cycling
to Improve Public Health: Lessons from Europe [presentation slides] |
*John Pucher, Professor, Rutgers University |
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| Oct 5 |
On-line Calibration for Dynamic Traffic Assignment [presentation slides] |
Constantinos Antoniou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece |
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| Oct 12 |
Freight Railroad Capacity Alternatives in the Pacific Northwest: An Analysis of Class I Cooperation in the Columbia River Corridor [presentation slides] |
Zachary Horowitz, David Evans & Associates |
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| Oct 19 |
BridgeStories |
Sharon Wood Wortman, author of The Portland Bridge Book, www.bridgestories.com |
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| Oct 26 |
Transportation Infrastructure Investment: Past, Present and Future |
Congressman Earl Blumenauer |
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| Nov 2 |
Portland's Green Dividend [presentation slides] |
Joe Cortright, Vice President/Economist,
Impresa, Inc. |
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| Nov 9 |
Urban Roadside Safety -- Is There Anything We Can Do To Improve Safety Performance?
[presentation slides] |
Karen Dixon, Associate Professor, School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University |
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| Nov 16 |
Transit's Dirty Little Secret: Analyzing Patterns of Transit Use [presentation slides] |
*Brian Taylor, Professor, Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles |
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| Nov 30 |
The Wheels of Fortune: Weather Prophet Pague, Governor Geer, & Portland's Original Network of Cycle Paths [presentation slides] |
Eric Lundgren, Fortunaerota
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| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Spring 2007
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Apr 6 |
Development of the Bellevue Real Time Arterial Traffic Flow Map |
Fred Liang, P.E., City of Bellevue, Washington |
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| Apr 13 |
Making Transportation Concurrency More Multimodal: Lessons from Washington and Florida. |
Ruth Steiner, Associate Professor
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
University of Florida |
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| Apr 20 |
Portland SmartTrips: Results from the Northeast Hub project [presentation slides]
|
Dan Bower, City of Portland Department of Transportation, Transportation Options Policy Group |
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| Apr 27 |
Combining Climate, Crash, and Highway Data for Improved Ranking of Speed and Winter-Weather Related Crash Locations in Oregon |
Christopher Monsere, Assistant Professor, Portland State University |
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| May 4 |
Bicycling in Davis , CA : A Critical Look at Policy and Behavior in the First Platinum Bicycle City in the U.S. |
*Susan Handy, Professor, UC Davis |
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| May 11 |
Socio-economic Impacts of a Vehicle-Mile Tax |
B. Starr McMullen, Professor of Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University |
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| May 18 |
Using a GPS Panel to Evaluate Travel Behavior Changes |
*Peter Stopher, Professor of Transport Planning, Institute of Transport & Logistics Studies, University of Sydney |
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| May 25 |
Bicycle & Pedestrian Overcrossings
Carsharing Payment Integration
|
Rory Renfro, PSU MURP candidate
Max Coffman, PSU MURP candidate |
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| Jun 1 |
Travel Time Reliability
Pedestrian Crossing Behavior |
Kate Lyman, PSU MURP candidate
Delia Chi, PSU MURP candidate |
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| Jun 8 |
Spatial Analysis of Bicycling Behavior
Parking at Transit-oriented Multi-family Housing |
Kim Voros, PSU MURP candidate
Joe Recker, PSU MURP candidate |
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| Jun 15 |
SPECIAL SEMINAR: News from the ITS America Annual Meeting, hosted by ITS Oregon |
Jon Makler, Dean Deeter, Galen McGill |
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| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Winter 2007
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Jan 12 |
Supply Chain Environmental Performance: Analysis and Optimization |
Kumar Venkat, Surya Technologies, Inc. |
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| Jan 19 |
How Portland is Taking America Back to the Future: the National Streetcar Movement and the Changing Urban Landscape |
Charlie Hales, HDR, Inc. |
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| Jan 26 |
Factors Affecting Bicycling Demand: Initial Survey Findings from Portland Region |
Jennifer Dill and Kim Voros, Portland State University |
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| Feb 2 |
The High Cost of Free Parking |
*Donald Shoup, Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA |
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| Feb 9 |
Air Quality: Toxics and Transportation
[presentation slides] |
Gregg Lande
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |
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| Feb 16 |
The Portland Mall Revitalization: Designing a Great Street |
Bob Hastings, TriMet Project Architect, and Brian McCarter, ZGF Portland Mall Project Architect |
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| Feb 23 |
State and Federal Freight Issues |
Julie F. Rodwell, Freight Mobility Section Manager, Oregon Department of Transportation |
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| Mar 2 |
Microsimulating Land Development with the Land Use Scenario DevelopeR (LUSDR) |
Brian Gregor, Oregon Department of Transportation |
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| Mar 9 |
Where Transportation is Going: Transportation in the CLIOS System Era [presentation slides] |
*Joseph M. Sussman, JR East Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Mar 16 |
PORTAL: Lessons from Developing an Archived Data User Service in Portland, Oregon |
Robert L. Bertini, Portland State University and the PORTAL Team |
|
| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Fall 2006
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Sep 29 |
A Generic Approach to Real-time Freeway Network Traffic Surveillance |
Yibing Wang, Dynamic Systems and Simulation Laboratory, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece |
|
| Oct 6 |
The Future of Advanced Travel Demand Modeling: Positive Theory, Behavioral Model, and Process Data |
Lei Zhang, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University |
|
| Oct 13 |
The Future is NOW: Biofuels for Air Quality, Energy Security and Economic Development |
Tomas Endicott, SeQuential Biofuels |
|
| Oct 20 |
Flexcar 101 |
Brodie Hylton, Flexcar |
|
| Oct 27 |
The End of Commuting [presentation slides] |
*Alan E. Pisarski |
|
| Nov 3 |
Understanding the Impact of Variability in Border Crossing Times on Regional Supply Chains |
Anne Goodchild, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington |
|
| Nov 10 |
No Seminar - Veterans Day |
|
|
| Nov 17 |
Quantifying Walkability - Toward an Objective and Reliable Measure of the Pedestrian Environment |
Jamie Parks, Kittleson Associates, Inc. |
|
| Dec 1 |
Tight Diamond Interchange Versus Single Point Urban Interchange: Lessons Learned |
Jonathan Abuyan, Washington State Department of Transportation |
|
| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Spring 2006
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Apr 7 |
Motorcycle Safety: An Oxymoron with an Attitude |
Steve Garets, Director, Team Oregon |
|
| Apr 14 |
Optimal Mass Transit Subsidies |
*Kenneth A. Small, Professor of Economics, U.C. Irvine [abstract] |
|
| Apr 21 |
Zoned Out: Regulation, Markets, and Choices in Transportation and Metropolitan Land Use |
*Jonathan Levine, Chair and Associate Professor of Urban + Regional Planning, University of Michigan [abstract] |
|
| Apr 28 |
ODOT Traffic Impact Analysis Study [abstract] |
Jay McRae and Darren Muldoon, CH2M Hill |
|
| May 5 |
Neighborhood Traffic Calming: From Investigation to Implementation |
Kevin Chang, King County Department of Transportation |
|
| May 12 |
Designing Oregon's Road User Fee Pilot Test |
Jill Pearson, Road User Fee Pilot Project Manager, Oregon Department of Transportation and David Kim, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University |
|
| May 19 |
Columbia River Crossing Environmental Impact Statement [abstract] [presentation slides] |
Doug Ficco, CRC Project Co-Director, Washington State Department of Transportation and Jay Lyman, Consultant Team PM, David Evans and Associates, Inc. |
|
| May 26 |
Exploring Factors Influencing Perceived Walking Distance to Light Rail Transit Stations -AND- Employer Incentives and Mode Choice |
Sumi Malik and Erin Wilson, MURP Candidates, Portland State University |
|
| Jun 2 |
Developing a Sustainability Program for ODOT |
Damon Fordham, Oregon Department of Transportation |
|
| Jun 9 |
Planning for Transportation Operations in the Portland Region |
Jonathan Makler, City of Portland and Metro |
|
| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Winter 2006
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Jan
13 |
Variable Speed Limits -AND- Travel
Time Evaluation |
Steven
Boice, M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering and Aaron
Breakstone, Master of Urban and Regional Planning, Portland
State University |
|
| Jan
20 |
Blueprint
for Better Biking: 40 Ways to Get There |
Scott
Bricker, Bicycle Transportation Alliance |
|
| Jan
27 |
Bicycle
and Pedestrian Trails: Planning to Implementation |
Michael
Rose and George Hudson, Alta Planning + Design |
|
| Feb
3 |
Oil and the Internal Combustion Engine: End of an Era? [abstract] |
*Dan
Sperling, University of California at Davis |
|
| Feb
10 |
Walk
this Way: New Tools for Measuring Walkability and Some Findings
on Middle School Transportation Behavior |
Marc
Schlossberg, Department of Planning, Public Policy, & Management, University of Oregon |
|
| Feb
17 |
Observations
of Dynamic Traffic Flow Phenomena on a German Autobahn [abstract] |
Roger
Lindgren, Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics,
Oregon Institute of Technology |
|
| Feb
24 |
Taming
Stormwater with Green Streets [abstract] |
Sam Adams, Commissioner, City of Portland |
|
| Mar
3 |
The
Port of Portland and the World of International Trade and
Shipping: Port Business Development in the Age of Globalization |
Barry
Horowitz, Port of Portland |
|
| Mar
10 |
Reducing
Car Trips Through Individualized Marketing - Results from
the Eastside Hub Target Area Program |
Linda
Ginenthal, Portland Office of Transportation |
|
| Mar
17 |
Formation
and Spatial Evolution of
Traffic Oscillations [abstract] |
Soyoung
Ahn, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Portland State University |
|
| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Fall 2005
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
MONDAY
Sep 19 |
SPECIAL
SEMINAR: Surveillance
of Traffic Flow on Urban and
Intercity Expressways in Japan
|
Haruo
Ozaki, Toyo University, Japan |
-- |
TUESDAY
Sep 27 |
SPECIAL
SEMINAR: Modeling
Urban Commercial Vehicle Movements
Using Tour-based Microsimulation
[abstract] |
J.
Douglas Hunt, Department of
Civil Engineering, University
of Calgary |
|
| Sep
30 |
The
GO Project: Helping People
Access Their
Community Through Assistive
Technology |
Stephen
Fickas, Department of Computer
and Information Science, University
of Oregon |
|
| Oct
7 |
Handbook for Livable Streets:
Setting Trends by Applying
the ‘Road Diet' |
Jennifer
Rosales, PB PlaceMaking |
|
| Oct
14 |
A Social Justice Perspective
on Transportation Policies:
Comparing Distributions of
Welfare |
Joel Franklin, Ph.D. Candidate,
Urban Design & Planning,
University of Washington |
|
| Oct
21 |
Making
Transit Sustainable |
Fred
Hansen, General Manager, TriMet |
|
| Oct
28 |
Oregon
Transportation Plan Update |
Metro
Councilor Rex Burkholder |
|
| Nov
4 |
Future of the I-5/I-405 Freeway
Loop |
Dean
Emeritus Nohad A. Toulan,
College of Urban and Public
Affairs, Portland State University |
--
|
| Nov
18 |
Seattle
Value Pricing Demonstration
Project |
*Matthew
Kitchen, Puget Sound Regional
Council |
|
| Dec
2 |
Willamette
River Ferry Options |
Peter
Wilcox, President, Rivers
West and Renewal Associates |
|
| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Spring 2005
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| April
1 |
Extending
the Value of Automatic Data Collection Systems
in Transit |
*Nigel
Wilson, Professor, Civil & Environmental
Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
|
| April
8 |
Connect
Oregon |
Pat
Egan, Port of Portland |
|
| April
15 |
A
Quiet Revolution in Transportation Finance |
*Martin
Wachs, Director, Institute of Transportation
Studies, University of California at Berkeley |
|
| April
22 |
Evaluating Travel Survey Data Collection Methods
in Oregon
|
Johanna Zmud, NuStats |
|
| April
29 |
Data R Us: Personal Travel Data Sources for
Planning |
Elaine
Murakami and Ed Christopher, Federal Highway
Administration |
|
| May
6 |
Achieving
Regional Land Use Objectives Through Transportation
Programming |
Tom
Kloster, Metro |
|
| May
13 |
Regional
Freight Data Collection Project |
Scott
Drumm, Port of Portland |
|
| May
20 |
PORTAL:
Experience Developing Portland's Transportation
Data Archive -AND- Public Elementary/Middle
School Siting Issues in Suburban Ddevelopments |
Steve
Hansen and Tom Moes, MURP Candidates, Portland
State University |
|
| May
27 |
Understanding
the Link Between Bicycles and Light Rail -AND-
Does Grocery Store Size Matter? The Effect
of Grocery Store Size on Shoppers' Travel
Behavior |
Matthew
Lasky and Jay Renkins, MURP Candidates, Portland
State University |
|
| June
3 |
If
You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part
of the Problem: The Planner's Role in Meeting
the Transportation Needs of An Aging Society.
|
*Sandra
Rosenbloom, University of Arizona |
|
| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Winter 2005
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Jan
7 |
Impacts
and Issues Related to Proposed Changes in
Oregon's Interstate Speed Limits |
Chris
Monsere, Portland State University |
|
| Jan
14 |
Automated
Passenger Counts on Light Rail: Validation,
Sampling, and Reporting at TriMet |
Thomas
Kimpel, Center for Urban Studies, Portland
State University |
|
| Jan
21 |
Roadway
Design, Driver Expectation and Pedestrian
Crashes |
Michael
Ronkin, Oregon Department of Transportation
and Rodger Gutierrez, Civil Engineering student,
Portland State University |
|
| Jan
28 |
Transportation
Planning Rule |
Bob Cortright, Transportation and Growth Management
Coordinator, Land Conservation and Development
Commission |
|
| Feb
4 |
Thinking
Big: New Finance and Contracting Options for
Transportation
Infrastructure
|
John
Carter, Imeson & Carter |
|
| Feb
11 |
Creating Active Communities: How Transportation
Systems Impact Physical Activity
|
Noelle
Dobson, Program Manager, Active Living By
Design, American Heart Association |
|
| Feb
18 |
World
Cities in 2104: Transportation Aspects |
Gary
Spanovich, Wholistic Peace Institute |
|
| Feb
25 |
National
Center for Accessible Transportation
|
Kate
Hunter-Zaworski, Oregon State University |
|
| Mar
4 |
Updating
Oregon's Transportation Plan |
Gail
Curtis, Oregon Department of Transportation |
|
| Mar
11 |
Integrated
Transport/Land Use Modeling |
John
Gliebe, Parsons Brinckerhoff |
|
Fall 2004
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Oct
1 |
Fiber
Optic Installation on Freeway Rights-of-Way
for ITS Deployment |
Susan
Baker, Aedilis Corporation |
|
| Oct
8 |
Application
of Microsimulation Tools
to Large Freeway-Arterial Corridors
|
Yonnel
Gardes, Senior Transportation Engineer, The
Transpo Group |
|
| Oct
15 |
Historic
Columbia River Highway |
Robert
Hadlow, Historian, Oregon Department of Transportation |
|
| Oct
22 |
Urban
Design Concepts for the Transit Mall |
Arun
Jain, City of Portland Bureau of Planning
and Bob Hastings, TriMet |
|
| Oct
29 |
Examination
of the Impact of Speed Upon Highway Safety:
An Oregon Perspective |
Casey
Nolan, Master of Urban Regional Planning,
Portland State University |
|
| Nov
5 |
The
FHWA View of Transportation in Oregon |
Dave
Cox, Administrator, Oregon Division, Federal
Highway Administration |
|
| Nov
12 |
Oregon's
Highway Cost Allocation Study |
Carl
Batten, Economist, ECONorthwest |
|
| Nov
19 |
Congestion
and its Extent |
Robert
Bertini, Civil & Environmental Engineering
and Urban Studies & Planning, Portland
State University |
|
| Dec
3 |
Context Sensitive, Multi-disciplinary Design
of Historic Roads in Western National Parks
|
Craig
Dewey, FHWA Western Federal Lands Highway
Division |
|
Spring 2004
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| April
2 |
FHWA
Value Pricing Experience |
Susan
Lee, PSU Urban Studies Ph.D. Candidate and FHWA Value
Pricing Team |
|
| April
9 |
How
to Create a Multimodal Transportation System in the
21st Century |
Dick
Feeney, TriMet |
|
| April
16 |
Transportation
and Streetscape Planning: The Foster Road Planning
Process |
Lynn
Weigand, Project Manager,
Portland Office of Transportation |
|
| April
23 |
From
Planning to Politics: Shaping Regional Transportation
Decisions |
Metro
Councilor Brian Newman, District 2 |
|
| April
30 |
Transit
Buses as Arterial Traffic Probes: Empirical Evaluation
Using Geo-Location Data |
Sutti
Tantiyanugulchai, DKS Associates and Portland State
University |
|
| May
7 |
Policy
Responses to Increasing Gas Prices |
Lewison
Lem, California State Automobile Association |
|
| May
14 |
Land
Use Implications of Freight Movement |
David
Ausherman, Senior Associate
Fregonese Calthorpe & Associates |
|
| May
21 |
I-84
Sullivan's Gulch Trail |
Michael
Hoffmann, Darren Muldoon, Joseph Schaefer and Morgan
Will, Master of Urban and Regional Planning, Portland
State University |
|
| May
28 |
Evaluation
of Comet Incident Response Program |
Michael
Rose, Master of Urban and Regional Planning, Portland
State University |
|
| June
4 |
Public
Transportation For Small Cities |
Carolyn
Bonner, Master of Urban and Regional Planning, Portland
State University |
|
Winter 2004
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Jan
16 |
The
Transportation Planning Rule in the Portland Region:
"Where Are We and How Did We Get Here?" |
Sy
Adler and Jennifer Dill, School of Urban Studies and
Planning, Portland State University |
|
| Jan
23 |
Light
Rail and the American City: the State-of-the-Practice
for TOD |
GB
Arrington, Senior Professional Associate, Parsons
Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. |
|
| Jan
30 |
Access
Management, A Transportation Safety Tool
|
Xavier
Falconi, Falconi Consulting Services |
|
| Feb
6 |
Safe
Routes to School |
Bruce
S. Appleyard, Appleyard Associates |
|
| Feb
13 |
Systems
Operations: Focusing the 21st Century DOT |
Stephen
C. Lockwood, Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff |
|
| Feb
20 |
Our
Coming Dualmode Transportation Revolution
|
Francis
D. Reynolds, P.E., Transportation Engineer and Futurist |
|
| Feb
27 |
Leaving
a Legacy through Context Sensitive Solutions |
Marcy
Schwartz, Senior Vice President, Director of Transportation
Technology, CH2M Hill |
|
| Mar
5 |
Terminal
Access: Increasing Bike and Pedestrian Access to PDX
|
Scott
King, Senior Aviation Planner, Port of Portland |
|
| Mar
12 |
The
Economics of Congestion |
Brian
Gregor, Oregon Department of Transportation |
|
Fall 2003
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Oct
3 |
Portland
Transportation Update |
Brant
Williams, Director, City of Portland Office of Transportation |
|
| Oct
10 |
Modeling
Freight & Passenger Rail Capacity in the Interstate
5 Trade Corridor |
Mark
Ford and Bill Burgel, HDR |
|
| Oct
17 |
Portland
Regional Trails Program |
Mel
Huie, Metro Regional Trails Coordinator |
|
| Oct
24 |
Bicycle
Friendly Portland 101 |
Phil
Goff, City of Portland |
|
| Oct
31 |
Monitoring
Freeway Systems in
Real Time Using Existing Single-Loop Detectors |
Yinhai
Wang, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering,
University of Washington |
|
| Nov
7 |
Looking
to TriMet's Future: Corridor Planning and Capacity Analyses |
Alan
Lehto, Transit Corridor Planning Manager, and Mark Rohden,
Transit Corridor Planner, TriMet |
|
| Nov
14 |
New
Highway Capacity Manual Applications Guidebook (HCMAG) |
Wayne
Kittelson, Principal, Kittelson & Associates, Inc. |
|
| Nov
21 |
Fairview
Village - Planning and Implementing a New Urbanist Community |
Beth
Wemple, Kittelson & Associates |
|
| Dec
5 |
Fairview
Village - Planning
(continued) AND Travel Behavior and Attitudes: New Urbanist
vs. Traditional Suburban Neighborhoods |
Randy
Jones, Holt and Everhart, and Prof. Jennifer Dill, School
of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University |
|
Spring 2003
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Apr
4 |
Applying
Economic Considerations to Transportation Planning and
Investments
|
David
Bragdon, Metro Council President |
|
| Apr
11 |
Leveraging
Technology to Reshape Transportation Planning |
Michael
J. Shiffer, Vice President, Planning & Development,
Chicago Transit Authority and Associate Professor, Urban
Planning & Policy, University of Illinois, Chicago |
|
| Apr
18 |
Developing
a Vision for a 10-year National Intelligent Transportation
Systems Program Plan |
C. Michael Walton, Department of Civil & Environmental
Engineering, University of Texas |
|
| Apr
25 |
Modeling
Oregon's Bridge Investment Options
|
Tara
Weidner, Senior Planner, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. |
|
| May
2 |
Rails-with-trails:
issues related to safety, design, planning, and implementation
of trails next to active railway lines
|
Mia
Birk, Principal, Alta Planning + Design |
|
| May
9 |
PLACE3S:
A GIS Application For Community and Regional Planning |
Sam
Seskin, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. |
|
| May
16 |
TravelSmart
in Multnomah Village -- Early Results. |
Courtney
Kulyk, SocialData and Lavinia Gordon, City of Portland
Office of Transportation, Transportation Options |
|
| May
23 |
From
Welfare to Work: The Portland Regional Job Access Program |
Dan
Marchand, Master of Urban and Regional Planning, Portland
State University |
|
| May
30 |
Portland's
Transportation System Plan: Major Themes and Outcomes |
Courtney
Duke and Jeanne Harrison, City of Portland, Office of
Transportation |
|
| Jun
6 |
Car
Ownership and Employment |
Kerri
Sullivan, Master of Urban and Regional Planning, Portland
State University |
|
Winter 2003
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
Jan
10 |
Bus
Rapid Transit: The New Mode of the Month |
G.
Scott Rutherford, Professor and Chair, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Washington |
|
Jan
17 |
Point-Counterpoint
Discussion on Rail Transit |
Rick
Gustafson, Shiels Obletz Johnsen and Professor Gerry Mildner,
Portland State University School of Urban Studies and Planning |
|
Jan
24 |
Creating,
Sharing and Updating Regional, State and National Transportation
Framework (Centerline) Data Geometry |
Paul
Bender, Ph.D. Candidate, Portland State University School
of Urban Studies and Planning |
|
Jan
31 |
From
Holland With Love - Will Dutch Bicycle and Pedestrian Treatments
Work in Oregon? |
Michael
Ronkin, Oregon Department of Transportation and Todd Boulanger,
City of Vancouver |
|
Feb
7 |
Habitat
Fragmentation and Wildlife Connectivity: Transportation's
Impacts and Solutions |
Mary
Gray, Federal Highway Administration, Olympia, Washington |
|
Feb
14 |
Recent
Research on the Transformation of Oregon's Gasoline Tax
Into a Road User Fee System |
Tony
Rufolo, Urban Studies & Planning and Robert Bertini,
Civil & Environmental Engineering, Portland State University |
|
Feb
21 |
Streets
For Everyone: Making the Public Right-of-Way Accessible |
Ellen
Vanderslice, America Walks |
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|
Feb
28 |
Bicycle
Commuting in Portland: Evidence from 1990, 1996 and 2000 |
Mauricio
LeClerc, Master of Urban and Regional Planning, Portland
State University |
|
Mar
7 |
Anatomy
of a Bike Network: How Did Portland Get From 65 Miles of
Bikeways in 1993 to 250 Miles Today? |
Mia
Birk, Principal, Alta Planning + Design
|
|
| Mar
14 |
Research
Program and Repair Plan for Oregon's Deteriorating Reinforced
Concrete Deck-Girder Bridges |
Christopher
Higgins, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
Oregon State University |
|
Fall 2002
| Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Archive |
| Oct 4 |
Connecting Marquam Hill to North Macadam--Development of the
OSHU Tram
|
Matt Brown, Project Manager, Portland Office of Transportation |
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|
| Oct 11 |
Youth Mobility Concepts--Planning Safe Routes for Kids |
Scott Bricker, Youth Programs and Education Director, Bicycle
Transportation Alliance |
|
| Oct 18 |
Accounting for Freight in the Portland Region's Road & Highway
Analyses: A Regional Commodity Flow Forecast and Truck Travel
Forecasting Model |
Dick Walker, Travel Forecasting Manager, Metro
Scott Drumm, Senior Research Associate, Port of Portland |
|
| Oct 25 |
The Portland Streetcar: A First Year Progress Report |
Kay Dannen, Shiels Obletz Johnsen, Inc. |
|
| Nov
1 |
A
GIS & Statistical Evaluation of Bicycle Level-of-Service
in Northwest Portland |
David
Hampsten, MURP Candidate, Portland State University |
|
| Nov
8 |
Transportation
Finance at Metro |
Mike
Hoglund, Metro |
|
| Nov 15 |
Strategic Planning for Initial Attack of Forest Fires: Estimating
Travel Times to Forest Fires Using Resistance Surface [Abstract]
|
Andrew Wilson, U.S. Forestry Service, Riverside Fire Lab/Portland
Forestry Sciences Lab |
|
| Nov 22 |
Using ITS to Improve Travel in the I-5 South/Barbur Corridor |
Bill Kloos, Traffic Signals/Street Lighting/ITS Division Manager,
City of Portland Office of Transportation |
|
| Dec 6 |
Planning for Commuter Rail in Washington County |
Joe Walsh, TriMet |
|
Spring 2002
Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Apr 5 |
Alternative Transportation Finance |
Rep. Bruce Starr, Oregon House of Representatives |
Apr 12 |
European Tour on Transportation and Land Use |
Lynn Peterson, Tri-Met |
Apr 19 |
Portland/Oregon: Need For New Transit Direction |
Bob Behnke, Transportation Consultant |
Apr 26 |
Pay-As-You-Drive Auto Insurance |
Chris Hagerbaumer, Program Director, Oregon Environmental
Council |
May 3 |
Accessible Pedestrian Signals |
Bill Kloos, City of Portland |
May 10 |
Supply Chain Management: State of the Art |
Lee Buddress, Professor, Supply and Logistics Management,
School of Business Administration, Portland State University |
May 17 |
Re-visiting the Field of Dreams: Assessing Portland's
Transit Oriented Developments |
John Charles, Environmental Policy Director, Cascade
Policy Institute |
May 24 |
Transportation Demand Management at OHSU |
Louis A. Ornelas, P.E., Transportation Planner for
OHSU |
May 31 |
Measuring Street Connectivity |
Shimon Israel, MURP Candidate, School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University |
Jun 7 |
Interstate 5 Trade Corridor Report |
Metro Councilor Rod Monroe |
Winter 2002
Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Jan 18 |
Car Sharing in Portland |
Dave Brook, General Manager, Flexcar Portland |
Jan 25 |
Transportation Demand Management |
Tony Mendoza, Tri-Met |
Feb 1 |
Transportation Research Board 2002 Annual Meeting Discussion |
Members of the Transportation Research Group will discuss
the TRB Annual Meeting: most compelling issues, best presentations,
exciting committee meetings, etc. |
Feb 8 |
Pedestrian and Bicycle Programs at ODOT |
Michael Ronkin, Bicycle & Pedestrian Program Manager,
Oregon Department of Transportation |
Feb 15 |
Driving the agenda: Assessment of health and environment
in Detroit |
Stephanie Farquhar, Assistant Professor, School of
Community Health, Portland State University |
Feb 22 |
Downtown Parking Studies and Phenomena: A Corvallis
Case Study |
Beth Wemple, Kittleson and Associates |
Mar 1 |
Oregon's Vehicle Inspection Program |
Ted Kotsakis, Program Manager, Vehicle Inspection Program,
Oregon DEQ |
Mar 8 |
Modeling at METRO |
Keith Lawton, METRO |
Mar 15 |
Past, Present and Future Research Using Tri-Met Bus
Dispatch Data |
Jim Strathman, Professor, and Thomas Kimpel, Research
Associate, Center for Urban Studies, Portland State University |
Mar 19 |
SPECIAL SEMINAR AT 3 PM (Note special time): Some issues
in valuing travel time for freight movements: some recent
Australian experience |
Marcus Wigan, Professor of Transport Systems, Transport
Research Institute, Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Fall 2001
Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Oct 5 |
GIS Applications in Transportation |
Earl Bossard, San Jose State University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning |
Oct 12 |
An Intelligent Transportation/Decision Support System for Alexandria, Egypt |
Ahmed El Geneidy, Ph.D. Student, Portland State University, School of Urban Studies and Planning |
Oct 19 |
Land Use and Women's Travel - Exploring Relationships |
Jennifer Dill, Assistant Professor, Portland State University, School of Urban Studies and Planning |
Oct 26 |
Adaptive Traffic Signal Control in Vancouver, Washington |
Ali Eghtedari, City of Vancouver |
Nov 2 |
Pedestrian Trauma Research |
Mary D. Gunnels, OHSU Department of Emergency Medicine |
Nov 9 |
Transit Priority |
Peter Koonce, Kittelson & Associates |
Nov 16 |
A Statewide Freight Demand Forecasting Model: An Iowa Case Study |
Chris Monsere, ODOT |
Nov 30 |
Transit Mobility, Jobs Access, And Low-Income Labor Participation in U.S. Metropolitan Areas |
Tom Sanchez, Portland State University, School of Urban Studies and Planning |
Fall 2000
Date |
Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
Oct 5 |
Benefits of Archived ITS Data: Measuring Capacity at a Freeway Bottleneck |
Robert Bertini, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, PSU |
Oct 12 |
The Decline of Mass Transit |
Martha Bianco, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, PSU |
Oct 19 |
Transportation Planning in the Context of Growth Management: A Case Study of Portland |
Kenneth Dueker, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, PSU |
Oct 26 |
Use of Bus Dispatch System Data for Operations Planning |
Steve Callas, TriMet |
Nov 2 |
A Solid Waste Flow Simulation Model: Theory and Applications |
Doug Anderson, Metro |
Nov 9 |
Integrated Land Use-Transportation Model for Planning in the Willamette Valley |
Brian Gregor, ODOT |
Nov 16 |
Discussion of content for revising the course on Urban Transportation Planning |
Ken Dueker, PSU; Mike Hoglund, Metro; Lynn Peterson, TriMet; Joel Freedman, PB |
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