Spring 2013 Transportation Seminar Series
Free and Open to the Public
Fridays at 12:00 noon (Pacific Time Zone)
Urban Center, Room 204
For special seminars that take place in the ITS Lab, use these links: Stream 1 Stream 2 |
Spring 2013
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Seminar Topic |
Speaker |
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| April 5 |
Walking and Biking on their Own: Modeling Children's Independent Travel to Neighborhood Parks and Schools |
Joe Broach, PhD Candidate in Urban Studies, PSU |
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| April 12 |
Healthy Food Accessibility and Food Deserts in Seattle, Washington |
Junfeng Jiao, Assistant Professor in Urban Planning, Ball State University
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| April 19 |
Oregon DOT Jurisdictionally Blind Safety Program |
Doug Bish, Oregon DOT |
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| April 26 |
Four Types of Cyclists: What do we know and how can it help?
*Presentation Slides* |
Jennifer Dill, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, PSU |
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| May 3 |
Lessons Learned from the Transportation Buzzword "Livability" |
Lisa Aultman-Hall, University of Vermont |
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| May 10 |
Schedule-based Public Transportation Planning Model and Integration with Other Transportation Planning Models |
Hyunsoo Noh, PhD Candidate, University of Arizona |
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| May 17 |
Making Urban Transport Sustainable: Comparison of Germany and the USA
*Presentation Slides* |
Ralph Buehler, Virginia Tech |
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| May 24 |
Are Bicycling and Walking “Cool?”: Adolescent Attitudes about Active Travel
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Tara Goddard, PhD Student in Urban Studies, PSU |
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| May 31 |
Skateboarding as Transportation: Findings from Exploratory Research |
Tessa Walker, MUS Student, PSU
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| June 7 |
Inaccessible Accessibility: low-income households and barriers to the “new American dream”
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Arlie Adkins, PhD Candidate in Urban Studies, PSU |
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| * Speaker sponsored by Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium Visiting Scholar Program |
Tentative Schedule: speakers and topics subject to change.
Seminars are free and open to the public, and may be taken for credit.
Please join us: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in Room 204 of the Distance Learning Center Wing of the Urban Center on the Portland State University campus [click for campus MAP], at the corner of SW Mill Street and Sixth Avenue in downtown Portland.
- Watch archived streaming video by selecting
-Stream- from tables above.
- Download archived file by right-clicking on the -Download- links. [STATISTICS]. June 2008 : 208 seminars since 2000, 170 archived (streaming) and for download since 2002.
- Email QUESTIONS before or during seminar.
- SYLLABUS available for
students taking the seminar for credit.
- Download a handy schedule for the term.
- Join the transportation EMAIL list.
- You may be able to earn Professional Development Hours (PDHs) toward your Oregon engineering licensure. See rules.
- Further information or to suggest speakers: Jon Makler [email] or Sophie Goss [email]
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