Fall 2009 Transportation Seminar Series

Free and Open to the Public
Fridays at 12:00 noon (Pacific Time Zone)

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Fall 2009

Date Seminar Topic Speaker
Oct 2 Creating a City of Cyclists: What We Can Learn from Copenhagen Niels Jensen, City of Copenhagen Traffic and Road Department
Oct 9 Bio-Composites for West Coast Highways Lech Muszynski, Associate Professor, Department of Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University
Oct 16 Urban Form and Traffic Safety: Examining the Design and Developmental Factors that Influence Crash Incidence *Eric Dumbaugh, Texas A&M
Oct 23 Economic Value of Walkability [presentation] Joe Cortright, Vice President/Economist, Impresa, Inc.
Oct 30 The Multi-Tasking Driver: Are We Being Driven to Distraction? *David Strayer, University of Utah
Nov 6 My Year at AASHTO Joel McCarroll, ODOT
Nov 13 The Power and Value of 'Green' in Promoting Sustainable Travel Behaviors *Joan Walker, UC Berkeley
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    
Dec 4 Initial Assessment of Portland's Green Bike Boxes Jennifer Dill and Chris Monsere, 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.

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  • You may be able to earn Professional Development Hours (PDHs) toward your Oregon engineering licensure. See rules.
  • Further information or to suggest speakers: Chris Monsere [email], Jon Makler [email], Ryan Gratzer [email]