NITC in the News | National Institute for Transportation and Communities

Note to Store Owners: Not All Holiday Shoppers Drive

(Bloomberg CityLab, Wednesday, December 8, 2021)

Researchers:

Kelly Clifton

Projects:

Examining Consumer Behavior and Travel Choices

Portland’s ‘Transportation Wallet,’ a subsidy conceived to free up parking, extended to help low-income city residents

(Oregon Live, Wednesday, November 24, 2021)

Researchers:

John MacArthur, Nathan McNeil

Projects:

New Mobility For All: Can Targeted Information And Incentives Help Underserved Communities Realize The Potential Of Emerging Mobility Options?

Portland opens up ‘Transportation Wallet’ to affordable housing residents

(Bike Portland, Wednesday, November 17, 2021)

Researchers:

John MacArthur, Nathan McNeil

Projects:

New Mobility For All: Can Targeted Information And Incentives Help Underserved Communities Realize The Potential Of Emerging Mobility Options?

Where are all the workers? Part V

(Sandpoint Reader, Thursday, October 28, 2021)

Researchers:

Danya Rumore

Projects:

Planning in Gateway and Amenity Communities: Understanding Unique Challenges Associated with Transportation, Mobility, and Access to Opportunity

Major grants helped spur record research growth in 2020-21

(Around the O, Monday, October 25, 2021)

Researchers:

Anne Brown, Amanda Howell

Projects:

Mobility for the People: Evaluating Equity Requirements in Shared Mobility Programs

Deploy heat officers, policies and metrics

(Nature, Tuesday, October 5, 2021)

Researchers:

Ladd Keith

Projects:

ASU researchers call for heat governance to protect vulnerable populations

(Arizona State University News, Tuesday, October 5, 2021)

Researchers:

Ladd Keith

Projects:

E-bikes get up to speed in popularity, providing a workout easier on the heart

(Washington Post, Saturday, September 25, 2021)

Researchers:

John MacArthur

Projects:

Salt Lake City looks to shade trees to mitigate its ‘urban heat island’ effect

(Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, September 12, 2021)

Researchers:

Ladd Keith

Projects:

Best Buy now selling electric bikes, scooters and mopeds online

(USA Today, Tuesday, August 31, 2021)

Researchers:

Christopher Cherry, John MacArthur

Projects:

A North American Survey of Electric Bicycle Owners

PSU offers course to help Portlanders improve transportation for the community

(KGW News, Thursday, August 26, 2021)

Researchers:

Aaron Golub

Projects:

Transportation Leadership Education, Launching the Wasatch Transportation Academy

Teaching kids to ride bikes is about more than recreation and health

(Fortune Magazine, Tuesday, August 17, 2021)

Researchers:

Jennifer Dill, Jenny Liu

Projects:

UO Project Is Rethinking Streets For All Users

(The Jefferson Exchange, Thursday, August 12, 2021)

Researchers:

Marc Schlossberg

Projects:

Rethinking Streets: An Evidence Based Design Manual on Making Streets into Complete Streets, From Knowledge to Practice: Rethinking Streets for People on Bikes, Rethinking Streets for Physical Distancing

E-bike sales boomed during pandemic, could help reduce carbon emissions

(California News Times, Friday, August 6, 2021)

Researchers:

John MacArthur

Projects:

A North American Survey of Electric Bicycle Owners, The E-Bike Potential: How E-Bikes Can Improve Sustainable Transportation

Cities are turning to supercharged bus routes to more quickly and cheaply expand transit services

(Washington Post, Friday, July 23, 2021)

Researchers:

Kristina Currans, Nicole Iroz-Elardo, Robert Hibberd

Projects:

Transit Impacts on Jobs, People and Real Estate

Cycling advocate protests removal of bike lanes in Black community

(The Black Wall Street Times, Wednesday, July 14, 2021)

Researchers:

Jenny Liu

Projects:

Understanding Economic and Business Impacts of Street Improvements for Bicycle and Pedestrian Mobility - A Multi-City Multi-Approach Exploration

How will cities adapt to extreme heat?

(The Week, Monday, July 12, 2021)

Researchers:

Ladd Keith

Projects:

OPINION: Cities must plan for heat resilience now

(Thomson Reuters Foundation, Monday, July 5, 2021)

Researchers:

Ladd Keith

Projects:

Protecting yourself during extreme heat

(KVOA News 4 Tucson, Thursday, July 1, 2021)

Researchers:

Ladd Keith

Projects:

Keeping Homes and Cities Cool in Extreme Heat

(UA News, Wednesday, June 23, 2021)

Researchers:

Ladd Keith

Projects:

Assessing Cool Corridor Heat Resilience Strategies for Human-Scale Transportation

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