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Evaluating Improved Transit Connections for Ladders of Opportunity

Stephen Mattingly
Yi-Chang Chiu , Sia Ardekani , Courtney Cronley , Noelle Fields
Many transit operators employ limited strategies to provide connectivity to transit, like bicycle racks on buses. This project will examine more innovative options, such as: subsidies, hybrid ride sharing business models, flexible routing, smaller transit vehicles, transit-sponsored bike share programs, and social carpooling to meet first and last mile needs and increase mobility for all users, especially underserved and disadvantaged populations. As part of the University of Arizona’s cost s... Read More

S.T.E.A.M. TRAINing: Engaging High School Girls in Transportation and Equity Issues through GIS

Randy Morris
Nancee Hunter
The Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies’ Community Geography program wishes to apply for a grant to develop the curriculum for a 1-2 week lab course in transportation-focused mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), to be held in the summer of 2019. The course will be geared towards girls of middle school and high school age, and would teach digital mapping and analysis, as well as spatial and geographic concepts, all relating to themes around transportation and transportati... Read More