Research Projects | National Institute for Transportation and Communities

Diversity Grant, Adkins

Principal Investigator: Arlie Adkins

Co-Investigator: Maia Ingram

This diversity grant would allow PI-Arlie Adkins to hire first year planning graduate student Monica Serrano onto his existing “Access to Opportunities: Redefining Planning Methods and Measures for Disadvantaged Populations” NITC project. Ms. Ser ... Read More

Using Time-Series Analysis to Precisely Identify and Rank Road Hotspots

Principal Investigator: Alexander Lee

Co-Investigator: Wei Lin

Over the past decades, many ranking methods have been proposed. However, results vary from method to method, and one of the issues behind ranking is the element of subjectivity. One approach to resolve these issues is the use of combined models. One ... Read More

Vehicle Sensor Data (VSD) Based Traffic Control in Connected Automated Vehicle (CAV) Environment

Principal Investigator: Xianfeng (Terry) Yang

It can be expected that automated vehicles and human-driven vehicles will coexist in the transportation network for quite some time. In order to support various traffic control tasks it is critical to develop a reliable model to understand the real-t ... Read More

Incorporate Emerging Travel Modes in the Regional Strategic Planning Model (RSPM) Tool

Principal Investigator: Liming Wang

Co-Investigators: Jennifer Dill , Kelly Clifton

Performance-based planning helps local and state decision makers to understand the potential impacts of policy decisions, supporting cost-effective investments and policy choices that can help achieve policy goals. In addition, it can enable monitor ... Read More

Biking and Walking Quality Counts: Using “BikePed Portal” Counts to Develop Data Quality Checks

Principal Investigator: Nathan McNeil

Co-Investigator: Kristin Tufte

Cycling and walking are sustainable modes of transportation which improve community livability, but these modes have not been studied with the quantitative rigor applied to motor vehicle travel. This research aims to change that by improving bicycle ... Read More

Engaging Youth to Increase their Transportation System Support, Understanding, and Use

Principal Investigator: Autumn Shafer

Little is known from research about how to motivate youth to choose non-car mobility, especially specific Portland-area youth. Understanding the current attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of youth in relation to non-car mobility contributes to the sus ... Read More

Educate the Educators: Diffusing the SCYP University-Community Partnership Model

Principal Investigator: Marc Schlossberg

The University of Oregon’s Sustainable City Year Program (SCYP) has become a replicable model for large scale partnership between universities and communities whereby students through their regular coursework focus on community-identified project a ... Read More

Evaluating and Enhancing Public Transit Systems for Operational Efficiency, Service Quality and Access Equity

Principal Investigator: Ran Wei

Co-Investigators: Liming Wang , Aaron Golub , Thomas Cova

Regular assessment and improvement of the performance of public transit systems are essential for transit service providers given limited funding and growing public needs. Performance evaluation can help transit agencies identify underperforming serv ... Read More

V2X: Bringing Bikes into the Mix

Principal Investigator: Stephen Fickas

This project focuses on a type of transportation that is currently left out of V2X conversations: bicycling. The project demonstrates how an inexpensive system can add new functionality to existing signal controllers, giving bicyclists an efficient w ... Read More

SEGMENT: Applicability of an Existing Segmentation Technique to TDM Social Marketing Campaigns in the United States

Principal Investigator: Philip Winters

Co-Investigator: Amy Lester

Social marketing seeks to develop and integrate marketing concepts with other approaches to influence behaviors that benefit individuals and communities for the greater social good (International Social Marketing Association, 2013). Social marketing ... Read More

Evaluation Research on Respectful Workplaces in Highway Construction

Principal Investigator: Maura Kelly

Co-Investigator: Lindsey Wilkerson

Oregon Tradeswomen Inc, in partnership with Green Dot Etcetera, Oregon construction contractors, BOLI/ODOT, and PSU researchers, is piloting an adaptation of the Green Dot bystander intervention program for the highway construction trades. This progr ... Read More

Understanding the Accessibility, Economic and Social Equity Impacts of Urban Greenway Infrastructure

Principal Investigator: Jenny Liu

“City Greenways” is a concept proposed as a part of Portland’s 2035 Comprehensive Plan, which calls for a citywide network of park-like pedestrian and bicycle friendly streets crisscrossing the city at roughly three-mile intervals. This researc ... Read More

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