Research Projects | National Institute for Transportation and Communities

Pedestrian and Transit Oriented Design

Principal Investigator: Keith Bartholomew

This course introduces the theoretical basis and design principles of compact urban development and will review local, national and international TOD’s for the urban design qualities that make a place walkable and encourage multi-modal transportati ... Read More

Active Travel Behavior and Spatial-Temporal Land Use Mixing

Principal Investigator: Steven Gehrke

Urban policies have emphasized the importance of land use mixing as an intervention beholding of lasting planning and public health benefits. Transportation planners have identified potential in efficiency gains achieved by increasing land use mix an ... Read More

Graduate-level Civil Engineering Transportation Course Development-Oregon Tech

Principal Investigator: Roger Lindgren

Co-Investigators: David Thaemert , Charles (C.J.) Riley

The Civil Engineering Department at Oregon Tech began offering an innovative co-terminal BS/MS degrees program in the Fall of 2013. Students who enter as freshmen can complete both degree requirements in as few as five academic years by starting grad ... Read More

Development of a Pedestrian Demand Estimation Tool

Principal Investigator: Kelly Clifton

There is growing support to improve the quality of the walking environment and make investments to promote pedestrian travel. Such efforts often require analytical non-motorized planning tools to estimate levels of pedestrian demand that are sensitiv ... Read More

Disseminating the Sustainable City Year Program (SCYP) Educational Model to UTC Campuses

Principal Investigator: Nico Larco

Co-Investigator: Marc Schlossberg

The University of Oregon has developed a catalytic learning model that simultaneously meets the needs of both the next generation’s transportation workforce and cities looking for innovative and catalytic ways to advance a new era of transportation ... Read More

UO NITC National Education Project: Advanced GIS: Smart Transportation

Principal Investigator: Christopher Bone

Data sensors are ubiquitous in our daily lives, collecting information about how we move, where we eat, and with whom we communicate. Sensors have also become a strategic and efficient means for collecting data on transportation by recording how peop ... Read More

Multimodal Transportation Planning Curriculum for Urban Planning Programs

Principal Investigator: Kristine Williams

Integrated multimodal transportation and land use planning is critical to advancing mode choice, public health and safety, and livability objectives. Communities across the U.S. are seeking to redefine their planning process accordingly. In response, ... Read More

The Effects of Commuter Rail on Population Deconcentration and Commuting: A Salt Lake City Case Study

Principal Investigator: Joanna Ganning

The Wasatch Front is a rapidly growing metropolitan area situated in a region with natural features that extraordinarily limit growth. The Wasatch Front Mountains constrain growth on one side while the Great Salt Lake and the Oquirrh mountains constr ... Read More

Understanding Types of Cyclists Nationally

Principal Investigator: Jennifer Dill

Co-Investigator: Nathan McNeil

Transportation professionals who are developing plans and projects that aim to change people’s travel behavior – such as getting more people to bicycle – need to understand the people they are targeting. To do so, planners and researchers have ... Read More

Characterization of the urban roadway atmospheric environment to evaluate transportation impacts and improve exposure assessment

Principal Investigator: Christine Kendrick

Urban arterials are landscapes that give rise to short and long-term exposures to increased transportation-related pollution. With high traffic volumes and a wide mix of road users such as those waiting for transit, pedestrians, and bicyclists, urban ... Read More

Transportation Leadership Education

Principal Investigator: Nathan McNeil

The Portland Traffic and Transportation course serves a number of different purposes. On one hand, it is designed to develop citizens who are informed about the transportation system, including how it got where it is today, what agencies and actors p ... Read More

Do TODs Make a Difference?

Principal Investigator: Arthur C. Nelson

Co-Investigators: Jenny Liu , Reid Ewing

The United States is moving into a new era of metropolitan development and form. The demographic, economic and finance drivers that made America a suburban nation may have run their course. America will see a shift toward infill and redevelopment. Fa ... Read More

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