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Aaron Golub

Aaron Golub

Professor

Urban Studies and Planning

Portland State University

Dr. Golub is a professor in the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University (PSU). He has twenty-five years of experience working in the advocacy and academic arenas on issues of transportation equity and justice. His research focuses on who wins and loses from transportation plans and investments, how we measure those disparities, and how academic research c

Email: agolub@pdx.edu

Website: https://www.pdx.edu/profile/aaron-golub


Downloadable Products

  • Do Travel Costs Matter For Persons With Lower Incomes? Using Psychological and Social Equity Perspectives to Evaluate the Effects of a Low-Income Transit Fare Program on Low-Income Riders ( FINAL_REPORT )
  • How Low-Income Riders Are Affected by Low-Cost Transit Fare Programs ( PROJECT_BRIEF )
  • Connecting Engineers and the Community: Collaborating with Social Workers to Identify Community-Based Transportation Needs ( PRESENTATION )
  • TRB 2020 - UA 1087 - Measuring Perceptions of Social Environments for Walking- a Systematic Review of Walkability Surveys ( POSTER )
  • Developing, Testing, and Deploying a Toolkit for Collecting Qualitative Pedestrian Environments Data (QPED) ( FINAL_REPORT )
  • Understanding Technology-Based Exclusion in Emerging Smart Mobility Systems ( PRESENTATION )
  • Applying an Equity Lens to Automated Payment Solutions for Public Transportation ( FINAL_REPORT )
  • Cost Benefit Analysis Model of Fare Collection Systems NITC 2021 ( PRESENTATION )
  • The Push to Cashless Transit Fare Leaves Some Riders Behind ( PROJECT_BRIEF )
  • Poster: Exploring the Costs of Addressing Equity in the Transition to Cashless Fare Collection.pdf ( POSTER )
  • Battery Electric Bus Deployment Considering Cost and Environmental Equity ( PRESENTATION )
  • Bi-objective Optimization for Battery Electric Bus Deployment Considering Cost and Environmental Equity ( FINAL_REPORT )
  • Deploying Electric Buses to Improve Air Quality in Low-Income Areas ( PROJECT_BRIEF )
  • Electric vehicle demand estimation and charging station allocation using urban informatics ( REPORT )
  • Leveraging Twitter and Machine Learning for Real-Time Transit Network Evaluation ( PROJECT_BRIEF )
  • Social-Transportation Analytic Toolbox (STAT) for Transit Networks ( FINAL_REPORT )
  • Executive Summary: Keeping Pace With Rapid Demographic Change ( PROJECT_BRIEF )
  • TRB 2020 - PSU 1331 - Addressing Changing Demographics in Environmental Justice Analysis ( PRESENTATION )
  • Evaluating and Enhancing Public Transit Systems for Operational Efficiency and Access Equity ( FINAL_REPORT )
  • Executive Summary: Integrated Performance Measures—Transit Equity & Efficiency ( PROJECT_BRIEF )
  • Community-Based Assessment of Smart Transportation Needs in the City of Portland ( FINAL_REPORT )
  • Executive Summary: Smart Tech, Smart Cities; Achieving Mobility For All ( PROJECT_BRIEF )
  • Assessing The Barriers To Equity In Smart Mobility Systems: A Case Study Of Portland, Oregon ( PUBLICATION )
  • Evaluating the Distributional Effects of Regional Transportation Plans and Projects ( FINAL_REPORT )
  • Focusing on Equity in Regional Plans ( PROJECT_BRIEF )
  • Planning Ahead for Livable Communities along the Powell–Division Bus Rapid Transit: Neighborhood Conditions and Change ( FINAL_REPORT )
  • New Transit Investments: A Double-Edged Sword ( PROJECT_BRIEF )

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