Kicking off the spring PSU seminar series: Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2009 Transportation Seminar Series The Winter 2009 Transportation Seminar Series begins this Friday! Speaker: Alison Wiley, Transportation Options Program Manager, Oregon Dept. of Transportation Topic: Global Warming Transportation Solutions Via Social Marketing When: Friday, January 9, 2009, 12:00-1:00p.m. Where: PSU…

Gordon Price will be back in Portland for his annual session with the PSU/PDOT Traffic and Transportation Class. His presentation is open to the public: On Wednesday 11/19, Gordon Price will give a free presentation on the effective integration of transportation in high-density environments with an emphasis on land use. If you’ve seen Price speak…

I had several readers drop me a note late last week about the episode of PBS’s NOW magazine show that aired on Friday: Driven to Despair NOW on PBS With gas prices spiking and home values crumbling, the American dream of commuting to work from the fringes of suburbia has become an American nightmare. Many…

Update One additional course has been added: We are pleased to announce a new course for Fall 2008: Transportation and Logistics Modeling and Optimization (4 credits) Mondays 10:00 AM -1:50 PM Instructor: Miguel Figliozzi For more details see: http://www.its.pdx.edu/pdf/ce510_T&L_M&O.pdf This course will introduce graduate students to economic evaluation and mathematical modeling including linear programming, dynamic…

First seminar of the Spring 2008 Transportation Seminar Series, and the 200th seminar in the series! Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Spring 2008 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Robert L. Bertini, Portland State University Topic: Travel Time Estimation for Traffic Management and Traveler Information When: Friday, April 4, 2008, 12:00-1:30pm Where: PSU Urban Center…