We are pleased to announce the transportation courses listed below for Winter 2008 (January 7 through March 21, 2008). You are welcome to enroll in these courses even if you are not a PSU student–use the quick entry program: http://www.pdx.edu/admissions/ugrad_qkentry_apply.html. We offer master’s degree programs in urban & regional planning and civil & environmental engineering,…

From the Business Journal: Martin Gonzalez will focus on outreach to riders with limited English proficiency. I wonder what he has to say about fare machines?

The Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (ibpi) is sponsoring an upcoming professional development course on pedestrian accessibility. This course, developed by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP), teaches participants how to apply the guidelines and policies of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to public rights-of-way.…

Via Planetizen: During a speech on next-generation fuels, the Chairman of Ford Motor Company addresses the problem of traffic congestion and likens it to another long-time concern about automobiles, saying congestion will “soon be just as critical of a vehicle issue as emissions are now.” He even goes so far as to suggest that the…

Join national transportation expert Michael Replogle for a discussion: Replogle is a nationally renowned civil engineer and transportation modeling expert with Environmental Defense, a national nonprofit organization that since 1967, has linked science, economics and law to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective solutions to society’s most urgent environmental problems. Replogle manages Environmental Defense’s initiatives to…