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Assessing Health Impacts of Active Transportation
Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Fall 2010 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Brendon Haggerty, Program Coordinator, Planning Active Walkable Neighborhoods, Clark County Public Health Topic: Applying Health Impact Assessment to Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Abstract: As part of Clark County Public Health’s Planning Active Walkable Neighborhoods project, a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) was conducted…
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Under New Management: TriMet and the Trust Gap
What ought to be of concern to TriMet’s riders and supporters was Friday’s front page article by Joseph Rose, who covers the transportation beat for the paper. The title says it all: Will TriMet bond measure get the support of those who actually ride TriMet? In the article, Rose (who is quite knowledgeable on the…
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Transit Equity: Demographics and the Beginning of Correlation
Things got busy, so it took me until this weekend to download demographic data to go with our Transit Scores for census tracts. Before we go any further, I want to make some caveats VERY clear: The demographics are ten years old (2000 census) The scale is coarse, we probably ultimately want block group level…
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First UGB Expansion: South Hillsboro?
On Tuesday, the Metro council–which earlier in the year finalized the area’s selection of urban and rural reserves–had a work session to discuss future expansions to the Urban Growth Boundary. The councilors expressed a need for about 15,000 housing units to meet future housing needs in the region, and one parcel which was discussed in…
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Gordon’s Visit
The annual presentation by Vancouver B.C.’s Gordon Price to the PSU/PBOT Traffic and Transportation class is a must-see. Gordon has new perspectives every year: What: Gordon Price Presentation When: Thursday 10/21, 6:40 – 8:40 p.m. Where: Portland Building, 1120 SW 5th Ave, 2nd Floor Auditorium Cost: Free and Open to the Public