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Oregon Freight Data Mart, Miguel A. Figliozzi, Robert Bertini 2010 Portland State University

Oregon Freight Data Mart, Miguel A. Figliozzi, Robert Bertini

TREC Final Reports

Increasing freight volumes are adding pressure to the Oregon transportation system. Monitoring the performance of the transportation system and freight movements is essential to guarantee the economic development of the region, the efficient allocation of resources, and the quality of life of all Oregonians. Freight data is expensive to collect and maintain. Confidentiality issues, the size of the datasets, and the complexity of freight movements are barriers that preclude the easy access and analysis of freight data. Data accessibility and integration is essential to ensure successful freight planning and consistency across regional partner agencies and planning organizations. In relation to …


The Boulevard Study: From Arterial To Asset -- Examining The Role Of The Multi-Way Boulevard In Coordinated Transportation And Land Use Planning, Mark L. Gillem 2010 University of Oregon

The Boulevard Study: From Arterial To Asset -- Examining The Role Of The Multi-Way Boulevard In Coordinated Transportation And Land Use Planning, Mark L. Gillem

TREC Final Reports

Cities that were once considered the most-desired places to live or for businesses to locate are now seeking ways to unclog their increasingly congested roadways and regain their quality of life. U.S. Department of Transportation Strategic Plan Background Cities across the U.S. that are struggling with congestion resort to remedies that are increasingly difficult to implement. Adding capacity is a more challenging proposition given limited land availability, greater environmental constraints, and fiscal barriers. Replacing individual trips with transit has seen limited success and can typically only be justified at greater levels of density than many communities currently support. Multiway boulevards …


Portland Public Schools Enrollment Forecasts, 2010-11 To 2020-21, Based On October 2009 Enrollments, Portland State University. Population Research Center 2010 Portland State University

Portland Public Schools Enrollment Forecasts, 2010-11 To 2020-21, Based On October 2009 Enrollments, Portland State University. Population Research Center

School District Enrollment Forecast Reports

The Portland Public School District (PPS) enrolled 45,592 K-12 students in Fall 2009, an increase of 568 students (1.3 percent) from Fall 2008. This growth breaks the string of 12 consecutive years of enrollment losses and represents the District’s biggest growth since 1992. Growth was concentrated at the elementary level (K-5th grade), which added 577 students (2.6 percent). District-wide secondary levels experienced relatively stable enrollments, with a loss of 55 students (0.6 percent) in middle school grades (6th-8th), and growth of 46 students (0.4 percent) in high school grades (9th-12th). The medium growth scenario forecast prepared last year, based on …


The Ohio Energy Industry: Analysis Of The Ohio Energy Business Inventory Survey, Merissa C. Piazza 2010 Cleveland State University

The Ohio Energy Industry: Analysis Of The Ohio Energy Business Inventory Survey, Merissa C. Piazza

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

No abstract provided.


Preservation Ethics In The Case Of Nebraska's Nationally Registered Historic Properties, Darren Michael Adams 2010 University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Preservation Ethics In The Case Of Nebraska's Nationally Registered Historic Properties, Darren Michael Adams

Department of Geography: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This dissertation focuses on the National Register of Historic Places and considers the geographical implications of valuing particular historic sites over others. Certain historical sites will either gain or lose desirability from one era to the next, this dissertation identifies and explains three unique preservation ethical eras, and it maps the sites which were selected during those eras. These eras are the Settlement Era (1966–1975), the Commercial Architecture Era (1976–1991), and the Progressive Planning Era (1992–2010). The findings show that transformations in the program included an early phase when state authorities listed historical resources pertaining to the settlement of the …


Oregon City School District Enrollment Forecasts, 2010-11 To 2019-20, Portland State University. Population Research Center, Charles Rynerson, Vivian Siu, David West 2010 Portland State University

Oregon City School District Enrollment Forecasts, 2010-11 To 2019-20, Portland State University. Population Research Center, Charles Rynerson, Vivian Siu, David West

School District Enrollment Forecast Reports

This report presents the results of a demographic study conducted by the Portland State University Population Research Center. The study includes analyses of population, housing and enrollment trends affecting the District in recent years, low, middle, and high range forecasts of district-wide enrollment by grade level for the 2010-11 to 2019-20 school years and middle range forecasts of individual school enrollments for the 2010-11 to 2014-15 school years. The District’s K-12 enrollment of 7,764 in 2009-10 was 232 students (2.9 percent) below its 2004-05 peak enrollment of 7,796 students. The 2008-09 to 2009-10 loss of 114 students (1.4 percent) was …


Indicators Of The Metroscape: Radon, Scott Burns 2010 Portland State University

Indicators Of The Metroscape: Radon, Scott Burns

Metroscape

Brief discussion and mapping of radon emanation in different areas of Portland, Oregon.


Hopping Mad : The Metroscape Has A Tall, Cold, Crafty One, Laura Nicole Cesafsky 2010 Portland State University

Hopping Mad : The Metroscape Has A Tall, Cold, Crafty One, Laura Nicole Cesafsky

Institute of Metropolitan Studies Publications

Discusses the state of the craft brewing industry in Portland, as well as its roots and future direction.


Periodic Atlas Of The Metroscape: The Face Of Density, Diversity, And Disparity In 20th Century Portland, Craig Wollner, Meg Merrick 2010 Portland State University

Periodic Atlas Of The Metroscape: The Face Of Density, Diversity, And Disparity In 20th Century Portland, Craig Wollner, Meg Merrick

Institute of Metropolitan Studies Publications

We of the 21st century often congratulate ourselves on policies that have led to greater density and diversity in our urban settings, as remedies to the sprawl, ghettoization, and poverty that became the bane of planners and activists during the last half of the previous one hundred years. But the maps on this and following pages, generated by the Teaching American History Project of the Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies, suggest that there was plenty of density in various parts of the city at times in the twentieth century and a lot of diversity in certain neighborhoods. Often, these outcomes …


Why Farm The City? Theorizing Urban Agriculture Through A Lens Of Metabolic Rift, Nathan McClintock 2010 Portland State University

Why Farm The City? Theorizing Urban Agriculture Through A Lens Of Metabolic Rift, Nathan Mcclintock

Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations

Urban agriculture (UA) is spreading across vacant and marginal land worldwide, embraced by government and civil society as source of food, ecosystems services and jobs, particularly in times of economic crisis. ‘Metabolic rift' is an effective framework for differentiating UA's multiple origins and functions across the Global North and South. I examine how UA arises from three interrelated dimensions of metabolic rift—ecological, social and individual. By rescaling production, reclaiming vacant land and ‘de-alienating’ urban dwellers from their food, UA also attempts to overcome these forms of rift. Considering all three dimensions is valuable both for theory and practice.


Toward Innovative, Liveable, And Prosperous Asian Megacities: The University Of The Philippines - Ayala Land Technology Hub, Dennis B. Hui, Dhesirey Beryl Sio, Emil Adrian Hernandez 2010 De La Salle University, Manila

Toward Innovative, Liveable, And Prosperous Asian Megacities: The University Of The Philippines - Ayala Land Technology Hub, Dennis B. Hui, Dhesirey Beryl Sio, Emil Adrian Hernandez

Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI)

A city innovation is a new solution that creates additional value to people in the city by addressing urban challenges. This could be in terms of technological, institutional, organizational, political, economic and social, as long as it creates value to the city’s prosperity, liveability, and social equity. The UP-Ayala Technology Hub fosters a city innovation in the heart of Quezon City. The UP-Ayala Technology Hub is a pioneer on academically-based IT Park in the Philippines that was created to face challenges of competition and economic development. This provides an area in which small-scale businesses could grow their operations through promoting …


Export West: How Mountain West Metros Can Lead National Export Growth And Boost Competitiveness, Mark Muro, Emilia Instrate, Jonathan Rothwell 2010 Brookings Institution

Export West: How Mountain West Metros Can Lead National Export Growth And Boost Competitiveness, Mark Muro, Emilia Instrate, Jonathan Rothwell

Brookings Mountain West Publications

In the beginning of 2010, with U.S. output growth modest and job growth nonexistent, President Obama devoted a portion of his State of the Union Address to “fi xing the problems that are hampering our growth.” One of these problems, according to the president, was a lack of international export sales. The president linked an increase in exports to an increase in jobs, and pledged to double the nation’s exports over the next five years.2 Since then, export growth has emerged as a key tenet of numerous economic visions including those of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution …


Northeast Ohio Economic Brief, Afia Yamoah 2010 Cleveland State University

Northeast Ohio Economic Brief, Afia Yamoah

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

No abstract provided.


Long-Term Evaluation Of Individualized Marketing Programs For Travel Demand Management, Jennifer Dill, Cynthia D. Mohr 2010 Portland State University

Long-Term Evaluation Of Individualized Marketing Programs For Travel Demand Management, Jennifer Dill, Cynthia D. Mohr

Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations

This research examines the use of individualized marketing as a transportation demand management (TDM) strategy, using the City of Portland's SmartTrips program. This research project has two specific aims: (1) to evaluate whether the benefits of these individualized marketing programs continue to at least one year after the project ends; and (2) to examine whether the theory of planned behavior (TPB) can help explain the behavior changes identified. Surveys of residents conducted one or two years after the original program found that the share of daily trips made driving alone, walking, and bicycling were comparable to that found in the …


The Landscape: Sherwood, Elizabeth Mylott 2010 Portland State University

The Landscape: Sherwood, Elizabeth Mylott

Metroscape

A brief look at the community of Sherwood, Oregon, highlighting the town's landmarks, features and future prospects.


Stimulus And Response: Is The Recovery And Reinvestment Act Working For Us?, Elizabeth Morehead 2010 Portland State University

Stimulus And Response: Is The Recovery And Reinvestment Act Working For Us?, Elizabeth Morehead

Institute of Metropolitan Studies Publications

From the beginning, the Recovery Act has received mixed reviews. Skeptics worry about wasteful government spending and a crushing national debt while proponents argue that it is the only way to dig out from the recession. Locally, reaction has also been mixed. While some local leaders have enthusiastically embraced the Recovery Act, others are frustrated by its restrictions and see the program as a missed opportunity to effect real and permanent change. Additionally, several projects within the metroscape have received negative attention on both a local and national scale, causing embarrassment and raising questions about the judgment of those involved …


Black And White And Read All Over: Print, Profit, And Passion - An Interview With Peter Bhatia, Ben Lundin 2010 Portland State University

Black And White And Read All Over: Print, Profit, And Passion - An Interview With Peter Bhatia, Ben Lundin

Institute of Metropolitan Studies Publications

Few industries appear as precarious in today’s economy as newspapers. Once the main source of information for millions of people, printed papers now have to compete with a variety of alternative forms of information gathering and reporting. The ink-stained wretches of yore now lock horns with anonymous bloggers, pompadoured TV anchors on 24-hour news channels, YouTube, and social media for the attention of a fickle public. Among the threatened giants of the old media is The Oregonian, one of the state’s oldest businesses. We sent Ben Lundin, an awardwinning freelance journalist who worked as a staff writer for three Louisiana …


What Do Americans Think About Federal Transportation Tax Options? Results From A National Survey, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Hilary Nixon 2010 San Jose State University

What Do Americans Think About Federal Transportation Tax Options? Results From A National Survey, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Hilary Nixon

Faculty Publications, Urban and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.


Sherwood School District Enrollment Forecasts, 2010-11 To 2014-15, Portland State University. Population Research Center, Charles Rynerson, Vivian Siu, Megan Robertson 2010 Portland State University

Sherwood School District Enrollment Forecasts, 2010-11 To 2014-15, Portland State University. Population Research Center, Charles Rynerson, Vivian Siu, Megan Robertson

School District Enrollment Forecast Reports

This report presents the results of a demographic study conducted by the Portland State University Population Research Center (PRC). The study includes analysis of population, housing and enrollment trends affecting the Sherwood School District (SSD) in recent years and forecasts of district-wide and individual school enrollments for the 2010-11 to 2014-15 school years. Total K-12 enrollment in the District increased by 215 students (4.7 percent) between Fall 2008 and Fall 2009, reaching 4,748 students. For the fourth consecutive year, percentage gains were greater at both of the secondary levels than at the elementary level, as the students who contributed to …


Mixed-Income Housing: Assumptions And Realities, Kimberly M. Hoving 2010 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Mixed-Income Housing: Assumptions And Realities, Kimberly M. Hoving

Master's Theses

Current Federal, State, and local San Francisco housing policy advocates mixed-income housing as a positive approach to creating living environments for low-income families. Strategies for creating mixed-income housing environments include large-scale public housing re-development efforts, inclusionary housing policies, and the use of discretionary funding for mixed-income development projects. Researchers agree that there is not yet enough evidence to support that mixed-income strategies are achieving positive results and have noted that the expected outcomes for mixed-income strategies are founded upon a number of assumptions. It is assumed that a mix of households at varying income levels will result in greater stability, …


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