Graduate courses in bike and pedestrian topics

• Portland State University
• Oregon State University
• University of Oregon

Portland State University

USP 465/565 - Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning
Portland State University
Urban Studies and Planning

Description: Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning (3 credit hours) Course will discuss the need for pedestrian/bicycle mobility, developing a bikeway network, off-street paths/trails, and developing a pedestrian network. Both worldwide and nationwide contexts will be considered. This class will also cover state and local policies; national, state, and local standards/guidelines; retrofitting existing bridges/roadways; trail-roadway intersections; and development codes, incentives.

CE 597 - Traffic Engineering
Portland State University
Civil Engineering

Description: Traffic system components, traffic stream characteristics, traffic studies and data collection, volume studies, speed, travel-time, delay and pedestrian studies, capacity analysis, freeway systems, weaving sections, ramp junctions, rural highways, signalized and unsignalized intersections, signal coordination, arterial operations, and access management.

CE 407/507 & USP 407/507 - Transportation Seminar
Portland State University
Urban Studies and Planning

Description: The Center for Transportation Studies, in cooperation with the Center for Urban Studies, School of Urban Studies and Planning and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, offers a Transportation Seminar Series. The seminars are presented each Friday during the academic year in the Distance Learning Center. Students, transportation professionals and community members are welcome to participate in person and via live streaming video. Remote participants are invited to submit questions by email during the seminars, and all seminars are archived in streaming video format for future viewing. We have seen some substantial growth in the on-line access of our archived seminars, as shown in this chart. PSU students may enroll in the seminar for one unit.

Oregon State University

CE 592 - Transportation Facility Design
Oregon State University
Civil and Construction Engineering

Description: Location and design of highways, and other surface transportation terminals; design for safety, energy efficiency, and environmental quality. Offered alternate years.

University of Oregon

PPPM 438/538 - Topics in Planning: Bicycle Transportation
University of Oregon
Planning, Public Policy, and Management

Description: The purpose of this course is to give students the opportunity to explore the various elements involved in planning and advocating for increased utilization of bicycles as a form of urban transportation. The focus will be on three main areas: 1) Policy and planning; 2) design, safety, and legal issues; and 3) social change. The class will consist of a combination of teaching and learning approaches, including the use of lectures, guest lectures by practitioners, in-class exercises, and out-of-class hands-on assignments.