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Jennifer Dill, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning (USP)
Director, Center for Transportation Studies
Assistant Director, Center for Urban Studies
Portland State University
P.O. Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751

Spring 2008 office hours: Thursdays 2-4 pm

NOTE: Last office hours will be on June 5. I will be away from Portland from June 11 through July 15. I will be out of the country from June 17 through July 12 and not responding to email.

Office: Urban Center Room 370T
E-mail: jdill _at_ pdx.edu
Phone: 503-725-5173
Fax: 503-725-8770

I teach courses in transportation policy, transportation and land use, and planning methods. My research interests focus on transportation and environmental planning, travel behavior, air quality, and transportation-land use interactions. In general, I'm interested in answering these questions: How do people make their travel and location decisions? How do those decisions impact the environment? How do our planning decisions impact people's travel and location decisions? I have conducted extensive research on travel behavior and older vehicles, evaluating the air quality impacts of voluntary accelerated vehicle retirement programs. Prior to entering academia, I worked as an environmental and transportation planner.

Ph.D. (2001) City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley
M.A. (1989) Urban Planning, UCLA
B.S. (1987) Environmental Policy Analysis & Planning, UC Davis

News

BikeGPS update: I presented some results at the Transportation Seminar on May 16 and at a Congressional briefing. The project had received some press attention on KGW and the Oregonian.

The Center for Transportation Studies has launched a new Initiative on Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation.

What impact might the aging Baby Boomer generation have on planning in the Portland region? Faculty and students from the College, under the direction of the Institute on Aging, tried to answer that question in a report for Metro : Age-Related Shifts in Housing and Transportation Demand.

The Institute for Portland Metropolitan Studies released the 2007 Metropolitan Briefing Book. I wrote a chapter on transportation in the region.

Transportation Seminar series. Check the schedule to watch live or on the web.

Faculty in the School published The Portland Edge (ed. Connie Ozawa) from Island Press. It's available through most on-line sources, including Powell's.

Things that may be of interest to you

Was there a GM conspiracy to destroy transit? Check "Roger Rabbit Unframed" from the ITS Review Online.

PSU's Center for Transportation Studies strives to stimulate and conduct multidisciplinary research on transportation issues, facilitating the dissemination of information and encouraging the implementation of research results.

 

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June 2, 2008