TREC - Transportation Research and Education Center

Mark your calendar for one of the most fun transportation events of the year! On May 14th, our signature Transportation Trivia fundraiser returns to !

This isn’t your typical trivia night. It’s a high-energy evening where bike nerds, policy pros, sustainability champions, and friendly competitors all end up at the same table to rally behind something bigger: supporting a mission that broadens access to bicycling, and working towards a Portland that offers more equitable access to transportation and mobility.

Transportation Trivia is one of our most important annual fundraisers. This year, we’re aiming to raise $20,000 to power programs that connect the people we serve with quality refurbished bikes and bike education that allows them to make it to school on time, clock in at work and enjoy an afternoon ride with friends on a sunny day.

THIS IS A CALL FOR SPONSORS
If you are interested in supporting this event and making your business or organization visible to our community, please reach out to [email protected].

Household travel surveys are the gold-standard for understanding the who, when, where, why, and how of our daily travel. Oregon hasn't had a new survey for over 10 years...until now!

This Friday at Portland State University, Joe Broach of Metro will take us through the latest Oregon Travel Survey (OTS). Join us in person or watch online:

https://trec.pdx.edu/events/psu-transportation-seminar-12052025

Career Day at Grant High School today: Who should turn up at the transportation career table but Jon, one of the high school students who took part in our TREC summer camp last summer!

Reproducibility is fundamental to the scientific process. This Friday, join us at Portland State University as Liming Wang shares a comprehensive, data-driven understanding of the current state of reproducibility & open science practices in transportation research: https://trec.pdx.edu/events/psu-transportation-seminar-1121025

In a partnership with Multnomah County Health Department, Oregon State University (OSU) researchers conducted an innovative study measuring noise levels throughout Portland.

Findings from this study point to high-traffic roadways as the largest contributor to urban noise, and also suggest that the loudest parts of Portland are also the most socially vulnerable, with lower incomes and higher proportions of non-white residents. There are many health impacts from high noise exposure, including cognitive impairment, mental health disorders, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, hearing impairment/loss and adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Join us this Friday at Portland State University to learn more: https://trec.pdx.edu/events/psu-transportation-seminar-11142025

TREC is at MPACT 2025 conference. We participated in the bike bus tour. Abernethy Halloween Bike Bus was amazing and so fun!

One of the most common locations for fatal motor vehicle-bicyclist crashes is at intersections, which inherently have a large number of turning conflicts. Reducing these conflicts is a key objective in improving intersection safety across all modes.

This Friday at Portland State University, hear from researchers in the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science at PSU about guidance and tools for transportation practitioners to use to reduce turning conflicts between motor vehicles and bicycles at controlled intersections and improve the safety & comfort of intersections: https://trec.pdx.edu/events/psu-transportation-seminar-10312025

Join us this Friday with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to learn about The Realities Of Roadkill - A Portland State University Transportation Seminar.

https://trec.pdx.edu/events/psu-transportation-seminar-10242025

Calling all middle school educators, club advisors, and youth program leaders!

The 2026 Garrett Morgan Sustainable Transportation Competition is here, with the theme:
“Ride On, Ride Safe—E-Bike Style!” 🚴⚡

Your students can:
✅ Win up to $1,000 for their class, club, or program
✅ Earn an all-expenses-paid trip to San José, CA to be honored at the MTI Awards Banquet
✅ Explore sustainability, safety, and advocacy through a fun peer-to-peer video campaign

Plus:
🎓 Educators receive a $500 honorarium and a free teacher’s guide for easy classroom integration.

Join us in empowering the next generation to lead the conversation on safety and innovation.

👉 Learn more and get involved: https://transweb.sjsu.edu/workforce-development/garrett-morgan-program