Jennifer Dill, Ph.D.
@jenniferdillpsu.bsky.social
Portland State University Professor, Urban Studies & Planning Director, Transportation Research & Education Center Editor-in-Chief, Transportation Research Record
New session at the AASHTO Council on Active Transportation and Committee on Planning meeting "Did it work? Measuring Active Transportation Project Impacts" Starts with Professor @jenniferdillpsu.bsky.social who is also working on a research roadmap update onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/n...
Keep Portland whimsical. Every time I walk in my neighborhood, there’s something fun to see.
The infrasound and low-frequency noise associated with wind turbines has raised health concerns, but a study allays those fears. Data from 75,000 turbines installed between 1981 and 2024 show negligible evidence of adverse health outcomes. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/uqBA50Z6hpU
“Anything can happen on the Salmon Greenway” - overheard one day on my bike, and I have to agree. These lovely salmon appeared on my way home tonight, thanks, in part, to @alidacantor.bsky.social (yes, I saw you this morning!)
Excellent piece by Dr. Susan Handy from @ucdavis.bsky.social usa.streetsblog.org/2026/05/13/o...
Opinion: It's Time to Rethink Our Congestion Obsession — Streetsblog USA
Policymakers constantly suggest that we need to spend billions of dollars and bulldoze countless acres of land to fix traffic jams. But do we?
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Poem of the day for April 23. I, too, have eaten that Taco Bell burrito behind the steering wheel... @tacobell.bsky.social poets.org/poem/love-po...
Love Poem to Taco Bell
Full-on, no bullshit, no irony, yes Taco Bell / where I can almost always pull together the
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How Transport Journals Weed Out Qualitative Research and Why It Matters Transportation researchers rarely publish findings from qualitative methods in peer-reviewed transportation journals; quantitative methods dominate research in the field. In this article, we document the pauc #sociology link
the professors keep doing all this winning in spite of their administrations. bravo @aaup.org UCLA Faculty Association and all the other stakeholders showing us what it feels like to win. www.legalish.me/trump-drops-...
Utah DOT Director at the CUTC banquet, @trb.org Annual Meeting urging us to focus on how do we help people, not things. Help improve access and health. Nice way to start my #TRBAM @utahdot.bsky.social
Yes, we don’t want AI generating fake research, & AI is being misused in terrible ways. But “AI” is a very broad term. What about grammar-checking tools? Machine learning models for data analysis? LLMs for qualitative analysis of large datasets? It’s a complex topic.
Kyle Reed 🟥@kylereed.bsky.social · 9mo agoIf you're an academic using AI for your scholarly work, you deserve shame. If you use AI for work that you submit, you should be banned from that forum. Whatever journal, conference, workshop series - banned. Maybe you can appeal after a few years. Maybe.
As someone who grew up in the 70s in San Diego, when bald eagles were threatened with extinction, I am still in awe every time I see one in my now home of Portland, OR. Today I spotted one on a cell phone tower above the car wash. Lousy cell phone photo seems fitting #birds
As traffic deaths among people walking and biking continue to rise—and as new mobility technologies rapidly reshape how we all move—Portland State University has been selected to lead a major national effort to improve roadway safety and accessibility. Learn more: trec.pdx.edu/news/new-roa...
Travel behavior researchers are always asked about transferability of findings, but we rarely get an opportunity to put it to the test. A fun piece of research with @smkothuri.bsky.social & @nwurban.bsky.social at @trecpdx.bsky.social is finally out! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"We don’t have a youth e-bike problem — we have a youth e-moto problem." Guest opinion from Megan Ramey. bikeportland.org/2025/11/05/o...
Opinion: Let Oregon kids ride Class 1 e-bikes
Oregon's age restriction takes away a crucial mobility tool for young people.
bikeportland.org
"Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt" is on exhibit through Dec 6 at PSU's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Stop by any Friday this month (except Thanksgiving) to see the free exhibit before or after our Friday Transportation Seminar in the same building. This Friday: trec.pdx.edu/events/psu-t...
Looks like I have a new route home today. The new protected bike lane on SW 4th is open, at least this part through Portland State Univ. Thank you @pbotinfo.bsky.social
Are you at #MpactPDX? Stop by the @trecpdx.bsky.social booth for some fun swag. Better yet, come by Tuesday at 1 pm for office hours with former congressman and Railvolutionary Earl Blumenauer.
The amazing Bev Scott revs up the #MpactPDX crowd Democracy is not for spectators. We need courage, not working under the radar. Don’t focus on ROI. Slavery had an ROI. Invest in people so that we can say “all the children are fine” We need to plan for opportunity, not just emergency
Rep. Earl Blumenauer at #MpactPDX sharing some Portlandia insights, calls on us to focus on what we can control, since “this administration will only do the right thing by accident.” @mpactmobility.bsky.social
Portland Metro Councilor Christine Lewis welcomes the crowd at #MpactPDX highlighting Metro’s focus on affordable TOD housing, and a tip about reservations at Kann @mpactmobility.bsky.social
Tens of millions of animals are injured or killed on Oregon’s roadways each year. This Friday, Rachel Wheat of ODFW shares opportunities to mitigate this, including the use of wildlife crossing structures, autonomous animal detection systems, and smarter project siting: trec.pdx.edu/events/psu-t...
If you missed today's Portland State University Friday Transportation Seminar, the video is now posted: trec.pdx.edu/friday-trans...
This explains the trombone player in a banana suit I saw on the way to the bus tonight! Though, this is Portland, so it didn’t seem out of the ordinary.
Tim Dickinson@timdickinson.bsky.social · 11mo agoUn-presidented brass band at city hall in Portland tonight celebrating the release of their clarinet player from federal custody
I’ve received four fundraising texts in a few hours for this campaign. So annoying, though hard to know how many are really from the campaign.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 11mo agoBreaking News: Janet Mills, the Democratic governor of Maine, is running for Senate, aiming to unseat Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.
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