Over the past decade Medford Oregon expanded their Neighborhood Watch program and increased the number of neighborhood watch groups they have in each section of the city. Using robust panel regression analysis we studied what effect this program had on crime rates of the treated areas. Our data included total number of crimes across 7 […]
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How can TriMet better communicate with the people of Gresham and the Eastside with the goal of creating a better user experience? With this question as our starting point, our team agreed on two things to move forward. First, this project would be about the people of Gresham and making life better through connections. Second, […]
Graduate and undergraduate architecture students in Professor Brook Muller’s terminal studio during winter and spring terms of 2012 examined potential redevelopment scenarios for the Booth-Kelly site, located in downtown Springfield. The city anticipated redevelopment concepts and guidelines developed as part of the studio could potentially be adopted into the Downtown Refinement Plan and implemented in […]
Examined how transportation revenue in the Portland Metro Area would be affected by the adaption of autonomous vehicles as the primary transport source. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable City Year Program Contact Info Megan Banks Sustainable City Year Program Manager mbanks@uoregon.edu (541) 346-6395 University Faculty Contact Greg Dotson […]
As part of its year‐long collaboration with the University of Oregon Sustainable City Year program, the City of Salem Economic Development Division engaged with the Community Planning Workshop (CPW) to conduct a Strategic Economic Prosperity Plan. The plan is a five‐year internal action plan that is intended to help the City and its economic development […]