Urban Design
Articles
“Sustainable Urban Design: A (Draft) Framework”, Nico Larco. Journal of Urban Design. 2015: Print publication forthcoming
"Trips to Strips: Walking and Site Design in Suburban Multifamily Housing", Nico Larco, Jean Stockard, Bethany Steiner, and Amanda West. Journal of Urban Design, Vol. 18, No. 2, May 2013, 281-303.
"North Downtown Waterfront Development", Elizabeth M. Schmidt and Nico Larco. Oregon Planners' Journal, Sept/Oct 2011.
"Get Connected: The Suburban Multifamily Site Design Handbook", Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium, June 2010.
"Retooling Cities Means New Markets for Oregon Companies", Nico Larco, Sustainable Business Oregon, Lead Column, February 22, 2010.
Funded Projects
"Overlooked Destinations: Suburban Nodes, Centers and Trips to Strips", Nico Larco. OTREC-RR-12-12, Final Report. Aug. 2013.
"The Economic and Environmental Impacts of Smart-Parking Programs." Nicole Ngo. NITC.
Books
Sustainable Urban Design Framework (expected publication 2016).
Site Design for Multifamily Housing: Creating Livable, Connected Neighborhoods. Nico Larco, Kristin Kelsey, Amanda West. 2014.
Book Chapters
"Chapter 3: Rezoning Montgomery: People, Politics, and Place" by Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Aviva Hokins Brown, and Rebecca Lewis. Retrofitting Sprawl: Addressing Seventy Years of Failed Urban Form. 2015.
"Chapter 8: Walking to the Strip Mall: Retrofitting Informal Pedestrian Paths" by Nico Larco. Retrofitting Sprawl: Addressing Seventy Years of Failed Urban Form. 2015.
"Chapter 9: Rethinking Residential On-Street Parking." by Marc Schlossberg and Dave Amos. Retrofitting Sprawl: Addressing Seventy Years of Failed Urban Form. 2015.
Presentations and Conferences
‘The Sustainable Urban Design Framework,’ College of Architecture and Planning Spring Lecture Series, University of Colorado, Denver, March, 2015.
‘The Sustainable Urban Design Framework: Applications in China,’ Urban Transformation and Urban/Rural Sustainable Development Conference, Chengdu International Academic Exchange, Chengdu Institute of Planning and Development, September 2013.
‘Collaboration between Universities and Cities to Create Sustainable Communities,’ Webinar Series, Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) – University of South Florida.
‘The Sustainable Urban Design Framework: Applications in China,’ Urban Transformation and Urban/Rural Sustainable Development Conference, Chengdu International Academic Exchange, Chengdu Institute of Planning and Development, September 2013.
‘Livability and Multifamily Housing,’ SVLG Presentation, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Santa Clara, California. 2014.
‘Making Sustainability Easy,’ Keynote Speaker, Built Green Conference, Seattle, Washington, October, 2014.
‘Get Connected: Multifamily Housing Site Design for Livability,’ National AIA Webinar - Housing Knowledge Community – Housing Research, American Institute of Architects, National Office, October, 2014.
‘Sustainable Urban Design – An Internationally Adaptable Framework,’ China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co. Ltd., Chengdu, China, August 2014.
‘Urbanismo Sostenible,’ Polytechnic University of Catalunya, ETSAB, Barcelona, May 2013.
Transportation
Articles
"Refining the grain: using resident-based walkability audits to better understand walkable urban form." Marc Schlossberg, Deb Johnson-Shelton, Cody Evers, G. Moreno-Black. 2015. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, Vol. 8 (3): 260-278.
“Adding Cyclists And Pedestrians While Maintaining Vehicle Throughput: A Pre- And Post-construction Complete Street Analysis.” Emma Barnes, Marc Schlossberg. 2013. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2393; p 85-94.
“Taking US Transportation Professionals to European Cycling Cities: Does it Matter?” Cortney Mild, Marc Schlossberg. 2013. World Transport Policy & Practice, Vol. 19 (1): 14-27.
"designBridge: Integrating Transportation into Service Learning Design/Build Projects," Nico Larco, Juli Brode, OTREC-ED-10-02 Final Report, February 2010.
"Overlooked Density: Re-Thinking Transportation Options in Suburbia", Nico Larco, OTREC-RR-10-04, Final Report, February 2010.
“Where to Live and How to Get to School: Connecting Residential Location Choice and School Travel Mode Choice.” Yang, Y. Johnson, B., Fukahori, S. Parker, B., & Schlossberg, M. 2011. Miles, E & Gibson, M. ed. School Siting and Healthy Communities: Why Where We Invest in School Facilities Matters. Michigan State University Press.
“Participatory GIS and Active Transportation: Collecting Data and Creating Change.” Marc Schlossberg, Chirsto Brehm. 2009. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. No. 2105. pp. 83-91.
"FTA Performance Measures for Livability: Coverage, Accessibility, Regions and Neighborhoods." White Paper to the Federal Transit Authority, Marc Schlossberg, Nico Larco, Jonathan Levine, Susan Handy, October 25, 2009.
Funded Projects
"Crowd-sourcing the collection of Transportation Behavior Data." Christopher Bone. NITC.
"Improving Trip Generation Method for Livable Communities." Kelly Clifton, Nico Larco. NITC.
"Latino Immigrant Communities and Equity in TOD." Gerardo Sandoval. NITC.
"Effectiveness of Transportation Funding Mechanisms." Robert Zako, Rebecca Lewis. NITC.
Books
Rethinking Streets: An Evidence-Based Guide to 25 Complete Street Transformations. Marc Schlossberg, John Rowell, Dave Amos, Kelly Sanford.
Presentations and Conferences
“Expanding Transportation Across the Academy”. Webinar hosted by the Sustainable Cities Initiative. February, 2015.
"Rethinking Streets: An Evidence-Based Guide to 25 Complete Street Transformations", Presentation at the Transportation Research Board Annual Conference. January, 2015. Washington DC.
"Rethinking Streets: An Evidence-Based Guide to 25 Complete Street Transformations", Webinar hosted by the National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC). December, 2014.
“Expanding Transportation Across the Academy”. Webinar hosted by the Center for Urban Transportation and Research, University of South Florida. October, 2014.
“Rethinking Streets”. Oregon Transportation Summit. September 2014. Portland, OR.
“Rethinking Streets”. Oregon APA Annual Conference. September 2014. Eugene, OR.
Communication
Funded Projects
Civic Engagement
Articles
"Parent Safety Perceptions of Child Walking Routes." Cody Evers, Shawn Boles, Deb Johnson-Shelton, Marc Schlossberg, David Richey, Jason Blair. 2014. Journal of Transport & Health, Vol. 1 (2): 108-115.
“The Sustainable City Year Program: A New, Radically Simple Model for Publicly Engaged Scholarship.” Schlossberg, Marc and Nico Larco, Public: A Journal of Imagining America, Vol 1, No. 1, March 2013.
"Active Transportation, Citizen Engagement and Livability: Coupling Citizens and Smartphones to Make the Change." Marc Schlossberg, Cody Evers, et al. 2012. URISA Journal, Vol. 25 (2): 61-70.
“The influence of school choice policy on active school commuting: a case study of a middle-sized school district in Oregon.” Yizhao Yang, Steve Abbott, Marc Schlossberg. 2012. Environment and Planning A, Vol. 44. p. 1856-1874.
"Downtown Parks Connectivity Analysis with Geographic Information Systems (GIS).", Trafton Bean and Marc Schlossberg. Oregon Planners' Journal, Sept/Oct 2011.
Funded Projects
"Disseminating the Sustainable City Year Program." Nico Larco, Marc Schlossberg. NITC.
Book Chapters
Chapter 11: Democracy Matters, Beginning in the Classroom: Towards a Collaborative (Democratic?) Design Studio” by Deni Ruggeri, University of Oregon. Community Matters: Service-Learning in Engaged Design and Planning. 2014.
Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities (EPIC): Harnessing University Resources to Create Change, in "Educating the World of Planning." Forthcoming 2015, by Marc Schlossberg, Nico Larco, Carissa Schively Slotterback, Chuck Connerly.
Presentations and Conferences
“Universities as Catalysts for Social Innovation”. Presentation at the Ashoka U Exchange annual conference. February, 2015. Washington DC.
"Practical Tools and Innovative Strategies for Creating Great Communities Roundtable". New Partners for Smart Growth Annual Conference. January, 2015. Baltimore, MA.
“Re-Thinking Community University Engagement Roundtable.” Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) annual conference. October 2014. Philadelphia, PA.
“Sustainable City Year Program Workshop.” Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) national conference. October, 2014. Portland, OR.
‘Educational Partnership for Innovation in Communities National Network (EPIC-N)’, First National Meeting of EPIC-N Network, San Diego, Nov., 2014.
‘Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities (EPIC) Network Meeting.’ November 2014. San Diego, CA.
“The Sustainable City Year Program, SCYP National Conference.” University of Minnesota, 2015, University of Oregon, 2012-2014.