Marc Schlossberg

About Marc Schlossberg

I am a Planning Professor of City and co-director of the Sustainable Cities Institute (SCI) at the University of Oregon. My focus is on redesigning cities so that more people can bike more of the time, with a special focus on finding ways to reduce public resistance to such change.

Areas of Expertise

Transportation and Infrastructure Planning, Urban Design, Community Development

Selected Publications

• Schlossberg, Marc, Rebecca Lewis, Aliza Whalen, Clare Haley, Danielle Lewis, Natalie Kataoka, and John Larson-Friend (2021). Rethinking Streets During COVID-19: An Evidence-Based Guide to 25 Quick Redesigns for Physical Distancing, Public Use and Spatial Equity. Portland, OR: Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC), 2021.
• FREE Download: rethinkingstreets.com, Schlossberg, Marc (2022). “Street level design for cycling” in Cycling. Advances in Transport Policy and Planning series; Elsevier, Ch. 3.
• Schlossberg, Marc (2019). “Opportunities and challenges of university - community partnerships: Lessons from the EPIC Model” In: Markovich D., Golan D., Shalhoub-Kevorkian N. (eds) (2019) Understanding Campus-Community Partnerships in Conflict Zones. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
• Schlossberg, M., Johnson-Shelton, D., Evers, C., & Moreno-Black, G. (2015). Refining the grain: using resident-based walkability audits to better understand walkable urban form. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, Volume 8 (3): 260-278.

Recent Courses Taught

• Human Settlements
• Study Abroad: Redesigning Cities for Cycling
• Bicycle Transportation
• Introduction to City Planning