Hannah Kapell, Planner

Many years ago, I made the decision to not get my driver's license - I wanted to get the exercise, save the money, and simplify my life by walking, biking, using public transit, and carpooling. I am very fortunate that I live and work in a city where that is a possible and even practical decision. I am even luckier to have the opportunity to work with other cities and regions to provide those alternatives and choices for residents.







Hannah Kapell has assisted with a variety of transportation projects and studies. Projects include: statistical analyses of program effectiveness, existing conditions data collection, geographic information systems (GIS). Hannah has managed a team of interns collecting and analyzing data for the Safer Routes to School Program in Portland, Oregon.


Recent Projects

  • Portland Safer Routes to School
    To evaluate the effectiveness of the Portland Safer Routes to School Program, Hannah oversaw a mailing of over 10,000 surveys to parents in Spring 2007, Fall 2007, and Spring 2008. She analyzed the data for all twenty-five schools in the program and compared the results to those from a handraising survey administered simultaneously.
  • Portland Platinum Bicycle Master Plan Update
    Hannah assisted the collection of existing conditions data for the Portland Bicycle Master Plan update.

Other Related Experience 

  • Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC) Scholar, 2006-2007 and 2007-2008
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Professional Highlights
  • Intern, Alta Planning + Design, 2 years
Education
  • Master of Urban and Regional Planning, Portland State University, 2008
Representative Projects
  • Portland Safer Routes to School
  • Portland Platinum Bicycle Master Plan