International Sustainable Transportation Engagement Program

Resilient Places Toolbox 2024
This report provides an overview of the summer student program in the Netherlands. We partnered with Breda University students to uncover best practices in Dutch design that can help make San Marcos streets more resilient.

Texas Resilient Streets and Greenways Asset Mapping and Community Engagement Synthesis Project 2023
This report describes the results of a Working Group of San Marcos street and resilience experts conducted in fall of 2022 and spring of 2023. Key projects that can promote resilient streets in San Marcos are identified. 

Bouncing Forward: How To Plan Resilient Cities in Texas 2022
This article describes the resilience work of Dr. Fields. The article was written by the Community Health and Economic Resilience Research Center of Excellence (CHERR) of Texas State University as part of their Resilience Fellows series. 

I-STEP 2017
This report covers the International Sustainable Transportation Engagement Project summer education abroad trip to the Netherlands. Students traveled the country and identified three key policy components that can help to create more livable, vital communities. These are : the Dutch Sustainable Safety System, the heart of the system is designing for slow speeds in neighborhoods, and, finally, students found that the Dutch transportation system creates engaging public spaces where people felt comfortable.

I-STEP 2016
This report provides an overview of the findings from the first ISTEP student program in the Netherlands. It includes place analysis of Amsterdam streets, a Delft case study, and recommendations for translating the Dutch experience to the U.S. 

I-STEP 2015
This report describes the first International Sustainable Transportation Engagement Project in the Netherlands and Romania. We conducted a study tour of the Netherlands to uncover best practices in active transportation and then partnered with Visum in Brasov for a week-long study of potential catalytic active transportation projects. We thank our volunteer study team and Visum for commitment in pushing this project forward.