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Education

    Ph.D., Urban Planning, University of Washington, 1981.
    Master of Architecture, University of New Mexico, 1975.
    B.S., Business Administration, Bowling Green State University, 1968

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Memberships

    American Institute of Certified Planners
    - Charter Member, 1978

    American Planning Association
    - Charter Member, 1978
    - Member, Transportation Planning Division

    Institute of Transportation Engineers
    Member, 1982 to present
    Transportation Planners Council, Vice-Chairman, 1984 - 1988, Executive Committee, 1989 - 1992
    President, New Mexico Chapter, 1986 - 1987
    Vice-President, New Mexico Chapter, 1985 - 1986
    Secretary-Treasurer, New Mexico Chapter, 1984 - 1985
    Chairman, Committee on Urban Travel Characteristics, 1988 - 1995

    Transportation Research Board
    Associate Member 1976 to present
    Committee on Transportation Planning Methods, 1988 to present
    Chair, Committee on Transportation Planning Methods, 1997 to 2003
    Committee on Rail Transit Systems 1992 to 2000
    Committee on Transportation Economics 1993 to 2001
    
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Academic Experience

    Professor of Regional and City Planning, University of Oklahoma, 1994 to present.
    Director, Division of Regional and City Planning, University of Oklahoma, 1994 to 1998, 2000 to 2005.
    Associate Professor of Regional and City Planning, University of Oklahoma, 1988 - 1994.
    Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Administration, Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma, 1993-1995
    Adjunct Associate Professor of Community and Regional Planning, University of New Mexico, 1981 - 1988.
    Research Associate, University of Washington, Seattle, 1975 - 1977.
    Fulbright Scholar, Universidad del Cauca, Colombia, 1973 - 1974.

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Professional Experience

    Transportation Planning Supervisor
    Metropolitan Planning Distict, Portland,Oregon, 1990.

    Chief Transportation Planner
    Middle Rio Grande Council of Governments, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1980 - 1988.

    Senior Transportation Planner
    City of Seattle, Washington, 1977 - 1980.

    Comprehensive Planner
    County of Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1974 - 1975.

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Publications (selected)

    "Benchmarking transit research in the United States,"RJournal of Public Transportation, 10:3, 2007, pp. 95+

    "Measuring highway bypass impacts on small town business districts," Review of Urban and Regional
      Development Studies, 12:3, Nov. 2000, pp. 250+

    "Assessment of State Procedures for Allocating Section 5311 Subsidies to Rural Public Transit Operators"
      Transportation Research Record, No. 1623. Transportation Research Board 1998, pp. 63+

    "Exploring the application of benefit cost methodologies to transportation infrastructure decision making."
      Searching for Solutions: A Policy Discussion Series,
      Vol. 16 Federal Highway Administration, Washington D.C.1996, pp. 64-67

    "Short range intercity travel forecasting using econometric methods", (with R. Dauffenbach and David Penn)
      Journal of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, 66:2, 1996, pp. 37-43

    "Major investment analysis of a multimodal project in an urban corridor",
      Proceedings, Fifth National Conference on the Application of Transportation Planning Methods,
      Transportation Research Board, 1995.

    "Establishing National Priorities for Rail Transit Investments"
      Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2, 1993, pp. 338-346.

    "Forecasting demand for public transportation services in suburban activity centers",
      60th Compendium of Technical Papers, Institute of Transportation Engineers, 1990.

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Services

    University Athletics Council, 1997-98, 2003-present (Chair, 2005-2007)
    Director, Division of Regional and City Planning, 1994 to 1998, 2000 to 2005.
    Topic Panel, Performance-Based Measures in Transit Fund Allocation, Transit Cooperative Research Program,
    2004.
    University Graduate Council (elected position), 1992 to 1995.
    University Research Council, 1989.
  

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Grants

Data mining the National Transit database, Federal Transit Administration, September, 2005, $305,983.
 

Examining the Potential for Shuttle Bus Service in the Oklahoma City to Tulsa Corridor, Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, 2005, $47,262.

Strategic Research plan for the Federal Transit Administration, Federal Transit Administration, 2004, $184, 427, three years.

Efficiency in providing coordinated human service transportation, Federal Transit Administration, October, 2004, $146,410, two years.

Measuring  the mobility benefits of new urban rail transit system, Federal Transit Administration, October, 2004, $272,566, three years.

Economic benefits of high speed passenger rail service between Oklahoma city and Tulsa, with Mary Court (School of Industrial Engineering), Oklahoma Department of Transportation, April, 2002., $165,000.

Ingredients in Planning Successful Rural Transportation for Welfare Reform, with Ken Wedel (School of Social Work, Univ. of Oklahoma), Mack Blackwell Nation Rural Transportation Research Center, University of Arkansas, June 1999, $58,000.

Methodology for Determining the Impact of Highway Bypasses in Oklahoma, with Cynthia Rogers (Dept. of Economics, Univ. of Oklahoma), funded by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, March 1999, $111,500.

The Impact of welfare-to-work programs on rural public transportation demand, Mack-Blackwell National Transportation Research Center, University of Arkansas, Sept. 1997, $58,622.

Review the Channeling process and update regulations under Title 25 of the Aeronautics
Rules, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Commission, 1996,  $25,740. 

Public involvement in Oklahoma aviation system planning, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Commission, 1994-1998, $341,148.

Establishing priorities for rural transit system subsidies, Mack-Blackwell National Transportation Research Center, University of Arkansas, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, 1994-1997, $72,095.

A Revenue Forecasting System for the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, OTA, 1992-1993, $104,248.

Alternative Methodologies for Evaluating Proposed Investments in Fixed Guide way and High Occupancy Vehicle Facility: Phase I, Federal Highway Administration, 1993, $50,000.

Assessing the Potential for Alternative Fuel Use in Fleet Vehicles in the State of Oklahoma, U.S. Department of Energy,  $148,000.

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