Senior Research Associate
Areas of Expertise
Statistical
Analysis
Transit
Performance Evaluation
Econometric
Modeling
Travel
Behavior Analysis
Transportation
Economics
Survey
Analysis
Transit
Development Plans
Service
Planning
Representative Experience
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Produce five-year transit development
plans for transit systems throughout Florida.
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Conduct comprehensive performance
reviews (trend and peer analyses) of Florida transit systems.
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Produced training and procedures
manuals for bus operators, bus traffic controllers, and transit operations
supervisors at Miami-Dade Transit Agency.
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Developed an update to the manual for
the preparation of transit development plans in Florida.
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Designed transit shuttle service for
Coconut Grove and the Airport West area in Miami, Florida.
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Evaluated current practices of service
planning and performance monitoring at major transit systems throughout the
United States and Canada.
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Compiled and statistically analyzed
results of transit and commute options surveys.
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Analyzed productivity of bus operators
at the Miami-Dade Transit Agency.
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Formulated a logit model for the
Miami-Dade Transit Agency to predict changes in fare payment method.
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Organized literature reviews on a
variety of transportation topics.
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Adjunct Instructor at the University of
South Florida (Department of Economics).
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Instructor for National Transit
Institute (NTI) Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Course
Previous Positions
Post-Graduate Research Fellow, Center for Urban
Transportation Research
Graduate
Research Assistant, Center for Urban Transportation Research
Graduate
Teaching Assistant, USF Department of Economics
Education
M.A.,
Economics, University of South Florida
B.A.,
Economics/Management, Eckerd College