Jennifer Flynn, NBRTI Senior Research Associate

Jennifer Flynn

Phone: 813-974-6529

Email: flynn@cutr.usf.edu

PROFILE: 

I am a senior research associate with CUTR’s National Bus Rapid Transit Institute (NBRTI).  My areas of expertise include bus rapid transit (BRT), urban circulator systems, data compilation/analysis for transit reference guides, and market research.

EXPERIENCE:

Senior Research Associate                                                           April 2006 – Present

Center for Urban Transportation Research, College of Engineering, University of South Florida

• Perform before-and-after evaluations and travel time component analyses of BRT systems.
• Conduct research into the qualitative aspects of mode choice.
• Design and conduct market research exercises, including focus group moderation.
• Design and manage survey exercises, including selection of sampling strategies, survey instrument design, and statistical analysis of survey data.
• Compile and analyze data for transit reference guides.

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS:

• Flynn, J., Thole, C., and Perk, V. (2011) Metro Orange Line BRT Project Evaluation. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Washington, D.C.

• Cain, A., Van Nostrand, C., and Flynn, J. (2010) Impact of Miami Urban Partnership Agreement Phase 1A on Transit User Perceptions of I-95 Express Bus Service, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2144, pp. 44-51.
• Cain, A., and Flynn, J. (2010) Tangible and Intangible Service Attributes. Transportation Research Board 89^th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers.
• Cain, A. and Flynn, J. (2009) Quantifying the Importance of Image and Perception to Bus Rapid Transit. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Washington, D.C.
• Diaz, et. al. (2009) Characteristics of Bus Rapid Transit. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, Washington, D.C.
• Cain, A., Darido, G., Flynn, J., and Thole, C. (2007) BRT Update: An Overview of Bus Rapid Transit in the United States, Mass Transit Magazine, pp. 28-41.

EDUCATION:

M.A. Urban Geography                                                                 August 2002 – May 2007  

University of South Florida, Tampa FL.

B.A. Geography                                                                               August 1999 – May 2002

University of South Florida, Tampa FL.

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