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Dr. Michael D. Meyer is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and former Chair of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. From 1983 to 1988, Dr. Meyer was Director of Transportation Planning and Development for Massachusetts where he was responsible for statewide planning, project development, traffic engineering, and transportation research. Prior to this, he was a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at M.I.T.
Dr. Meyer has written over 140 technical articles and has authored or co-authored numerous texts on transportation planning and policy, including a college textbook for McGraw Hill entitled Urban Transportation Planning: A Decision Oriented Approach. He was the author of Transportation Congestion and Mobility: A Toolbox for Transportation Officials, a book sponsored by the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the Federal Highway Administration that focuses on transportation actions that can be implemented to enhance mobility. He is an active member of numerous professional organizations, and has chaired committees relating to transportation planning, public transportation, environmental impact analysis, transportation policy, transportation education, and intermodal transportation.
Dr. Meyer is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2000 Theodore M. Matson Memorial Award in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of transportation engineering; the 1995 Pyke Johnson Award of the Transportation Research Board for best paper in planning and administration delivered at the TRB Annual Meeting; and the 1988 Harland Bartholomew Award of the American Society of Civil Engineers for contribution to the enhancement of the role of the civil engineer in urban planning and development. He was recently appointed to the Executive Committee of the Transportation Research Board.
Dr. Meyer has a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, an M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from M.I.T. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Georgia.
Published Books and Parts of Books
- Gakenheimer, R. and Meyer, M.D., "Urban Transportation Planning in Transition: Sources and Prospects of TSM," in Current Issues in Transportation Policy, (A. Altshuler, Ed.) D.C. Heath, 1979.
- Meyer, M.D. and Miller, E.J., Urban Transportation Planning: A Decision-Oriented Approach, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1984 (new edition, 2000).
- Meyer, M.D., "Urban Transportation Planning," in Urban Planning Manual, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, 1986.
- Meyer, M.D., "Urban Transportation Planning in the United States: Trends and Future Directions," in Transportation Planning and Mobility in an Era of Transition, (G.R.M. Jansen, P. Nijkamp, and C.J. Ruigrok, Eds.), Amsterdam, North-Holland/Elsevier Science Publishers, The Netherlands, 1985.
- Meyer, M.D. (Ed. and author of four chapters), Congestion Primer, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington, D.C., July, 1989.
- Gakenheimer, R. and Meyer, M.D., "Urban Transport Corridor Planning," in Transport Planning for Third World Cities, (H. Dimitrou, Ed.), Rottledge, New York, 1990.
- Meyer, M.D., "Financial and Economic Considerations" in Transportation Planning Manual (J. Edwards, Ed.), Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington, D.C., 1992.
- Meyer, M.D. "Public Transportation in the 21st Century: What the Future Holds", in Public Transportation: Planning and Operations, (Gray and Hoel, Eds.), Prentice-Hall, 1992.
- Meyer, M.D., "Transportation Planning, in The Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, 1996
- J. Leonard and Meyer, M.D., "Design of Transportation Facilities," in The Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, 1996.
- Meyer, M.D., Chapter on "Transportation Planning" in Wright, P., Highway Engineering, Wiley, 1997.
- Meyer, M.D., Transportation Planning, in The Mechanical Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, 1998.
- J. Leonard and Meyer, M.D., "Design of Transportation Facilities," in The Mechanical Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, 1998
- Meyer, M.D., Toolbox on Congestion Reduction and Mobility Enhancement, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington D.C., 1998.
- Meyer, M.D., Transportation, in Microsoft, Inc., Encarta Encyclopedia, 1999, 2001 (second edition)
- Meyer, M.D., Chapter on Statewide Multimodal Transportation Planning, in Transportation Planning Handbook, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington D.C., 1999.
Published Papers (Last Five Years)
- Nelson, A., T. Sanchez, C. Ross, and M.Meyer, Rail Transit in the Suburbs: Case Study of Transit Use in Atlanta's Affluent Northern Tier, Transportation Research Record 1571, Transportation Research Board, 1997.
- Nelson, A., M.Meyer, and C. Ross, Parking Supply and Transit Use, Case Study of Atlanta, Georgia, Transportation Research Record 1604, Transportation Research Board, 1997.
- Meyer, M.D., Educating and Training Tomorrow's Transportation Professionals, Conference Proceedings #12, Transportation Research Board, 1997.
- Meyer, M.D., Chairman's Summary, National Conference on Intermodal Transportation Education and Training, Conference Proceedings #17, Transportation Research Board, 1998.
- Meyer, M.D., Demand Management As An Element of Transportation Policy: Using Carrots and Sticks To Influence Travel Behavior Transportation Research 33-A, Nos. 7/8, 1999.
- Meyer, M.D. and L. Jacobs, Developing a Civil Engineering Curriculum for the Challenges of the 21st Century, Journal of Professional Issues, vol. 126, no.2, 2000 American Society of Civil Engineers.
- Meyer, M.D., A Review of Transportation Planning History and A Look Toward the Future, Conference Proceedings #20, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., 2000.
- Meyer, M.D., Establishing a Research Agenda for the Future of Transportation Planning, Conference Proceedings 20, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., 2000.
- Meyer, M.D., Transport Planning for Urban Areas: A Retrospective Look and Future Prospects, Journal of Advanced Transportation, vol. 34, no.1. 2000.
- Meyer, M.D. "Measuring that which cannot be measured (At least according to conventional wisdom)." In Conference Proceedings 26: Performance Measures to Improve Transportation Systems and Agency Operations. Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 2001.
- Meyer, M.D., Results of an International Scan on Freight Transport in the European Union, Federal Highway Administration, Office of International Programs, Jan. 2001.
- Meyer, M.D., Performance Measures as a Way of Changing Agency Mission, Proceedings of a Conference on System Management and Operations, Columbia, MD, Oct. 2001.
- Meyer, M.D. Measuring System Performance: The Key to Establishing Operations as a Core Agency Mission. Accepted for publication in Transportation Research Record, 2002
Illustrative Presentations (Last Five Years)
- Intermodal Transportation and Logistics: The Case of North America and NAFTA, OECD Conference on North American Logistics, Mexico City, May 1997
- Socio-Economic and Technological Factors Affecting Congestion Management, Transportation Research Board Conference on Congestion Management, Irvine, CA, June 1997
- Use of Alternative Data Collection Strategies, FHWA Workshop on HPMS Reassessment, Minneapolis, MN, June 1997.
- The Politics of Highway Engineering, American Society of Highway Engineers, Atlanta, GA, Sept. 1997
- Getting Up to Speed on Mobile Sources, Minnesota Air Quality Conference, Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 1997.
- Performance Measures for California Transportation System Users and Investors, Conference sponsored by the University Transportation Center for CalTrans, Sacramento, CA, Oct. 1997.
- Role of Models in the Policy Process, Transportation Modeling Symposium, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California-Berkeley, Asilomar, CA, Feb. 1998
- A Review of Transportation Planning History and A Look Toward the Future, National Conference on the Future of Transportation Planning, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., March 1999.
- A Retrospective to the Future, National Conference on Planning Applications, Boston, MA, March 1999.
- Research on Transportation Planning: An Agenda for the Future, Transportation Research Board, Irvine, CA April 1999.
- Transportation Planning In (and For) the Future: Challenges and Opportunities, Region II University Transportation Center Distinguished Lecture Series, World Trade Center, New York, NY, Nov. 1999.
- The Future of Transportation Technology and Its Influence on Statewide Transportation Planning, Symposium on Forces Shaping Mobility Strategies, California Transportation Futures, CalTrans, Sacramento, Nov. 2000.
- The New Economy and Smart Growth: The Missing Component of e-freight, Smart Growth Conference, Urban Land Institute, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 2000.
- E-freight and Implications for Metropolitan Areas, National Workshop Sponsored by Federal Highway Administration and Environmental Protection Agency, Portland, OR, Jan. 2001.
- Summary of the Initiative to Develop a Transportation Research Agenda, TRB Symposium, National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C, Aug. 2001.
- Freight Movement in the European Union: Consequences for NAFTA, North American Freight Logistics Conference, Brownsville, TX, Sept. 2001; and Toronto Canada, Nov. 2001.
- Value Pricing as a Key Strategy for Dealing with Congestion, National Workshop on Transportation Pricing, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 2001.
- Future Challenges and Opportunities for State Transportation Agencies, Keynote speech at the Annual State Transportation Conference, Jefferson City, MO, Jan. 2002.
- Measuring System Performance: The Key to Establishing Operations, Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Jan. 2002.
- Performance as the Core for Operations, Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Jan. 2002.
- Results of the European Scan on Freight Transport, Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Jan. 2002.
- The Issue, Challenges, and Opportunities for Moving from the State-of-the-Practice to the State-of-the Art, Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Jan. 2002.
Honors
- National Associate of the National Academies, in recognition of truly extraordinary service to the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, 2002
- Theodore M. Matson Memorial Award, AASHTO, American Road and Transportation Builders Association, Federal Highway Administration, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Intelligent Transportation Society of America and Transportation Research Board, Award in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of transportation engineering. 2000
- Visiting Scholar Lecture, Region II University Transportation Center, 1999.
- Pyke Johnson Award (with others), Transportation Research Board, Best paper in planning and administration delivered at the TRB January Meeting, 1995.
- Faculty Associate, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1992
- Harland Bartholomew Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, Award for contribution to the enhancement of the role of the civil engineer in urban planning and development, 1988
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