Associate Professor, RP Braun/CTS Chair of Transportation, University of Minnesota
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
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- RP Braun/CTS Chair in Transportation at University of Minnesota
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- Editor at Journal of Transport and Land Use
- Visiting Academic at Imperial College
- Visiting Post-doctoral Researcher, Graduate Research Assistant at University of California at Berkeley
- Transportation Planning at Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
- Education
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- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Maryland College Park
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
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David Levinson’s Summary
Brief Autobiography
As of Fall 2005, I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota and director of the Networks, Economics, and Urban Systems (NEXUS) research group. In January 2005 I was awarded the CUTC/ARTBA New Faculty Award. I earned a Ph.D in Transportation Engineering at U.C. Berkeley in 1998. My dissertation "On Whom the Toll Falls", argues that local decision making about managing and financing roads will be more likely to lead to direct road pricing, which will allow the efficient allocation of scarce road resources (and thus reduce congestion). I have conducted research into travel behavior. I received the 1995 Tiebout Prize in Regional Science for my paper "Location, Relocation, and the Journey to Work". From 1989 to 1994, I worked as a transportation planner, developing integrated transportation - land use models used in Montgomery County, Maryland and applying those models for multimodal network planning and for growth management.
Books
* Financing Transportation Networks, published by Edward Elgar (May 2002)
* Assessing the Benefits and Costs of ITS, published by Kluwer (April 2004)
* The Transportation Experience, published by Oxford University Press (2005)
* Access to Destinations, published by Elsevier (2005)
* Planning for Place and Plexus: Metropolitan Land Use and Transport, published by Routledge (2007)
David Levinson’s Specialties:
Transportation planning, travel demand analysis, statistical analysis, agent-based models, transportation economics, database archiving
David Levinson’s Experience
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RP Braun/CTS Chair in Transportation
University of Minnesota
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
June 1999 — Present (10 years 6 months)
The postition involves research and education. Research is noted below:
My current research projects include:
Access to Destinations
Agent Based Travel Demand Modeling
Modeling Network Growth
Metropolitan Travel Survey Archive: Phase II -
Editor
Journal of Transport and Land Use
(Higher Education industry)
2007 — 2009 (2 years )
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Visiting Academic
Imperial College
(Higher Education industry)
2006 — 2007 (1 year )
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Visiting Post-doctoral Researcher, Graduate Research Assistant
University of California at Berkeley
(Higher Education industry)
1994 — 1999 (5 years )
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Transportation Planning
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Public Policy industry)
June 1989 — July 1994 (5 years 2 months)
I worked as a transportation planner, developing integrated transportation - land use models used in Montgomery County, Maryland and applying those models for multimodal network planning and for growth management.
David Levinson’s Education
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University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. , Civil Engineering , 1994 — 1998
My dissertation "On Whom the Toll Falls", argues that local decision making about managing and financing roads will be more likely to lead to direct road pricing, which will allow the efficient allocation of scarce road resources (and thus reduce congestion).
- Activities and Societies:
- Quiz bowl
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University of Maryland College Park
MS , Civil Engineering , 1990 — 1992
MS Thesis: An integrated transportation planning model.
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Georgia Institute of Technology
City and Regional Planning 1988 — 1989
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Georgia Institute of Technology
B , Civil Engineering , 1984 — 1988
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University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
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David Levinson’s Websites:
David Levinson’s Honors:
Richard P. Braun/Center for Transportation Studies Chair in Transportation Engineering
CUTC/ARTBA New Faculty Award (2005)
