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Measuring Personal Travel and Goods Movement A Review of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Surveys -- Special Report 277 (2003) / Chapter Skim
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Study Committee Biographical Information
Pages 129-134

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... He has also investigated methods and ap plications for supporting infrastructure policy and action decisions. His current research addresses the implementation of variable speed limits, the development of tools to predict vehicle requirements for delivering demand-responsive transportation services, the economic impact of busi ness aviation, and the assessment of bus signal preemption schemes.
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From page 130...
... He is also working with Los Alamos National Laboratories on the development and implementation of the second demonstration of operating capability of the TRANSIMS microsimulation model in the Portland region, as part of USDOT's Transportation Model Improve ment Program. He chaired the TRB Committee on Passenger Travel De mand Forecasting for 6 years and was a member of the NRC Committee for the Evaluation of the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improve ment Program.
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... He is also Director of the Transportation Infrastructure Research Consortium of the New York State Department of Transportation, a position he has held since 1995. His research inter ests include the development and use of models for planning passenger and freight movements; improved methods for surveying travel behav ior intended for the development of travel behavior models; and the economics of transportation regulations, infrastructure, and systems management.
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From page 132...
... He currently is Chairman of the TRB Com mittee on National Transportation Data Requirements and has chaired or cochaired a number of other TRB committees, including the Steering Committee for the Conference on Information Needs to Support State and Local Transportation Decision Making into the 21st Century. He chaired the recent joint task force of TRB, the Federal Highway Admin istration, and the American Association of State Highway and Trans portation Officials that examined long-term transportation policy research needs.
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... Tweedie retired in 2001 from the New York State Department of Transportation, where his positions included Director of the Planning Bureau and Director of the Data Services Bureau. He was responsible for the development and direction of the state's comprehensive transpor tation planning program and for the coordination of program activities with other state agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, the fed eral government, and local jurisdictions.
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