Engineer Development

William G. Allen, Jr., P.E. *** Oak Ridge Club Road

PO Box 390

Transportation Planning Consultant Windsor, SC 29856-0390

803-***-**** *******@***.***

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William G. Allen, Jr., P.E.

Experience

Transportation Consultant, Windsor, South Carolina, 2006 - present

Mitchells, Virginia, 1990 - 2006

Mahwah, New Jersey, 1988 - 1990

Started a consulting practice in 1988 to provide transportation planning services to a

limited number of clients. Main areas of specialty are travel demand forecasting and

transit planning. Typical projects:

Development of time series rail and bus ridership forecasting model for budget

development, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Calibration of new regional travel forecasting model for the Washington, DC area

as part of the Dulles Corridor Transportation Study

Forecast of rail ridership for Addison Road corridor in Prince George s Co., MD

Development of complete travel forecasting model sets for Harrisonburg, VA,

Reading, PA, Lehigh Valley, PA, Sioux Falls, SD, Baltimore, MD, New

Orleans, LA, Brunswick, GA

Development of new suburban travel forecasting models for Stafford, Fairfax,

Prince William, and Spotsylvania Counties, VA

Mode choice, sub-mode choice, and rail mode of arrival application program

development for Metropolitan Washington (DC) Council of Governments

Preparation of traffic and toll revenue forecasts for E-470 and Northwest Parkway

toll roads (Denver), Steel Bridge (Chesapeake, VA), Lafayette Regional

Expressway (Lafayette, LA), Dulles Greenway (Loudoun County, VA)

Development of tour frequency models, New York and Atlanta

Review of forecasting procedures and development of new travel models for small

and medium-sized areas in Michigan

Signal system coordination study for Culpeper, VA

Application of suburban travel model to support calculation of highway impact

fees, Stafford and Spotsylvania Counties, VA

Development of service standards and system-level analyses for the Dallas Area

Rapid Transit bus system

Calibration of various new regional travel model components for Atlanta, Seattle,

and Charlotte

Development of new truck models for Washington, Atlanta, Baltimore, and

medium-sized cities in Ohio

Volvo Cars of North America, Rockleigh, New Jersey, 1983 - 1988

Engineer, Regulatory Affairs

Responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and interpreting future automotive regulatory

requirements, and communicating these to the European and North American

offices. Represented Volvo in industry meetings and before government agencies.

Prepared comments concerning proposed Federal regulations on emissions, fuel

economy, and theft prevention, and Canadian requirements, and California emissions

requirements.

Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1977 - 1983

Senior Associate; Transportation/Transit Planner

Directed and participated in a variety of transportation and transit planning projects,

with emphasis on travel demand modelling. These involved the development of all

kinds of multi-modal transportation models, including large-scale regional model

systems, sketch planning methods, and microcomputer-based techniques. Also

assisted on a variety of short-range transit, traffic, and parking studies. Typical

projects:

Travel Demand Analysis

Analysis of transit commuting trends in Washington, D.C. in connection with

Metrorail expansion

Calibration and testing of travel demand models for long-range transit planning in

Seattle, Houston, New Orleans, Buenos Aires, and southeast Florida

Application of travel models for air quality analysis (New Orleans) and subway

system alternatives and toll road planning (Buenos Aires)

Development of sketch planning techniques for the analysis of transit

improvement alternatives in New Orleans

Survey analysis and development of planning methods for a regional transportation

plan for Mexico City

Transportation Planning

Preparation of a transportation plan for Harford County, Maryland

Analysis of long-distance commuting alternatives for the Virginia suburbs of

Washington, DC

CBD transit, traffic, and parking analyses for Atlantic City, Birmingham, Newport

News, and Columbus (Ohio)

Central area parking management program for Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Transit Planning and Operations

Development and application of rail transit operating cost models for Buenos

Aires and New York City

Preparation of route and schedule plan for Springfield, Missouri

Analysis of private sector transit alternatives for Montgomery County, Maryland

and Hickory, North Carolina

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Sverdrup & Parcel and Associates, Inc. 1975 - 1977

Transportation Planner

Worked on transportation studies and project proposals. Areas of practice included

paratransit planning, and site traffic circulation and parking analyses. Typical

projects:

Analysis of alternatives to Sunday bus service, Arlington County, Virginia

Study of shared-ride taxi service for Arlington County, Virginia

Traffic and parking studies for airports, hospitals, and college campuses in North

Carolina, District of Columbia, and West Virginia

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1974

Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1975

Professional Affiliations

Institute of Transportation Engineers

Society of Automotive Engineers

Registered Professional Engineer: Virginia (040*-******) and New Jersey (24GE03061400)

Selected Publications

A New Method for Estimating Cold Start VMT, presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the

Institute of Transportation Engineers, 1993 (with G. Davies)

Use of GIS in Transit Alternatives Analysis, presented at the TRB Fourth Conference on

Application of Transportation Planning Methods, 1993 (with S. Mukundan)

Model Improvements for Evaluating Pricing Strategies, presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the

Transportation Research Board, 1995

Multiple Occupancy Criterion HOV Modelling, presented at the TRB Fifth Conference on

Application of Transportation Planning Methods, 1995

Calibration of an Employee Commute Options Model, presented at the TRB Fifth Conference on

Application of Transportation Planning Methods, 1995

Forecasting the Cost of Driving, ITE Journal, February 1996

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Using Traffic Models to Support Proffers, Planning in Virginia, Virginia Chapter, American

Planning Association, November 1996

Using Life Cycle in Trip Generation, presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the

Transportation Research Board, 1997 (with J. Curley)

Modelling Carpool and Transit Park-and-Ride Lots, presented at the TRB Sixth Conference on

Application of Transportation Planning Methods, 1997

Adaptable Assignment, presented at the TRB Sixth Conference on Application of

Transportation Planning Methods, 1997

Modelling Commercial Vehicle Travel, presented at the TRB Ninth Conference on Application of

Transportation Planning Methods, 2003 (with P. Agnello)

A Model of Journey Frequency, presented at the TRB Ninth Conference on Application of

Transportation Planning Methods, 2003 (with G. Schultz)

Using Your Model Effectively, presented at the TRB Tenth Conference on Application of

Transportation Planning Methods, 2005 (with D. Schmitt)

Analysis of Time of Day Models from Various Urban Areas, presented at the TRB 11th Conference

on Application of Transportation Planning Methods, 2007

A New Technique for Destination Choice, presented at the TRB 12th Conference on Application

of Transportation Planning Methods, 2009

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