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Transportation and Logistics Expert Holguín-Veras to Present at International Transport Forum
Rensselaer Professor To Speak About Policy
Incentives for Improving Traffic and Reducing Congestion in
Urban Centers
Leading transportation engineering and humanitarian
logistics expert Jose Holguín-Veras will speak this week at the
high-impact International
Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany.
Holguín-Veras, the William
H. Hart Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a
member of the university’s Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, will speak as part of a
presentation titled “Seamless Urban Freight Transport: The need
for a new policy approach.”
In the
presentation, Holguín-Veras and others will discuss how
policymakers can better create regulations to balance the needs
of drivers, business owners, and other stakeholders to optimize
freight delivery and transportation in downtowns and city
centers. The presentation is part of the International
Transport Forum’s “
Seamless Transport: Making Connections” section.
A strategic think tank for transportation policy, the
International Transport Forum is an intergovernmental
organization with 53 member countries. It is a part of the Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development.
Presenting with Holguín-Veras is transportation engineering
expert
Eiichi Taniguchi, professor at Kyoto University, whose
research thrusts include the effects of e-commerce on urban
freight transport, optimization of vehicle routing and
scheduling using traffic information, and urban renewal using
intelligent transport systems. The presentation is organized by
logistics expert
Michael Browne, professor at the University of Westminster,
who has many studies investigating the interaction of the
private and public sector in urban freight and service
decision-making. Browne’s research interests include
sustainable distribution and green logistics strategies, best
practice in distribution in European cities, and potential
energy savings from city logistics strategies.
Holguín-Veras is known as a global leader in the areas of
freight demand modeling, transportation economics, and
humanitarian logistics. He also studies behavior relating to
sustainability policies and the impact of transportation on the
environment. As part of his supply chain research,
Holguín-Veras led the multidisciplinary teams that investigated
the cause of logistical failures in the aftermath of Hurricane
Katrina, the catastrophic 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the 2011
Tohoku Earthquake in Japan. He is the director of the Center for
Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment at
Rensselaer, and is actively working to develop new theories and
methods for expediting the flow of critical supplies to the
site of extreme events.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recognized
Holguín-Veras in 2001 with a Faculty Early Career Development
(CAREER) Award. In 1996 he received the Milton Pikarsky
Memorial Award from the Council of University Transportation
Centers, and in 2001 was the recipient of a proclamation from
the City Council of New York, honoring his research
accomplishments and contributions to local communities.
Holguín-Veras is active in leadership positions at several
key international research organizations. He is president-elect
of the newly created Pan-American Association of Transportation
Research, an elected member of the Council of the Association
for European Transport, and a member of the board of directors
of the Intelligent Transportation Society of New York.
Holguín-Veras is a fellow of the International Road Federation
(IRF), Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and
the Organization of American States (OAS).
He served as conference chair of the 13th Pan-American
Advanced Studies Institute on Transportation Sciences, as well
as vice president for the Pan-American Conferences of Traffic
and Transportation Engineering. He is a member of the board of
directors of the University Transportation Research Center,
Transportation Infrastructure Research Center, and the
Community University Consortium for Regional Environmental
Justice. Additionally, Holguín-Veras was appointed by former
New York Governor David Paterson to serve on the New York State
Thruway Authority Board. He is also a member of several journal
editorial boards.
A native of the Dominican Republic, Holguín-Veras received
his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Universidad
Autónoma de Santo Domingo, his master’s degree in
transportation from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, and
his doctoral degree in transportation from the University of
Texas at Austin.
For more information on Holguín-Veras and his research at
Rensselaer, visit:
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Published
May 2,
2012 |
Contact: Michael Mullaney
Phone: (518) 276-6161
E-mail: mullam@rpi.edu |
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