People

Directors

Faculty and Staff

Graduate Students

Maha Ahmad

  • PhD Candidate, Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Favorite transit systems (tried to date): Muni Light Rail in San Francisco and Sydney Trains

Roy Akumu

  • Master's Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Favorite Transit System: Paris Métro

Eilish Bennett

  • Master's Student, Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Favorite Transit System: Prague Trams

Marcus Chan

  • PhD Student, Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Favorite Transit Systems: Hong Kong MTR and Unitrans

Jason Hill

  • PhD Student, Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Favorite Transit System: Singapore’s MRT

Wendi Jiang

  • Master's Student, Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Favorite Transit System: Shenzhen Metro

Maria Carolina Lecompte

  • PhD Candidate, Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Favorite Transit System: ransmiCable (Transmilenio’s cable car), London Bus system, Tokyo Metro

Yi (Joy) Luo

  • Master's Student, Transportation Technology and Policy and Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Favorite Transit System: Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Netherlands intercity train)

Claire McGinnis

  • PhD Candidate, Transportation Technology and Policy
  • Favorite Transit System: Chicago (CTA – Chicago Transit Authority)

Undergraduate Students

Alumni

Daniel Byrd

  • North Central Texas COG, Transportation Planner
  • MS, Transportation Technology and Policy, 2024
  • Favorite Transit System: Unitrans

Staly Chin

  • SFMTA, Transit Planner, Transit Performance and Technology
  • MS, Transportation Technology and Policy, 2023
  • Favorite Transit System: Hong Kong MTR

Reid Passmore

  • Safe Streets Research and Consulting, Planner/Researcher II
  • PhD, Transportation Systems Engineering, 2025 (Georgia Tech)
  • Favorite Transit System: BART

Peter Rossi

  • Caltrans, Division of Transportation Planning, Associate Transportation Planner
  • MS, Environmental Policy & Management, 2024
  • Favorite Transit System: WMATA or Eastern Sierra Transit Agency

Noah Thoron

  • California Public Utilities Commission, Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst
  • MS, Transportation Technology and Policy, 2025
  • Favorite Transit System: Santa Cruz PRT proposal