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Jonathan L. Gifford is a professor in ��������’s Schar School of Policy and Government and an Affiliate Faculty Member in the Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering. He directs the Center for Infrastructure Public-Private Partnership Policy, which supports research, education, and outreach on the use of public-private partnerships (P3s) and alternative forms of delivery for infrastructure renewal and expansion. His research focuses on infrastructure policy, planning, finance, and institutions. He teaches courses on infrastructure policy, P3 policy, emerging technology, and regional development policy. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in civil engineering with a concentration in transportation at the University of California, Berkeley, and his B.S. in civil engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

Curriculum Vita

Jonathan Lewis Gifford
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Schar School of Policy and Government
3351 Fairfax Drive, rm. 527, M.S. 3B1, Arlington, Virginia 22201 U.S.A.
+1-703-993-2275 (voice) / +1-703-993-8215 (fax)
jgifford@gmu.edu

Education

1983. Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Transportation), University of California, Berkeley (1983). Mi­nors: Eco­nom­ics, City Plan­ning. 

1979. M.S., Civil Engineering (Transportation), University of California, Berkeley.

1976. B.S., Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University.

Positions Held

1988 –. Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government (formerly School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, formerly School of Public Policy), �������� (1988-94, assistant professor; 1994-2001 associate professor).

1993 –. Faculty, Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences & Policy Program, ��������.

2013 –. Director, Center for Infrastructure Public-Private Partnership Policy (p3policy.gmu.edu); formerly the Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy (2013-24).

2023 –. Affiliate Faculty, Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, ��������

2014. Visiting Scholar, International Transport Forum, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France.

2013 – 2014. Visiting Scholar, Institute for Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley.

2008 – 2013. Associate Dean for Research, School of Public Policy, ��������.

2007 – 2013. Director, Master’s in Transportation Policy, Operations & Logistics, School of Public Policy, ��������.

2007. Acting Associate Dean for Research, School of Public Policy, �������� (spring).

2005 – 2006. Visiting Fellow, Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences.

2002 – 2006. Director, Master’s in Transportation Policy, Operations & Logistics, School of Public Policy, �������� (on leave, fall 2005-spring 2006).

2000 – 2002. Director, Master of Science in Professional Studies in Transportation Policy, Operations & Logistics, School of Public Policy, ��������.

1998 – 2005. Faculty, Honors in General Education, ��������.

1997. Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

1991 – 2001. Senior Research Fellow, School of Public Policy, ��������.

1983 – 88. Assistant Professor, Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon University (visiting, 1983 – 84).

1982. Intern, Congressional Budget Office, U.S. Congress. 

1981 – 82. Intern, Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress. 

1981. Intern, Office of Management and Budget, U.S. Executive Office of the President. 

1977 – 81. Research Assistant, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

1976 – 77. Junior Engineer (design), Kaiser Engineers, Inc., Oakland, California. 

1975. Scuba diver and manager, AKD-Deep Six, Inc., Tripoli, Libya.

Grants, Fellowships & Awards

2022 – 2023. Jonathan Gifford, PI. “Using Advance Refunding of Federal Loans to Support Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management and Delivery: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic.” USDOT: Mid-Atlantic Center for Integrated Asset Management for Multi-Modal Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CIAMTIS), Penn State University [see below], 2020-2023, total $150,000.

2020 – 2022. Jonathan Gifford, PI. “Price Discovery for Strategic Compensation of Toll Road Operators to Relieve State Maintenance Impacts.” Mid-Atlantic Center for Integrated Asset Management for Multi-Modal Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CIAMTIS), Penn State University [see below]. With Elise Miller-Hooks and Sue McNeil.

2020 – 2021. ��������, Faculty Study Leave. (Previously awarded in 1997, 2005 - 2006, 2013 – 2014.)

2018 – 2021. Jonathan Gifford, Co-Principal Investigator. “Accounting for Downtime Effects in Maintenance and Restoration Scheduling for Routine, Periodic and Post-Disaster Events.” Virginia Transportation Research Council, Virginia Department of Transportation. With Elise Miller Hooks and David Lattanzi.

 2018 – 2024. Investigator. Mid-Atlantic Center for Integrated Asset Management for Multi-Modal Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CIAMTIS), Penn State University, ��������, Lehigh University, Morgan State University, University of Delaware, Virginia Tech University, and West Virginia University. U.S. Department of Transportation University Transportation Centers Program. $28.34 million.

 2016-2017. Jonathan Gifford, PI. “P3 Evidence Project.” Virginia Transportation Research Council.

 2012 – 2016. Jonathan Gifford, PI. “Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy Project.” Virginia Office of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships.

2015. Jonathan Gifford, PI. “Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office Assistance.” U.S. Department of Transportation under contract to Booz Allen Hamilton.

2015. Jonathan Gifford, PI. “Development of Framework and Educational Tool to Assess the Benefits and Costs of Highway Public-Private Partnerships.” U.S. Department of Transportation under contract to Booz Allen Hamilton.

2013. Governance Options for DC Streetcar. District of Columbia Department of Transportation, under subcontract to HDR, Inc.

2011 – 2012. Jonathan Gifford, PI. “Communications Data Delivery Systems.” U.S. Department of Transportation, under contract to Booz Allen Hamilton.

2011 – 2012. Jonathan Gifford, PI. “Building the Professional Capacity for Multimodal Planning in Virginia.” Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment, Office of the Secretary of Transportation Commonwealth of Virginia.

2008 – . National Associate of the National Research Council of the National Academies (lifetime appointment).

2007 – 2009. Jonathan Gifford, PI. “Institutional Architectures to Advance Operational Strategies.” National Academy of Sciences, Strategic Highway Research Program II. Subcontract to PB Consult, Inc. 

2004 – 2005. Jonathan L. Gifford (PI). “GSA Transportation Management Policy Program (MTL) Study.” U.S. General Services Administration, under subcontract to MAXIMUS, Inc. August 15, 2004 – April 30, 2005. 

2003 – 2004. Jonathan L. Gifford (PI) and John McClain (co-PI). “Benchmarking the Organization Structures and Technical Standards that Guide Transportation Decision-Making in Arlington County.” Commonwealth of Virginia, Arlington County.

2003. Jonathan L. Gifford (PI). “FAST Impact Study.” American Road and Transportation Builders Association.

2000 – 2003. Jonathan L. Gifford (PI). “Regional Professional Capacity Building Course on Public Policy to Support the Deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems.” Virginia Transportation Research Council.

2000 – 2002. Jonathan L. Gifford (co-PI). “A Study to Examine the Use of Signal Preemption and Other Vehicle Priority Strategies along Signalized Arterials in the Washington, D.C. Region.” With the Center for Transportation Research, Virginia Polytechnic University, to the Virginia Department of Transportation

 1998 – 2003. Roger R. Stough (PI), Jonathan L. Gifford, associate investigator. Center for ITS Implementation. Research & Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

1999. Who’s Who in American Science and Engineering.

1996 – 97. Jonathan L. Gifford (PI), Roger R. Stough (co-PI). “Institutional Barriers to the Use of Smart Card Technology in Licensing Commercial Vehicle Operators.” National Center of Excellence for Research in Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, to the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. 

1995 – 96. Jonathan L. Gifford (PI). “Smart Card Systems for Commercial Drivers.” Subcontract to 3-G International, to the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. 

1991 – 92. Jonathan L. Gifford (PI). Fenwick Fellowship, ��������. 

1991. Jonathan L. Gifford (PI). “The Impact of Uncertainty Representation in Transporta­tion Planning,” Summer Research Award, Graduate School, ��������. 

1986 – 87. Jonathan L. Gifford (PI). “Information Requirements and Data Analysis for Near Midair Collision Safety Programs.” U.S. Federal Aviation Administra­tion, Office of Aviation Safety.

1985 – 86. Jonathan L. Gifford and Kevin P. Kearns (co-PIs). “An Infor­mation Sys­tems Strate­gic Plan for Washington County.” County of Washington, Common­wealth of Pennsylva­nia.

1984 – 86. Jonathan L. Gifford and Robert F. Rich (co-PIs), Research Award, Committee on Social Science Research in Computing, Carnegie Mellon University.

1985. Jonathan L. Gifford (PI), Research Award, Program in Technology and Society, Carnegie Mellon University. 

Books and Edited Volumes

2003. Jonathan L. Gifford, Flexible Urban Transportation (Oxford: Elsevier).

1993. Jonathan L. Gifford, Don R. Uzarski and Sue McNeil, ed. Infrastruc­ture Planning and Management. Proceed­ings. New York: American Society of Civil Engineers.

1992. Jonathan L. Gifford, Thomas A. Horan and Daniel Sperling, ed. Transportation, Information Technology and Public Policy: Institutional and Environmental Issues in IVHS. Proceedings. Fairfax, VA: ��������, The Institute of Public Policy; Davis, California: University of California, Davis, The Institute of Transportation Studies.

Journal Articles

2023. Mamdoohi, Sohrab, Elise Miller-Hooks, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “.” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice (September 2023)

2023. Gifford, Jonathan L., Lisardo A. Bolaños, Nobuhiko Daito, and Carter B. Casady. “” Public Management Review 26(6) (April 18): 1583-1609.

2023. Gifford, Jonathan L., Shanjiang Zhu, and Daniel Grimaldi. “.” Case Studies on Transport Policy 12 (June): 101016.

2021. Lee, Narae, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “” Transportation Research Record 2675 (10) May 10). 

2019. Bolaños, Lisardo, Jonathan L. Gifford, Jeong Yun Kweun. .” Case Studies on Transport Policy, vol. 7, no. 2 (June), 185-95.

2019. McCarthy, Lauren N., Lisardo Bolaños, Jeong Yun Kweun, and Jonathan Gifford. “.” Transport Policy 98 November, pp. 197-207. 

 2019. Bolaños, Lisardo, Morghan Transue, Porter Wheeler, and Jonathan Gifford. “.” Transportation Research Record 2673, no. 12 (July 9, 2019): 290–300. 

2018. Jeong Yun Kweun, Porter K. Wheeler, and Jonathan L. Gifford. "Evaluating highway public-private partnerships: Evidence from US value for money studies." Transport Policy. vol 62, pp 12-20, February. DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2017.03.009. 

2017. Chen, Zhenhua, Nobuhiko Daito, Jonathan L. Gifford. “,” Transport Policy vol. 58 (August), pp. 80-87. 

2015. Gifford, Jonathan, Morghan Transue. “The Evolution of Virginia’s Public-Private Partnership Enabling Statutes.” The Journal of Corporation Law, vol 41, no. 1, pp.15-23.

2015. Daito, Nobuhiko, Jonathan L. Gifford. “Efficiency of Innovative Procurement Models: A Frontier Analysis of U.S. Highway P3s.” IRF Examiner, vol. 7, pp. 15-23, August.

2015. Chen, Zhenhua, Nobuhiko Daito, Jonathan L. Gifford. “Data Review of Transportation Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships: A Meta-Analysis.” Transport Reviews, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 228-50, doi: 10.1080/01441647.2015.1076535.

2014. Daito, Nobuhiko, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “U.S. Highway Public Private Partnerships: Are They More Expensive or Efficient than the Traditional Model?” Managerial Finance, 40 (11): 1131 – 1151, doi: 10.1108/MF-03-2014-0072.

2014. Chen, Zhenhua, Nobuhiko Daito, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Do State Fiscal Constraints Affect Implementation of Highway Public-Private Partnerships? A Panel Fixed Logit Assessment.” Journal of Transportation Research Forum. 53 (2): 111-128, summer, www.trforum.org/journal/downloads/2014v53n2_07_FiscalConstraints.pdf.

2013. Daito, Nobuhiko, Zhenhua Chen, Jonathan L. Gifford, Tameka Porter, and John E. Gudgel. “Implementing Public Private Partnerships during Challenging Economic Times: Case Study of the 495 Express Lanes on the Virginia Portion of the Washington Capital Beltway Project (USA).” Case Studies on Transport Policy 1:35-45. doi:10.1016/j.cstp.2013.07.001.

2010. Gifford, Jonathan L. “ICT and Road Transportation Safety in the United States: A Case of ‘American Exceptionalism.’” IATSS Research (Elsevier, International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences), vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 1-8. July.

2005. Haynes, Kingsley E., T.R. Lakshmanan, William P. Anderson, Jonathan L. Gifford, and Danilo Pelletiere. “Sustainable transportation institutions and regional evolution: global and local perspectives.” Journal of Transport Geography, vol. 13, pp. 207-21. 

2004. Paul DeMaio and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Will ‘Smart Bikes’ Succeed as Public Transportation in the U.S.?” Journal of Public Transportation, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 1-14.

2004. Jonathan L. Gifford and W. Homer Carlisle. “Virginia Department of Transportation’s Dashboard Performance Measurement and Reporting System: Going the Full Monty.” Transportation Research Record, no. 1895, pp. 207-219. 

2004. Jonathan L. Gifford and W. Homer Carlisle. “Data Retention & Access Regimes for Wireless Message Logs In the U.S.: An Exploratory Analysis.” Transportation Research Record, no. 1879, pp. 114-19.

2002. Kenneth Button, Jonathan L. Gifford, and John Petersen. “Public Works Policy and Outcomes in Japan and the USA.” Public Works Management and Policy 7(2) October: 124-37.

2002. Jonathan L. Gifford and Danilo Pelletiere, “New Regional Transportation Organizations: Old Problem, New Wrinkle?” Transportation Research Record, no. 1812, pp. 106-11.

2002. Jonathan L. Gifford and Odd J. Stalebrink. “Remaking Transportation Organizations for the 21^st Century: Learning Organizations and the Value of Consortia.” Transportation Research A: Policy & Practice 36(4):645-57.

2002. Jonathan L. Gifford and Odd J. Stalebrink. “ITS Standardisation: Lessons from the Consortium Approach,” International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management 2 (1): 56-71.

2001. Jonathan L. Gifford, Danilo Pelletiere, and John Collura. “Stakeholder Requirements for Traffic Signal Preemption and Priority: Preliminary Results from the Washington, DC Region.” Transportation Research Record, no. 1748, pp. 1-7.

2000. Odd J. Stalebrink and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Transportation Asset Management: The Value of Enterprise-Based Financial Reporting.” Transportation Research Record, no. 1729: 51-56.

1999. Jonathan L. Gifford “Increasing the Social Acceptability of Urban Transport Projects.” Transportation Quarterly, 53(4) (Fall): 49-66.

1998. Sanjay Marwah, Jonathan L. Gifford, Mark E. Maggio and Roger R. Stough. “End-User Perspectives of a Smart Card Based Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).” Transportation Research Record, no. 1640: 84-91.

1997. Jonathan L. Gifford and Scott W. Talkington. “Demand Elasticity Under Time-Varying Prices: A Case Study of Day-of-Week Varying Tolls on the Golden Gate Bridge” In Transportation Research Record, no. 1558 (February): 55-59.

1996. Jonathan L. Gifford, Larry Yermack and Cheryl Owens. “EZ Pass: A Case Study of Institutional and Organizational Issues in Technology Standards Development.” In Transportation Research Record, no. 1537 (November): 10-14.

1994. Jonathan L. Gifford, William J. Mallett and Scott W. Talkington. “Implementing the Intermodal Surface Transporta­tion Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA): Issues and Early Field Data.” Transportation Research Record, no.1466: 14-22.

1994. Jonathan L. Gifford, Thomas A. Horan and Louise G. White. “The Dynamics of Policy Change: Reflections on the 1991 Federal Surface Transportation Legislation.” Transportation Research Record, no. 1466: 8-13.

1994. Jonathan L. Gifford. “Adaptability and Flexibility in Urban Transportation Policy and Planning.” Technologi­cal Forecasting and Social Change 45(2): 111-18.

1993. Jonathan L. Gifford. “The Saga of American Infrastructure: Toward the 21st Century.” The Wilson Quarterly 17(1): 40-47. Abridged and translated, Dialogue (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Information Agency) 104 (February, 1994): 39-43.

1993. Jonathan L. Gifford and W.L. Garrison. “Airports and the Air Transportation System: Functional Refinements and Functional Discovery.” Technological Forecasting and Social Change 43(2) (March): 103-23.

1993. Thomas A. Horan and Jonathan L. Gifford. “New Dimensions in Infrastructure Evaluation: The Case of Non-Technical Issues in Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems.” Policy Studies Journal 21(2): 347-56.

1992. Jonathan L. Gifford. “Standards for Intelligent Vehicle Highway System Technologies.” Transportation Research Record, no. 1358: 22-28.

 1991. Jonathan L. Gifford and P. Sinha. “Airport Congestion and Near-Midair Collisions.” Transporta­tion Research 25A: 91-99.

1984. Jonathan L. Gifford. “The Innovation of the Interstate Highway System.” Transportation Re­search 18A: 319‑32.

Book Chapters

2022. Bolaños, Lisardo, Morghan Transue, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Rational Inattention in Non-Profit Public-Private Partnerships: The Las Vegas Monorail Bankruptcy Case.” In Handbook on Public-Private Partnerships in Transportation, edited by Simon Hakim, Robert M. Clark and Erwin A. Blackstone, vol. 1, pp. 175-94. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International (January 1). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-83484-5_10.

2020. Gifford, Jonathan L. “Public-Private Partnership and the Future of US Infrastructure.” In US Infrastructure: Challenges and Directions for the 21st Century, edited by Aman Khan and Klaus Becker, Chapter 12. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge. 

2012. “Transportation Finance.” In The Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government Finance, edited by Robert D. Ebel and John E. Petersen, pp. 594-623. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2012.

2009. “Transportation.” In A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology, edited by Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen, Stig Andur Pedersen and Vincent F. Hendricks, pp. 532-37. Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

2007. “Options and Infrastructure System Development.” In The Management and Measurement of Infrastructure: Performance, Efficiency and Innovation, ed. Charlie Karlsson et al., pp. 165-76. Cheltenham, UK; Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

2007. “U.S. and European Responses to Uncertainty about Intelligent Transportation Systems: A Comparative Analysis.” In Institutions and Sustainable Transport: Regulatory Reform in Advanced Economies, ed. Piet Rietveld and Roger Stough, 96-108 (Cheltenham, U.K. & Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar). With Vincent Marchau.

2005. “Congestion and Its Discontents.” In Access to Destinations, edited by David M. Levinson and Kevin J. Krizek, 39-61. New York: Elsevier, 2005.

2005. “A Research Agenda for Institutions, Regulations and Markets in Transportation and Infrastructure.” In Institutions, Regulation and Sustainable Transport, ed. Piet Rietveld and Roger R. Stough, 102-110 (London & New York: Taylor and Francis, Spon Press). 

2005. “Flexible Transportation Systems.” In Transport Strategy, Policy and Institutions, Handbooks in Transport, vol. 6, ed. David Hensher and Kenneth Button (Oxford: Elsevier), 597-611.

2005. “Transportation Asset Management.” In Transport Strategy, Policy and Institutions, Handbooks in Transport, vol. 6, ed. David Hensher and Kenneth Button (Oxford: Elsevier), 275-83. With Odd J. Stalebrink.

2004. “Policy Perspectives.” In Digital Infrastructures: Enabling Civil and Environmental Systems through Information Technology, ed. Rae Zimmerman and Thomas Horan (London: Routledge), 57-71.

2001.  “Transportation Demand Management.” In Transport Systems and Traffic Control, Handbooks in Transport, vol. 3, ed. David Hensher and Kenneth Button, 199-208 (Oxford: Elsevier). With Odd J. Stalebrink.

1996. Jonathan L. Gifford “Complexity, Adaptability and Flexibility in Infrastructure and Regional Develop­ment: Insights and Implications for Policy Analysis and Planning.” In Infrastructure, Economic Growth and Regional Development, ed. David Batten and Charlie Karlsson, 169-86 (Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag).

1995. Jonathan L. Gifford. “Urban Infrastructure Systems, Behavior and Environmental Policy.” In Urban Policies for an Environmentally Sustainable World, ed. Mats Rolén, Report 95:7 (Stockholm, Forskningsrådnämnden [FRN, The Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research]), pp. 58-100.

Book Reviews

2023. Gifford, Jonathan L., Review of T by Nicholas Dagen Bloom. Journal of the American Planning Association (Nov. 29). 

2015. Gifford, Jonathan L., Review of The Folklore of the Freeway: Race and Revolt in the Modernist City by David Moffat. 

2013. Gifford, Jonathan L., Review of Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure by Jeffrey Delmon, Economic Development Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3 (July 16): 263-64. 

2012. Gifford, Jonathan L. Review of The Economics of Transport: A Theoretical and Applied Perspective, by Jonathan Cowie. Papers in Regional Science, vol. 91, no. 2 (June).

 2006. Gifford, Jonathan L. Review of Zoned Out: Regulations, Markets, and Choices in Transportation and Metropolitan Land-Use, by Jonathan Levine, and Taking the High Road: A Metropolitan Agenda for Transportation Reform, edited by Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes. Journal of Planning Education and Research, vol. 26, no. 1 (Fall).

2006. Gifford, Jonathan L. Review of The Geography of Urban Transportation, 3^rd ed., by Susan Hanson and Genevieve Giuliano. Journal of Regional Science, vol. 46, no. 2 (May). 

Conference Presentations and Proceedings 

2025. Cindy A. Quiroz, Carter B. Casady, Jonathan L. Gifford, M. Mustafa Sever. “The Fate and Impact of Challenged Public-Private Partnership Project: An Assessment of the U.S. Experience.” Poster presented at the Transportation Research Board annual meeting, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, D.C., January 6.

2025. Carter B. Casady, Jonathan L. Gifford, M. Mustafa Sever. “Evaluating Advance Refunding Strategies in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in U.S. Transportation Infrastructure.” Poster presented at the Transportation Research Board annual meeting, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, D.C., January 6.

2025. Garvin, Michael J., Syed J. Agha, Jonathan L. Gifford, and Youngjin Kim. “Tradeoffs of Progressive Public-Private Partnerships (P3s).” Poster presented at the Transportation Research Board annual meeting, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, D.C., January 6.

2024. Muhammet Sever, Carter Casady, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Using Refinancing of Federal Loans to Support Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management and Delivery: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic.” 71^st North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, New Orleans, LA, November 14-16.

2024. Muhammet Sever, Adriana Valentina Farias, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Exploring Self-Sufficiency in Transportation Infrastructure: Analyzing the Interrelationship of Federal, State, and Local Funding in Major U.S. Metropolitan Areas.” 71^st North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, New Orleans, LA, November 14-16.

2024. Tarn Somervell Fletcher and Jonathan L. Gifford. “The Influence of Infrastructure Funding, Finance, and Procurement on Facility Design and Delivery.” 71^st North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, New Orleans, LA, November 14-16.

2024. Garvin, Michael J., Syed Agha, Jonathan L. Gifford, and Youngjin Kim. “Tradeoffs of Collaborative/Progressive P3s.” Presented at the P3 Subcommittee, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 10.

2024. Gifford, Jonathan L. “Public-Private Partnerships for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation.” Presented at the Scaling Private Capital Mobilization and Financing for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation in Transport Workshop, Organized by the World Bank and the International Transport Forum, Transportation Research Board 103rd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 11, 2024.

2024. Gifford, Jonathan L., Carter B. Casady, and Muhammet Mustafa Sever. “Evaluating Advance Refunding Strategies in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic in U.S. Transportation Infrastructure Projects.” Presented at the Transportation Research Forum 2024 Annual Conference, Arlington, VA, April 5.

2024. Gifford, Jonathan L., Carter B. Casady, Muhammet Mustafa Sever, Marina Manganaris, Divya Rana, and Cindy Quiroz. “The Fate and Impact of Challenged Public-Private Partnership Projects: An Assessment of U.S. Experience.” Presented at the Transportation Research Forum 2024 Annual Conference, Arlington, VA, April 4, 2024.

2024. Peoples, Chris, Helen Pinkston-Pope, Shawn Wilson, Jonathan L. Gifford, and Mike McDermott. “Navigating the Trifecta: P3s – Politics, Policies, and Public Sentiment.” Panel discussion presented at the 2024 NC Transportation Summit, Greensboro, NC, May 22.

2024. Jonathan L. Gifford. “Public-Private Partnerships for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation.” Presented at the Scaling Private Capital Mobilization and Financing for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation in Transport Workshop, Organized by the World Bank and the International Transport Forum, Transportation Research Board 103rd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 11.

2023. Narae Lee and Jonathan L. Gifford. “On the Optimal Contract for Emergency Maintenance Project: A Repeated Game Analysis of the U.S. Department of Transportation and Private Toll Operator Cost Sharing.” Poster presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 9.

2022. Jonathan L. Gifford, Marina Manganaris, and Muhammet Mustafa Sever. “Analysis of P3 and Conventional Projects in Surface Transportation Infrastructure on Long-Term Operations and Maintenance (O&M).” Presented at 2022 North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Montreal, Quebec, November.

2022. Narae Lee and Jonathan L. Gifford. “P3 Toll Adjustments to Relieve Maintenance Impacts of Adjacent Facilities: A Repeated Game Analysis.” 2021 Fall Conference, Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management, March 27-29 [rescheduled from fall 2021], Austin, TX. 

2022. Marina Manganaris, Caroline Gao, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Accounting for Downtime Effects in Maintenance and Restoration Scheduling for Routine, Periodic, and Post-Disaster Events.” 101st Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board. January 10. Washington, D.C.

2021. Jonathan L. Gifford, Carter Casady, Marina Manganaris, Narae Lee, Tim Hurley, and Caroline Gao. “Relative Performance of Public-Private Partnerships and Conventional Project Delivery during Crises.” North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Denver, Colorado. November 11.

2021. Narae Lee and Jonathan L. Gifford, “Bargaining for Toll Adjustment during General Purpose Lane Maintenance and Resulting Congestion: A Repeated Game Approach.” 53rd Annual Universities Transport Study Group Conference. Virtual. July 5-6. 

2021. Narae Lee and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Credit Support and Infrastructure Investment: The Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Case.” Transportation Research Board annual meeting. Virtual, January 13. 

2020. Narae Lee and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Credit Support and Infrastructure Investment: The Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Case.” Transportation and Infrastructure Asset Management Conference. Virtual, November 11.

2020. McCarthy, Lauren N., Lisardo Bolaños, Jeong Yun Kweun, and Jonathan Gifford. “Understanding Project Cancellation Risks in U.S. P3 Surface Transportation Infrastructure.” IBTTA/TRB/AASHTO International Transportation Finance Summit, April 2020 [accepted for presentation, event cancelled due to COVID-19], Denver, Colorado.

2019. Childress, Eric, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Measuring the Impact of Federal Transport Credit Support Programs.” Presented at the American Road and Transportation Builders 31st Annual Public-Private Partnerships in Transportation Conference, Washington, D.C., July 18.

2019. Kim, Hyun Ju (Monica), and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Measuring the Impact of Federal Transport Credit Support Programs: TIFIA.” Presented at the Transportation Asset and Infrastructure Management Conference, State College, PA, October 29.

2018. Lisardo Bolaños, Morghan Transue, and Jonathan Gifford, “Las Vegas Monorail Bankruptcy: Opportunism in Public-Private Partnerships, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) International Conference, Mexico City (July 20).

2018. Jonathan L. Gifford. “P3 evidence project: phase I and II.” Public-Private Partnership Conference, American Association of Road and Transportation Builders Association, Washington, D.C. (July 19).

2018. Lauren N. McCarthy, Lauren N. McCarthy, Lisardo Bolaños, Vinh Mai, Jonathan Gifford, “Stages of U.S. P3 Surface Transportation Infrastructure,” Transportation Research Forum, Minneapolis, MN (April 10).

2018. Lisardo Bolaños, Morghan Transue, Porter Wheeler, Jonathan Gifford, and Lauren McCarthy “U.S. Surface Transportation Public-Private Partnerships: Objectives and Evidence” (paper 18-04763), Transportation Research Board annual meeting, Washington, D.C. (January 10). 

2017. Jonathan L. Gifford. “Are we delivering on the P3 promise?” Public-Private Partnership Conference, American Association of Road and Transportation Builders Association, Washington, D.C. (July 14).

2015. Nobuhiko Daito, Jonathan L. Gifford, Shanjiang Zhu. “Consideration of Procurement Alter- natives in Network Design Problems: Genetic Algorithm Approach to Model Highway Public-Private Partnerships.” North American Regional Science Council (NARSC), Portland, Oregon, November 11-14.

2015. Jeong Yun Kweun, Jonathan L. Gifford, and Lisardo A. Bolaños. “Transportation Public-Private Partnerships and Supplier Diversity.” North American Regional Science Council (NARSC), Portland, Oregon, November 11-14.

2015. Jonathan Gifford, Lisardo Bolaños, and Jeong Yun Kweun. “Bankruptcy Policy and Surface Transportation Public-Private Partnerships: A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. and Europe.” Fourth Annual International Public-Private Partnership (P3) Symposium, New York, New York, September 15.

2015. Jonathan L. Gifford, Lisardo Bolaños, Nobuhiko Daito, and Jeong Yun Kweun. “The Governance of Surface Transportation in the 21st Century: Understanding the Emergence of the Public-Private Partnership Model Paper.” 19th Annual Conference of the International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE), Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 18-20.

2015. Nobuhiko Daito, Shanjiang Zhu, Jonathan L. Gifford. “Understanding the Interaction of Multiple Jurisdictions for Highway Investment: Viability of Public-Private Partnership Alternatives.” International Conference on Public-Private Partnerships (ICPPP), Austin, Texas, May 26-29.

2015. Jonathan Gifford, Lisardo Bolaños, Nobuhiko Daito. “Renegotiation of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships: The U.S. Experience.” International Conference on Public-Private Partnerships (ICPPP), Austin, Texas, May 26-29.

2015. Nobuhiko Daito, Shanjiang Zhu, Jonathan L. Gifford. “Understanding the Interaction of States for Highway Public-Private Partnerships: A Preliminary Analysis.” North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Washington, D.C., Nov 12-15.

2013. Rui Neiva and Jonathan Gifford. “Declining Car Usage Among Younger Age Cohorts: An Exploratory Analysis of Private Car and Car-Related Expenditures in the United States.” World Conference on Transport Research, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 13-17.

2013. Nobuhiko Daito, Zhenhua Chen, and Jonathan L. Gifford, “Research Needs for Virginia Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy”, Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. January 13-17.

2012. Jonathan L. Gifford. “Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Research & Education Needs”, ARTBA 24th Annual P3 in Transportation Conference, Washington, D.C. October 12.

2012. Jonathan Gifford, Laurie Schintler, Xin Zhou, Nobuhiko Daito, Junyang Yuan, Zhenhua Chen and Jing Li. “U.S. Seaports and Megaregions: A Social Network Analysis Approach.” The 58^th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Miami, FL, November 9-12.

2010. Jonathan Gifford, Zhenhua Chen, Jing Li, Uma Kelekar, Nathaniel Zebrowski, and Xin Zhou, “Mega-regions and Freight: Evidence from the Commodity Flow Survey and Freight Analysis Framework.” The 57^th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Denver, November 10-13, 2010.

2007. Cristina Checherita and Jonathan Gifford. “Risk Sharing in Public-Private Partnerships: General Considerations and an Evaluation of the U.S. Practice in Road Transportation.” 48^th Annual Transportation Research Forum, Boston, MA, March 15-17. DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.207820. 

2006. Jonathan Gifford and Cristina Checherita. “Bounded Rationality and Transportation Behavior: Lessons for Public Policy.” Proceedings, EWGT2006 Joint Conferences: The 11th Meeting of the EURO Working Group on Transportation, “Advances in Traffic and Transportation Systems Analysis”; and Extra EURO Conference on “Handing Uncertainty in Transportation: Analyses, New Paradigms, Applications and Comparisons”, Bari, Italy, September 27-29, pp. 451-57.

2006. Gifford, Jonathan, and Cristina Checherita. "Boundedly- and Non-Rational Travel Behavior and Transportation Policy." Paper presented at the Fourth International Scientific Conference, "Challenges in Transport and Communication", Pardubice, Czech Republic, September 14-15, pp. 141-46.

2001. John Collura, James Chang and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Traffic Signal Preemption and Priority: Technologies, Past Deployments, and System Requirements.” Proceedings, 11^th annual meeting, Intelligent Transportation Society of America, Miami Beach, Florida, June 4-7 (accepted for publication).

2001. Jonathan L. Gifford, Danilo Pelletiere, John Collura and James Chang. “Traffic Signal Preemption and Priority Stakeholder Requirements: Preliminary Results from the Washington, DC Region.” Proceedings, 11^th annual meeting, Intelligent Transportation Society of America, Miami Beach, Florida, June 4-7 (accepted for presentation and publication).

2001. Odd J. Stalebrink and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Transportation Asset Management: A Vehicle for Mainstreaming ITS?” Proceedings, 11^th annual meeting, Intelligent Transportation Society of America, Miami Beach, Florida, June 4-7 (accepted for presentation and publication).

2001. Jonathan L. Gifford, Danilo Pelletiere, John Collura and James Chang. “Stakeholder Requirements for Traffic Signal Preemption and Priority: Preliminary Results from the Washington, DC Region.” Proceedings, 80^th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 7-11.

2000. John Collura, James Chang and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Traffic Signal Priority Strategies for Transit: A Review of Selected Experiences in the United States.” Proceedings, 7^th World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Turin, Italy, November 6-9.

2000. Odd J. Stalebrink and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Transportation Asset Management: The Value of Enterprise-Based Financial Reporting.” Proceedings, 79^th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 9-13. CD ROM.

1998. Jonathan L. Gifford and Chelsea C. White III. “Key Issues in ITS Standardization and Inter­op­er­ability.” In Proceedings of the ITS Standards Program Review and Inter­op­er­abil­ity Workshop, pp. 1-7 (Washington, D.C.: ITS America).

1998. Jonathan L. Gifford and Odd J. Stalebrink. “ITS Standardization: Assessing the Value of a Consortium Approach.” In Proceedings of the ITS Standards Program Review and Inter­op­er­abil­ity Workshop, pp. 1-7 (Washington, D.C.: ITS America).

1998. Sanjay Marwah, Jonathan L. Gifford, Mark E. Maggio and Roger R. Stough. “End-User Perspectives of a Smart Card Based Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).” Proceedings, 77^th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 11-15. CD ROM.

1997. Sanjay Marwah, Jonathan L. Gifford, Roger R. Stough. “Motor Carrier Operators and Firms Perspective on Smart Cards and Smart Commercial Drivers License: Uncertainties in Technology Migration and Institutional Issues.” Proceedings, Fourth World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Berlin, Germany, October 21-24. CD ROM.

1997. Jonathan L. Gifford. “The Use of Consortia to Accelerate Standardization for Intelligent Transportation Systems.” Proceedings, Fourth World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Berlin, Germany, October 21-24. CD ROM.

1996. Jonathan L. Gifford, Sanjay Marwah, Mark E. Maggio and Jennifer Hunt-Morstein. “Smart Card Development for Commercial Vehicle Operations.” Proceedings, Third Annual World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Orlando, Florida, October 14-18.

1996. Jonathan L. Gifford and Jean-Luc Ygnace. “Technology Standards and Deployment of Advanced Transportation Technologies: A Comparative Case Study of Electronic Toll and Traffic Management (ETTM) in the United States and France.” In Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation Engineering, Yorgos J. Stephanedes and Francesco Filippi, ed., proceedings, Fourth International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation Engineering, Capri Italy, June 27-30, 1995 (New York: American Society of Civil Engineers), pp. 535-41.

1996. Mark E. Maggio and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Institutional Issues of Standardization: The Case of Automatic Equipment and Vehicle Identification.” Proceedings, Sixth Annual Meeting of ITS America, Houston, TX, April 15, Volume II, pp. 993-1000.

1995. Jonathan L. Gifford, Larry Yermack and Cheryl Owens. “The Development of the E-Z Pass Specification in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania: A Case Study of Institutional and Organizational Issues” Proceedings, Second World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, Yokohama, Japan, November 9-11, pp. 1420-26.

1995. Jonathan L. Gifford and Donna Schwartz. “Uncertainty in Assessing Benefits, Cost and Financial Feasibility of ITS Projects, Programs and Services.” In Steps Forward, Proceedings of the Second World Congress on Transport Systems, Yokohama Japan (Tokyo: VERTIS), vol. V, pp. 2434-39.

1995. Brien G. Benson, Jonathan L. Gifford and Timothy Seest. “Using Kiosks to Provide Transit and Rideshare Information: Two Northern Virginia Test Cases.” In Intelligent Transportation: Serving the User Through Deployment, Proceedings, Annual Meeting, Intelligent Vehicle Highway Society of America, Washing­ton, D.C., Volume I, pp. 315-19.

1995. Jonathan L. Gifford and Jean-Luc Ygnace. “ITS Deployment in the U.S. and France: A Case Study of Electronic Toll and Traffic Management.” In Proceedings of the First World Congress on Applica­tions of Transport Telematics and Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems, 807-15 (Brussels: ERTICO).

1994. Jonathan L. Gifford and Scott W. Talkington. “The Impact of Regional Planning and ISTEA on the Implementa­tion of Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems: Issues and Early Field Data.” In Moving Toward Deployment, Proceedings, 1994 Annual Meeting, Intelligent Vehicle Society of America, pp. 216-21 (Washington, D.C.).

1994. Jonathan L. Gifford and S.W. Talkington. “Demand Elasticity Under Time Varying Prices: A Case Study of the Golden Gate Bridge.” In Moving Toward Deploy­ment, Proceed­ings, 1994 Annual Meeting, Intelligent Vehicle Society of America, pp. 503-07 (Washington, D.C.).

1994. Jonathan L. Gifford “Aviation Infrastructure and Demand as Complex Adaptive Systems.” Transpor­ta­tion Research Circular, no. 425, proceedings, Eighth International Workshop on Future Aviation Activities, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., Septem­ber 13-15, 1993 (May):23-28.

1992. Jonathan L. Gifford, Thomas A. Horan and Daniel Sperling. “IVHS/RTI Institutional and Environmental Issues: A Strategic Policy Research Agenda for the United States.” In Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems, L. Olaussen and E. Helli, ed., pp. 281-86, Proceedings, Third International Conference, Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems, Oslo, Norway, September 2-4.

1992. Thomas A. Horan and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Determining Congestion and Air Quality Effects: The Need for Field and Forecast Data on IVHS Technologies.” Modeling and Simulation 23:1319-25.

1992. Jonathan L. Gifford and Todd Madeksza. “Program Origins of Intelligent Vehicle/Highway Systems: The Electronic Route Guidance System.” Modeling and Simulation 23:1293-98.

1992. Jonathan L. Gifford, D. Sperling and Thomas A. Horan. “IVHS Policy—A Call to Action: Report of a Workshop on Institutional and Environmental Issues.” In Surface Transportation and the Information Age, pp. 329-40. Proceedings, 2nd Annual Meeting, Intelligent Vehicle Highway Society of America, Newport Beach, CA, May 17-20 (Washington, D.C.: The Society).

1991. Jonathan L. Gifford. “A Flexible Framework for Urban Transportation Planning Under Uncertainty.” Modeling and Simulation 22 (1):424-31.

 1987. Jonathan L. Gifford. “The Strategic Use of Information Systems in Urban Transportation.” In Managing Urban Transportation as a Business, Eric Bers and Chris Hendrickson, ed., 355‑64 (New York: American Society of Civil Engineers).

Invited Lectures, Presentations & Colloquia

2024. Jonathan L. Gifford, Moderator, Opening Plenary. P3C: Public-Private Partnership Conference & Expo, Dallas, Texas, March 11-13.

2024. Jonathan L. Gifford, “Alternative Approaches to Revenue Part 2 - Tolling, Bonding, P3 and other Financing Mechanisms.” Guest lecture, Introduction to Transportation Funding and Finance (MTM 202), San Jose State University, February 29.

2024. Michael J. Garvin, Syed Agha, Jonathan L. Gifford, and Youngjin Kim. “Tradeoffs of Collaborative/Progressive P3s.” Presented at the P3 Subcommittee, Transportation Research Board, January 10, 2024.

2024. Cindy Quiroz, Muhammet Mustafa Sever, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “The Fate and Impact of Challenged Public-Private Partnership Projects: An Assessment of U.S. Experience.” Presented at the P3 Subcommittee, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 10, 2024.

2023. Jonathan L. Gifford. “Infrastructure in the National Capital Region: The Agony and the Ecstasy.” Presented at the Cosmos Club Geography and Land Use Group, Washington, D.C., December 8.

2023. “Overdesign in Civil Infrastructure Systems? The Influence of Infrastructure Funding, Finance, and Procurement on Facility Design and Delivery.” “Developments in Innovative Infrastructure Delivery.” Cornell University, Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy. Ithaca, NY, June 7.

2021. “Infrastructure, You Give Me Fever.” Cosmos Club Geography and Land Use Group. Virtual, March 12.

2021. Panelist, ESG and Infrastructure. 8^th Annual P3 Town-Gown Roundtable. Alliance for Investment in American Infrastructure and the American Road and Transportation Builders Association. Virtual, March 11.

2019. U.S. State Department International Visitor Leadership Program delegation from El Salvador, Van Metre Hall, Arlington, Virginia (November 7).

 2019. Panelist. “The Smart Mobility Matrix: How Do We Make the Future Work?” Smart City Solutions Forum, National Parking Association Convention and Expo. Orlando, FL (October 21).

2019. Schar School visiting delegation from Shanghai JiaoYun Group, Co., Ltd., Van Metre Hall, Arlington, Virginia (October 16).

2019. U.S. State Department International Visitor Leadership Program delegation from India, Van Metre Hall, Arlington, Virginia (September 26).

2019. Co-leader, 1-day training session on “Public-Private Partnership (P3) Procurement: A Guide for Owners,” for U.S. Department of Transportation under contract with Leidos at the Maryland Department of Transportation (September 19).

2018. Co-leader, 1-day training session on “Public-Private Partnership (P3) Procurement: A Guide for Owners,” for U.S. Department of Transportation under contract with Leidos at the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (October 16).

2018. Lecture on public-private partnerships. Qianghai (China) Public Policy Training Group. Schar School of Policy and Government, �������� (July 9).

2018. “Renegotiations in Road P3s.” International Road Federation (IRF) Public-Private Partnership training workshop, Alexandria, VA (February 8). 

2018. “Evidence Project Update.” Fifth Annual “Town-Gown” Roundtable, American Association of Road and Transportation Builders and Association for the Improvement of American Infrastructure, Washington, D.C. (January 9).

2017. Lecture on public-private partnerships. Shengzhen HR and SSN Bureau Training Group. Schar School of Policy and Government, �������� (September 13).

2017. “P3 Evidence Project.” Association for the Improvement of American Infrastructure’s 2017 Annual Membership Meeting, New York, NY, June 12.

2016. “Public Private Partnerships and Infrastructure Finance: Policy and Recent Evidence.” Triway International Group, Falls Church, VA, Oct 8.

2016. “Policy Trends in P3s: US and Canada.” Dispute Resolution Board Foundation’s 20th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., September 23. 

2016. “U.S. Transportation P3s: Governance and Institutional Arrangements.” State Department International Visitor’s Leadership Program, Arlington, VA, February 9.

2016. “National U.S. Department of Transportation Act at Age 50: Consequences and Lessons.” 95^th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington D.C., January 13.

2016. “Evaluation of P3s.” American Road and Transportation Builders Association “Town Gown” Roundtable, Washington D.C., January 9.

2015. “Public Private Partnerships 101: Part 2.” National Governors Association State Planning Retreat on Public-Private Partnerships. Little Rock, Arkansas, October 7.

2015. “The Governance of Surface Transportation in the 21st Century: Understanding the Challenges of Implementing New Technologies and New Procurement Methods.” George Washington University, Washington DC, July 9.

2015. “Transportation Public-Private Partnerships: The Virginia Experience.” Public-Private Partnerships: Solutions for America Symposium, Iowa City, Iowa, April 8.

2015. “Research Underpinnings of Tolling.” International Bridge Tunnel and Turnpike Association, Washington D.C., March 30.

2015. “A New Way of Building, Managing, Financing, Transportation Infrastructure.” Institute of Transportation Studies Seminar, University of California – Davis, California, March 13.

2015. “Transit P3s in the U.S.” College of Environmental Design, University of California – Berkeley, California, March 10.

2015. “Renegotiation and Restructuring of Transportation Public-Private Partnership Projects in the U.S.” World Bank, Washington D.C., February 18.

2015. “U.S. Transportation P3s: Governance and Institutional Arrangements.” State Department International Visitor’s Leadership Program, Arlington, VA, February 9.

2014. “Renegotiation of Transportation P3s: The U.S. Experience.” 2014 International Conference on Meeting Challenges through Better Governance and Management towards Sustainable PPPs, Seoul, South Korea, December 9-10.

2014. “U.S. Transportation Public-Private Partnerships: Institutional Governance.” 2014 International Conference on Meeting Challenges through Better Governance and Management towards Sustainable PPPs, Seoul, South Korea, December 9-10.

2014. “The Evolution of Public-Private Partnerships and Best Practices for States.” Council of State Governments Transportation Policy Academy, Washington, D.C., September 17.

2014. “Public-Private Partnerships in United States Transportation System Development: Performance Evaluation and Data Disclosure.” Chinese Overseas Transportation Association International Conference of Transportation Professionals, Changsha, China, July 4-7.

2013. “Highway Regulation in the United States.” World Conference on Transport Research, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 14-18.

2013. “U.S. Public-Private Partnerships: Prospects for the Future.” World Conference on Transport Research, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 14-18.

2013. “U.S. Public-Private Partnerships: Prospects for the Future.” International Transport Forum, Leipzig, Germany, May 22.

2013. “Funding Transportation Infrastructure: A Virginia Perspective.” Northern Virginia Regional Commission. Fairfax, Virginia, April 2. 

2012. “Potential Funding Solutions: Infrastructure Banks.” Infrastructure Banks and Financing: An Initiative of Our Nation’s Capital, Arlington, VA, April 17.

2012. “Public and Private Sector Roles in U.S. Transportation Infrastructure Development: Past, Present and Future.” History and Heritage Lecture, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March 30.

2012. “Highways, Land Use, Transit and Transportation Policy.” Presented to American Society of Highway Engineers, Fairfax, VA, March 21.

2011. “Innovative Transportation Finance in the United States." Presented at Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, February 19.

2011. "The Financial Crossroads in the U.S. Surface Infrastructure Policy." Presented at Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, February.

 2010. "Surface Transportation Authorization—Update." Presented to the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General as part of its community of practice program, October 28.

2009. “Research Perspectives from Universities.” ITS Architecture Development for DDOT, Government of the District of Columbia, District Department of Transportation, December 1-2.

2009. Speaker, “Smart Roads, Smart Cars: How IT is Transforming Transportation.” Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Washington, D.C., May 14.

2009. “U.S. Surface Transportation Policy for the 21^st Century: The Prospects for Switzerland and the U.S.” On Track to the Future – Sustainable Transportation: A Challenge for the 21^st Century. George Washington University, the Embassy of Switzerland, and Young Professionals in Transportation, Washington, D.C., February 12.

2009. Moderator, “Sustainable Communities: How to Spend a Trillion Dollars.” National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., February 2.

2008. “Electronic Tolling: Developing Interoperability between States.” Paper presented at the Toll Roads South, Orlando, FL, October 27.

2005. “Congestion and Its Discontents.” Transportation Seminar. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, April 15.

2005. “Congestion and Its Discontents.” Guest lecture, Introduction to ITS (1.212), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, April 11.

2005. “Congestion and Its Discontents.” Dinner speaker, Virginia Heavy Construction Contractors Association, Fairfax, Virginia, March 23.

2005. “Congestion and Its Discontents.” Transportation seminar. Institute of Transportation Studies and the University of California Transportation Center, University of California, Berkeley, February 11.

2004. “Congestion and Its Discontents.” Access to Destinations: Rethinking the Transportation Future of Our Region. University of Minnesota. November 8-9, 2004. Minneapolis, MN.

2004. “Option Value, Congestion and Transportation System Development.” International Conference on Measurement and Management of Infrastructure. Jönköping International Business School, October 29-31. Jönköping, Sweden.

2003. “Organizing Regional Transportation Planning and Operations.” guest lecture, Introduction to ITS (1.212), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, April 23.

2001. “Standards and ITS,” guest lecture, Introduction to ITS (1.212), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, April 26.

 2000. “Whither the State? The Role of States in Transportation Planning.” California Transportation Futures Symposium, sponsored by the UCLA Extension Public Policy Program, Sacramento, California, December 1.

2000. “The Pathology of Sparsity: A Reformist View of Urban Freeways in America.” A lecture in the series “The Freeway in America,” sponsored by the Rice Design Alliance and the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture of the University of Houston, Houston Texas, September 27.

2000. “Economics and Finance,” guest lecture in Essential Competencies for the Transportation Professional of the Future, University of Michigan and Virginia Tech, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 11.

1999. Professional Capacity Building Policy Forum, Intelligent Transportation Society of Virginia, Fifth Annual Conference, Roanoke, VA, June 6-8.

1999. “Refocusing Transportation Planning for the 21^st Century.” Workshop. Invited participant. Washington, D.C., February 7-10; Irvine, California, April 25-27.

1999. “Institutional Issues & Procurement.” Procuring and Managing the Systems Integrator. Intelligent Transportation Society of America, Washington, D.C., April 22.

1999. “ITS and Regional Transportation Planning.” Intelligent Transportation Society of America, Ninth Annual Meeting & Exposition, Washington, D.C., April 19-22

1999. “Regret, Surprise and Market Learning: Lessons from ITS Standards.” 1999 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting and Science Innovation Exposition, Los Angeles, CA, January 21-26.

 1998. “Education and Training Needs in ITS.” Intelligent Transportation Society of Virginia, Arlington, VA, November 19. 

1998. “Asset Management as Discovery.” American Society of Civil Engineers Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass., October 19.

1998. “Flexible Urban Transportation Systems,” National Science Foundation of China. The Institute of Public Policy, ��������, August 4.

1998. “Increasing the Social Acceptability of Urban Transport Projects.” The Development of Urban Transport Infrastructures: Reconciling the Economic, Social and Environmental Dimensions. Urban Affairs Division, Territorial Development Service, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Housing, France, Paris, France, April 7-8.

1997. “Surveillance Data for Planning, Development and Operation: How Should We Get It, and What Should We Do With It?” Seventh Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Intelligent Transportation Society of America, Washington, D.C., June 2-5.

1997. “Infrastructure Network Restructuring: Implications for Organization, Operation and Management.” Regions Research Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, April 29.

1997. “A National Airspace System Manifesto for the 21st Century.” International Conference on Aviation Safety and Security in the 21st Century, The White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security and The George Washington University, January 13-15.

1996. “Planning for Infrastructure—The Interstate Highway System of the United States,” The Asia Pacific Research Center and the Center for Economic Policy Research, Training Seminar for the State Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China, Stanford University, Stanford, California, January 29.

1995. “Flexible Transportation Systems.” The University of Virginia, Department of Civil Engineering, March 30.

1994. “Urban Infrastructure Systems, Behavior and Environmental Policy.” OECD-Sweden International Seminar on the Factors Promoting and Restraining Urban Environmental Policy, Friibergh Manor, Stockholm, Sweden, June 1-3.

1994. “Non-Incremental Infrastructure Improvements and Uncertainty: Insights from Increasing Returns Economics.” Transport Econometrics: Effects of New Major Infrastructures, Applied Econometrics Association, Calais, France, January 20-21.

1993. “Defining IVHS Standards: Theory and Practice.” Panelist. Building America’s “Smart” Highways, Engineer­ing News Record conference, McLean, VA, December 2-3.

1993. “Complexity, Adaptability and Flexibility in Infrastructure and Regional Development: Insights and Implications for Policy Analysis and Planning.” International Workshop on “Infrastructure, Economic Growth and Regional Development: The Case of the Industrialized High-Income Countries,” Jönköping, Sweden, June 10-12.

1993. “Institutional Issues in Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems.” Research Topics in Intelli­gent Vehicle Highway Systems. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 11.

1992. “Flexible Urban Transportation Systems.” International Conference on Suburban Development and Quality of Life in the U.S.A. Baltimore, Towson, Maryland, May 28-30.

1992. “Evaluating Institutional Effectiveness: Development of Concepts and Methods for Incorporation into IVHS Operational Field Tests.” Workshop on Public/Private Sector IVHS Deployment Issues, Rockville, MD, April 8-9, 1992. With Brien G. Benson, Kingsley E. Haynes and Roger R. Stough.

1992. “Edge City Governance: Implications of Federal Surface Transportation Legislation for Suburban Institutional Arrangements.” National Workshop on Edge Cities and ISTEA, U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., August 13. With William Mallett, Thomas A. Horan and Roger R. Stough.

1991. “The Urban Impacts of a National Highway System.” U.S. Federal Highway Administra­tion, Washington, D.C., February 28.

1991. “Perspectives on the Surface Transportation Reauthorization.” 1991 Washington Policy Conference, National Association of Regional Councils, February 2-4.

1990. “Transportation Network Density and Urban Form: The Case of the Washington Bypass Study.” Technical Committee, Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance, Fairfax, Virginia, September 12.

1990. “Transportation and Land Use Planning.” Transportation Research Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, March 15.

1984. “Technological Alternatives for Urban Infrastructure.” Workshop. Invited participant. National Science Foundation, National Research Council and the Urban Land Institute, Fairlee, Vermont, August 12‑16.

Academic and Professional Meetings

2016. Jeong Yun Kweun, Porter K. Wheeler, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Evaluating Highway Public-Private Partnerships: Evidence from U.S. Value for Money Studies.” The 14th Annual World Conference on Transport Research. Shanghai, China. July 11-13 (presented by Swapnil Garg).

2016. Jonathan Gifford, Lisardo Bolaños, Nobuhiko Daito, Morghan Transue and Jeong Yun Kweun. “The Governance of Surface Transportation in the 21st Century: VDOT Institutional Responses to Environmental Changes.” The 14th Annual World Conference on Transport Research. Shanghai, China. July 11-13 (presented by Swapnil Garg).

2016. Jonathan Gifford, Lisardo Bolaños, Nobuhiko Daito, Morghan Transue and Jeong Yun Kweun. “Renegotiation Of Transportation Public-private Partnerships (p3s): The U.S. Experience.” The 14th Annual World Conference on Transport Research. Shanghai, China. July 11-13 (accepted for presentation).

2016. Jonathan Gifford, Lisardo Bolaños, Nobuhiko Daito, Morghan Transue and Jeong Yun Kweun. “The Las Vegas Monorail Bankruptcy: Opportunistic Behavior Using Non-Profit Entities In Public-private Partnerships.” The 14th Annual World Conference on Transport Research. Shanghai, China. July 11-13 (accepted for presentation).

2016. Jonathan Gifford, Lisardo Bolaños, Nobuhiko Daito, and MorghanTransue. “Renegotiation of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships: The US experience.” Transportation Research Board 95^th Annual Meeting. Washington D.C., January 11.

2016. Jeong Yun Kweun, Porter K. Wheeler, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “A Comparative Analysis of Value for Money Studies: Highway Public-Private Partnerships Projects.” Transportation Research Board 95^th Annual Meeting. Washington D.C., January 11.

2015. Zhenhua Chen, Nobuhiko Daito, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Data Review of Transportation Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships: A Meta-Analysis.” Transportation Research Board 94^th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 11-15.

2015. Nobuhiko Daito, Shanjiang Zhu, Jonathan L. Gifford. “Understanding the Interaction of Multiple Jurisdictions for Highway Investment: Viability of Public-Private Partnership Alternatives.” Transportation Research Board 94^th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 11-15.

2013. Daito, Nobuhiko, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Efficiency of Highway Public-Private Partnerships: A Frontier Analysis Approach.” Milan, Italy, June 17-19.

2012. Jonathan Gifford, Laurie Schintler, Xin Zhou, Nobuhiko Daito, Junyang Yuan, Zhenhua Chen and Jing Li. “U.S. Seaports and Megaregions: A Social Network Analysis Approach.” The Transportation Research Board 91^st Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 22-26.

2011. Jonathan Gifford, Zhenhua Chen, Jing Li, Uma Kelekar, Nathaniel Zebrowski, and Xin Zhou. “Mega-regions and Freight: Evidence from the Commodity Flow Survey and Freight Analysis Framework.” The Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 23-27. 

2010. Xin Zhou and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Institutional Challenges in Development of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Route 1 Corridor in National Capital Region.” 89^th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 10-14.

2010. Jonathan L. Gifford. “Mega-Regions: Shaping Passenger and Freight Demand.” Transportation in Mega-Regions. Transportation Research Board, 89^th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. January 10-14.

2008. Checherita, Cristina, and Jonathan L. Gifford. "Risk Sharing in Public-Private Partnerships: General Considerations and an Evaluation of the U.S. Practice in Road Transportation." Paper presented at the Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 13-17.

2008. Le Renard, Callie, Xin Zhou, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “The Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics Curriculum at ��������'s School of Public Policy.” Paper presented at the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Charleston, South Carolina, October 16.

2006. “What the Interstate Highway System Meant for the Nation.” Transportation Research Board annual meeting, Washington, D.C., January 22-26.

2006. “The Interstate Highway System: An Exception Accomplishment.” American Society of Highway Engineers National Conference. Williamsburg, Virginia, June 1-4.

2005. “Transparency, Accountability and Risk.” Exploring Transparency, Risk and Accountability: Finding the Balance, Getting It Right. Virginia Crossings Resort, Glen Allen, Virginia, December 16-17.

2004. “Data Retention & Access Regimes for Wireless Message Logs In the U.S.: An Exploratory Analysis.” Transportation Research Board annual meeting, Washington, D.C., January 11-15. With Homer Carlisle.

2003. “Institutions for Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty in Transportation & Sustainability.” STELLA Focus Group 5 Workshop, Santa Barbara, May 19-20. With Vincent Marchau.

2003. “Institutional Setting for Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations.” Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 14.

2002. “Actors and Directions in U.S. Transportation Asset Management.” 81^st Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 13-17. With Odd J. Stalebrink.

2002. “Institutional Issues in Implementing Asset Management Systems. 81^st Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 13-17.

2002. “‘New’ Regional Transportation Organizations: Old Problem, New Wrinkle?” 81^st Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 13-17. With Danilo Pelletiere.

2001. “Transportation Operations: The University Perspective.” National Summit on Transportation Operations, Columbia, Maryland, October 16-18.

2001. “Building Asset Management in Public Policy and Engineering Educational Programs. 4^th National Transportation Asset Management Workshop, Madison, Wisconsin, September 23-25. (Via teleconference.)

2001. “Transportation Asset Management.” 80^th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 7-11.

2000. “‘New Regional Organizations’ for Innovative Transportation Service Delivery.” 6^th Annual Conference, Intelligent Transportation Society of Virginia, ��������, Fairfax, VA, June 7-8.

2000. “‘New Regional Organizations’ for Innovative Transportation Service Delivery.” 10^th Annual Meeting, Intelligent Transportation Society of America, Boston, Mass., May 1-4.

2000. “A ‘New’ View of Investment for Infrastructure Asset Management: An Introductory Inquiry.” Infrastructure Convergence and Service Innovation: Transportation, Information and Communications Technologies and the Dynamics of Network Restructuring. �������� and the Delft University of Technology Joint Workshop, Fairfax, Virginia, April 20-21. With Odd J. Stalebrink.

2000. “Reflections on the Life of Frank Turner.” 79^th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 9-13.

2000. “Transportation Asset Management: Insights from Austrian Economics and Organizational Learning.” 79^th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 9-13. With Odd J. Stalebrink.

1999. “Infrastructure Efficiency and Environmental Integrity: Discovering the Proper Balance.” Vehicle-Infrastructure Interaction VI, United Engineering Foundation Conference, Zakopane, Poland, September 26-October 1.

1999. “Remaking Transportation Organizations for the 21^st Century: Learning Organizations and the Value of Consortia.” 78^th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 10-14. With Odd J. Stalebrink.

1998. “‘Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life,’ Part 2: Panel Discussion with Critics and Film Makers.” Panelist. 77^th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 11-15.

1996. “Planning for Infrastructure—A Case Study of The Interstate Highway System of the United States,” Jiaotong Universities 100^th Anniversary Celebration Symposium, Northern Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, July 12-13.

1995. “Institutional Issues in the Application of Advanced Technology In Transportation Engineering,” Fourth International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation Engineering, Capri, Italy, June 27-30.

1993. “Institutional Issues Surrounding IVHS.” 72^nd Annual Meeting, Transporta­tion Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 10-14. With Thomas A. Horan.

1993. “ISTEA (Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act) and Northern Virginia.” Regional Issues Forum, Northern Virginia Institute, ��������, Fairfax, VA, December 9. With Hon. Ellen Bozman and Stephen Lockwood.

1992. “ISTEA on the Rocks: Coalitions, Policy Making and Implementation: Reflections on the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.” Fourteenth Annual Research Conference, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Denver, Colorado, October 29-31. With T.A. Horan and L.G. White.

1992. “The Social Construction of Intelligent Vehicle/Highway Systems.” Annual meeting, Society for the History of Technology, Uppsala, Sweden, August 16-20.

1991. “Risk and Uncertainty in Urban Transportation Policy and Planning.” 13th Annual Research Conference, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Bethesda, Maryland, October 24-26.

1991. “An Integrated Traveler Information System for Tysons Corner, Virginia.” Implementing Regional Mobility Solutions. Conference sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Institute of Transportation Engineers, The Meadowlands, Secaucus, NJ, May 6-8. With E. Doyle and D.T. Gantz.

1991. “Historical Antecedents and Development Impacts of Highways of National Significance.” 70^th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 13-17.

1991. “Transportation Planning, Highway Network Density and Urban Form: The Case of the Washington, D.C., Bypass.” 70^th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, January 13-17.

1990. “Adaptability and Flexibility in Infrastructure System Policy and Planning: The Role of Uncertainty Representation and Analysis.” 12^th Annual Research Conference, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Manage­ment, San Francisco, CA, October 18-20.

1990. “The Life of Transportation Facilities.” 69^th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 7-11.

1989. “Budget Reduction and Organizational Slack.” 74^th Annual Meeting, American Accounting Associa­tion, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 13-16. With R.D. Banker.

1988. “An Analysis of Near-Midair Collisions.” 10th Annual Research Conference, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Seattle, Washing­ton, October 27-29. With Praveen Sinha.

1984. “Aspects of Airport and Airline Decision Making in Airport Development.” 63rd Annual Meeting, Transporta­tion Research Board. Washington, DC, January 16‑20. With William L. Garrison.

1983. “Impact of Deregulation on Airport Finance.” 63rd Annual Meeting, Transporta­tion Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 16‑20. With David L. Lewis and Suzanne B. Schneider.

Research Reports

2024. Garvin, M., S. Agha, J. Gifford, Y. Kim. “Tradeoffs of Collaborative/Progressive Public-Private Partnerships (P3s). Submitted to the Center for Integrated Asset Management of Transportation Intermodal Systems (CIAMTIS), Penn State University, September 30.

2024. Gifford, J., T. Somervell. “Overdesign in Civil Infrastructure Systems? The Influence of Infrastructure Funding, Finance, and Procurement on Facility Design and Delivery.” Submitted to the Center for Integrated Asset Management of Transportation Intermodal Systems (CIAMTIS), Penn State University, September 30.

2024. Gifford, Jonathan L., Carter B. Casady, and M. Mustafa Sever. “Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Comparative Performance Assessment of Public-Private Partnership (P3) and Conventional Transportation Projects.” Submitted to the Center for Integrated Asset Management of Transportation Intermodal Systems (CIAMTIS), Penn State University, September 4.

2024. Gifford, Jonathan L., Carter B. Casady, and M. Mustafa Sever. Using Refinancing of Federal Loans to Support Transportation Infrastructure: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic. Submitted to the Center for Integrated Asset Management of Transportation Intermodal Systems (CIAMTIS), Penn State University, August 15.

2023. Gifford, Jonathan L., Carter B. Casady, Muhammet Mustafa Sever, Marina Manganaris, and Divya Rana. “The Fate and Impact of Challenged Public-Private Partnership Projects: An Assessment of U.S. Experience.” Submitted to the Virginia Transportation Research Council, Virginia Department of Transportation, May 31, 2023.

2023. Gifford, J., E. Miller-Hooks, S. McNeil, N. Lee, S. Mamdoohi, B. Atolagbe, and T. Hurley. “Price Discovery for Strategic Compensation of Toll Road Operators to Relieve State Maintenance Impacts.” Submitted to the Center for Integrated Asset Management of Transportation Intermodal Systems (CIAMTIS), Penn State University, January 2023.

2021. Gifford, Jonathan L., Marina Manganaris, and Congyi Gao. “Prospects for Collaboration by State DOTs with Public-Private Partnership Concessionaires to Enhance Maintenance Efficiency: Compensation Provisions and Project Experience.” Volume 3, “Accounting for Downtime Effects in Maintenance and Restoration Scheduling for Routine, Periodic and Post-Disaster Events.” Submitted to the Virginia Transportation Research Council, Virginia Department of Transportation, May.

2020. Lee, Narae, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Credit Support and Infrastructure Investment: The Case of the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program.” Center for Integrated Asset Management of Transportation Intermodal Systems (CIAMTIS), Penn State University, September 30.

2019. Smith, Nancy, Patricia de la Peña, Edward Kussy, Sonika Sethi, Porter Wheeler, Jonathan Gifford, and Shirley Ybarra. “Public-Private Partnership (P3) Procurement: A Guide for Public Owners.” U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, March. 

2017. Bolaños, Lisardo, Morghan Transue, Porter K. Wheeler, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “U.S. Surface Transportation Public-Private Partnerships: Objectives and Evidence.” Arlington, VA: �������� Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy (August). p3policy.gmu.edu/p3evidence.

2014. Jonathan Gifford, Lisardo Bolaños, and Nobuhiko Daito. “Renegotiation of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships: The US Experience.” International Transport Forum Discussion Paper no. 2014-16, Washington D.C., December 2014.

2012. Jonathan L. Gifford, Nobuhiko Daito, Zhenhua Chen, and Sachin Garg. “Building the Professional Capacity for Multimodal Planning in Virginia.” �������� School of Public Policy final report, September 24.

2011. Gifford, Jonathan L. “Policy Options for Secondary Road Construction and management in the Commonwealth of Virginia.” June 16. Available at .

2010. Gifford, Jonathan L. State infrastructure banks: a Virginia perspective. �������� School of Public Policy Research Paper no. 2010-32, November 24. Available at . 

2005. Cheryl Owens, Jonathan L. Gifford, and W. Homer Carlisle IV. “Government Transportation Management Policy Review – Final Report.” Submitted to U.S. General Services Administration, Office of Governmentwide Policy. March 3.

2004. Jonathan L. Gifford, John McClain, W. Homer Carlisle and Ellen Harpel. “Arlington County Transportation Benchmarking Study,” Final Report. Submitted to Arlington County, Virginia. October 28.

2003. John Collura, Hesham Rakha, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Guidelines for the Planning and Deployment of Emergency Vehicle Preemption and Transit Priority Strategies.” Draft. Prepared for the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments, the Virginia Department of Transportation and the Maryland Department of Transportation. August.

1998. Jonathan L. Gifford, Roger R. Stough, and Sanjay Marwah. “Institutional Issues in the Adoption of Smart Card Technologies for Licensing of Commercial Vehicle Operators.” Final report. Submitted to Intelligent Transportation Systems Research Center of Excellence, Center for Transportation Research, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. February 18.

1998. Jonathan L. Gifford, ed. “Getting More For Less: Developing a Guide for Benefit-Cost Analysis.” Proceedings. Workshop, ��������, September 11-12.

1996. Jonathan L. Gifford “History.” Submitted to the Greater Washington Board of Trade Regional Transportation Study. October 1.

1993. Jonathan L. Gifford and Troy D. Abel. “Institutional Issues in the Draft National Program Plan for IVHS.” IVHS America, December 7.

1992. William Mallett, Thomas A. Horan, Jonathan L. Gifford and Roger R. Stough. “Edge City Governance: Implications of Federal Surface Transportation Legislation for Suburban Institutional Arrangements.” ��������, The Institute of Public Policy, working paper no. 92:18.

1992. Jonathan L. Gifford, “Institutional Research and Development Priorities for the IVHS Tactical Plan.” Institutional Issues Committee, Intelligent Vehicle Highway Society of America.

1992. Jonathan L. Gifford, Brien G. Benson, Kingsley E. Haynes and Roger R. Stough. “Evaluating Institutional Effectiveness: Development of Concepts and Methods for Incorporation into IVHS Operational Field Tests.” Draft. U.S. Federal Highway Administration.

1991. Elly Doyle, Donald Gantz, Jonathan L. Gifford. An Integrated Traveler Information and Guidance System for Tysons Corner. 3 vol. U.S. Federal Highway Administration.

1990. Jonathan L. Gifford. Evaluation of the Dulles Area Transportation Association. Dulles Area Transportation Association and the U.S. Urban Mass Transpor­tation Administration, September.

1990. Jonathan L. Gifford. Transit-Oriented Development Options for Tysons Corner. Virginia Department of Transportation.

1989. Jonathan L. Gifford. Transporta­tion Systems Management/Transportation Demand Management Plan. Dulles Area Transportation Association and U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration, October.

1987. Jonathan L. Gifford and Praveen Sinha. Near Midair Collision Information Analysis: Interim Report. Division of Safety Analysis, Office of Aviation Safety, U.S. Federal Aviation Administra­tion, Washington, D.C. March.

1986. Jonathan L. Gifford and K.P. Kearns. Washington County Information Systems Strategic Plan. Board of County Commis­sioners, County of Washington, Commonwealth of Pennsylva­nia. (Published as working paper 86‑17, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Urban and Public Affairs, June.)

1986. Jonathan L. Gifford and Robert F. Rich. Management Information Systems and the Organiza­tional Use of Informa­tion: The Case of Carnegie Mellon University's Faculty Information System. Committee on Social Science Research in Computing, Carnegie Mellon University. December.

1985. Jonathan L. Gifford and Kevin P. Kearns. Information Systems Strategic Plan: Environmental Scan. Information Systems Strategic Planning Advisory Committee, County of Washington, Common­ wealth of Pennsylva­nia.

Other Publications

2023. Gifford, Jonathan. “How AI Is Reshaping Transportation.” The Ripon Forum, June 2023.

2018. Gifford, J. and M. Transue (2018), "Public-private partnerships for infrastructure at the subnational level of government: Opportunities and challenges in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States", in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Subnational Public-Private Partnerships: Meeting Infrastructure Challenges, OECD Publishing, Paris, DOI: 10.1787/978926404864-en. 

2015. “A New Generation of Transportation Service Delivery.” In The Ripon Forum edited by Lou Zickar. February 2015. p. 21.

2008. “Transportation.” In Digital Quality of Life: Understanding the Personal and Social Benefits of the Information Technology Revolution, edited by Robert D. Atkinson and Daniel D. Castro, 103-11. Washington, D.C.: Information Technology Innovation Foundation. October.

2008. Jonathan L. Gifford and Cristia D. Checherita. “Boundedly- and Non-Rational Travel Behavior and Transportation Policy.” July. Available at ssrn.com/abstract=1495719.

2007. U.S., National Research Council, . Letter report to Shelley Row, Director, ITS Joint Program Office, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. June 18. Committee chair.

2006. Gifford, Jonathan L. “Celebrating 50 Years: The Eisenhower Interstate Highway System.” Public Works History, Fall 2006, 3-4.

2006. Jonathan L. Gifford, guest editor, “The Interstate Achievement: Getting There and Beyond,” special issue, TR News, no. 244 (May-June).

2006. Jonathan L. Gifford. “The Exceptional Interstate Highway System: Will a Compelling New Vision Emerge?” TR News, no. 244 (May-June), pp. 10-15. 

2004. U.S. National Research Council, Committee for Review of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Intelligent Transportation Systems Standards Program. Development and Deployment of Standards for Intelligent Transportation Systems: Review of the Federal Program. Special report, no. 280. Washington, D.C.: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.

2003. U.S. National Research Council, Committee on Developing a Regional Concept for Managing Surface Transportation Operations. Letter report to Jeffrey Paniati, Associate Administrator, Operations, and Acting Director, ITS Joint Program Office, Federal Highway Administration. June 30. Committee member.

2003. Jonathan L. Gifford, Chair, Committee for Review of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Standards Program (II), Transportation Research Board. Letter report to Jeffrey Paniati, Acting Director, ITS Joint Program Office, Federal Highway Administration. June 24. 

2002. Jonathan L. Gifford, Chair, Committee for Review of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Standards Program (II), Transportation Research Board. Letter report to Jeffrey Paniati, Acting Director, ITS Joint Program Office, Federal Highway Administration. September 12.

2002. “Regional Operating Organizations (ROOs): An Idea Whose Time Has Come.” ITS View (Washington, D.C.: ITS America, February).

2001. “Facing the Issues,” in a special feature on Francis C. (Frank) Turner, TR News, no. 31 (March-April), p. 11.

2000. “Increasing the Social Acceptability of Projects.” In Integrating Transport in the City: Reconciling the Economic, Social and Environmental Dimensions, 79-86, OECD Proceedings (Paris: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). Adapted from a commissioned paper by Jonathan L. Gifford.

2000. “Transportation and Land Development: A Look Forward.” In Transportation and the New Millennium. CD ROM. Washington, D.C.: Transportation Research Board. 7 pp. With Darwin Stuart, Bruce Douglas, and Robert T. Dunphy.

2000. U.S. National Research Council, Committee for Review of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Intelligent Transportation Systems Standards Program. Standards for Intelligent Transportation Systems: Review of the Federal Program (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press). Committee member.

1997. Jonathan L. Gifford, A.E. Pisarski, G.E. Wickstrom, “History and Current Conditions,” 1997 Regional Transportation Study, report 1. Washington, D.C.: Greater Washington Board of Trade, February.

1996. Jane’s Information Group, North American Intelligent Transportation, Special Report. Prepared under contract by Jonathan L. Gifford. Alexandria, Virginia.

1995. Jonathan L. Gifford Introduction to William L. Mertz Collection: Finding Aid/Research Guide, Robert L. Vay, compiler, Fairfax, VA: ��������, Special Collections and Archives.

1995. Jonathan L. Gifford “Time to Rethink Our Highway System.” Newsday (November 21): A29-30). [Reprinted in various other Times-Mirror newspapers.]

1995. Jonathan L. Gifford “Brave ‘Newt’onian World.” Intelligent Highway Systems, a supplement to Engineering News-Record (March 13).

1994. Jonathan L. Gifford “System Architecture De-Construction.” Intelligent Highway Systems, a supplement to Engineering News-Record (November 28):26-27.

1994. Jonathan L. Gifford “Footing the Bill.” Intelligent Highway Systems, supplement, Engineering News-Record (June 27):9-11.

1991. American Association of State Highway and Transporta­tion Officials. Interstate: The States and the Interstates; Research on the Planning, Design and Construction of the Interstate and Defense Highway System. Prepared under contract by Howard Rosen (Principal Investigator), Jonathan L. Gifford, John T. Greenwood, David Jones, Mark Rose and Bruce E. Seely. Washington, D.C.

Public Appearances

2024. Jonathan Davies, Carter B. Casady, Qingbin Cui, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “�������� Hour.” P3TV. P3 Bulletin. July 4.

2024. Jarvis, Paul, Jonathan Davies, Carter B. Casady, Jonathan L. Gifford, and Qingbin Cui. “.” Podcast. 3 Ps in a Pod, June 27.

2022. Invited testimony, Council of the District of Columbia, Committee on Transportation & the Environment, and Committee on Business and Economic Development. Joint Public Roundtable on CA 24-368, a Proposed Multiyear Contract with Plenary Infrastructure DC to Design, Finance, Construct, Install, and Maintain Upgrades to the District’s Streetlight Network; and PR 24-552, the Plenary Infrastructure DC, LLC Bonds Project (DC Smart Lighting) Approval Resolution of 2022 (January 24).

2018. Briefing. Utah Transportation and Tax Review Task Force (August 16).

2015. Testimony. Committee on Small Business Hearing, The Road Ahead: Small Business and the Need for a Long-Term Surface Transportation Reauthorization. U.S. House of Representatives. (June 3).

2013. Guest, “Washington Journal” segment on the history of the Interstate highway program, C-SPAN (July 8).

2008. Interview. “Moving Maryland Forward: A Century of Modern Highways.” Maryland State Highway Administration and Maryland Public Television.

2007. Testimony. Joint Subcommittee to Study Fuel-Efficient Vehicles and Transportation Funding. Virginia General Assembly (December 13).

2007. Guest, “Weekday with Steve Scher.” KUOW 94.9 Puget Sound Public Radio (March 1).

2006. Testimony, “Celebrating 50 Years: The Eisenhower Interstate Highway System.” Hearing, U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines. June 27.

2006. Guest, “With Good Reason.” Radio broadcast. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (original air date November 17-26).

2002. Guest. “Future of Passenger Rail.” Capital Region Roundtable, �������� TV (October 25).

2002. Guest, “Washington Journal” segment on the history of the Interstate highway program, C-SPAN (August 24). 

2000. Moderator, “Spanning the Differences: Public Policy and Administrative Challenges of Replacing the Woodrow Wilson Bridge,” American Society for Public Administration, Northern Virginia Chapter, Arlington, Virginia, (December 12).

2000. Guest. “High Speed Rail, Developments in Mass Transit.” Capital Region Roundtable, �������� TV (December 8).

2000. Guest. “The Wilson Bridge: Impact and Implications.” Capital Region Roundtable, �������� TV (April 7).

1999. Testimony. Commission on the Future of Transportation in Virginia, Blacksburg, VA, December 9.

1997. Interview. “Divided Highways.” Film. Haydenville, MA: Florentine Films.

 1995. Testimony, District of Columbia Taxicab Commission, December 4.

Task Forces and Consulting

2024 –. P3 Conference & Expo Program Advisory Board.

2024. U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics report on impacts of Baltimore Key Bridge collapse.

 2021. Korean Development Institute, Seoul, Korea. Report on Covid and public-private partnerships.

2020 – 2022. A Better City, Boston, MA. Guidebook on the use of public-private partnerships for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

2018 –. Tokyo City University, Institute for Future City Studies. Member, International Peer Review Committee.

 2017 – 2020. World Bank, Washington, D.C. Guidebook on railroad station redevelopment.

 2016 –. U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. Support to the Office of Innovative Program Delivery and the Build America Bureau.

2017. 3M Corporation. Briefing on public-private partnerships.

2016 – 2018. International Transport Forum/Organization for Economic Co‑operation and Development Working Group: Private Investment in Infrastructure: Infrastructure Risk Treatment and Moving Beyond the Public-Private Partnership.

2015 – 2016. Advisor. BENEFIT (Business Models for Enhancing Funding and Enabling Financing for Infrastructure in Transport), European Union Horizon 2020 Research Program.

2007. International Access Corporation, Washington, D.C. Reports on U.S. transportation policy and programs.

2007. Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., McLean, Virginia. Highway safety policy initiatives.

2006. Panelist. “TechPlan: The New Transportation Planner Roundtable.” University of Minnesota, Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 13.

2005. Proceedings reviewer. Smart Growth and Transportation: Issues and Lessons Leaned. Washington, D.C.: Transportation Research Board.

2004. Panelist. St. Croix River Crossing (Minnesota) Workshop. Stillwater, MN. Minnesota Department of Transportation. December 13.

2004. Summary of workshop discussions. Committee for a Study of the Feasibility of a Hazardous Materials Transportation Cooperative Research Program. Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. July 1.

2003 – 2004. Academic Member, Public Private Transportation Act Advisory Panel, Proposal to Improve Interstate 81. Commonwealth of Virginia.

2003. Invited participant, Symposium on Historic Context for the Interstate Highway System. Sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration. Washington, D.C. (February 12-13).

2001. Invited participant, Workshop to Review the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration Condition and Performance (C&P) Report Process. Sponsored by the American Association of State Highway Officials, the American Public Transit Associated, and the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council. Washington, D.C. (February 20-21).

2001. Louis Berger, Inc. Report on transportation policy in the U.S.

2000. Invited participant, Joint National Science Foundation/U.S. Department of Transportation Workshop on Developing an Information Technology-Oriented Research Program for Surface Transportation Systems, October 15-17, Chicago.

1999. Member, Academic Vetting Team for U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Highway Economic Requirements System (HERS), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, May 24-25.

1998 – 2003. Member, Northern Virginia Task Force on Professional Capacity Building.

1995 –. International Access, Inc. Reports on transportation asset management in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, transportation planning, intelligent transportation systems, and on highway noise barriers.

1994 – 97. Script reviewer, “Divided Highways,” a film on the Interstate highway system by Florentine Films. Aired on PBS October 22, 1997.

1993 – 94. Virginia, Department of Transportation, Advisory Committee on Highway Safety and Design Standards in Scenic and Historic Areas.

1993. Technical advisor on congestion pricing, Virginia Department of Transportation.

1992 – 93. Northern Virginia Planning District Commission, Virginia Railway Express Land Use Impacts Study Task Force.

1987 – 90. Member, task force to review alternative pilot designs for a nationwide management information system for the Veterans Administra­tion's Division of Medicine and Surgery. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.

1989. Project team member, in cooperation with SAIC, Inc., for review of statement of national transportation policy. U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C.

1986 – 88. Member, Oral Examining Board. Allegheny County Health Department, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1986 – 87. Advisor on helicopter ambulance service, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1986 – 87. Advisor on information systems, Board of County Commissioners, County of Washington, Pennsylvania.

1986. Advisor, data sampling plan, U.S. Postal Service, Raleigh, NC (with George Duncan).

1984. Advisor, rail labor agreements at the Southeast­ern Pennsylvania Transpor­tation Authority, Ministry of Transport, Ottawa, Canada.

1982. Computer model development, Ministry of Transport, Republic of Venezuela.

1979. Computer model development, Genge/Computer Airport Planning Services, Inc., San Francisco, California.

1979. Computer model development, Transportation Development Associates, Inc., Boulder, Colorado (with Peter Loubar).

Professional Organizations, Service, Consulting and Peer Review

Transportation Research Board, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

2024 – 2027. Member, Standing Committee on Economics and Finance (AJE50), April 15, 2024 – April 14, 2027.

1990 –. University Representative, ��������.

2006 – 2007. Chair. National Research Council Committee for a Study of Options for Streamlining Standards for Intelligent Transportation Systems. Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences.

2005 – 2008. Member, Project Panel. “Multi-State Transportation Operations Programs” (Project 03-84). National Cooperative Highway Research Program. 

2005 – 2008. Member, Project Panel. “A Guide to Emergency Response Planning for Transportation” (Project 20-59(23)). National Cooperative Highway Research Program. 

2004 – 2009. Member, Project Panel, “AASHTO Guide to Risk Management of Multimodal Transportation Infrastructure” (Project 20-59(17)), National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

2004 – 2007. Member, Committee on Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations (AHB10).

2002 – 2003. Co-chair, Committee for the Workshop on Developing a Regional Concept for Managing Surface Transportation Operations.

2003 – 2009. Member, Project Panel, “Guide for Emergency Transportation Operations” (Project 20-59(11)), National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

2002. Panel discussant, Committee to Review the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ Survey Programs (February 26).

2001 – 2004. Chair (2002-2003; member, 2001), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee for the Review of USDOT’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Standards Program (II).

2000 – 2004. Co-chair, Subcommittee on Regional Operating Organizations.

2000. Member, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee for the Review of USDOT’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Standards Program (March 6-November 30).

2000 –2007. Member, Committee on Asset Management, ABC40.

1997 – 2000. Member, Project Panel, “Needs in Communicating the Economic Impacts of Transportation Investment” (Project 2-22), National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Transportation Research Board.

1995 – 2007. Member, paper reviewer, Strategic Management Committee, A1A07.

1995 –2013. Chair (2007-2013); Secretary (1995-2007), Committee on Transportation History.

1991 – 2009. Chair (2003-2009); member, paper reviewer, Committee on Transportation and Land Development, ADD30.

World Conference on Transportation Research Society

2010 – 2019. Member, Steering Committee.

2007 – 2010. Member, Scientific Committee; Deputy Manager, Topic Area G – Transport Planning, Policy and Management.

Transportation Research Forum – Washington Chapter

2015 – 2019. Member, Council at Large

Young Professionals in Transportation

2015 – 2016. Member, Board of Advisors

Eno Center for Transportation 

2015. Member, P3 Working Group

International Conference on Public-Private Partnerships

2015. Member, International Science Committee

U.S. Department of Transportation

 2022 – 2027. Member, U.S. Federal Highway Administration expert advisory panel, FHWA Mobility Trends and Future Demand study.

2008 – 2010. Member, ITS Standards Working Group, Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, Research and Innovative Programs Administration.

 2005 – 2006. Member, Technical Panel, Transportation and Land Use Course, National Highway Institute and National Transit Institute.

National Science Foundation

2005. Member, National Science Foundation Peer Review Team, Midwest America Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Urbana, IL, October 24-26.

2004. Member, National Science Foundation Peer Review Team, Midwest America Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Urbana, IL, July-August.

2002. Member, National Science Foundation Peer Review Team, Midwest America Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Urbana, IL, July-August.

2002. Member, National Science Foundation Peer Review Team, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, July-August. 

2001. Member, National Science Foundation Site Visit Team, Midwest America Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Urbana, IL, June 19-22.

2001. Member, National Science Foundation Site Visit Team, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, May 29-June 1. 

2000. Member, National Science Foundation Site Visit Team, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, May 23-25. 

2000. Member, National Science Foundation Site Visit Team, Midwest America Earthquake Engineering Research Center, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, May 17-19.

1999. Member, National Science Foundation Site Visit Team, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, State University of New York at Buffalo, Amherst, New York, July 26-28.

1999. Member, National Science Foundation Site Visit Team, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, June 15-18.

1999. Member, National Science Foundation Site Visit Team, Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems, New York University, New York, New York, February 10-12.

1995. Proposal Reviewer, Civil Infrastructure Systems, Systematic Change in Urban Infrastructure Systems.

Member, American Society of Civil Engineers

2000 – 2002 Member, State Government Relations Committee

1997 – 2001. Member, National Transportation Policy Committee

1987 – Member, Committee on Urban Transportation Economics & Policy (Chair, 1993 – 97)

Reviewer, Transportation Journal of the ASCE.

Intelligent Transportation Society of America

2002. Panelist, “Best of ITS” Awards Competition, Education and Training Category.

2000 – 2003. Member, Societal, Institutional & Environmental Committee; Co-Chair, Task Force on New Regional Organizations.

1992 – 99. Member, Institutional Issues Committee; Chairman, Working Group on Policy (1992 – 94).

International Standardization Organization

1997 – 2006. Observer Member, Technical Committee on Transportation Information and Control Systems (ISO TC 204). 

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Society for the History of Technology

1998. Reviewer, Technology & Culture (The Johns Hopkins University Press).

Public Works Historical Society

1992 – 94. Nominating Committee (elected).

Editorial Duties

2020 -. Transport Policy.

2000 – 20. Associate Editor, Public Works Management & Policy (Sage)

2015. Journal of Finance Management. Reviewer.

2009 –15. Editorial advisory board, Transportation (Springer).

2010 – 14. University of Chicago Press.

2006. Annals of Regional Science.

2003. Oxford University Press.

2000 – 03. Editorial Board, International Journal of Transportation Management (Elsevier); North American Editor, 2000-2003.

1992 – 98. Transportation Research A: Policy & Practice (Elsevier), editorial advisory board.

1997. Prentice-Hall. Reviewer.

1996. Jane’s Information Group, editorial adviser.

1995. Intelligent Highway Systems (quarterly supplement to Engineering News Record), Contributing editor.

1994. Moderator, Internet listserv on transportation (�ٰ����Բ���‑l���������ٲ������.������.����).

1995 – 2003. Moderator, Internet listserv on complexity (complexity@gmu.edu). 

1991 –. Transportation Research Board.

Conference & Workshop Development

2024 –. P3 Conference and Expo Program Advisory Board, P3C Media.

2019 –. American Road and Transportation Builders Association Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) in Transportation Conference, member, conference committee.

2016. Co-sponsor and session organizer. American Road and Transportation Builders Association 28th Annual Public-Private Partnership Conference, Washington, D.C. July 15-16.

2015. Co-sponsor and session organizer. American Road and Transportation Builders Association 27th Annual Public-Private Partnership Conference, Washington, D.C. July 15-17.

2014. Co-sponsor and session organizer. American Road and Transportation Builders Association 26^th Annual Public-Private Partnership Conference, Washington, D.C. July 17-18.

2013 – 18. University host, Transportation Camp DC (transportationcamp.org). 

2013. Organizer, Kickoff Event for the �������� Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy (Dec. 13).

2013. Co-sponsor and session organizer. American Road and Transportation Builders Association 25^th Annual Public-Private Partnership Conference, Washington, D.C. July 24-26.

2013. Session moderator and organizer with Eno Center for Transportation. “A Forum on Governor Bob McDonnell’s Transportation Funding Proposal.” ��������, Arlington ��������, Arlington, V.A., February 14, 2013.

2012. Training developer and lead trainer. “Building the Professional Capacity for Multimodal Planning in Virginia.” June 5 and 6, 2012.

 2007. Session moderator and organizer. “Fuel Prices and Transportation: Tipping Point or Too Small to Matter?” Transportation Research Board 86^th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 21-25.

2006. Discussant. “The Role of Design Standards for the U.S. Transportation Infrastructure in the Face of Climate Change.” Conference on Climate Change and U.S. Transportation. National Academies, Transportation Research Board and Division on Earth and Life Sciences. Washington, D.C. October 12.

2006. Planning committee. RFID Applications Conference. Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., October 17-18.

2006. Moderator and organizer. “Land Use and the Interstate: Perspectives at 50.” Transportation Research Board annual meeting, January 22-26.

2005. Moderator. “Urban Form and Travel Behavior.” Transportation Research Board annual meeting, January 9-13.

2003. Session organizer. “Asset Management, Performance Measurement, and Operations: It Costs Too Much to Change so We Don’t.” Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 14.

2003. Session moderator. “Robert Moses: Villain or Visionary?” Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C. January 13.

2002 – 03. Conference Steering Committee. “Securing the Supply Chain.” Sponsored by the School of Public Policy and the Council for Logistics Management, Arlington, VA, March 10-11, 2003.

2002. Conference Steering Committee. “Transportation Policy Forum on TEA-21 Reauthorization.” Federal Bar Association, Washington, D.C., November 18 and November 25.

2002. Conference Steering Committee. “Sustainable, Integrated Land-Use and Transportation Planning in Coastal Sussex County [Delaware].” Greater Lewes Foundation and the University of Delaware Sea Grant Program, Lewes, Delaware, March 13.

2002. Moderator. “Preserving the Transportation Profession’s Memory.” 81^st Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 13-17.

2002. Moderator. “How Are Institutions Using Asset Management Information.” 81^st Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 13-17.

2002. Co-Chair. Organizing for Regional Transportation Operations: A Workshop.” Sponsored by the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, Transportation Research Board, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, U.S. Department of Transportation, Institute of Transportation Engineers and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Atlanta, Georgia, January 11-12.

2001. Invited participant. Bringing Information Technology to Infrastructure: A Workshop to Develop a Research Agenda. Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems, New York University, Arlington, Virginia, June 25-27. 

2001. Workshop leader and developer. “Transportation Management & Operations: Facing Down the Institutional Issues.” Sponsored by the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments, Virginia Department of Transportation Technology Transfer Center, Maryland Technology Transfer Center, and District of Columbia Department of Public Works Office of Transportation. 18 participants. April 5, 12 and 26, 2001.

1998 – 99. Academic Advisory Board, World Services Congress. Sponsored by the Coalition of Service Industries Research and Educational Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1-3, 1999. 

1998. Moderator. “Standards and Interoperability.” Intelligent Transportation Society of Virginia, Arlington, VA, November 19.

1997. Member, Steering Committee, “Getting More for Less: Developing a Guide for Cost-Benefit Analysis.” Sponsored by the Committee on Urban Transportation Economics and Policy, American Society of Civil Engineers, Fairfax, VA, September 11-12.

1997. Member, Steering Committee, Standards Review and Interoperability Workshop. Sponsored by ��������, University of Michigan, Intelligent Transportation Society of America and the U.S. Department of Transportation Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems, Fairfax, VA, December 17-18.

1995. Moderator. First World Congress on Applications of Transport Telematics and Intelligent Transport Systems. Paris, France, November 30-December 3.

1994 –1999. Member, North American Program Committee, World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems

1994. Conference chairman. Transportation and Regional Economic Development. Sponsored by ��������, Airlie Conference Center, Airlie, Virginia, November 6-8.

1993. Program chairman and proceedings editor. Guessing the Future: Coping With Uncertainty in Infrastructure Planning. Sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Denver, Colorado, June 28-30.

1992. Conference co-chairman and proceedings co-editor. IVHS [Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems] Policy: A Workshop on Institutional and Environmental Issues. Sponsored by the Institute of Public Policy, ��������, and the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, Asilomar Conference Center, Monterey, California, April 26-28.

1992. Program committee. Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Oslo, Norway, September 2-4.

1991. Session organizer and chair. “Panel on Policy Issues.” Second International Confer­ence on the Application of Advanced Technologies in Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 18-20.

1989. Rapporteur, “Collaborative Planning.” National Conference on Suburban Mobility, sponsored by the U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration in conjunction with the National Center for Suburban Mobility, ��������, Tysons Corner, Virginia, November 30-December 1.

1988. Session chair, “The Potential for Economic Development in Northern Vir­ginia.” Session at “Northern Virginia: Now to 2000, A Local Govern­ment Forum,” sponsored by Depart­ment of Public Affairs and the School of Continuing and Alternative Learning, ��������, Fairfax, Virginia, November 16.

1986. Panelist, “Managing the Informa­tion Explosion.” Eastern Regional Meeting, American Society for Public Administra­tion, Philadel­phia, Pa, October 1‑3.

Student Advising

Dissertation Committees

2021 - . Sohrab Memdoohi, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering

2020 - . Taylor Bonner, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering

2017 – . Lauren McCarthy, Public Policy (chair)

2016 – 2018. Zhuo Yang, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering

2010 – 2016. Nobuhiko Daito, Public Policy (chair)

2015. Ammar A. Malik, Public Policy

2012. Xin Zhou, Public Policy (chair)

2010 – . Michael McCormick, Public Policy (chair)

2011. Uma Kelekar, Public Policy

2011. Matthew Hardy, Public Policy (chair)

2005 – 2008. Chuck Augustine, Public Policy (chair). 

1999 – 2002. Odd J. Stalebrink, Public Policy (chair)

1998. Christopher Bonanti, Environmental Science and Policy (chair)

1996. Ron Fraser, Public Policy

1995 – 2003. Fred Butterfield, Environmental Science and Policy

1995. Francis X. Neumann, Doctor of Public Administration

Doctoral Students, Field Committees

2021. Victor Aragones, Public Policy

2012 – 2014. Rui Neiva, Public Policy

 2012 – 2016. Morghan Transue, Public Policy

Doctoral Students, Pre-Candidacy

2003. James Pol, Public Policy.

2002 – 2005. Brandon Schneider, History, Georgetown University.

2001 –. Tien Duong, Environmental Science & Public Policy.

1998. Stephen Lieberman, Public Policy

M.A. Interdisciplinary Studies

1999. Sameer Vyas. “Local Governments and Infrastructure Development.”

Bachelor of Arts, Government and International Politics

2011. Nathan Dorfman

Bachelor of Individualized Studies

2005. Cheryl Richman

2004 – 2005. Ethel Anderson

Visiting Graduate Students

2012. Christian Rudolph. "Modeling Effects on Emissions and Mobility Behavior by Alternative Drive Trains."

2000. Anouk Waterman, Delft University. “Reverse Logistics”

1999. Raoul Smit, Delft University. “Congestion Pricing.”

1999 –2000. Martijn van Gils, Delft University.

Courses Taught at George Mason

Ph.D. in Public Policy

2015 –.  Applied Methods in Regional Development and Transportation Policy

Master of Arts in Transportation Policy, Operations & Logistics

2020. Emerging Technology in Transportation and Public Policy

2014 –. Graduate Seminar in Public-Private Partnership Policy

2002 –. Transportation Systems.

2001 –. Practicum in Transportation Policy, Operations & Logistics

2007. Seminar in U.S. National Transportation Policy.

2000 – 01. New Professionalism: Transportation Policy, Operations & Logistics

Honors College (previously Mason Honors Program)

2018. Infrastructure Past, Present and Future

1998 – 2005. The Interstate Highway System as a Socio-Technical System

Master of Public Administration (MPA) Program

1988 – 2004. Managing Information Resources 

Infrastructure Management and Public Policy: The Social, Political, Economic and Environmental Context (also serves students in M.S. Urban Systems Engineering Program)

Policy Analysis

Quantitative Methods for Public Managers 

Issues in Information Systems Planning

B.S. Public Administration Program

Urban Governance and Planning

Environmental Sciences & Public Policy Graduate Program

Seminar on Risk Assessment and Decision Making

B.S. Urban Systems Engineering Program

Urban Infrastructure Systems Planning and Management

Service at ��������

University

2011 – 2012. Member, Faculty/Staff Email Selection Committee 

2011. Leadership Legacy Program, Cohort I

2008 –. Member, Research Council.

2008 –. Member, Distance Education Council.

2008. Search Committee, Vice President for Research.

2007. Member, Ad Hoc Committee to Develop a Policy for Research Misconduct.

1999. Member, Parking Services Advisory Committee.

1995 –. Advisor, Transportation Collections, Special Collections and Archives, Fenwick Library.

1993 – 99. Member, Member, Research Advisory Committee, Office of the Vice Provost for Research.

1998 – 99. Advisor, Search Committee for Transportation Engineering

1998. Transportation Assessment Committee, School of Information Technology & Engineering.

1997 – 98. Search Committee, Chief Information Officer.

Schar School of Policy and Government

2012. Chair, Research Support Committee

2012. Member, Search Committee, Director of Fiscal Services

2007 – 2008. Member, Search Committee, National Security (chair David Hart)

2003. Member, Executive Education Committee (chair Lee Fritschler).

2002 – 2003. Member, Search Committee, Quantitative Methods (chair Cathy Rudder).

1998 – 2000. Coordinator, Masters in Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics, ��������. Led development of proposal for new master’s degree.

 1998 – 99. Member, Search Committee, Transportation Planning. 

College of Arts and Science

1998 – 2002. Member, Executive Committee, Honors Faculty in General Education.

1997 – 2001. Chair, Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure, College of Arts and Sciences (member, 1997-1999).

Department of Public & International Affairs

1999 – 2000. Member, Search Committee, Information Systems.

1999 – 2000. Chair, Research Reassignment from Teaching Committee

1997 – 2002. Course design team leader, Information Systems, for Masters of Public Administration.