TTI Council Member, Alan C. Clark
Alan Clark is the Manager of the Transportation and Air Quality programs for the Houston-Galveston Area Council. He is the Director for H-GAC's Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), which is responsible for development of the region's multimodal transportation plans. The MPO's Transportation Policy Council approves the programming of all federal highway and transit funds in Harris and the adjacent seven counties. Mr. Clark's responsibilities also include coordinating the Houston-Galveston area’s response to mandates contained in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
In November 1995, Mr. Clark was awarded the Road Hand Award by the Texas Department of Transportation because of his significant contributions to development of the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program and for his expertise in retooling of the transportation planning process. In 1999, Mr. Clark was appointed to the Board of Advisors for the Eno Foundation, an internationally recognized organization promoting transportation research and education. Mr. Clark currently serves on the Texas Transportation Institute's Advisory Board.
Mr. Clark has been a transportation planner with H-GAC since 1983 and has managed its transportation and air quality programs since 1986. Mr. Clark has served as an Adjunct Professor with Texas Southern University. Prior to coming to H-GAC, he worked as a transportation planner with the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County and as a traffic engineering consultant.
Alan holds Masters Degrees in Civil Engineering and City and Regional Planning from Ohio State University. He completed his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee in his hometown of Knoxville.