Jason A. Crawford, P.E.

Crawford, Jason

Regional Manager
Program Manager

Research and Implementation - North Texas Region
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University System
110 N. Davis Dr., Suite 101
Arlington, TX 76013
ph. (817) 462-0534 Ext. 11534 · fax (817) 461-1239
jcrawford@tamu.edu

Short Biography

Jason Crawford is a member of TTI's Urban Analysis Program, located in Arlington, Texas. He has more than 10 years of experience working on transportation/air quality and transportation planning issues. He has extensive experience in analysis procedures and data needs for post-process methods used for TCM and CMAQ projects, as well as a thorough understanding of statewide data collection and analysis processes related to meeting state and federal reporting requirements.

Mr. Crawford has led and assisted on several transportation/air quality research projects. His efforts were directed at documenting, improving, and recommending procedures to estimate emission benefits from transportation projects/programs calculated outside of traditional travel demand models. His other work has investigated emissions associated with non-road emissions, specifically the highway construction industry and work performed for the Texas Department of Transportation.

Mr. Crawford previously developed and instructed a two-day workshop entitled "CM/AQ Evaluation Model Workshop." This workshop introduced the participants to the CMAQ program and provided intensive hands-on computer activities using the CM/AQ Evaluation Model. Participants from metropolitan planning organizations in Texas nonattainment areas attended, as well as staff from Texas Department of Transportation and Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. The workshop was taught a second time to Texas transit agency staff and MPO and state DOT staff in New Mexico and Louisiana.

His experience in transportation planning of the data collection and analysis subject areas covers field equipment, site selection, data quality, and office analysis procedures. Mr. Crawford's efforts have focused on providing assistance to the Texas Department of Transportation's Transportation Planning and Programming Division. He currently is assisting them as a subject matter expert, advisor, and reviewer for their large information technology improvement effort named Statewide Traffic Analysis and Reporting System (STARS).

Mr. Crawford has produced numerous research reports to technically transfer findings. In addition, he has produced a software user manual and a handbook profiling common and some unique congestion mitigation techniques in the United States. He is currently managing the production of a handbook, for new nonattainment area planning staff, on evaluating mobile source emissions from transportation emission reduction measures. This handbook will provide the reader with a basic foundation of transportation/air quality regulations and the basis for air quality standards, as well as simplified evaluation methods for determining emission benefits of transportation projects and programs.

He has managed several research projects and tasks on numerous other research projects for the Texas Department of Transportation and the Southwest University Transportation Center. He currently manages two professionals and several support staff.

He actively participates in Transportation Research Board and Institute of Transportation Engineers activities concerning transportation planning and air quality planning. He is a friend to several Transportation Research Board committees that pertain to transportation planning and air quality. Mr. Crawford currently serves as Past-President for the Institute of Transportation Engineer's (ITE) Greater Fort Worth Section and as the chair of the Younger Members Committee for ITE's District 9 (Texas).

Education

  • M.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1993.
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1991.

Experience

  • Regional Manager, Urban Analysis Program, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, September 2011 - Present.
  • Program Manager, Urban Analysis Program, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, September 2010 - Present.
  • Associate Research Engineer, Urban Analysis Program, Texas Transportation Institute, September 2002 - April 2011.
  • Assistant Research Engineer, Urban Analysis Program, Texas Transportation Institute, March 1998 - August 2002.
  • Assistant Research Scientist, Urban Analysis Program, Texas Transportation Institute, September 1995 - February 1998.
  • Assistant Research Scientist, Transportation Planning, Texas Transportation Institute, October 1993 - August 1995.
  • Graduate Assistant Research, Corridor Operations Analysis Program, Texas Transportation Institute, January 1992 - October 1993.
  • Student Technician, Transportation Systems Division, Texas Transportation Institute, September 1990 - December 1991.

Professional Registration

Professional Engineer in Texas, Registration No. 83241, 1998.

Affiliations

  • Associate, Transportation Research Board (TRB), Committee A1F03.
  • Member, International Institute of Transportation Engineers.
  • Member, Chi Epsilon - The National Civil Engineering Honor Society.

Selected Publications

W.L. Eisele, W.E. Frawley, J.A. Crawford. Delivery of Workshops on Mobility Monitoring in Small to Medium-Sized Communities. Technical Report. 5-5571-01-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. November 2009.

T.B. Carlson, E.D. Sepulveda, J. Weissmann, J.A. Crawford. Assessment of a Traffic Monitoring System for a Major Traffic Generator to Improve Regional Planning: Technical Report. Research Report. 0-5531-2. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. September 2009.