Mark Ingram Ojah

Ojah, Mark

Associate Research Specialist

Transportation Planning - Gilchrist, Room 383
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
The Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3135
ph. (979) 845-9932 Ext. 59932 · fax (979) 845-7548
ojah@tamu.edu

Short Biography

Mark I. Ojah is an Associate Research Specialist at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute in College Station, Texas. He performs data checking, processing and GIS analysis for household, workplace and commercial vehicle surveys in TTI's Transportation Planning Program.

Mr. Ojah also assists with project oversight and English-Spanish translations for TxDOT travel surveys. In addition, he has provided analytical support on federal, state, and private trip generation, value pricing, emissions, and border-related research projects and has coordinated, supervised, and participated in several large data collection efforts.

Mr. Ojah has worked for TTI since 2001. Before joining TTI, he was a Research Affiliate at the University of Manitoba Transport Institute in Winnipeg, Canada. His professional affiliations include membership on the International Trade and Transportation Committee (AT020) of the Transportation Research Board (TRB).

Mr. Ojah holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Geography and Spanish, 1999) and Certificate in Logistics (2000) from the University of Manitoba. In 2005, he earned a designation in Supply Chain and Transportation Logistics Management from the Canadian Institute of Traffic and Transportation (CITT).

Education

  • B.A., Geography, University of Manitoba, 1999.

Experience

  • Associate Research Specialist, Transportation Planning, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, September 2010 - Present.
  • Assistant Research Specialist, Transportation Planning, Texas Transportation Institute, October 2002 - August 2010.
  • Research Associate, Economics and Policy, Texas Transportation Institute, August 2001 - September 2002.

Affiliations

  • Comittee, Transportation Research Board (TRB), International Trade and Transportation Committee (AT020).

Selected Publications

D.F. Pearson, E.N. Hard, S.P. Farnsworth, T.L. Forrest, D.L. Spillane, M.I. Ojah, K.N. Womack, S.A. Boxill, C.A. Lewis. Guidelines and Recommendations for Household and External Travel Surveys. 0-5711-P1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. March 2010.

D.F. Pearson, E.N. Hard, S.P. Farnsworth, T.L. Forrest, D.L. Spillane, M.I. Ojah, K.N. Womack, S.A. Boxill, C.A. Lewis. Improving Accuracy in Household and External Travel Surveys. 0-5711-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. January 2010.

B.S. Bochner, D.F. Pearson, P.L. Ellis, M.I. Ojah. Discount Superstore Trip Generation. ITE Journal, June 2009.

M.I. Ojah, D.F. Pearson. 2006 Austin/San Antonio GPS-Enhanced Household Travel Survey. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2008.

M.I. Ojah, T.L. Forrest, S.P. Farnsworth. 2006 Dallas-Fort Worth Travel Time and Delay Survey. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2007.

M.I. Ojah, T.L. Forrest, S.P. Farnsworth. 2005 Rio Grande Valley Travel Time and Delay Survey. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. July 2006.

M.I. Ojah. Tapping C-TPAT's potential. Journal of Commerce, June 2005.

D.L. Jasek, M.I. Ojah, B.N. Hoover. A Summary of Truck Registration in Texas. PSR. 0-4065-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. January 2005.

M.I. Ojah, M.W. Burris. Determination of Vehicle Occupancy on the Katy and Northwest Freeway Main Lanes and Frontatge Roads. Houston Value Pricing Project, Houston, TX. 2004.

M.I. Ojah. Jurisdiction Shopping Among Apportioned Motor Carriers: Examination of Causes and Potential Remedies. Transportation Research Record, Vol. 1864, 2004.

D.L. Jasek, M.I. Ojah, B.N. Hoover. Heavy Truck Registration in Texas. Technical Report. 0-4065-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. September 2003.

M.I. Ojah, J.C. Villa. Methodology for the Development of Binational Driver and Vehicle Database. SWUTC. 167724. Southwest Region University Transportation Center, Texas Transportation Institute. September 2003.

M.I. Ojah, J.C. Villa, W.R. Stockton, D. Luskin, R. Harrison. Truck Transportation Through Border Ports of Entry: Analysis of Coordination Systems. 50-1XXA3038. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2002.

M.I. Ojah. NAFTA in the Next Ten Years: Issues and Challenges in Transportation. Proceedings from the NAFTA in the New Millennium Conference. 2001.