Stacey G. Bricka, Ph.D.

Bricka, Stacey

Program Manager
Research Scientist

Mobility Management
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
505 East Huntland Drive, Suite 455
Austin, TX 78752
ph. (512) 467-0946 Ext. 12123
s-bricka@ttimail.tamu.edu

Short Biography

Dr. Bricka recently joined the Texas A&M Transportation Institute as a research scientist, bringing with her 20 years of transportation research and survey experience. She has managed or directed more than 75 surveys pertaining to travel behavior and transportation in general, as well as specifically with regards to the impact of technology on travel choices. This research has been sponsored by a variety of agencies including the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Volpe Center, the Texas and Oregon Departments of Transportation, and almost 50 regional planning agencies across the United States. She has published more than 60 articles and technical reports, and made numerous presentations across the country on these topics.

Over the past two decades, Dr. Bricka has designed, managed, and analyzed almost 50 regional and statewide travel surveys in support of transportation plan development, policy analysis, and travel demand modeling, with contracts ranging in value from $85,000 to $5 million, benchmarking results using Census and National Travel Survey data. Selected projects include the statewide Oregon effort, the Colorado Front Range effort, the 26-county NY/NJ/CT region, Philadelphia/South Jersey, the Research Triangle area of North Carolina, Chicago and northwest Indiana, Kansas City, Reno, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Vancouver (WA); as well as surveys in smaller regions such as Wilmington and Goldsboro (NC), Yakima and Bellingham (WA), Little Rock (AR), and Charleston (SC).

Dr. Bricka is also experienced in surveying travelers about services and technologies not yet in existence through the use of the stated preference survey design. This includes the design of a stated preference survey for the Chicago "Travel Tracker" survey to document preferences regarding congestion pricing scenarios in the greater Chicago region, a mode-choice survey in Detroit, and a future services survey of Washington State Ferry riders. In the Detroit effort, intercept surveys were used to identify respondents with specific origin-destination pairs, and a follow-up mail stated preference survey presented modes under consideration in the long-range plan. Survey results were used to develop coefficients for the mode choice component of the model. In the Seattle effort, service and route alternatives were presented to ferry riders using computer-aided personal interviewing technology. Other stated preference survey efforts managed by Dr. Bricka include service-development stated preference surveys for the "T" (Fort Worth transit authority), Tri-Met (Portland) transit authority, Chicago transit authority, and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; and a congestion pricing stated preference survey for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (Oakland, CA).

In addition to stated preference surveys, Dr. Bricka is also experienced in the design and conduct of evaluation projects, involving both control and target groups as well as pre- and post-implementation surveys. She managed the Cobb County Driver Evaluation, conducted for the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Volpe Transportation Research Center, which required random sampling to identify drivers who used a particular roadway segment and the administration of a panel survey to measure changes in driver satisfaction before and after traffic signal improvements. In addition, for the Oregon DOT statewide household travel survey, Dr. Bricka led the evaluation of survey approach, the use of incentives, and different methods for GPS data collection, and for the Chicago Regional Travel Survey, the evaluation focused on respondent reaction to varying survey lengths and methods to obtain travel data. She also was part of the SAIC survey design team for the SAFETRIP-21 user evaluations for the I-95 Corridor and Bay Area technology test beds.

Dr. Bricka is also an avid data analyst—she contributed to an evaluation of the American Community Survey data for transportation planning (NCHRP Project 08-48), estimated VMT reduction associated with the EPA's Best Workplaces for Commuters Program, and identified factors that influence trip-chaining or multi-purpose trip-making patterns among households. She is also an experienced user of the 2009, 2001, 1995, and 1990 national travel survey databases, evaluating travel behavior by geography, specific demographic characteristics, and changes across time.

Dr. Bricka is a member of the American Planning Association and an active member of the Transportation Research Board Committees on Travel Demand Forecasting and Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities. She is also a friend of the Urban Data Committee (having rotated off due to term limitations) and the Travel Survey Methods Committee.

Education

  • Ph.D., Community and Regional Planning, University of Texas at Austin, 2008.
  • M.A., Economics, University of South Florida, 1991.
  • B.A., Economics, Eckerd College, 1989.

Experience

  • Program Manager, Mobility Management, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, December 2012 - Present.
  • Research Scientist, Mobility Management, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, August 2010 - Present.
  • Vice President, NuStats, Austin, Texas, January 2008 - August 2010.
  • Research Director, NuStats, Austin, Texas, March 1996 - January 2008.
  • Research Manager, NuStats, Austin, Texas, March 1994 - March 1996.
  • Research Faculty, Center for Urban Transportation Research, College of Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, January 1991 - March 1994.
  • Graduate Student Researcher, Center for Urban Transportation Research, College of Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, January 1990 - January 1991.

Affiliations

  • Member, American Planning Association, 2005 - Present.
  • Member, Transportation Research Board (TRB), Committee ADB40, Travel Demand Forecasting, 2010 - Present.
  • Paper Review Assistant Coordinator, Transportation Research Board, Committee ADB40, Travel Demand Forecasting, TRB Annual Meeting Paper Submission, 2010.
  • Paper Review Coordinator, Transportation Research Board, Committee ADB40, Travel Demand Forecasting, TRB Annual Meeting Paper Submission, 2011.
  • Member, Transportation Research Board, Committee ADA30, Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities, 2001 - 2011.
  • Secretary, Transportation Research Board, Committee ADA30, Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities, 2006 - 2011.
  • Conference Technical Program Chair, Transportation Research Board, Committee ADA30, Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities, 11th National Tools of the Trade Conference, 2008.
  • Paper Review Coordinator, Transportation Research Board, Committee ADA30, Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities, TRB Annual Meeting Paper Submission, 2006.
  • Member, Transportation Research Board, Committee ABJ30, Urban Data, 1997 - 2006.
  • Friend, Transportation Research Board, Committee ABJ30, Urban Data, 2006 - Present.
  • Friend, Transportation Research Board, Committee ABJ40, Travel Survey Methods, January 1997 - Present.
  • Reviewer, Transportation Research Board, TRB Annual Meeting Paper Submission, 1991 - Present.
  • Reviewer, Transportation Research Part C, 2007 - Present.

Honors & Awards

Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Doctoral Fellowship, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2006.

Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Doctoral Fellowship, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2007.

Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Doctoral Fellowship, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2008.

Selected Publications

S.G. Bricka, I.N. Sener, C.M. Dusza, N. Wood, J.G. Hudson. Factors Influencing Walking in Small Urban Region. Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board, Vol. 2307, 2012, pp. 52-59.

S. Sen, S.G. Bricka. Data Collection Technologies—Past, Present, and Future. Twelfth International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research. Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley, United Kingdom. 2012.

S.G. Bricka, J. Pratt. Chapter 10—Household Survey Implementation. The On-Line Travel Survey Manual: A Dynamic Document for Transportation Professionals. Transportation Research Board Committee ABJ40, Travel Survey Methods, Washington, DC. 2010.

P.R. Stopher, K. Axhausen, S.G. Bricka, E. Molin. Chapter 8—Household Survey Instrument Design. The On-Line Travel Survey Manual: A Dynamic Document for Transportation Professionals. Transportation Research Board Committee ABJ40, Travel Survey Methods, Washington, DC. 2010.

S.G. Bricka, J. Zmud, J. Wolf, J. Freedman. Household Travel Surveys with GPS: An Experiment. Transportation Research Record, Vol. 2105, 2009.

S.G. Bricka. Trip Chaining: Linking Influences and Implications. Doctoral Dissertation. The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. 2008.

S.G. Bricka. Non-response Challenges in GPS-Based Surveys. Transport Survey Methods: Keeping Up with a Changing World. International Steering Committee on Travel Survey Conference, Annecy, France. May 2008.

S.G. Bricka, C.R. Bhat. A Comparative Analysis of GPS-Based and Travel Survey-Based Data. Transportation Research Record, Vol. 1972, 2007.

L. Huntsinger, S.G. Bricka. Capturing Special Population Groups through Targeted Samples. 11th TRB National Transportation Planning Applications Conference. Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. 2007.

S.G. Bricka. Scheduling Considerations in Household Travel Surveys. Travel Survey Methods: Quality and Future Directions. Elsevier Science Publishing, Oxford, United Kingdom. 2006.

R.M. Pendyala, S.G. Bricka. Defining and Collecting Behavioral Process Data for Travel Analysis. Travel Survey Methods: Quality and Future Directions. Elsevier Science Publishing, Oxford, United Kingdom. 2006.

E. Herzog, S.G. Bricka, S. Audette, L. Rockwell. Do Employee Commuter Benefits Reduce Vehicle Emissions and Fuel Consumption? Results of the Fall 2004 Best Workplaces for Commuters Survey. Transportation Research Record, Vol. 1956, 2006.

M. Petrella, S.G. Bricka, M. Hunter, J.E. Lappin. Driver Satisfaction with an Urban Arterial after Installation of an Adaptive Signal System. TRB 85th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM. Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. 2006.

M. Petrella, S.G. Bricka, M. Hunter, J.E. Lappin. Driver Satisfaction with an Urban Arterial after Installation of an Adaptive Signal System. Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), Washington, DC. 2005.

S.G. Bricka, M. Tinkler. Contribution of Children's Travel to Household Trip Rates. Planning Forum, Vol. 10, 2004.

J. Wolf, S.G. Bricka, T. Ashby, C. Gorugantua. Advances in the Applications of GPS to Household Travel Surveys. National Household Travel Survey User's Conference. Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. November 2004.

S.G. Bricka, R. Korepella. Focusing on Zero-Vehicle Households in Household Travel Surveys. Including Transit-Using Households in Travel Surveys by Focusing on Zero-Vehicle Households. Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. 2002.

S.G. Bricka. Variations in Long Distance Travel. Transportation Research Circular, No. E-C026, 2001, pp. 197-206.

S. Polzin, J. Rey, S.G. Bricka. Saturation of Men's Travel: An Analysis of the 1990 Nationwide Personal Transportation Study. Demographic Special Report FHWA-PL-95-032. Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC. 1995.