Erik Vargas
TTI Assistant Research Scientist
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
4050 Rio Bravo Drive
Suite 212
El Paso, TX 79902
(915) 532-3759
[email protected]
Erik Vargas is an Associate Transportation Researcher at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute in El Paso, Texas. With five years of experience in transportation research, Erik specializes in border mobility, data analysis, and stakeholder engagement. His work focuses on understanding cross-border transportation dynamics, including truck parking and warehousing issues, wait time measurements using RFID technology, and traveler behavior using mobility data platforms such as INRIX. Erik holds a Master of Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at El Paso. He is skilled in GIS, AutoCAD, and technical writing, and is passionate about using data to improve mobility at the U.S.-Mexico border.
