Brittney Gick

TTI Associate Research Scientist

Education

• M.A., Transportation Policy, Operation, and Logistics, George Mason University, 2018
• B.A., Political Science, Manchester University, 2009

Short Biography

Ms. Brittney N. Gick is an Associate Research Scientist in the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI) Freight Analysis Program. She has over 13 years of experience in transportation planning, research, and analysis with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Technical Activities Division, and the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) Division of Research and Development.

Since joining TTI in February 2019, Ms. Gick has focused on providing transportation planning and programming support to state and metropolitan agencies and completing research on freight planning and performance, truck parking, zero emission transit and school buses, and connected and automated vehicles. Prior to working with TTI, Ms. Gick supported the management of the policy, freight, rail, and marine committees at TRB and assisted in the planning, preparation, and execution of various transportation-related conferences. While at INDOT, Ms. Gick was the Asphalt Lab Manager and supported concrete and asphalt research projects, as well as extensive non-destructive bridge testing throughout the state. 

Ms. Gick received her B.A. in Political Science from Manchester University in 2008, her M.A. in Transportation Planning, Operations, and Logistics from George Mason University in May 2018, and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Sciences, with a focus on transportation planning, at Texas A&M University. She currently serves as co-chair of the TRB Young Member Council for the Sustainability and Resilience Group, a member of the TRB Standing Committee on Women and Gender in Transportation, an advisor of the Washington, DC Chapter of WTS, and a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. She served on the planning committee for the 2023 TRB Building Resilient Supply Chains Workshop and currently serves on the planning committee for the 2024 TRB Women and Gender in Transportation Conference. Ms. Gick also maintains a Class B Commercial Driver’s License.