Jeff Warner

TTI Research Scientist
Program Manager

Education

• M.Eng., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2001
• B.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1997

Short Biography

Mr. Jeff Warner is a Research Scientist and the Program Manager of the Multimodal Freight Program at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI).  He has over 25 years of experience at TTI working on a variety of freight, truck parking, connected and autonomous vehicle, freight and passenger railroad, highway-rail grade crossing, hazardous materials, and intermodal-related planning and policy projects.

He is leading or co-leading projects with the TxDOT Rail Division focused on multiple grade crossing, rail safety, and freight and passenger rail planning project activities and the TxDOT Freight Planning Branch to operate a truck parking test bed and investigate oversize and overweight shipments in Texas.  Additionally, he is evaluating the potential impacts of automated trucks and truck platooning on Texas highway infrastructure

Past projects include performing a corridor-based truck-to-rail modal diversion analysis; examining the impact of e-commerce on the transportation system; exploring strategies for managing freight traffic through urban areas; analyzing air cargo activity and landside freight access to airports in Texas; evaluating emerging freight technologies and strategies; and investigating the use of rural public transportation agencies to facilitate last mile package delivery.

Mr. Warner is an active member of the TRB AR080 Highway/Rail Crossings and AR070 Rail Safety Committees and is Chair of the Joint Subcommittee on Railroad Trespass & Suicide Prevention. He holds BS (1997) and ME (2001) degrees in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University.