RESEARCH

Planning Group

TTI’s Planning Group bridges the gap between theory and practice. We engage in pioneering research and create reliable tools and techniques for improved decision-making on the multimodal transportation system for the benefit of all system users.

PLanning Divisions

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Mobility

Using emerging data to measure mobility, identify issues, and communicate solutions for all modes across the transportation system.

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Metropolitan and Statewide Planning

Supporting states and metropolitan planning organizations in travel demand modeling, travel surveys, portfolio management, and unified transportation program development.

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Policy Analysis

Informing government decision-making in the development of transportation public policy through research and innovation in funding, finance, economics, regulations, and emerging technologies.

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Cityscape

Data Science and Visualization

Making transportation data make sense and usable at every level from processing and analytics to proven tools and visualizations.

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Freight and Trade

Supporting freight system, intermodal/multimodal, and supply chain planning and infrastructure needs in North America and around the world for highway, rail, waterway, pipeline and air cargo modes.

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The Team

Our Transportation Professionals

Bill Eisele

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Bill oversees TTI’s leadership in planning research, overseeing the agency’s largest research group. As associate agency director, he leads five divisions — Mobility, Data Science and Visualization, Policy Analysis, Freight and Trade, and Metropolitan and Statewide Planning — and helps deliver practical analyses and transportation solutions to sponsors across the country.

  • Recently concluded a three-year term as chairman of the Transportation Research Board’s Freight Systems Group and previously chaired the Blue Ribbon award-winning Urban Freight Transportation Committee.
  • Serves as an instructional professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University and is a recipient of the Texas A&M System Regents Fellow Service Award.
  • Licensed professional engineer in Texas and Michigan, certified Project Management Professional, and holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Texas A&M University.

Mobility

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David Schrank

Division Head

Senior Research Scientist
(979) 317-2464
[email protected]

Metropolitan and Statewide Planning

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Kevin Hall

Division Head

Senior Research Scientist
(512) 407-1120
[email protected]

Policy Analysis

Brianne Glover

Division Head

Senior Research Scientist
(979) 317-2282
[email protected]

Data Science and Visualization

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Phil Lasley

Division Head

Research Scientist
(512) 407-1113
[email protected]

Freight and Trade

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Curtis Morgan

Division Head

Senior Research Scientist
(979) 317-2562
[email protected]