Planning Team

Eric Pihl Modeling Technical Specialist
12300 West Dakota Avenue, Suite 340 Lakewood, CO 80228 Ph: (720) 963-3219 FAX: (720) 963-3232 eric.pihl@dot.gov

Education •    Master of Science in Civil Engineering •    Master of Arts in Urban Planning •    Bachelor of Science in Geography

Expertise/Specialty

•    Travel Demand Forecasting •    Metropolitan Planning •    Planning and Operations •    Traffic Analysis Tools •    Freight Planning •    Freight Analysis and Data

Professional Highlights

•    Eric has over 9 years of experience in transportation planning and travel demand modeling, experience that has been gained both at public agencies and in the consulting world. •    Prior to joining FHWA, he was a community planner/modeling specialist with the FTA Office of Planning in Washington, DC where he reviewed ridership forecasts and technical methods for studies seeking New Starts funding. •     In this capacity, he provided a range of technical support to local agencies, transit operators and MPOs. •    He also provides technical input to the update of FTA’s guidance on travel forecasting and manages research efforts on best practice planning methods and approaches. •    Prior to his time at FTA, he worked at EPA as a senior policy analyst in the Office of Transportation and Air Quality where he reviewed redevelopment projects for brownfields sites, including a review of the sites for travel and emissions’ impacts. •     During his tenure at EPA, he also lead a collaborative research project with the University of California to evaluate the ability of 4-step travel models to capture the short and long-range consequences of highway capacity enhancements.

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