Operations Team

Paul Olson ITS Specialist
12300 West Dakota Avenue, Suite 340 Lakewood, CO 80228 Ph: (720) 963-3239 FAX: (720) 963-3232 paul.olson@dot.gov Experience Began working in field in 1980 Joined FHWA in 1998

Education •    Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Washington State University •    Telecommunications Engineering, University of California

Expertise/Specialty

•    Contracts, Plans , and Specifications •    DMS •    ITS tech/overall •    NTCIP Standards •    Telecommunications •    Traffic Signal Systems

Licenses and Registrations

•    Civil Engineer, Arizona, Nevada, and Washington State •    Civil and Traffic Engineer, California and Oregon

Professional Associations

•    ITE, Member •    IEEE Telecommunications and Standards Association Committees, member •    FHWA ITS Operations Council, Steering Committee, member •    TRB Traffic Signal Systems, member

Professional Highlights

•    Serves as ITS technology specialist/engineer; responsible for implementation of the FHWA ITS program in a 14-State area •    Provides technical expertise in ITS technology to customers nationwide; actively participates in national standards efforts, including the advanced transportation controller, NTCIP Guide update, and traffic signal priority •    Develops and teaches a course for the ITE Standards training and outreach program •    Employed as a traffic engineer and traffic designer in the private sector and for the Washington State DOT; responsible for civil and traffic engineering projects •    Provided team leadership and preparation of various systems and studies on a wide range of packages such as traffic signals, signing, striping, roadway lighting •    Preparation of coordinated signal plans and studies; roadway alignment and geometric studies; automatic vehicle identifications systems, traffic signal control systems •    Control rooms and traffic device communications system preparations including copper, radio, and fiber-optic-based systems •    Participating on working groups that are developing a nationwide open standard for the next generation of transportation system control equipment; •    This equipment is meant to be a more powerful and flexible replacement for existing traffic signal, ramp meter, CCTV, dynamic message signs, and other similar systems •    Serving as a subject expert on the panel for NCHRP Project Number 3-66, traffic signal state transition logic using enhanced sensor information

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