Profile
Dr. Perkinson is currently a Research Scientist and Program Manager
of the Transportation Modeling Program with the Texas Transportation
Institute (TTI) in College Station. This position is predicated on over
twenty-eight years of progressively responsible professional experience
in the public and private sectors. His research interests currently focus
on transportation air quality policy evaluation and compliance. Other
interests include interdisciplinary approaches to transportation planning,
travel data collection methods, organizational behavior, regulatory compliance,
and the social impacts of transportation technology. In addition to his
position at TTI, Dr. Perkinson is a member of the Graduate Faculty of
Texas A&M University and holds an adjunct faculty appointment in
the College Of Architecture's Department of Landscape Architecture and
Urban Planning.
Prior to joining TTI, Perkinson was Director of Planning for VIA Metropolitan
Transit in San Antonio Texas. In that capacity, he was responsible for
strategic service planning and analysis of capital investments for VIA's
500 vehicle fleet and 1,200 square mile service area. These responsibilities
included federally mandated ADA paratransit planning and lift equipped
bus deployment for VIA, as well as Federal Transit Administration required
corridor analysis.
Before joining VIA in 1988, Perkinson was Managing Director of Transportation
Programs at Stanford University. At Stanford he established and managed
the first department dedicated entirely to transportation. This department
was responsible for the design, funding, implementation and operation
of University transportation programs, including the campus shuttle system,
a commute alternatives program and parking construction planning.
As Manager of MIS Decision Support for the FMC Corporation, he implemented
and managed a decision support function for the MIS department. This
group was responsible for computer network forecasts, corporate computer
network budget forecasts, and evaluation of productivity improving products
and technologies.
From 1980 to 1984 Perkinson was with Amoco Corporation, where he provided
decision support, forecasting and consultation company-wide in the Operations
Research Department at corporate headquarters in Chicago and at Amoco's
regional data center in Tulsa.
Prior to joining Amoco, Perkinson was responsible for the freight and
aviation segments of the Chicago Area Transportation Study's regional
master plan. From 1977 to 1980 Perkinson held a joint appointment with
the Great Lakes Basin Commission and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.
In this capacity he analyzed the economic, social and transportation
impacts of proposed navigation improvements in the Great Lakes region.
Dr. Perkinson holds undergraduate and
graduate degrees in sociology from the University of South Florida, an
M.S. in transportation from Northwestern University, and a Ph.D. in urban
and regional science from Texas A&M University. He has been a member
of the Policy Studies Organization, as well as the Transportation Research
Board and the Institute of Transportation Engineers. He is a member of
the Society for the History of Technology...[more]
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