Education
Dipl.-Ing., University of Belgrade, 1960
M. Eng., University of California/Berkeley, 1965
Ph.D., University of California/Berkeley, 1966
First recipient of the Dr. Friedrich Lehner Medal, Munich, Germany, 1982
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Foreign Member, 1993
Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences, Foreign Member, 2005.
Areas of Research
Urban Transportation: Systems and their relationships. Intermodal and balanced transportation systems. Policies and methods for achieving intermodal balance. Impacts of different transportation modes on urban environment, economy and social conditions. Measures to achieve livable cities.
Urban Public Transportation: Technology, planning, design and operation of transit systems. Bus transit system design and operation. Light Rail, Metro and Regional Rail systems characteristics, vehicles and infrastructure and operation. Automated and special transit modes. ITS applications.
Highway Transportation: Design of highways and streets. Channelization. Traffic engineering. Traffic flow and control of . Signal timing. ITS applications. Bicycle and pedestrian systems and facilities planning. Traffic calming and pedestrian zones.
Transportation Networks: Characteristics, design and operation of freeway and street networks, bus and rail transit systems networks.
Railroad Systems: Amtrak and regional rail systems. High-speed railways and Maglev systems.
Courses Taught
Transportation Systems Engineering;
Design of Transportation Systems and Facilities;
Transit Systems and Technology;
Cities and Transportation;
Senior Design Projects in Systems Engineering.
Lectures, Papers, Presentations and Testimonies
Presented lectures and short courses at 75 different universities, including University of Alberta-Edmonton, Canada; University of Belgrade; University of California, Berkeley; Carnegie-Mellon University; University of Kobe; University of Lisbon; MIT; TU München, Princeton University, Universidad de Rio de Janeiro; Universita di Roma; Universidad de Sao Paolo, Brazil; Universidad Simon Bolivar - Caracas; Universitait van Stellenbosch - RSA; Tokyo University; ETH Zürich and others.
Papers and presentations at the meetings of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, International Union of Public Transport, ORSA/INFORMS, Regional Science Association, Transportation Research Board. Testimonies in US Congressional committees, Conference of Mayors. Lecture in Departments of Transportation in U.S., Argentina and South Africa.
Lectures in Transit and Planning Agencies
Brisbane Transit - Brisbane; Hamburger Hochbahn - Hamburg; London Transport - London; Metro - Lisbon; TRTA - Tokyo; MTA - Baltimore; NYCT - New York; SEPTA – Philadelphia; METRO – Istanbul Ulasim.
Publications
Books:
"Transit Operating Manual", Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, 1978.
"Urban Public Transportation Systems and Technology", Prentice-Hall,1981; 673 pages.
For information about Transportation for Livable Cities, or to order the book, visit the "Transportation for Livable Cities page". For information about the two Urban Transit books or to order these books, visit the book's web page at the publisher's home page.
Articles:
About 120 articles, mostly on urban transportation, published in the United States, Yugoslavia/Serbia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Belgium, and other countries. Selected recent articles are available here.
Reports:
About 30 reports, including:
"Value of Speed in Transit Services"
"Timed Transfer Systems: Planning, Design and Operation"
"Parking Policy as a Transportation System Management Measure" - 1979
(With S. Kikuchi) "General Operations Plan for the SEPTA Regional High Speed System" - 1984
"New York City Control Center Modernization" - 1990
"Bus Transit System - Its Underutilized Potential" - 1994
"Long-Range Plan for SEPTA's Regional Rail System" - 1994
"Cars, Transit and Livable Cities" - 1996
"Transportation Improvements for Increased Livability in the Philadelphia Region" - 1999
Consulting
Consultant on planning, design and operations of transportation systems to:
U.S. Department of Transportation - FTA
Cities:
Belgrade, Serbia;
Edmonton, Canada;
Lima, Peru;
Manchester, Great Britain;
New York and Philadelphia, USA;
Perth, Australia;
Rome and Naples, Italy;
Toronto, Canada
Mexico City, Mexico
Transit and planning agencies:
NYCT - New York,
SEPTA- Philadelphia,
BART – San Francisco,
WMATA - Washington
Consulting firms:
Wilbur Smith and Associates, De Leuw Cather & Co., Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas, Venturi and Rauch, Gellman Associates, Cambridge Systematics, BKS - Pretoria, CRS Sirrine, Buckhurst, Fish & Jacquemart and others.
Personal
Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1935. Immigrated in the United States in 1961.
Married to Radmila V. Vuchic, Ph.D. Children: Monika, Boris, Lili and Victor.
Hobbies: music, mountaineering, swimming, ping-pong.
Languages: Serbo-Croatian (mother tongue), English and German. Some Russian, French, Spanish.
Major field of interest: International relations and 19th - 20th century history.
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