TRB Volunteer Profile: Brian Ray
Brian Ray, senior principal engineer at Kittelson & Associates, is a featured volunteer in the
TR News. Mr. Ray has led U.S. Federal Highway Administration efforts to generate information guides for alternative intersection types, including displaced left turns, restricted-crossing U-turns, median U-turns, and diverging diamond interchanges (DDIs).
His other projects have included creating a transportation safety action plan for Clakamas County, Oregon; enhancing decision-making about a proposed freeway system in Birmingham, Alabama; applying interchange safety prediction methodologies to a segment of I-10 in Phoenix, Arizona; and developing the first DDI in Alaska.
At TRB, Mr. Ray is a member of the Design and Construction Group Executive Board and serves as the Committee Communications Coordinator for the design section. He is also a member of the Arterials and Public Health Task Force, and has led National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) projects on guidelines for selecting speed-reduction treatments at high-speed intersections, ramp and interchange spacing, and performance-based analysis of geometric design of highways.
The TR News is a bimonthly publication of TRB that features articles on innovative and timely research and development activities in all modes of transportation.
This Summary Last Modified On: 5/11/2018