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John Overman

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Contact Information

Transit Mobility Program
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
110 N. Davis Drive, Suite 101
Arlington, TX 76013
Phone: (817) 462-0516 Ext. 11516
Email: [email protected]

Biography

John Overman is a research scientist with TTI in Arlington, Texas.  He has 25 years of experience in transportation planning, programming and project development working with federal, state, local governments and transportation agencies.  He is a certified instructor for the National Transit Institute (NTI) and National Highway Institute (NHI) and has delivered more than fifty courses on statewide and metropolitan transportation planning and programming across the country at a variety of state DOTs, transit agencies and metropolitan planning organizations. In 2009, he was invited by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) along with other transportation experts to teach at the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority in Mumbai, India.

Mr. Overman’s recent projects include assessing transit alternatively fueled and electric bus fleets, project development and readiness, integrating right-of-way and environmental processes; estimating air quality and environmental impacts. He has participated as a researcher for NCHRP projects and panelist for the TCRP, and he facilitates peer exchanges on state DOT research practices. Mr. Overman has prepared numerous guidebooks and has conducted training related to transportation planning, environmental processes, project development, assessment, readiness, and compliance.

Publications and Presentations:  Mr. Overman has authored and collaborated on numerous reports on transportation planning, project development, and environmental processes, compliance and management.

Previous Experience:  Prior to joining TTI in 1996, Mr. Overman was a project manager on public works projects for a top 100 national engineering firm. Mr. Overman also served for with the Texas Water Commission, as an Environmental Quality Specialist, and as a geologist for an oil and gas exploration company.

Education

  • M.C.R.P, Community and Regional Planning, University of Texas at Arlington, 1994.
  • B.S., Geology, Texas A & M University, 1979.

Professional Registrations

  • Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), Member.
  • American Institute of Certified Planners, Registration No. AICP-12407.
  • Certified National Highway Institute (NHI) Instructor.
  • Registered Professional Geologist in Wyoming, Registration No. PG-1851.
  • TRB, Transit Cooperative Research Program Program Panel C-19.
  • Certificate of Hazardous Materials Management, UTA.
  • OSHA, 40-Hour Hazardous Materials Training.

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, American Institute of Certified Planners.
  • Member, American Planning Association, Texas Chapter of American Planning Association.
  • Member, National Transit Institute, Fellows Program, Class of 2003
  • Member, Transportation Research Board, Transit Cooperative Research Program Panel C-19, Update of TCRP Report 38, Evaluating Fuel Choices for Transit Bus Operations, 2007.
  • Member, UTA Alumni Association Board of Directors Representing the UTA School of Urban and Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2003 – 2006.
  • Treasurer/Director of Finance, Leadership Arlington Board of Directors, 2003 – 2006.
  • Member, North Central Texas Council of Governments, Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Task Force, 1999 – Present.
  • Chairman, City of Arlington, Transit Advisory Committee, 2000.
  • Member, UTA City and Regional Planning Program Advisory Committee, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2000 – 2006.

TTI Tenure / Total Industry Tenure

  • 17 years
  • 32 years

Professional Interests

  • Transportation planning, programming, and project development.
  • Transit fleet and fuel assessments.
  • Environmental/NEPA planning.

Selected Projects, Publications, and Presentations

Courses Taught

Academic Courses

  • Transportation Planning and Environmental Planning (Guest Lecturer/Speaker). School of Urban and Public Affairs, University of Texas at Arlington.

Short Courses

  • Environmental Compliance for Small Urban and Rural Transit Systems. Texas Department of Transportation.
  • Estimating Regional Mobile Source Emissions. National Highway Institute.
  • Metropolitan Transportation Planning. National Transit Institute/National Highway Institute.
  • Statewide Transportation Planning. National Transit Institute/National Highway Institute.
  • Transportation Improvement Program Development (TIP) Seminars. Federal Transit Administration.
  • Short Courses Developed
  • Mobile Source Emission Reduction Strategies. Texas Department of Transportation.
  • Statewide Transportation Planning. National Transit Institute/National Highway Institute.
  • Transportation Improvement Program Development (TIP) Seminars. Federal Transit Administration.

Experience

  • Research Scientist, Transit Mobility Program, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, September 2015 – Present.
  • Associate Research Scientist, Transit Mobility Program, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, February 1999 – August 2015.
  • Assistant Research Scientist, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, October 1996 – January 1999.
  • Project Manager, Carter & Burgess, Inc., 1991 – 1996.
  • Environmental Quality Specialist, Texas Water Commission, 1989 – 1991.
  • Geologist, Kestrel Data Services, 1987 – 1989.
  • Geologist, Onshore Division, Zapata Exploration Company, 1984 – 1986.
  • Geologist, Specialty Logging Company, 1981 – 1984.