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CUTR Staff

Established CUTR APTS and ITS Program Sections:

CUTR has established ITS and APTS Programs directed by Dr. Pei-Sung Lin and Mr. Rob Gregg respectively. Specialties include the evaluation, cost-effectiveness, and implementation feasibility of applying ITS technologies to existing transportation systems in the areas of advanced public transportation systems, advanced traffic management systems, advanced traveler information systems, advanced crash avoidance systems, automatic vehicle location, automated traffic data collection, electronic toll and traffic management systems, regionalized comprehensive transportation master plans, and weather monitoring systems.

The APTS Program at CUTR has been under development since October of 2000, and has established a relationship with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) serving as an independent APTS Program Assessment and Evaluation contractor. In 2002, FDOT expanded the APTS activities at CUTR with the initiation of the RAPTS program designed to be a comprehensive resource for public transportation APTS development and deployment in the state of Florida.

Mr. Gregg serves as the RAPTS Program Director and provides CUTR staffing for the base program administration and associated tasks. ITS engineering support is managed through Mr. Gregg for technical assistance requiring engineering and technical evaluation assessments.

Staff Experience and Capabilities:

The Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) offers the expertise of over 40 full-time research faculty and nearly as many staff positions, representing a broad base of experience in all facets of ITS/APTS, planning, operations, transportation finance and economics, and transportation safety.

The primary activities of the RAPTS program are managed by the following CUTR Staff.
  • Rob Gregg, Director of Transit Management
      Mr. Gregg has over 25 years of senior management experience in all major functions of public transportation. He was responsible for the development of the Information Technology/APTS Program for the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX). Mr. Gregg has served as the manager of program development, planning and development programs at the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority in Tampa, the Sacramento Regional Transit District, and LYNX in Orlando.

      Mr. Gregg's experience with APTS includes a pilot AVL/GPS project for express bus service, the development and implementation of a BRT circulator system in downtown Orlando (known as “LYMMO”), study development of a FTA funded APTS technology demonstration of a suburban environment flexible routing circulator, pilot implementation of a new on board customer information system which provided innovative technology and advertising revenue funding, the development of a multi modal electronic payment system (EPS) demonstration project (known as ORANGES), APTS Master Planning projects. Mr. Gregg was recently designated as the program assessment evaluator for FTA on the Delaware Electronic Payment System Project.

      He has participated with various Federal Transit Administration (FTA), American Public Transportation Association (APTS), and ITS America forums and workshops. Mr. Gregg participates and has served as an officer of the Board of the Florida Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS Florida).
  • Ann Joslin, Senior Research Associate
      Ms Joslin has over 15 years of experience in Transportation Demand Management (TDM), Transit Planning and Development and Operations. Ms. Joslin's experience in ITS/APTS include the management of a variety of ITS/APTS projects including a CAD/ AVL/signal prioritization project and planning and implementation of an Interstate service patrol program during her tenure at LYNX. Ms. Joslin also served as Program Manager for the Orlando Regional Alliance for the Next Generation of Electronic Payment Systems: ORANGES (an Electronic Payment System demonstration project for tolls, transit and parking). Ms. Joslin's experience at an transit operating agency has given her keen insight into the challenges facing transit operators in APTS implementation. Ms. Joslin earned her B.S in Business Administration from the University of Central Florida.
  • Jay Goodwill, Senior Research Associate
      Mr. Goodwill has over 25 years of senior management experience in all major functions of transportation planning and public transportation. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with MS and BS degrees in Civil Engineering and a Masters of Public Works Management, he is a registered professional engineer and holds the Certified Public Transportation Manager certification from the Community Transportation Association of America.

      Mr. Goodwill was the General Manager of the Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) system in Sarasota, Florida – a system that was recognized by the American Public Transportation Association as the Best Small Transit System in 1997. During his tenure, SCAT contracted for an APTS Assessment and Strategic Plan study and programmed for APTS project implementation that are now being initiated.

      He has been active in both the Florida Public Transportation Association and the American Public Transportation Association. Specialties include: public transportation, transportation planning, transit marketing, transit system planning, transit performance analysis, ADA planning/implementation, transit funding.
  • Mark Mistretta, Research Associate
      Mr. Mistretta has worked in a planning capacity at three Florida transit systems (RTS in Gainesville, MCAT in Manatee County, and Lynx in Orlando). His seven years of experience in transit planning and project management have given him a general knowledge into the inner workings of a transit system. Mr. Mistretta is the web adminstrator of the RAPTS website, responsible for developing and managing content. He received his Masters Degree in Urban Planning from the University of Florida and is a current member of APA and AICP.

      Other areas of his expertise and interest are: transit peer analysis, comprehensive operations analyses, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), bus stop inventories, survey design and analysis, and web page design.