Reid Ewing, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: 1112J Preinkert Hall | Phone: 301-405-8751 | Email
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1970, Purdue University; M.S. Engineering and Applied Physics, 1971, Harvard University; M.A. City Planning, 1973, Harvard University; Ph.D. Transportation Systems and Urban Planning, 1978, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Transportation Planning
- Smart Growth
- Community Design
- Public Health
TEACHING AREAS
- Land Use and Transportation Planning
- Advanced Research Design Methods
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Recent research has included new street guidelines for the Institute of Transportation Engineers and Congress for the New Urbanism; the development of urban sprawl indices for U.S. counties and metropolitan areas for Smart Growth America; the first national study of the relationship between the built environment and chronic health problems for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; a study of school location and its effects on student travel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as well as a guidebook on context-sensitive highway design for the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
Editorial Boards
- Associate Editor. Journal of American Planning Association
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
- 2004. with W. Schroeer and W. Greene. "School Location and Student Travel: Analysis of Factors Affecting Mode Choice." Transportation Research Record 1895, pages not assigned
- 2003. with R. Pendall and D. Chen. "Managing Sprawl and its Transportation Impacts." Transportation Research Record 1832, pp. 175-183.
- 2003. with M. King and J. Carnegie. "Pedestrian Safety Through a Raised Median and Redesigned Intersections" Transportation Research Record 1828. pp 56-66
- 2003. with R. Schieber and C. Zegeer. "Urban Sprawl as a Risk Factor in Motor Vehicle Occupant and Pedestrian Fatalities" American Journal of Public Health, Vol 93, pp. 1541-1545.
- 2003. with T. Schmid, R. Killingsworth, A. Zlot, and S. Raudenbush. "Relationship between Urban Sprawl and Physical Activity, Obesity and Morbidity" American Journal of Health Problems. Vol 18. pp 47-57.
SERVICE AND OUTREACH
- Jury Member, January 27, 2004. International Competition, Celebration of Cities. American Institute of Architects. Washington D.C.
- Featured Speaker, Healthy Communities, Healthy People Conference, February, 20, 2004, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
- Community Planning for Physical Activity: Designing Active Neighborhoods
- Keynoter, The Brawl Over Sprawl Conference, February, 26, 2004, Property Council of Australia, Brisbane, Australia
- Distinguished Speaker, Colloquium on Cancer Prevention and Control, March 10, 2004, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
- Advisory Panel on Benefits of Biodiversity, March 19, 2004, Defenders of Wildlife and Island, Press, Washington, D.C.
- Featured Speaker, Healthy Cities and Smart Growth, April 22, 2004, California Healthy Cities and Communities, Riverside, CA
- Trainer, Traffic Calming: Strategies that work, May 12-13, 2004. UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies, Mountain View, CA
- Keynoter, Sustainable Mobility for Western Municipalities, June, 16, 2004, Edmonton, Alberta
- Expert, Mayors' Institute, June 23-25, 2004, Regional Plan Association of New York and New Jersey, Princeton, NJ