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Kari Watkins
Kari Edison Watkins, PE, PhD, is an assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering at Georgia Tech. Kari uses technology to improve, understand, and influence travel mode choice and multi-modal transportation planning. Check out her research lab, UTIL, at http://watkins.ce.gatech.edu or follow her on Twitter @transitmom.
Subjects: Engineering - Civil
Biography
Kari Edison Watkins, PE, PhD, is an assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering at Georgia Tech. After trying out the Northeast as a consultant for a decade and the Pacific Northwest to earn a PhD at the University of Washington (UW), she decided it was time to return to her undergraduate alma mater and the City of Atlanta to help it become a more transit-friendly, bikeable place.In her research and teaching, Kari uses technology to improve, understand, and influence travel mode choice and multi-modal transportation planning. At UW, she co-created the OneBusAway program to provide real-time transit information tools and assess their impacts on riders in greater Seattle–Tacoma. She continues to work on ways to improve traveler information, but has also begun to examine opportunities to crowdsource cycling infrastructure and amenity data through the Cycle Atlanta program. Check out her research lab, UTIL, at http://watkins.ce.gatech.edu or follow her on Twitter @transitmom.
Education
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PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Washington, , 2011
MS, Civil Engineering, University of Connecticut, 2003
BCE, Georgia Tech, 1997
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Transportation Planning, Transit planning and operations, Traveler information, Mode choice decision making, Complete streets design
Personal Interests
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Travel