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Education
1983. Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Transportation), University of California, Berkeley (1983). Minors: Economics, City Planning. Thesis: "An Analysis of the Federal Role in the Planning, Design and Deployment of Rural Roads, Toll Roads and Urban Freeways." Advisor: William L. Garrison.
1979. MS, Civil Engineering (Transportation), University of California, Berkeley.
1976. BS, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University.
Positions Held
2008 –. Associate Dean for Research, School of Public Policy, George Mason University.
2007 –. Director, Master's in Transportation Policy, Operations & Logistics, School of Public Policy, George Mason University.
1988 –. Professor (Assistant 1988-94, Associate 1994-2004), School of Public Policy, George Ma-son University.
Grants, Fellowships & Awards
2012. Jonathan Gifford, PI. “Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy Project.” Virginia Office of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships.
2011 –. Jonathan Gifford, PI. “Communications Data Delivery Systems.” Booz Allen Hamilton.
2011 – 2012. Jonathan Gifford, PI. “Building the Professional Capacity for Multimodal Planning in Vir-ginia.” Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment, Office of the Secretary of Transpor-tation Commonwealth of Virginia.
2008 – National Associate of the National Research Council of the National Academies (lifetime appointment).
2007 – 2009. Jonathan Gifford, PI. "Institutional Architectures to Advance Operational Strategies." National Academy of Sciences, Strategic Highway Research Program II. Subcontract to PB Consult, Inc.
Journal Articles
2010. Gifford, Jonathan L. “ICT and Road Transportation Safety in the United States: A Case of ‘American Exceptionalism.’” IATSS Research (Elsevier, International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences), vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 1-8. July.
Book Chapters
2012. “Transportation Finance.” In The Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government Finance, edited by Robert D. Ebel and John E. Petersen. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2012.
2009. "Transportation." In A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology, edited by Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen, Stig Andur Pedersen and Vincent F. Hendricks, pp. 532-537. Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
2007. "Options and Infrastructure System Development." In The Management and Measurement of Infrastructure: Performance, Efficiency and Innovation, ed. Charlie Karlsson et al., pp. 165-76. Cheltenham, UK; Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
Conference Proceedings
2012. Jonathan Gifford, Laurie Schintler, Xin Zhou, Nobuhiko Daito, Junyang Yuan, Zhenhua Chen and Jing Li. “U.S. Seaports and Megaregions: A Social Network Analysis Approach.” The 58th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association Interna-tional, Miami, FL, November 9-12.
2010. Jonathan Gifford, Zhenhua Chen, Jing Li, Uma Kelekar, Nathaniel Zebrowski, and Xin Zhou, “Mega-regions and Freight: Evidence from the Commodity Flow Survey and Freight Analysis Framework.” The 57th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Denver, November 10-13, 2010.
Invited Lectures, Presentations & Colloquia
2012. “Potential Funding Solutions: Infrastructure Banks.” Infrastructure Banks and Financing: An Initiative of Our Nation’s Capital, Arlington, VA, April 17.
2012. “Public and Private Sector Roles in U.S. Transportation Infrastructure Development: Past, Present and Future.” History and Heritage Lecture, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March 30.
2012. "Highways, Land Use, Transit and Transportation Policy." Presented to American Society of Highway Engineers, Fairfax, VA, March 21.
2011. “Innovative Transportation Finance in the United States." Presented at Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, February 19.
2011. "The Financial Crossroads in the U.S. Surface Infrastructure Policy." Presented at Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, February.
2010. "Surface Transportation Authorization—Update." Presented to the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General as part of its community of practice pro-gram, October 28.
2009. “Research Perspectives from Universities.” ITS Architecture Development for DDOT, Government of the District of Columbia, District Department of Transportation, December 1-2.
2009. Speaker, “Smart Roads, Smart Cars: How IT is Transforming Transportation.” Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Washington, D.C., May 14.
2009. “U.S. Surface Transportation Policy for the 21st Century: The Prospects for Switzerland and the U.S.” On Track to the Future – Sustainable Transportation: A Challenge for the 21st Century. George Washington University, the Embassy of Switzerland, and Young Profes-sionals in Transportation, Washington, D.C., February 12.
2009. Moderator, “Sustainable Communities: How to Spend a Trillion Dollars.” National Build-ing Museum, Washington, D.C., February 2.
2008. “Electronic Tolling: Developing Interoperability between States.” Paper presented at the Toll Roads South, Orlando, FL, October 27.
Academic and Professional Meetings
2012. Jonathan Gifford, Laurie Schintler, Xin Zhou, Nobuhiko Daito, Junyang Yuan, Zhenhua Chen and Jing Li. “U.S. Seaports and Megaregions: A Social Network Analysis Approach.” The Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 22-26.
2011. Jonathan Gifford, Zhenhua Chen, Jing Li, Uma Kelekar, Nathaniel Zebrowski, and Xin Zhou. “Mega-regions and Freight: Evidence from the Commodity Flow Survey and Freight Analysis Framework.” The Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting, Washing-ton, D.C., January 23-27.
2010. Xin Zhou and Jonathan L. Gifford. “Institutional Challenges in Development of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Route 1 Corridor in National Capital Region.” 89th Annual Meet-ing, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 10-14.
2010. Jonathan L. Gifford. “Mega-Regions: Shaping Passenger and Freight Demand.” Transporta-tion in Mega-Regions. Transportation Research Board, 89th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. January 10-14.
2008. Checherita, Cristina, and Jonathan L. Gifford. "Risk Sharing in Public-Private Partnerships: General Considerations and an Evaluation of the U.S. Practice in Road Transportation." Pa-per presented at the Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 13-17.
2008. Le Renard, Callie, Xin Zhou, and Jonathan L. Gifford. “The Transportation Policy, Opera-tions and Logistics Curriculum at George Mason University's School of Public Policy.” Pa-per presented at the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Charleston, South Carolina, October 16.
Technical Reports
2012. Jonathan L. Gifford, Nobuhiko Daito, Zhenhua Chen, and Sachin Garg. “Building the Pro-fessional Capacity for Multimodal Planning in Virginia.” George Mason University School of Public Policy final report, September 24.
2011. Jonathan L. Gifford. “Policy Options for Secondary Road Construction and management in the Commonwealth of Virginia.” June 16. Available at ssrn.com/abstract =1865957.
2010. Jonathan L. Gifford. “State infrastructure banks: a Virginia perspective.” George Mason University School of Public Policy Research Paper no. 2010-32, November 24. Available at ssrn.com/abstract=1714466.
Other Publications
2008. "Transportation." In Digital Quality of Life: Understanding the Personal and Social Bene-fits of the Information Technology Revolution, edited by Robert D. Atkinson and Daniel D. Castro, 103-11. Washington, D.C.: Information Technology Innovation Foundation. October.
2008. Jonathan L. Gifford and Cristia D. Checherita. “Boundedly- and Non-Rational Travel Be-havior and Transportation Policy.” July. Available at ssrn.com/abstract=1495719.
Public Appearances
2008. Interview. “Moving Maryland Forward: A Century of Modern Highways.” Maryland State Highway Administration and Maryland Public Television.
Professional Organizations, Service and Peer Review
World Conference on Transportation Research Society
2010 – 2013. Member, Steering Committee.
2007 – 2010. Member, Scientific Committee; Deputy Manager, Topic Area G – Transport Planning, Poli-cy and Management.
Transportation Research Board, National Research Council
2005 – 2008. Member, Project Panel. “Multi-State Transportation Operations Programs” (Project 03-84). National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
2005 – 2008. Member, Project Panel. “A Guide to Emergency Response Planning for Transportation” (Project 20-59(23)). National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
2004 – 2009. Member, Project Panel, “AASHTO Guide to Risk Management of Multimodal Transporta-tion Infrastructure” (Project 20-59(17)), National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
2003 – 2009. Member, Project Panel, “Guide for Emergency Transportation Operations” (Project 20-59(11)), National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
1995 – 2012. Chair (2007-2012); Secretary (1995-2007), Committee on Transportation History, A5018.
1991 – 2009. Chair (2003-2009); member, paper reviewer, Committee on Transportation and Land De-velopment, ADD30.
1990 –. University Representative, George Mason University.
U.S. Department of Transportation
2008 – 2010. Member, ITS Standards Working Group, Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, Research and Innovative Programs Administration.
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
Reviewer, Transportation Journal of the ASCE.
Editorial Duties
2010. University of Chicago Press.
2009 –. Editorial advisory board, Transportation (Springer).
2000 –. Associate Editor, Public Works Management & Policy (Sage)
1994 –. Moderator, Internet listserv on transportation
(transp-l@listserv.gmu.edu).
1991 –. Transportation Research Board.
Student Advising
Dissertation Committees
2012. Xin Zhou, Public Policy (chair)
2011. Uma Kelekar, Public Policy
2011. Matthew Hardy, Public Policy (chair)
2005 – 08. Chuck Augustine, Public Policy (chair)
Doctoral Students, Field Committees
2012 –. Morghan Transue, Public Policy
Doctoral Students, Pre-Candidacy
2010 –. Nobuhiko Daito, Public Policy.
Bachelor of Arts, Government and International Politics
2011 – . Nathan Dorfman
Visiting Graduate Students
2012. Christian Rudolph. "Modeling Effects on Emissions and Mobility Behavior by Alternative Drive Trains." Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany.
Courses Taught at George Mason
Master of Arts in Transportation Policy, Operations & Logistics
2007 –. Seminar in U.S. National Transportation Policy.
2002 –. Transportation Systems.
2001 –. Practicum in Transportation Policy, Operations & Logistics
Service at George Mason University
University
2011 –. Member, Faculty/Staff Email Selection Committee
2011. Leadership Legacy Program, Cohort I
2008 –. Member, Research Council.
2008 –. Member, Distance Education Council.
2008. Search Committee, Vice President for Research.
1995 –. Advisor, Transportation Collections, Special Collections and Archives, Fenwick Library.
School of Public Policy
2012. Chair, Research Support Committee
2012. Member, Search Committee, Director of Fiscal Services
2007 – 2008. Member, Search Committee, National Security (chair David Hart)
Book Sections
Gifford, J. L. "Transportation Finance." In The Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government Finance, edited by Robert D. Ebel and John E. Petersen. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2012.
Gifford, J. L. "Transportation." In A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology, edited by Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen, Stig Andur Pedersen and Vincent F. Hendricks, 532-537. Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Gifford, J. L. "Options and Infrastructure System Development." In The Management and Measurement of Infrastructure: Performance, Efficiency and Innovation, edited by B. Johansson W. Anderson, and C. Karlsson, 165-76. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2007.
Gifford, J. L., and V. Marchau. "U.S. and European Responses to Uncertainty About Intelligent Transportation Systems: A Comparative Analysis." In Institutions and Sustainable Transport: Regulatory Reform in Advanced Economies, edited by P. Rietveld and R. Stough, 96-108. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2007.
McNeely, C., and J. Gifford. "Effecting a Traffic Safety Culture: Lessons from Cultural Change Initiatives." In Improving Traffic Safety Culture in the United States: The Journey Forward, edited by B. Tefft and D. Nelson, 21-39. Washington, DC: AAA Safety Foundation, 2007.
Gifford, J. L. "Congestion and Its Discontents." In Access to Destination, edited by David M. Levinson and Kevin J. Krizek, 29-61. New York: Elsvier, 2005.
Gifford, J. L. "Flexible Transportation Systems." In Transport Strategy, Policy and Institutions, edited by David Hensher and Kenneth J. Button, 597-611. Oxford: Elsvier, 2005.
Gifford, J. L. "A Research Agenda for Institutions, Regulations and Markets in Transportation and Infrastructure." In Barriers to Sustainable Transport: Institutions, Regulation and Sustainability, edited by Pier Rietveld and Roger R. Stough, 102-10: Spon Press, 2005.
Gifford, J. L. and O. J. Stalebrink. "Transportation Asset Management." In Transport Strategy, Policy and Institutions, edited by David Hensher and Kenneth J., Button, 275-83. Oxford: Elsevier, 2005.
Journal Articles and Reviews
Gifford, J. L. "ICT and Road Transportation Safety in the United States: A Case of 'American Exceptionalism.'" IATSS Research (Elsevier, International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences), 34, no. 1 (July 2010): 1-8.
Gifford, J. L. Review of Zoned Out: Regulations, Markets, and Choices in Transportation and Metropolitan Land-Use, by Jonathan Levine, and Taking the High Road: A Metropolitan Agenda for Transportation Reform, edited by Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes. Journal of Planning Education and Research, vol. 26, no. 1 (Fall 2006).
Gifford, J. L. Review of The Geography of Urban Transportation, 3rd ed., by Susan Hanson and Genevieve Giuliano. Journal of Regional Science, vol. 46, no. 2 (May 2006).
Haynes, K. E., T.R. Lakshmanan, W. P. Anderson, J. L. Gifford, and D. Pelletiere. "Sustainable Transportation Institutions and Regional Evolution: Global and Local Perspectives." Journal of Transport Geography 13 (2005): 207-21.
Presentations and Proceedings
Gifford, J. L., L. Schintler, X. Zhou, N. Daito, J. Yuan, Z. Chen, and J. Li. "U.S. Seaports and Megaregions: A Social Network Analysis Approach." The 58th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association Interna-tional, Miami, FL, November 9-12, 2012.
Gifford, J. L. "Potential Funding Solutions: Infrastructure Banks." Infrastructure Banks and Financing: An Initiative of Our Nation's Capital, Arlington, VA, April 17, 2012.
Gifford, J. L. "Public and Private Sector Roles in U.S. Transportation Infrastructure Development: Past, Present and Future." History and Heritage Lecture, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March 30, 2012.
Gifford, J. L. "Highways, Land Use, Transit and Transportation Policy." Presented to American Society of Highway Engineers, Fairfax, VA, March 21, 2012.
Gifford, J. L. "Innovative Transportation Finance in the United States." Presented at Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, February 2011.
Gifford, J. L. "The Financial Crossroads in the U.S. Surface Infrastructure Policy." Presented at Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, February 2011.
Gifford, J. L., Z. Chen, J. Li, U. Kelekar, N. Zebrowski, and X. Zhou, "Mega-regions and Freight: Evidence from the Commodity Flow Survey and Freight Analysis Framework." The 57th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Denver, November 10-13, 2010.
Gifford, J. L. "Surface Transportation Authorization—Update." Presented to the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General as part of its community of practice program, October 28, 2010.
Gifford, J. L. "Research Perspectives from Universities." ITS Architecture Development for DDOT, Government of the District of Columbia, District Department of Transportation, Washington, DC, December 1-2, 2009.
Gifford, J. L. "Smart Roads, Smart Cars: How IT is Transforming Transportation." Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Washington, DC, May 14, 2009.
Gifford, J. L. "U.S. Surface Transportation Policy for the 21st Century: The Prospects for Switzerland and the U.S." On Track to the Future – Sustainable Transportation: A Challenge for the 21st Century, George Washington University, the Embassy of Switzerland, and Young Professionals in Transportation, Washington, DC, February 12, 2009.
Gifford, J. L. Moderator, "Sustainable Communities: How to Spend a Trillion Dollars." National Building Museum, Washington, DC, February 2, 2009.
Gifford, J. L. "The National Perspective, Federal Policy and the States." Presentation at the 2008 Pennsylvania State Senate Republican Caucus – Transportation Summit, Harrisburg, PA, 2008.
Gifford, J. L. "Electronic Tolling: Developing Interoperability between States." Paper presented at the Toll Roads South, Orlando, FL, October 27, 2008.
Checherita, C., J. L. Gifford. "Risk Sharing in Public-Private Partnerships: General Considerations and an Evaluation of the U.S. Practice in Road Transportation." Paper presented at the Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2008.
Le Renard, C., X. Zhou, and J. L. Gifford. "The Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics Curriculum at George Mason University's School of Public Policy." Paper presented at the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Charleston, SC, 2008.
Technical Reports
Gifford, J. L., N. Daito, Z. Chen, and S. Garg. "Building the Professional Capacity for Multimodal Planning in Virginia." George Mason University School of Public Policy final report, September 24, 2012.
Gifford, J. L. "Policy Options for Secondary Road Construction and management in the Commonwealth of Virginia." June 16, 2011.
Available at ssrn.com/abstract =1865957.
Gifford, J. L. "State infrastructure banks: a Virginia perspective." George Mason University School of Public Policy Research Paper no. 2010-32, November 24, 2010. Available at ssrn.com/abstract=1714466.
Other Publications
Gifford, Jonathan L. "Transportation." In Digital Quality of Life: Understanding the Personal and Social Benefits of the Information Technology Revolution, edited by Robert D. Atkinson and Daniel D. Castro, 103-11. Washington, D.C.: Information Technology Innovation Foundation, 2008.
Gifford, J. L., and C. D. Checherita. "Boundedly- and Non-Rational Travel Be-havior and Transportation Policy." July, 2008. Available at ssrn.com/abstract=1495719.