ROBERT BERTINI
 

Organizational Affiliations:
Institute of Transportation Studies and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley.
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Civil Engineering & Applied Mechanics, San Jose State University

Work Background:
Mr. Bertini has ten years experience in transportation: including research, teaching, consulting and public agency work. He has experience in planning, design and construction of highway, transit and public works projects. He is currently involved in freeway traffic operation research. He taught undergraduate and graduate courses in transportation at SJSU, and developed the new Public Transportation course. Mr. Bertini spent two years as a design consultant in a transit district headquarters, developing insights on transit planning, design, operations and finance. Also experienced several years in a public works agency, involved with planning, design, maintenance of county infrastructure, as well as budgeting, public interaction and project approval processes. Experience has included diverse experience in research, teaching, transportation engineering, public transportation, transportation planning, and project management on a variety of complex, multidisciplinary projects. Experience also includes highway design, light rail transit design, transportation corridor studies, municipal engineering, public involvement, environmental studies, aesthetics, and public art.

Education:
Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, Civil Engineering (Transportation), in progress M.S., San Jose State University, Civil Engineering/Transportation B.S., California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, Civil Engineering

Research Interests:
* Traffic Data/Management/Control/Safety
* New Technology/National/International
* Planning/Land Use/Transit
* Urban Transportation Planning

Professional Memberships:
Institute of Transportation Engineers
U.C. Berkeley Transportation Graduate Students Association
Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi

Publications:

1. The I-880 Field Experiment: Analysis Of The Incident Data, with Alexander Skabardonis, Karl Petty, Pravin P. Varaiya, Hisham Noeimi, and Daniel Rydzewski, Transportation Research Record 1603, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 1997.
   
2. The Los Angeles Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) Evaluation: Site Selection and Database Development, with Alexander Skabardonis and Karl Petty, PATH Working Paper, UCB-ITS-PWP-96-16, University of California at Berkeley, 1996.
   
3. The Los Angeles Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) Evaluation: Study Methodology and Preliminary Findings, with Karl Petty, Alexander Skabardonis and Pravin Varaiya, PATH Working Paper, UCB-ITS-PWP-96-17, University of California at Berkeley, 1997.
   
4. The Los Angeles Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) Evaluation: Incident Analysis, with Alexander Skabardonis and Lee Klieman, PATH Working Paper, UCB-ITS-PWP-97-18, University of California at Berkeley, 1997.
   
5. Median Light Rail Crossings: Accident Causation and countermeasures, with Benjamin Coifman, PATH Working Paper, UCB-ITS-PWP-96-13, University of California at Berkeley, 1996.
   
6. Light Rail Transit Implementation Perspectives for the Future: Lessons Learned in Silicon Valley, with Jan. L. Botha and K. Odila Nielsen, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 1995.
   
7. Art Integration: An Essential Design Component and Vehicle for Community Commitment in Santa Clara County, with William L. Barnes and Jack Mackie, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 1995.