Jeff Casello

Professor Casello’s interests lie in urban transportation systems and their impacts on healthy and economically viable urban areas. As such, he conducts research on the design and operation of public transportation systems, urban roadway systems, and facilities for non-motorized modes. His research aims to promote efficient, balanced transportation that enhances regional economic competitiveness and supports social mobility.

He is an expert in the planning, design and operation of public transportation systems. He is the lead author (with Vukan R. Vuchic) of Transit Planning for the Institute of Transportation Engineer’s (ITE) 3rd edition of the Transportation Planning Handbook. He has written more than 40 articles or reports on transportation including a 2009 report for CUTA assessing the economic benefits of transit for Canada. In addition, he is an acknowledged contributor to three seminal texts in the field of urban transportation: Urban Transit Systems and Technology and Urban Transit Planning, Operations and Economics, and Transportation for Livable Cities all by Professor Vuchic.

Professionally, Casello has worked as a consultant, instructor and researcher with many transit agencies and cities in the U.S., Canada and abroad. These include Singapore (Land Transport Authority), Washington D.C. (WMATA), Houston (METRO), Philadelphia (SEPTA), the Regional Municipality of Waterloo (GRT), the City of Kingston, the City of London (LTC) and Mexico City (D.F.). Casello has also worked in the public sector for the New York State Department of Transportation.

Casello came to the University of Waterloo from the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed his PhD and served as a postdoctoral researcher. He also did his undergraduate work in Philadelphia, as well as a master's degree. He also completed a second master's degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York, where his research involved traveller behaviour in the presence of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Jeff is a professional engineer in New York and Pennsylvania.

Find out more about Casello's research on the Waterloo Public Transportation Initiative website.
Twitter: @WPTI_UW

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