Jeff Casello, (He/Him)

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 sustainable transportation systems. He has written more than 110 articles and reports for both scholarly and professional audiences.

Professor Casello supported Dr. Vukan Vuchic in his writing of Urban Transit – Operations, Planning and Economics (ISBN: 978-0-471-63265-8). At the same time, Vuchic and Casello updated the seminal text Urban Transit – Systems and Technology (ISBN: 978-0-471-75823-5), originally published in 1981 with a re-release in 2007. In 2015, Professor Casello authored the Urban Regions Chapter in Natural Resources Canada’s book on Climate Change Adaptation and Resiliency. Dr. Casello is the lead author (with Vuchic) of Transit Planning for the Institute of Transportation Engineer’s (ITE) 3rd edition of the Transportation Planning Handbook.

Dr. Casello has been asked to provide advice to governments throughout Canada. In 2014, he was invited to speak to members of Canadian Parliament on the future of public transportation. Professionally, Professor Casello has worked as a consultant, instructor and researcher with many transit agencies and cities in the US, Canada and abroad. These include Singapore (Land Transport Authority), Washington DC (WMATA), Houston (METRO), Philadelphia (SEPTA), the Regional Municipality of Waterloo (GRT), Metrolinx, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Kingston, the City of London (LTC) and Mexico City (D.F.). Dr. Casello has also worked in the public sector for the New York State Department of Transportation.

Since 2013, Professor Casello has coordinated international student exchanges and workshops, with colleagues at the Karlsruhe (Germany) University of Applied Sciences.

At the University of Waterloo, Jeff holds a joint appointment as a Professor in both the School of Planning (in the Faculty of Environment) and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He has supervised more than 40 graduate students in pursuit of Master’s and PhD degrees. Professor Casello’s courses include Transportation Systems Planning, Transit Systems Planning and Operations, and Physical Infrastructure Planning, with the latter two courses offered jointly to undergraduate and graduate students across his home Faculties. In 2013, Jeff was awarded the Distinguished Teacher Award, the highest honor given to instructors at the University. He has also served as a senior administrator at the University, holding positions as Associate Dean and as Associate Vice President.

• Public Transportation, Urban Transportation, Transportation Modelling, Non-motorized modes, Public transit and transportation planning, Transportation Engineering, Psychology of transportation behavior

My research interests include developing and applying transportation models which better represent public transportation systems' operations, performance, passenger attraction and impact on overall network function.

I was employed by New York State Department of Transportation in Albany as a Design Engineer from 1992 to 1998.

• 2003, Doctorate Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, United States

• 1999, Master's Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, United States

• 1996, Master's Transportation Engineering, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States

• 1992, Bachelor's Civil Engineering Systems, University of Pennsylvania, United States

• 2015 Faculty of Environment Outstanding Performance Award

• 2013 Recognition from the University for excellence in teaching

• 1999-2001 George Krambles Transit Foundation Scholarship;

• 1999-2000 Penn Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching;

• 1999 Richard K. Dentel Memorial Award;

• 1995 University Transportation Centers Program (UTCP) Region II Outstanding Student

• 1993, 1996 New York State Department of Transportation Engineering Excellence Award

• Mobility Lead, Future Cities Institute Funded by Caivan - 2025-present

• Chair, Ontario Council of Graduate Schools (OCGS) - 2023-2024

• Associate Vice President Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs - 2016-2024

• Associate Dean Undergraduate Studies Faculty of Environment - 2010-2016

• Chair, Board of Directors, Balsillie School of International Affairs 2022-2024

• Board Member, United College (formerly St. Paul's) - 2015-2023

• Institute of Transportation Engineers Canada

• Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs

• Board Member - Share the Road Cycling Advocacy

• CIVE 440 - Transit Planning and Operations
  • Taught in 2026
• CIVE 484 - Physical Infrastructure Planning
  • Taught in 2021
• CIVE 641 - Advances in Public Transportation Planning, Operations & Control
  • Taught in 2026
• PLAN 474 - Special Topics in Planning
  • Taught in 2023
• PLAN 478 - Transit Planning and Operations
  • Taught in 2026
• PLAN 484 - Physical Infrastructure Planning
  • Taught in 2021
• PLAN 678 - Advances in Public Transportation Planning, Operations & Control
  • Taught in 2026
• PLAN 684 - Physical Infrastructure and Planning
  • Taught in 2021

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

• Casello, J. and M. Moos, Implementing New Revenue Tools for Public Transport Investments: The Need for Designated Revenue Tools and Separation from Political Interference, Plan Canada, In press

• *Skidmore, J., C. Woudsma, and J. Casello. 2024. Assessing Station Access Strategies to Grow Commuter Rail Ridership, 103rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC

• *Shantz, A., J. Casello, C. Woudsma and E. Guerra. 2022. Understanding Factors Associated with Commuter Rail Ridership – A Demand Elasticity Study of the GO Transit Rail Network. Journal of the Transportation Research Board https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221082573 Vol. 2676, No. 8, p. 131-143

• Dean, J., S. Biglieri, M. Drescher, J. Casello, T. Glover, and A. Garnett. 2020. Thinking relationally about built environments and walkability: A study of adult walking behavior in Waterloo, Ontario. Health and Place. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102352 Vol 64.

• Dean, J. A. Wray, *L. Braun, J. Casello, L. McCallum, and S. Gower. 2019. Handing over the keys? A scoping study of the population health impacts of automated vehicles. BMC Public Health. Vol. 19. Article 1258.

• *Jung, YJ. and J. Casello. 2019. GIS-based transit trip allocation methods converting stop-level boarding and alighting trips into TAZ trips. Transportation Planning and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2019.1675321.

• *Jung, YJ. and J. Casello. 2019. Magnitude of mode constants in transit mode choice. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation. https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2019.1627620.

• *Jung, YJ., and J. Casello. 2019. Assessment of transit ridership prediction errors using AVL/APC data. Transportation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-019-09985-7

• Leger, S. Dean, J., Edge., S. & J. Casello. 2018. If I had a regular bicycle, I wouldn’t be out riding anymore: Perspectives on the potential of e-bikes to support active living and independent mobility among older adults in Waterloo, Canada. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. Vol. 123, pp. 240-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2018.10.009

• Yeung, K. and J. Casello. 2018. The Development of a Household Travel Resource Allocation Model, European Journal Transportation and Infrastructure Research, Vol. 18, No. 1 pp. 112-131.