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EARNED DEGREES
Ph.D., 1995 (March)
University of California, Davis
Civil Engineering: Transportation; Minors: Statistics and Urban Planning

M.S., 1991 (May)
California State University, Chico Interdisciplinary Studies: Transportation and Hydrology

B.S., 1989 (May)
California State University, Chico
Civil Engineering; Minor: Mathematics

PAST EMPLOYMENT

July 2005-July 2009: Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Arizona State University

February 2007-July 2007: Invited Professor
Institute for Transport and Logistic Studies, University of Sydney, Australia

January 2004-July 2004: Invited Professor
Dept. of Electronics Engineering: Intelligent Transportation Systems, Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea

August 2001-June 2005: Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona, Tucson

July 1995-August 2001: Assistant and Associate Professor
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Statistical and econometric applications in travel and mobility risk
• Experimental and observational design issues in travel and mobility risk
• Engineering, operational, and behavioral risk factors associated with travel and mobility
• General health impacts associated with travel and mobility
• Relationships between transportation planning, travel behavior, and travel risk
• Evaluation of transportation safety investments

CURRENT OR RECENT PROJECTS

Evaluation of Clearview Font Directional Signs in Arizona
Sponsor: Maricopa Association of Governments

Economic Costs of Motor Vehicle Crashes in Arizona
Sponsor: Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety

Evaluation of the Scottsdale 101 Photo Enforcement
Sponsor: Arizona Department of Transportation

Forecasting Engineering and Behavioral Safety Impacts at the Planning Level
Sponsor: National Cooperative Highway Research Program, National Academies

Crash Models on Multilane Highways
Sponsor: National Cooperative Highway Research Program, National Academies

Statistical Validation of Intersection Prediction Models
Sponsor: Federal Highway Administration

SAMPLE OF PUBLICATIONS
Simon Washington, Peter Congdon, Matthew Karlaftis, and Fred Mannering (2009). The Bayesian Multinomial Logit Model: Theory and Route Choice Example. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Academy Press, Washington D.C., In Press.

Simon Washington, Dominique Lord, and Bhagwant Persaud (2009). The Use of Expert Panels in Highway Safety: A Critique. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Academy Press, Washington D.C., In Press.

Cheng, Wen and Simon Washington. New Criteria for Evaluation of Hot Spot Identification Methods (2008). Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Academy Press, Washington D.C., No. 2083, pp. 76-85.

Shin, Kangwon, Simon Washington, and Ida van Schalkwyk. Evaluation of the Scottsdale Loop 101 automated speed enforcement demonstration program (2009). Accident Analysis and Prevention, In Press.

Washington, Simon, Matthew Karlaftis, and Fred Mannering. (2003). Statistical and Econometric Methods for Transportation Data Analysis. Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL.