Professor Director of Admissions Director, Carolina Transportation Program B.S. NWFP University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan M.S. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Ph.D. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Office: 313 New East            Department of City and Regional Planning            CB 3140 New East Bldg., University of North Carolina            Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3140 Phone: (919)962-4760 Fax: (919)962-5206 Email: khattak@email.unc.edu

In 2005, Dr. Khattak was awarded a Kenan Distinguished Professor Leave.  He spent the spring semester
of 2005 traveling to Middle East, Pakistan, and South Korea for an upcoming book on intelligent transportation
systems.  As the director of the Carolina Transportation Program, Dr. Khattak works with companies and
government agencies to find solutions to logistical and transportation challenges.


Courses
Dr. Khattak teaches the following courses:

• PLAN 126: Urban Transportation Planning.  This is a required fundamentals course that covers planning and
  technical analysis issues in transportation.
• PLAN 129: Transportation Planning Models.  This is a course that covers the four-step transportation modeling
  process. Students learn theory behind transportation modeling and use the TransCAD software for estimation
  and prediction of travel demand.
• PLAN 310 (54): Sustainable Transportation.  This is an elective seminar dealing with non-motorized transportation,
  alternative energy sources and the role of intelligent transportation technology.  It is taught jointly with staff
  from UNC Highway Safety Research Center.
• PLAN 130/PL 230: Advanced Planning Methods.  This is a required core course that covers statistics for
  planners and public managers.

Research and Practice
Dr. Asad J. Khattak is Professor of Transportation Planning at the Department of City and Regional Planning,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he teaches graduate courses and conducts research in the
area of transportation planning.  He has developed and now directs the Carolina Transportation Program.  
Through the program, Dr. Khattak has conducted research on various types of innovations related to:

• The impact of technology, particularly intelligent transportation systems, on traveler behavior and
   transportation network performance,
• Development of a new transportation planning method for intelligent transportation systems,
• Availability and use of alternative transportation modes and advanced public transportation systems,
• Travel impacts of neo-traditional developments, and
• Transportation safety.

Prior to joining University of North Carolina, Dr. Khattak actively participated in developing and implementing
research projects for the Advanced Transportation Management and Information Systems group at the
California PATH Program, University of California at Berkeley.  He received his Masters and Ph.D. degrees
in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University in 1988 and 1991, respectively.  He has worked at University
of Oxford in England, University of California at Berkeley, and the French National Institute for Transport and
Safety Research, known as INRETS.

Dr. Khattak has more than 14 years of research experience and 10 years of teaching experience in the transportation
field, after completing his Ph.D.  As an indication of national recognition, a recent national survey of 84 US planning
schools and 856 planning faculty members ranked him 4th in terms of faculty with the greatest number of publications.
He has authored 53 scholarly journal articles and 41 technical reports.  He has presented his research work at more
than 36 international conferences.  Dr. Khattak has completed 28 sponsored research and education projects totaling
$2.5 million as principal or co-investigator.

Dr. Khattak is the Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Taylor and Francis Publishers and is
writing a book on Intelligent Transportation Systems, under contract with CRC Press.  Dr. Khattak is active in professional
organizations.  He represents the University of North Carolina at CUTC (Council of University Transportation Centers). 
He is currently a member of Committees on (1) Intelligent Transportation Systems and (2) User Information Systems,
Transportation Research Board, National Research Council.  He is also the co-chair of the Advanced Traveler Information
Systems sub-committee.

Selected Publications
• Khattak, A., and D. Rodriguez, The impact of neo-traditional developments on traveler behavior, Transportation Research,
  Part A: Policy and Practice, 39:6, 2005, pp. 481-500.  Click here for the abstract

• Anspacher, D., A. Khattak, & Y. Yim, The demand for rail feeder shuttles, Journal of Public Transportation, Volume 8,
  No. 1, 2005, pp. 1-20.  Click here for the abstract

• Khattak A., N. Rouphail, K. Monast & J. Havel, “A methodology for prioritizing and expanding freeway service patrols,”
  Transportation Research Record, 1861, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2004. pp. 1-10.
  Click here for the abstract

• Schneider R., R. Ryznar, and A. Khattak “An accident waiting to happen: A spatially-oriented methodology that
  integrates perceptions into proactive pedestrian planning, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 36, pp. 193–211, 2004.
  Click here for the abstract

• Khattak A., and M. Rocha, “Are SUVs Supremely Unsafe Vehicles? Analysis of rollovers and injuries,” Transportation
  Research Record, 1840, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., pp. 167-177, 2003.  Click here for the abstract

• Khattak A., Y. Yim and L. Stalker, “Willingness to pay for travel information,” Transportation Research-Part C, Vol. 11,
  No. 2, Pergamon Press, pp. 137-159, 2003.  Click here for the abstract