Alvaro Rodriguez Valencia

Alvaro Rodriguez Valencia
Doctor of Philosophy
alvrodri @uniandes.edu.co
Office: ML-423
Extension: 1877
Alvaro Rodriguez is associate professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. He got his PhD in Transportation Technology and Policy at the University of California (Davis) with the Fulbright Scholarship, under the supervision of Prof. Susan Handy. Currently, his research interests comprise quality of transportation services and infrastructures, travel behavior, and transportation system analysis. He teaches the mandatory Transportation Systems course in civil engineering (undergrad), Transportation Planning, Multimodal Urban Street Design, and Data Science (graduate level) Currently, Dr. Rodriguez is member of the standing committees on Pedestrian (ACH10) and Landscape and environmental design (AKD40) of the Transportation Research Board of National Academy of Medicine, Sciences, and Engineering of the United States of America. He was chair if the Colombian Conference on Transportation Engineering in 2017 and member of the scientific committee of the XIV Pan-American Conference in Transportation Engineering. He has published two books about transportation in Bogota and he is reviewer of the journals: Transport Research Record, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, Journal of Transport and Health y Transportation Research Part-D. Dr. Rodriguez is frequently columnist of several national wide printed and internet media, such as Semana Magazine, El Tiempo and Razón Pública.
Profile
Alvaro Rodriguez is associate professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. He got his PhD in Transportation Technology and Policy at the University of California (Davis) with the Fulbright Scholarship, under the supervision of Prof. Susan Handy. Currently, his research interests comprise quality of transportation services and infrastructures, travel behavior, and transportation system analysis. He teaches the mandatory Transportation Systems course in civil engineering (undergrad), Transportation Planning, Multimodal Urban Street Design, and Data Science (graduate level) Currently, Dr. Rodriguez is member of the standing committees on Pedestrian (ACH10) and Landscape and environmental design (AKD40) of the Transportation Research Board of National Academy of Medicine, Sciences, and Engineering of the United States of America. He was chair if the Colombian Conference on Transportation Engineering in 2017 and member of the scientific committee of the XIV Pan-American Conference in Transportation Engineering. He has published two books about transportation in Bogota and he is reviewer of the journals: Transport Research Record, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, Journal of Transport and Health y Transportation Research Part-D. Dr. Rodriguez is frequently columnist of several national wide printed and internet media, such as Semana Magazine, El Tiempo and Razón Pública.
Recent Courses
- 2023
PLANEACIÓN DE TRANSPORTE
First period
Master Level
PROYECTO DE GRADO ING. CIVIL
First period
Bachelor Level
Recent Products
Recent Degrees
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral degree
University Of California
2015
Estados Unidos
Master Of Science
Master degree
Universität Stuttgart
2007
Alemania
Recent Projects
- 2016
- Efecto de los cambios tecnológicos en la oferta y la demanda de los sistemas de transporte de acceso público a grupos pequeños (TAPGP) en Bogotá
Duration: 36 months
PR.3.2016.2847
- 2011
- Aunar esfuerzos para adelantar el análisis de la evolución y la prospectiva del desarrollo urbano, la movilidad y la infraestructura de transporte de Bogotá yla Regíón, identificando los proyectos prioritarios y definiendo su esquema de implementació
Duration: 5 months
PRY-566
El convenio suscrito por más de 5 años con la Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá tuvo como objetivo desarrollar el Observatorio de Movilidad Regional. Este observatorio produjo una publicación anual con los principales indicadores de la oferta y demanda de transporte, la accidentalidad, el tema ambiental y las finanzas, a partir de información de varias fuentes, con el fin de generar una fuente de información confiable y que perduraría en el tiempo.
Courses
- 2023
PLANEACIÓN DE TRANSPORTE
First period
Master Level
PROYECTO DE GRADO ING. CIVIL
First period
Bachelor Level
TRANSPORTE PÚBLICO Y MASIVO
First period
Master Level
SISTEMAS DE TRANSPORTE
First period
Bachelor Level
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
Products
Degrees
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral degree
University Of California
2015
Estados Unidos
Master Of Science
Master degree
Universität Stuttgart
2007
Alemania
Ingeniero Civil
Bachelor degree
Escuela Colombiana De Ingenieria Julio Garavito
2002
Colombia
Projects
- 2016
- Efecto de los cambios tecnológicos en la oferta y la demanda de los sistemas de transporte de acceso público a grupos pequeños (TAPGP) en Bogotá
Duration: 36 months
PR.3.2016.2847
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009