Research Staff

CV/Biosketch

Diane DavidsonDiane Davidson
M.S., Urban and Regional Planning
(T) 865.946.1475
(F) 865.946.1314
davidsond@ornl.gov

Specialty Research Areas:

  • Transit Operations and Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Travel Behavior
  • Rail and Waterway Freight
  • Multi-modal Planning and System Analysis

Current or Recent Work:

  • Federal Highway Administration - Freight Analysis Framework, version 3
  • Tennessee Department of Transportation - Urban Transit Systems Analysis
  • Department of Homeland Security - Ammonium Nitrate Security Standards for Rail
  • Federal Highway Administration - Congestion Pricing

Significant Publications:

"Effective Demand Management Services and Products", Proceedings, European Conference on Mobility Management, Bregentz, Austria, May 2000.

Guide to Effective Telemanaging; Guide to Successful Telecommuting; Guide to Establishing a Telecommuting Task Force; Final Report on Telecommuting Case Studies; Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Energy Division, September 1997.

Commute Trends in Williamson County and the City of Franklin, Federal Transit Administration, March 1997.

"Federal Role in Transportation Demand Management under ISTEA2", White Paper for Institute of Transportation Engineers, 1996.

Corporate Amenities, Trip Chaining and Transportation Demand Management, Federal Transit Administration, 1994.

"Role of Site Amenities as TDM Measures", Transportation Research Record 1496, Public Transportation 1995.

"The Impact of Suburban Trip Chaining", Transportation Research Record 1321, 1991.

Highlights

New version of Freight Analysis Framework released
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released its new version of the Freight Analysis Framework, the most comprehensive publicly available data set of freight movement. This tool is developed for FHWA by CTA.

Vehicle Technologies Program Fact of the Week
The Vehicle Technologies Program Fact of the Week provides statistical information on vehicle sales, fuel economy and transportation trends.

2011 Annual Fuel Economy Guide is released
DOE and EPA released the 2011 Fuel Economy Guide, providing consumers with information about estimated mileage and fuel costs for model year 2011 vehicles.

Transportation Energy Data Book: Edition 30 . . .
One of ORNL's most requested documents, this data book details transportation-related energy use in the U.S.