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PhD.
in
Transportation
Engineering
│
University
of
California,
Davis
│
www.linkedin.com/in/RodriguezVal

Education

Doctor
of
Philosophy
(PhD.)
in
Transportation
Technology
and
Policy.
University
of
California,
Davis,
USA.

(Oct
2011
–
Sep
2015).
Dissertation:
“The
Emergence
of
Green
Street
Programs
in
the
U.S.:
A
Study

of
Three
Cities.”

Master
of
Science
(MS.)
in
Infrastructure
Planning.
Stuttgart
University,
Germany
(2005-‐2007).

Bachelor
of
Science
(BS.)
in
Civil
Engineering.
Colombian
School
of
Engineering,
Colombia
(1997-‐2002).

Positions

Assistant
Professor,
Department
of
Civil
and
Environmental
Engineering,
Universidad
de
los
Andes,

Bogota
(2016
-‐
present).

Adviser
to
the
Commissioner
of
Public
Transport,
City
of
Bogotá,
(2013).

Consultant
to
the
United
Nations
(2011).

Faculty
(full
time
instructor),
Department
of
Civil
and
Environmental
Engineering,
Universidad
de
los

Andes,
Bogota
(2008
-‐
2011).

Junior
Project
Specialist,
Cal
y
Mayor
(International
Transport
Consultant),
Bogota
&
Mexico
(2008).

Research
Assistant,
Institute
for
Railways
and
Transportation,
Stuttgart
University
(2006
–
2007).

Full
time
teacher,
Andino
High
school
(German
School),
Bogota,
Colombia
(2002
–
2005).

Adjunct
Instructor.
Colombian
School
of
Engineering,
Bogota,
Colombia
(2002
–
2004).

Honors

Fulbright
Scholarship
for
PhD.
Studies
(2011-‐2015).

Baden-‐Württemberg
Scholarship
for
M.Sc.
in
Infrastructure
Planning
(2005-‐2007).

Best
High
School
Graduates
Scholarship
for
granted
by
Universidad
Nacional
de
Colombia,
1996.

Second
best
graduate
engineer
(2002-‐I)
University
“Escuela
Colombiana
de
Ingeniería”
among
51

engineers.

Professional
Affiliations

Student
Representative,
Transport
Technology
&
Policy
Program,
University
of
California,
Davis
(2012-‐
2013).

Member,
Committee
on
defense
for
Sundays
Bike
Program
in
Bogota,
(2010-‐2011).

Co-‐founder,
Research
Group
for
Urban
and
Regional
Sustainability
SUR,
UniAndes,
2008.

Faculty
Fellow,
Research
Group
for
Urban
and
Regional
Sustainability
SUR,
UniAndes,
(2008-‐present).

Research
grants

Principal
investigator,
“Characterization
of
the
taxi
cab
system
for
Bogota”,
Research
Center
of
the

Engineering
School
of
Universidad
de
los
Andes-‐
CIFI
(Jan-‐2009
to
Jul-‐2010).

Principal
investigator,
“Calibration
of
a
macroscopic
traffic
flow
model
for
the
AK30-‐highway
in
Bogota

through
video
recording
and
traffic
counts”,
Research
Center
of
the
Engineering
School
of

Universidad
de
los
Andes-‐
CIFI
(Aug-‐2009
to
July-‐2011).

Co-‐investigator,
“Carpooling
for
Universidad
de
los
Andes”,
Research
Center
of
the
Engineering
School
of

Universidad
de
los
Andes-‐
CIFI
(Jul-‐2009
to
Dec-‐2010).

Co-‐investigator
“Prototype
of
a
real–time
traffic
and
urban
mobility
information
system
about
the
traffic

conditions
on
the
main
roads
of
Bogota
Principal
Researcher”,
Research
Center
of
the
Engineering

School
of
Universidad
de
los
Andes-‐
CIFI.
(Jan-‐2010
to
Dec-‐2010).

Research
participation

Principal
investigator,
“Road
section
optimization
through
Micro-‐Simulation”,
Department
of
Civil
and

Environmental
Engineering
of
Universidad
de
los
Andes
(Jan-‐2009
to
Dec-‐2009).

Specialist,
“Prioritization
of
National
funding
investments
for
Bogota
region
transport
projects
and

validation
of
design
of
Bogota’s
first
metro
line”,
Colombian
Planning
Agency
-‐
DNP
(Jul-‐2009
to
Jul-‐
2010).

Specialist,
“Evaluation
and
assessment
in
noise
and
emission
conditions
under
the
implementation
of
a

new
Public
Integrated
Transport
System
(SITP)
in
Bogota”,
Inter-‐American
Development
Bank

–

IADB,
Clean
Air
Institute
-‐
CAI.
(May-‐2010
to
Jun-‐2011).

Specialist,
“Design
and
implementation
of
an
experimental
reduced-‐speed-‐zone
nearby
Universidad
de

los
Andes
in
Bogota
(Jan-‐2010
to
Jan
2012).

Books

Rodriguez-‐Valencia
A.
&
Acevedo
J
(2012),
Taxi!
The
forgotten
transportation
mean
in
Bogota
(written
in

Spanish)
(Principal
author).
ISBN:
978-‐958-‐695-‐770-‐0
Ediciones
Uniandes.
Bogota.

Acevedo
J.,
Echeverry
J.C.,
Bocarejo
J.P.,
Ospina
G.,
Lleras
G.,
Rodríguez-‐Valencia
A.
(2009),
Transport
as

Colombian
development
support;
A
2040
prospective
approach
(written
in
Spanish)
(co-‐author).

Ediciones
Uniandes.
ISBN-‐978-‐958-‐695-‐416-‐7.

Bogota.

Peer-‐Reviewed
Articles

A.
(2015)
Taxicab
Operation
in
Bogota,
Colombia:
Empirical
findings
on
day
versus

night
operations.
Transportation
Research
Record,
the
Journal
of
the
Transportation
Research

Board,
Washington
DC.,
USA.
Vol:
2416,
pp.
92-‐99.
DOI:
10.314/2416-‐11.

A.
(2014)
Taxicab
Transportation
in
Bogota,
Colombia.
Transportation
Research

Record,
the
Journal
of
the
Transportation
Research
Board,
Washington
DC.,
USA.
Vol:
Vol.
2394,
pp.

77-‐84.
DOI:
10.3141/2394-‐10.

Bravo-‐Córdoba
G.,
Castro-‐Barrera
H.,
Bautista-‐Méndez
LJ.,
Bocarejo-‐Suescún
JP.,
A.,

Pérez-‐Arteaga
P.,
and
Velázquez-‐
Gallón
S.
(2013)
Technological
challenges
for
traffic
moniroring
in

Bogota
using
GPS
devices
and
celular
comunication
(writen
in
Spanish)
Revista
de
Ingeniería,

Universidad
de
los
Andes.

A.
(2009)
Congestion
in
Bogota,
a
problem
beyond
taxes
and
regulatory
measures

(written
in
Spanish),
Revista
de
la
Escuela
Colombiana
de
Ingeniería
ISSN:
0121-‐5132.

Edición
Año

19,
No.
73.

A.
&
Posada
P.
(2009)
Public
space
recycling
through
road
space
optimization
for

Bogota
(written
in
Spanish),
Revista
de
Arquitectura,
Universidad
de
los
Andes
ISSN
2011-‐3188

Edición
año
2,
No.
04.

Conference
Proceedings

Gómez-‐Gélvez,
J.,
A.,
Restrepo
N.
(2015)
The
Role
of
Taxis
in
Bogotá,
Colombia:

Analysis
from
a
Disaggregate
Mobility
Survey.
Annual
Meeting
of
the
Transportation
Research

Board.
Washington
DC.,
USA.

A.
(2014)
Taxicab
Operation
in
Bogota,
Colombia:
Empirical
findings
on
day
versus

night
operations.
Annual
Meeting
of
the
Transportation
Research
Board.
Washington
DC.,
USA.

A.
(2014)
Urban
Right-‐of-‐Way
Allocation
Problem:
Considering
All
Demands.
Annual

Meeting
of
the
Transportation
Research
Board.
Washington
DC.,
USA.

A.
(2014)
Benefits
from
Green
Streets
design:
Life-‐Cycle
Perspective
(Poster
Session)

Annual
Meeting
of
the
Transportation
Research
Board.
Washington
DC.,
USA.

A.
&
Handy
S.
(2013)
Towards
a
Balanced
and
Equitable
Distribution
of
the
Urban

Right-‐of-‐Way,
World
Conference
in
Transportation
Research
WCTR.
Rio
de
Janeiro,
Brazil.

Tovar
S.R.

&
A.
(2013)
Effect
of
Phase
Sequence
in
Capacity
Signalized
Intersections,

World
Conference
in
Transportation
Research
WCTR.
Rio
de
Janeiro,
Brazil.

Jimenez
A.L.
&
A.
(2013)
Exploratory
Methodology
for
Identification
of
Urban

Bottlenecks
using
GPS
data,
World
Conference
in
Transportation
Research
WCTR.
Rio
de
Janeiro,

Brazil.

A.
(2009)
Road
Urban
Section
optimization
through
traffic
microsimulation
(written
in

Spanish),
IX
Simposio
Colombiano
de
Ingeniería
de
Trásnito
y
Transporte.
ISBN
978-‐958-‐660-‐147-‐4.

Acevedo
J.,
Bocarejo
J.P.,
&
A.
(2009)
Future
Scenarios
for
mobility
and
emisions
in

Bogota
(written
in
Spanish),
II
Congreso
Colombiano
y
Conferencia
Internacional
de
Calidad
del
Aire

y
Salud
Pública.
ISBN
978-‐958-‐695-‐505-‐8.
Cartagena,
Colombia.

&
Quijano
JP.
A.
(2010),
Taxi
cab
characterization
in
Bogota
Colombia
and

methodology
of
data
acquisition
(written
in
Spanish),
XVI
Pan-‐American
Conference
of
Traffic
and

Transportation
Engineering
and
Logistics
PANAM,
ISBN
978-‐989-‐96986-‐2-‐8.
Lisbon,
Portugal.

Quijano
JP.
&
A.
(2010),
Externalities
quantification
caused
by
taxicab
in
Bogota

(written
in
Spanish)
XVI
Latin-‐American
Public
and
Urban
Transport
Conference
CLATPU,
ISBN
978-‐
607-‐95477-‐0-‐7.
Mexico
City,
Mexico.

Bocarejo,
J.
P.,
Bravo,
G.,
Castro,
H.,
Rodríguez-‐Valencia,
A.,
Perez,
P.,
Velásquez
S.,
&
Bautista,
L.
(2010).

Prototipo
de
un
sistema
de
información
de
tráfico
y
movilidad
urbana
para
la
ciudad
de
Bogotá,

Colombia.
XVI
Congreso
Latinoamericano
de
Transporte
Público
y
Urbano.
Ciudad
de
México
D.F.

Articles
in
newspapers
(selected):

Taxi
vs.
Uber:
The
good,
the
bad
and
the
ugly.
In
El
Tiempo,
16
March
2015
(more).

What
Bogotá
should
and
should
not
learn
from
Brazil
in
terms
of
mobility.
In
El
Espectador
,
7
July
2014

(more).

Taxis,
behind
the
window.
In
El
Espectador,
30
June
2014
(more).

Taxi
fare
increase
analysis
(written
in
Spanish).
In
El
Tiempo,
16
Nov
2013
(more).

Discuss
about
Pico
y
Placa
in
Bogotá
(written
in
Spanish).
In
El
Espectador
11
Dic
2012
(more).

Enough
already!
No
more
improvisation
(written
in
Spanish).
In
El
Espectador,
20
Sep
2012
(more).

Taxicabs
and
road
safety
(written
in
Spanish).
In
El
Espectador,
27
Aug
2012
(more).

The
problem
of
taxicabs
in
Bogotá:
The
affiliation
system
(written
in
Spanish).
In
El
Espectador,
21
Aug

2012
(more).

Pico
y
Placa:
Delaying,
palliative,
and
transitory
(written
in
Spanish).
In
Publimetro,
05
July
2012
(more).

What
the
tram
will
sacrifice
(written
in
Spanish)
.
In
El
Espectador,
04
june
2012
(more).

What
you
should
know
about
TransMilenio
(written
in
Spanish).
In
Publimetro,
05
March
2012
(more).

The
forgotten
bikepaths
in
Bogota
(written
in
Spanish).
In
El
Tiempo,
25
March
2011
(more).

Motorcycles
parking
issues
in
Bogota
(written
in
Spanish).
In
El
Tiempo,
24
Oct
2009
(more).

Technical
Reports
and
other
publications

A.
(2010),
Mode
Challenge
in
Bogotá.
A
race
to
determine
the
fastest
mode.
Cities
for

Mobility,
the
eMagazine
of
the
global
network
for
sustainable
urban
mobility.
City
of
Stuttgart.

Acevedo
J.,
Bocarejo
J.P.,
A.
et
al
(2010),
Recommendations
for
the
prioritization
of

National
funding
investments
for
Bogota
region
transport
projects
and
validation
of
design
of

Bogota’s
first
metro
line.

A.
(2010),
The
Taxicab
System
in
Bogota.
Final
Report.

A.
(2010),
Transportation
Diagnosis
for
Universidad
de
los
Andes.

A.
(2009),
Characterization
of
Road
Traffic
y
the
K30
Highway
in
Bogotá

Colombia.
Final
Report.

Special
event
talks:

“Modeling
Bogotá
with
PTV-‐VISUM”,
Transportation
Demand
Modeling
class
(ECI
251),
Department
of

Civil
and
Environmental
Engineering,
University
of
California,
Davis,
USA.
2015.

“Alternative
Stormwater
Management
Design”,
Water
Science
and
Design
class
(HYD
198),
Department
of

Land,
Water,
and
Air
Resources,
University
of
California,
Davis,
USA.
2015.

“Taxicab
in
Bogota
Colombia”,
weekly
seminar,
University
of
California,
Davis.
2013

“How
do
we
move
in
Uniandes
and
the
Bicycle
opportunities”
UniAndes
Mobility
Forum.
Bogotá,
2010.

“Surface
space
distribution”
module
(6
hours)
in
the
refresher
course
in
traffic
engineering
and
road

safety
for
officials
of
the
Transportation
Authority
of
Bogota,
2010.

“Infrastructure
issues
related
with
road
safety”
module
(6
hours)
in
the
refresher
course
in
transport

policy
and
regulations
for
officials
of
the
National
Transportation
Ministry
of
Colombia,
2009.

“Sustainable
mobility”
Lecture
for
the
course
Environmental
Concern.
National
University
of
Colombia
-‐

Bogota,
Colombia,
2009.

“New
transportation
tendencies”
Lecture
at
Universidad
de
Brasilia
-‐
Brasilia,
Brazil,
2008

“Introduction
to
transportation
planning”
Module
(6
hours)
EAFIT
University
–
Medellin
Colombia,
2008.

Courses
taught
(selection)

Methodology
aspects
for
Transportation
Engineering
(summer
2013),
Graduate
Course
-‐
Master
in
Civil

Engineering
at
the
Colombian
School
of
Engineering.

Pedestrian
and
Bicycle
Transportation
(summer
2012),
Graduate
Course
-‐
Master
in
Civil
Engineering
at

the
Colombian
School
of
Engineering.

Transportation
Systems
(2008-‐2011),
Undergraduate
Course
–
Department
of
Civil
and
Environmental

Engineering
at
Universidad
de
los
Andes.

Introduction
to
Civil
Engineering
(2010)
Undergraduate
Course
–
Department
of
Civil
and
Environmental

Engineering
at
Universidad
de
los
Andes.

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