Session 4B Bios
Urban Freight Planning: What Makes It Tick and How to Make It Stick – a look at practical
methods to improve freight transportation and economic development based on
examples.” - David Kriger and Pierre Vilain
David Kriger is a Vice President of HDR, and helps lead the firm’s initiatives in urban freight
planning, freight modeling, and freight surveys. He has 28 years of experience in consultationbased freight plans, inland port studies, and cross-border freight studies in the United States
and Canada. Recent experience includes freight plans in the metropolitan Toronto region and
Spokane, WA (in progress), as well as cross-border freight planning in Buffalo, NY; the Great
Lakes / St. Lawrence Seaway corridor; and across the US / Canada border from Niagara Falls,
NY through Maine. David recently completed an NCHRP Synthesis of Practice on best practices
in truck OD surveys. He is an appointed member of the TRB Urban Freight Committee (AT025),
and has written widely on best practices for freight planning. David holds masters’ degrees in
transportation engineering and in city planning from the University of Pennsylvania and a
bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Toronto.
Pierre Vilain, PhD is Vice President & Section Manager in HDR’s Economics and Finance
Practice in New York. He is an economist specialized in transportation and urban economics,
with over nineteen years’ experience in transportation demand modeling, economic and
financial appraisal of infrastructure projects, and the application of economic analysis to
transportation policy. Dr. Vilain has been involved in numerous toll road analyses and projects in
his professional career, and is an expert in analyzing the response of road users to tolls, and
congestion pricing structures in particular, and his research on this topic has been published in
various journals. He has recently led toll revenue forecasting assignments for various toll
facilities, including Alligator Alley in South Florida, Pennsylvania Turnpike, Detroit-Windsor
Tunnel, Indiana Toll Road, Northwest Parkway, and SH-161. He has also managed the Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey’s toll revenue forecasting since 2003. He has also been
involved in numerous traffic and revenue exercises worldwide, completing traffic and revenue
work in Mexico (Libramiento Norte de Mexico), Greece (Thessaloniki Submerged Tunnel),
Croatia (Zagreb-Gorican and Rijeka-Zagreb toll roads). Besides his positions at Halcrow and
the EIB, Pierre Vilain was previously Manager for Economics at the Louis Berger Group, Vice
President for Econsult Corporation in Philadelphia, and Economist for the Port Authority of New
York and New Jersey and the City of New York. He has taught and developed courses on
regional economics for the University of West Virginia and the University of the Arts in
Philadelphia. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA from New York
University.
CONGESTION PRICING AS A PANACEA? EVALUATING THE IMPACTS OF EXISTING
PRICING FOR GUIDANCE - Pierre Vilain
Pierre Vilain, PhD is Vice President & Section Manager in HDR’s Economics and Finance
Practice in New York. He is an economist specialized in transportation and urban economics,
with over nineteen years’ experience in transportation demand modeling, economic and
financial appraisal of infrastructure projects, and the application of economic analysis to
transportation policy. Dr. Vilain has been involved in numerous toll road analyses and projects in
his professional career, and is an expert in analyzing the response of road users to tolls, and
congestion pricing structures in particular, and his research on this topic has been published in
various journals. He has recently led toll revenue forecasting assignments for various toll
facilities, including Alligator Alley in South Florida, Pennsylvania Turnpike, Detroit-Windsor
Tunnel, Indiana Toll Road, Northwest Parkway, and SH-161. He has also managed the Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey’s toll revenue forecasting since 2003. He has also been
involved in numerous traffic and revenue exercises worldwide, completing traffic and revenue
work in Mexico (Libramiento Norte de Mexico), Greece (Thessaloniki Submerged Tunnel),
Croatia (Zagreb-Gorican and Rijeka-Zagreb toll roads). Besides his positions at Halcrow and
the EIB, Pierre Vilain was previously Manager for Economics at the Louis Berger Group, Vice
President for Econsult Corporation in Philadelphia, and Economist for the Port Authority of New
York and New Jersey and the City of New York. He has taught and developed courses on
regional economics for the University of West Virginia and the University of the Arts in
Philadelphia. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA from New York
University.
City-Wide Car Sharing in Hoboken, NJ Reduces Parking Demand, VMT,
Emissions, etc – Ian Sacs
Ian Sacs, P.E. is a transportation (not traffic) engineer currently serving as the Director
of Transportation and Parking for the City of Hoboken, New Jersey. He practices a
"complete streets" approach on worldwide urban transport and development projects, seeking
an appropriate balance between the most suitable modal choices. Ian is a licensed
Professional Engineer, holds a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from The
University of Tennessee, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Environmental
Engineering from Florida International University.