MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
Distinguished Speaker Series
Focus on Transportation Policy

Transit Planning in the Digital Age: Moving Bits to Move People

By Michael Shiffer, Ph.D.
Vice President of Planning & Development, Chicago Transit Authority
Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago

About Michael Shiffer:
Michael Shiffer is both a part-time Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and Vice President responsible for Planning and Development at the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA).  His current area of research centers on the use of information technologies to better inform deliberation, decision-making, and public debate with a focus on spatial (geographic) information.  Prior to his work in Chicago, he was on staff at MIT as a Principal Research Scientist and Lecturer in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.