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Paul Olson
ITS Specialist
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12300 West Dakota Avenue, Suite 340
Lakewood, CO 80228
Ph: (720) 963-3239
FAX: (720) 963-3232
paul.olson@dot.gov
Experience
Began working in field in 1980
Joined FHWA in 1998
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Education
• Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Washington State University
• Telecommunications Engineering, University of California
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Expertise/Specialty |
• Contracts, Plans , and Specifications
• Closed Circuit Television Systems
• ITS tech/overall
• NTCIP Standards
• Telecommunications
• Traffic Signal Systems
• Highway Capacity Manual
• Traffic Analysis
• Active Traffic Management
Managed Lanes (HOV + HOT)
• Bus on Shoulder Program
Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
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Licenses and Registrations |
• Civil Engineer, Arizona, Nevada, and Washington State
• Civil and Traffic Engineer, California and Oregon
• IMSA Level II Traffic Signal Technician
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Professional Associations |
• ITE, Member
• IEEE Telecommunications and Standards Association Committees, member
• TRB Traffic Signal Systems, member
• International Municipal Signals Association (IMSA)
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Professional Highlights |
• Serves as ITS technology specialist/engineer; responsible for implementation of the FHWA ITS program
• Provides technical expertise in ITS technology to customers nationwide; actively participates in national standards efforts, including the adaptive traffic signal control, and traffic signal priority
• Employed as a traffic engineer and traffic designer in the private sector and for the Washington State DOT; responsible for civil and traffic engineering projects
• Provided team leadership and preparation of various systems and studies on a wide range of packages such as traffic signals, signing, striping, roadway lighting
• Preparation of coordinated signal plans and studies; roadway alignment and geometric studies; automatic vehicle identifications systems, traffic signal control systems
• Control rooms and traffic device communications system preparations including copper, radio, and fiber-optic-based systems
• Serving as a subject expert to several NCHRP projects
• Co developer of the Model Systems Engineering Documents for Adaptive Signal Control Technologies
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