Planning Team

Brian Betlyon Metropolitan Planning Specialist
10 South Howard Street, Suite 4000 Baltimore, MD 21201 Ph: (410) 962-0086 FAX: (410) 962-3419 brian.betlyon@dot.gov

Education •    Bachelor of Arts, Geography, University of Pittsburgh •    Masters, Urban and Regional Planning, Penn State

Expertise/Specialty

•    Metropolitan Planning •    Congestion Management Process •    Land Use/Scenario Planning •    Fiscal Constraint •    Financial Planning

Languages

•    French, Read

Professional Associations

•    Institute of Transportation Engineers, Committee Participant

Professional Highlights

•    Provides technical assistance and guidance to the MPOs, State DOTs, local jurisdictions and other transportation customers. •    Coordinates the sharing of applications in GIS technology and travel demand modeling, as well as training and technical assistance. •    Provides guidance in development strategies and techniques for transportation plans and tranportation improvement programs (TIP), as well as, congestion management plans and planning work programs. •    Prior to joining the FHWA, Mr. Betlyon was Assistant Director of Transportation at the Baltimore MPO, and thus has intimate knowledge of the metropolitan planning process, challenges and needs. •    Experience in working overseas, spending time with Wilbur Smith Associates in consulting work for the Hong Kong government. •    Teaching NHI courses on GIS-T Implementation and Transportation/Air Quality. •    Conducting workshops/seminars on GIS-T applications, travel demand modeling, freight planning issues, metropolitan planning techniques, public involvement and environmental justice. •    Developing metropolitan plans and programs which respond to intermodal, environmental and land use considerations. •    4. Experience in applying traditional 4-step travel demand models as a planning tool. •    5. Supervised transportation systems analysis projects and activities at the Baltimore MPO.

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