Kimon Proussaloglou

A graduate of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, Kimon Proussaloglou has conducted extensive research on
transit systems and the people who use them. Dr. Proussaloglou earned both his
Master's degree and his Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering from
Northwestern University, and he now works as a Principal in the Chicago office
of Cambridge Systematics, Inc., one of the nation's premier transportation
research and consulting firms. Kimon Proussaloglou's high-quality, innovative
research has helped to set transportation policy throughout the United States
and around the world.

His clients for Cambridge Systematics are not limited to the United States; Kimon Proussaloglou has conducted research for several international projects. In 2008, he was one of three researchers who analyzed Tel Aviv's transit and highway systems to determine how the time of day affected congestion. He also assisted the governments of Argentina and Uruguay with a planned international toll road.

Kimon Proussaloglou continues to conduct important and timely research on a variety of transportation issues. He recently spoke in California about projections for high-speed rail usage on the West Coast. In November 2011 at The Annual William O. Lipinski Symposium on Transportation, he will discuss methods of determining ridership for planned high-speed rail projects.