Oliver Page

Oliver Page is an Assistant Research Scientist in the Transportation Safety Analysis Division. His current areas of interest include commercial truck and bus safety research, initially studying the causes and effects of tire debris on roads.

Oliver holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of South Florida, an M.S. in transportation planning and engineering from the University of Southampton in England, and a B.S. in maritime studies from the University of Wales. He also has a certificate in logistics management from Rand Afrikaans University in South Africa.

Before joining UMTRI, Oliver worked most recently as a graduate research assistant at the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida (USF). He investigated transit use viability among seniors losing driving privileges, examined the potential community impacts arising from bus transfer facilities, and critically analyzed ridership trends of new-start rail projects. Prior to that, Oliver worked as a transport research specialist for Transportek in South Africa, where he managed projects regarding the extent of crime and crime prevention on public transport in South Africa, and the logistical and economic impacts of a proposed peak-period ban on heavy-goods vehicles using freeways in Gauteng Province. He has also worked as a transport planner/economist for Africon Engineering International Ltd. in both South Africa and Swaziland, a senior transport planner for the Harare City Council in Zimbabwe, a traffic modeler for the London Borough of Bexley in England, a transportation planner for WS Atkins Planning and Management Consultants Ltd. in England, and a transportation technician for the Berkshire County Council in England.