Bio: Christopher is a Senior GIS Specialist in the Office of GIS at DVRPC. He is the technical lead for DVRPC’s web mapping application development efforts and provides solutions for geospatial data visualization and analysis using GIS. He has been using geospatial tools and GIS software, as well as developing web mapping applications, for over 14 years. Lately, Christopher has been exploring open source web mapping technologies and better ways to communicate complex data with focus and purpose.
Education: BA / Geography, Kutztown University, 1999.
Key Publications: "Web-Based Crowdsourcing Approach to Improve Areawide Bikeability Scoring." Transportation Research Record, 2011. Authors: Gregory Krykewycz, Christopher Pollard, Nicholas Canzoneri, Elizabeth He.
Past Assignments: Adjunct Instructor, Rowan University, Introduction to Mapping and GIS (Fall 2012). "Mercer County Interactive Bikeabilty Map"; presentation at 2011 GIS-T conference in Hershey, PA."Travel Monitoring: It’s Not Just Counting Cars Anymore"; presentation at 2010 TransAction conference in Atlantic City, NJ.
Bio: Gregory manages the Office of Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Planning at DVRPC. His chief interest is in the relationship between green transportation modes and their development context. Gregory is currently serving on one TCRP project panel (H-42: "An Exploration of Fixed-Guideway Transit Criteria Revisited"). He is also a member of TRB's Bicycle Transportation Committee (ANF20) and a participating friend to two other TRB committees: Public Transit Planning and Analysis (AP025) and Public Involvement in Transportation (AD060).
Education: MCRP, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, 2004; BA / Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
Key Publications: "Web-Based Crowdsourcing Approach to Improve Areawide Bikeability Scoring." Transportation Research Record, 2011. Authors: Gregory Krykewycz, Christopher Pollard, Nicholas Canzoneri, Elizabeth He; "Defining a Primary Market Area and Estimating Demand for a Major Bicycle-Sharing Program in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." Transportation Research Record, 2010. Authors: Gregory Krykewycz, Christopher Puchalsky, Joshua Rocks, Brittany G. Lane, Frank Jaskiewicz; "Dots & Dashes: Transit Planning Outreach and Education in a Board Game Format." Transportation Research Record, 2009. Authors: Joseph F. Hacker, Gregory Krykewycz, Jane Meconi; "Transit Score: Screening Model for Evaluating Community Suitability for Transit Investments." Transportation Research Record, 2008. Authors: Jerome Jutin, Gregory Krykewycz, Joseph F. Hacker, Thomas Marchwinski.
Past Assignments: Lecturer/Instructor, PennDesign graduate course on Multimodal Transportation Planning (Spring 2013); APTA 2012 Sustainability & Public Transportation Workshop.
Find out more about APA's Professional Institute.