Contact Details

Peter B. Ohlms, AICP
Senior Research Scientist

Phone: (434) 293-1991
Email: Peter.Ohlms@VDOT.Virginia.gov

Research:

Education:

M.R.P., Transportation and Land Use, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Memberships:

Certifications:

Awards:

Paper Reviewer of the Year, TRB Committee AP025, Public Transportation Planning and Development, 2023
Jack H. Dillard Award for Best Research Paper (with L. E. Dougald), "How's that Diet Working: Performance of Virginia Road Diets", Virginia Transportation Research Council, 2021
VCTIR Jack H. Dillard Award for Best Paper, 2014

Research Advisory Committee:

Team Memberships:

Projects:

119790 - Improving Ridership Projections of Proposed Bus and Rail Transit Projects for Evaluating Congestion Reduction Effects - Project Monitor

114316 - Evaluation of Bus Collision Avoidance and Warning System - Co-Principal Investigator

116838 - Development of Guidelines for Collecting Transit Ridership Data - Project Monitor

116089 - Guidelines For Prioritizing Curb Ramp Retrofits Under The Americans With Disabilities Act - Co-Principal Investigator

112001 - Planning Corridors for Transit Signal Priority while Considering Pedestrian Delay - Project Monitor

111995 - How’s that Diet Working: Performance of Virginia Road Diets - Co-Principal Investigator

105221 - Innovative Pavement Markings to Facilitate Bicycle Travel - Principal Investigator

109948 - Assessing the Feasibility of a Pedestrian and Bicycle Count Program in Virginia - Co-Principal Investigator

103639 - Local Transportation Funding in Virginia: Lessons Learned - Principal Investigator

Publications:

23-R16 - Improving Ridership Projections of Proposed Bus and Rail Transit Projects to Evaluate Congestion Reduction Effects

22-R18 - Evaluation of a Transit Bus Collision Avoidance Warning System in Virginia

21-R18 - Guidelines for Prioritizing Curb Ramp Retrofits Under the Americans With Disabilities Act

20-R19 - How’s That Diet Working: Performance of Virginia Road Diets

19-R4 - Assessing the Feasibility of a Pedestrian and Bicycle Count Program in Virginia

19-R17 - Effectiveness of Innovative Pavement Markings in Facilitating Safe Bicycle Travel

17-R13 - When Main Street Is a Highway: Addressing Conflicts Between Land Use and Transportation

16-R18 - Trip Generation at Virginia Agritourism Land Uses

15-R2 - Local Government Funding and Financing of Roads: Virginia Case Studies and Examples From Other States