Kevin Krizek, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Planning, Design, and Civil Engineering, University of Colorado
Kevin J. Krizek is Associate Professor of Planning, Design, and Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado who teaches courses in land use, transportation, and urban planning. He directs the Active Communities / Transportation (ACT) research group, a collection of students and researchers studying how land use-transportation policies influence household residential location decisions and travel behavior (including walking and cycling). Krizek is a founding editor of the Journal of Transport and Land Use and serves as Chair of National Academies of Science, Transportation Research Board Committee on Telecommunications and Travel .
Krizek has served as Principal Investigator or co-PI for over $2 million in research grants from a variety of sponsors including the Federal Highway Administration, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Hennepin County, Minnesota Obesity Prevention Center, and the U.S. Department of Transportation. He actively publishes in the areas of transportation demand management, travel behavior, neighborhood accessibility, and sustainable development. His work has appeared in journals spanning urban planning, public health, and transportation. These journals include, but are not limited to: the Journal of the American Planning Association, the Journal of Planning Education and Research, American Journal of Health Promotion, Transportation, Housing Policy Debate, Transport Reviews, and Transportation Research part D. His doctoral research examining relationships between household travel and urban form won the Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for Best Dissertation in the Field of Planning from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning in 2001.
Prior to joining academia Krizek worked for the American Planning Association, the Teton County (Wyoming) Planning Department; and a transportation engineering consulting firm (Jackson, Wyoming). He has served as Vice-President of the board of the Minnesota Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance and as a member of Seattle's bicycle advisory board..
Krizek earned a Ph.D. in Urban Design and Planning and M.S.C.E. from the University of Washington in Seattle. His master's degree in planning is from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his undergraduate degree is from Northwestern University.
Kevin Krizek is part of the research faculty team leading the Design for Health project.
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