Professor Vuchic is the UPS Foundation Professor of Transportation Engineering and a Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. 

The focus of his research is the study of intermodal transportation systems and their impacts on the urban environment, economy, and social conditions.  Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, he has lived in the US since 1961, and has seen the successful publication of books such as “Transportation for Livable Cities”.  Dr. Vuchic has a PhD from the University of California –Berkeley, and has taught for decades at the University of Pennsylvania, from where his students have gone on to leading positions in transportation management and consulting, including executive-level positions at Amtrak, WMATA, SEPTA, New York City transit agencies, and around the world.

Dr. Vuchic has served as a consultant throughout the world, from working with the Federal Transit Administration in the US, to projects in cities such as New York City, Manchester (England), Toronto, Lima (Peru), Perth (Australia), Belgrade, and Rome.

In the past 18 months, Dr. Vuchic has questioned the role of Maglev technology for high-speed ground transportation (HSGT) and further challenged the USDOT selection of demonstration projects. A preliminary evaluation was first published in the Urban Transportation Monitor which led to a debate on the topic. More recently, he published an article in Transportation Quarterly entitled An Evaluation of Maglev Technology and Its Comparison with High Speed Rail. In the subsequent TQ, an article was published questioning Dr. Vuchic's findings. Dr. Vuchic has prepared a rebuttal which has been submitted for publication.

Education
Dipl.-Ing., University of Belgrade, 1960
M. Eng., University of California/Berkeley, 1965
Ph.D., University of California/Berkeley, 1966

Areas of Research
Urban Transportation: Systems and their relationships. Intermodal and balanced transportation systems. Policies and methods for achieving intermodal balance. Impacts of different transportation modes on urban environment, economy and social conditions.  Measures to achieve livable cities.

Urban Public Transportation: Technology, planning, design and operation of transit systems.  Bus transit system design and operation. Light Rail, Metro and Regional Rail systems characteristics, vehicles and infrastructure and operation.  Automated and special transit modes. ITS applications.

Highway Transportation: Design of highways and streets.  Channelization. Traffic engineering. Traffic flow and control of . Signal timing. ITS applications. Bicycle and pedestrian systems and facilities planning.  Traffic calming and pedestrian zones.