Jill Hough, PhD

Dr. Hough is a Principal Planner with more than 30 years of experience in bus transit planning, operations, and research. Her background includes being the Director of the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute’s Small Urban and Rural Center on Mobility and as an Associate Professor of Transportation at North Dakota State University. Dr. Hough also served as Transit Intelligent Vehicle Initiative Interim Director at the Federal Transit Administration.

Dr. Hough has contributed to national transportation research and policy, serving as a panel member on multiple Transportation Research Board (TRB) NCHRP and TCRP panels and as Chair of TRB’s AP055 Standing Committee on Rural, Intercity Bus, and Specialized Transportation. She currently serves on the National Academies of Sciences’ Committee on Data, Metrics, and Analytic Tools for Transportation Investments that Support Family Quality of Life and Communities.