Dr. Jerome M. Lutin currently serves as Principal Investigator for the Washington State Transit Insurance Pool on the FTA/Pierce Transit Collision Avoidance and Mitigation Safety Research and Demonstration Project and as transit industry consultant to Robotic Research LLC. He also serves as Chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) panel on Effects of Automation on the Transit Workforce. Jerry’s career includes 50+ years of professional experience in transportation planning and engineering. He retired from positions as Distinguished Research Professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology and as Senior Director of Statewide and Regional Planning at New Jersey Transit, where he planned new light rail lines and the Newark International Airport rail station. Jerry earned Masters and PhD degrees in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University where he was appointed Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Planning. A Fellow of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, Jerry is a licensed professional engineer, a certified planner, and a US Air Force veteran.