Dr. David B. Abraham, is a scholar of Sustainable Development Planning and Strategies, specializing in Transportation Planning and Performance Measurement. His research interests focus on developing sustainability strategies for the enhancement of living places. His research and professional experience includes: Sustainable transportation planning; Equity and well-being impacts from the built environment; Resilience and revitalization community planning; and Community performance metrics. He has also had experience with developing consensus building techniques
for public participation/community involvement support for the identification and delineation of planning objectives.
Dr. Abraham’s work has been featured at workshops, keynote agendas and conference proceedings throughout the US and internationally in Ireland, Barbados, Brazil, Canada and Portugal. Under Dr. Abraham's guidance, his research provides hands on learning opportunities for students in various academic units at Rice University, including the Professional Science Masters Program, the Global Affairs Masters Program and the Jones School of Business.
Dr. Abraham currently leads the Office of Strategic Planning for the Harris County Toll Road Authority, where he is responsible for the Sustainability, Resilience and Equity in Transportation portfolios. He has served on the City of Houston Planning Commission and currently sits on the Urban Land Institute’s Planning Advisory Service Honorary Fellows (ULI-PASHA).
