About Robert Schneider
I am a Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with more than 20 years of practical and research experience in the sustainable transportation field. I specialize in safety and travel behavior for active transportation modes, and I teach Planning Policy Analysis and Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation.
Selected Publications
Schneider, R.J., Barbee, H., Nelson, K., and Gu, X. (2026). “Examining a Lost Decade for Traffic Safety in Large US Cities.” Safety Findings, https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.155976.
Schneider, R.J., R.L. Sanders, F.R. Proulx, and H. Moayyed. (2021). “United States Fatal Pedestrian Crash Hot Spot Locations and Characteristics,” Journal of Transport and Land Use, Volume 14, Number 1, pp. 1-23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2021.1825.
Schneider, R.J. (2020). “United States Pedestrian Fatality Trends, 1977 to 2016,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Volume 2674, Number 9, pp. 1069-1083. DOI: 10.1177/0361198120933636.
Schneider, R.J. and J. Willman. (2019). “Move Closer and Get Active: How to Make Urban University Commutes more Satisfying,” Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behavior, Volume 60, 462-473.
Schneider, R.J. (2013). “Theory of Routine Mode Choice Decisions: An Operational Framework to Increase Sustainable Transportation,” Transport Policy, Volume 25, pp. 128-137.
Recent Courses Taught
UP 810 Planning Policy Analysis, UP 772 Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation, UP 793 Applied Projects in Urban GIS
Professor & Co-Chair, AICP