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Travis Fried

Travis Fried
Travis Fried
  • Research Assistant, Urban Freight Lab
  • Ph.D. Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Transportation Track)
tfried3@uw.edu  |  Wilson Ceramics Lab 111
  • Open data
  • Public transport mapping
  • Zero-emissions freight
  • Urban freight
  • Shared mobility
  • Equity and justice
  • CUTC Outstanding Student of the Year (Council of University Transportation Centers, 2024)
  • John S. Adams Award for Excellence in Transportation Research and Education (University of Minnesota, 2018)
  • Best Student Paper Award (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 2018)
  • Spatial Mapping Prize (University of Minnesota, 2018)
  • Walter H. Judd Graduate Fellowship (University of Minnesota, 2017)
  • Allen & Irene Salisbury Fellowship (Carleton College, 2014)
  • Ph.D., Transportation Engineering, University of Washington (in progress)
  • M.S., GIS, University of Minnesota
  • B.A., Sociology/Anthropology, Carleton College

Travis Fried is a spatial data and urban freight enthusiast with a Master’s degree in GIS from the University of Minnesota and a B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology from Carleton College. Previously, he worked as an urban mobility researcher for World Resources Institute (WRI) studying the environmental, health, and equity impacts of open public transit data, urban freight, shared mobility, transport-related stimulus spending and impact investing – among other topics.

When he’s not making maps, you can find him backpacking somewhere off in the mountains. In fact, Travis has backpacked the entire state of Washington both north to south and east to west.