Craig Raborn's Bio and Research

Summary of Professional Experience

Currently, Craig Raborn serves as a Senior Policy Analyst for the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. He served as Transportation Policy Analyst for the Duke University Climate Change Policy Partnership (CCPP), a collaborative project intended to leverage the resources of Duke to determine practical strategies to respond to climate change, until its conclusion in 2010. Within the CCPP, Craig had primary oversight for transportation policy analysis and applied research activities.

Craig's work focuses on the development of federal transportation policy, the intersection of transportation and climate policy, and facilitating state and local transportation policies that incorporate climate mitigation and adaptation. Recent research includes understanding the role of transportation policy – specifically investments in transportation infrastructure – on achieving climate policy objectives, effects of carbon pricing on travel behavior and emissions, effects of transportation policies on cap-and-trade programs, role of biofuels in transportation, and variations in transportation policy development at regional, state, and metropolitan levels.

Prior to joining the Nicholas Institute, Craig spent several years conducting transportation research and providing professional technical assistance to federal, state, and local transportation agencies. He has previously worked as a land use and community planner specializing in effective implementation of smart growth policies, regional planning, and transportation modeling; as a Congressional Fellow for the American Planning Association working on energy policy, livability, and transportation; and as an economic and political intelligence analyst for the U.S. Army in Bosnia.

Education

M.S., Community and Regional Planning, University of Texas at Austin, May 2001

B.S., Geography, Kansas State University, June 1995