MIRKO RADOVANAC
Curriculum Vitae
DATE OF BIRTH: July, 12th, 1949
NATIONALITY: Yugoslav
LANGUAGES: Serbian, English
1. PRESENT APPOINTMENT
DirectorYugoslav Institute for Town Planning and Housing (YUGINUS),
Andricev venac 2
11000 Belgrade
Telephone: + 381 11 3231-353
Fax: + 381 11 3231-192
e-mail: yuginus@eunet.yu
2. FIELDS OFSPECIALCOMPETENCE
- Urban transport planning
- Transport modeling
- Urban planning and policy making
3. EDUCATION:
- Dipl. Eng., Faculty for Traffic Engineering and Transport, University
of Belgrade, (1974)
- MSc (Eng.), Imperial College, University of London, (1983) (with the
British Council scholarship)
4. PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFICQUALIFICATIONS
- Member, The Chartered Institute of Transport, (Great Britain), 1984
- Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers, USA, 1984
- Scientific research assistant, 1986
5. MEMBERSHIP IN ASSOCIATIONS:
- "European Cyclist's Federation,Vice President, 2001.
- "Yugo Cycling Campaign", Cyclists Society,President, 1999.
- "Association of Urban Planners of Serbia", Society of Belgrade's
Planners, Member of Presidency, 2001
6. APPOINTMENTS
1974 - 1975 Research student at the Faculty of Traffic Engineering
and Transport, University of Belgrade.
1975 - 1982 Transportation planner at the Belgrade
Development Planning Institute, worked on:
detailed (local), short and long range planning, special transport studies
and plans, master and regional plans. During that time he has completed
courses for using: TRIPS, BPR (PLANPAC), UTPS suits of programs and
used them in his work.
1982 - 1983 Followed a full-time Intercollegiate MSc Course of Transport
(University/Imperial Colleges
London) leading to the MSc degree.
1983 - 1986 Chief transportation planner at the Belgrade Development
Planning Institute, Belgrade.
1986 - 1990 Worked at the Yugoslav Institute for TownPlanning and Housing
as a transportation
consultant on several studies and plans for different Yugoslav cities.
In his work he was using YUGINUS suite of transportation planning programs.
1990 - 1991 Worked at "Steer Davies Gleave", London on some
transport planning projects and on development and maintenance of the
SDG software.
1991 - 1993 YUGINUS - Yugoslav Institute for Town Planning and Housing
1993 - Present YUGINUS - Director
7. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- The Stage Plan of Belgrade (1976 - 1985), Belgrade Development Planning
Institute (BDPI),1976,
- The Regional Plan of Belgrade, BDPI, 1977,
- Belgrade petrol station network, BDPI,1979, (manager of the project),
- cca 40 detailed (local) urban plans for different areas in Belgrade
and elsewhere(residential, industrial, shopping, recreational, transport
facilities and interchanges, etc.),1975- 1982,
- The Master Plan of Belgrade, BDPI, 1985, (manager of the transport
team),
- The Master Plan of Ivanjica, YUGINUS, 1987,
- The Master Plan of Nova Varos, YUGINUS,1988,
- The Master Plan for Kano city new development, (Nigeria), "Energoprojekt",
Belgrade, 1989.
- The Master Plan of the New Town on the river Drina,YUGINUS, 1996.
8. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- Traffic Study for the Sarajevo - Adriatic Sea highway, Faculty of
Traffic Engineering and Transport Institute (FTETI), 1975,
- Travnik Transportation Study, FTETI, 1978,
- Osijek Transportation Study, FTETI, 1980, (operative manager of the
project),
- Bicycle transport analysis of twelve Serbian cities, "Belgrade-Project",1982,
(author),
- Study of the Belgrade railway system development, BDPI, 1984,
- Research into alternative urban models, BDPI, 1985,
- Belgrade Transportation Study, BDPI, 1985, (manager of the project),
- Feasibility study of the bridge over the river Sava, Belgrade, BDPI,
1985,
- Evaluation of the Vracar Borough road network by model simulations,
YUGINUS, 1988,
- Pancevo Transportation Study,YUGINUS, 1989, (manager of the project),
- Urban Roads Assessment Methodology, YUGINUS, 1989,
- Uzice Parking Planning Study, YUGINUS, 1991 (manager of the project),
- Manual for screen-test model, "Steer Davies Gleave", 1990,
(author),
- HASQUAD Study (Heathrow Access & South West Quadrant of London),
"Steer Davies Gleave", 1990,
- Leichester Public Transport Study - Bus Options, "Steer Davies
Gleave", 1990,
- Dublin Public Transport Study, "Steer Davies Gleave", 1990,
- Canary Wharf Transport Development project, (SATURN model application),
"Steer Davies Gleave",1990,
- Banja Luka Transportation Study, YUGINUS, 1991 (manager of the project).
- Cordon survey analysis for Obrenovac, IAUS, 1992, (author),
- Pozarevac parking study, YUGINUS, 1992, (manager of the project),
- Subotica parking study, YUGINUS, 1992, (manager of the project),
- Sombor parking study, YUGINUS, 1992, (manager of the project),
- The corridor analysis of the Belgrade metro lines, Institute for the
construction of the city of Belgrade, 1992 (author),
- The Belgrade metro: The first phase alternatives evaluation, Institute
for the construction of the city of Belgrade, 1992,
- The Belgrade Master Plan: Evaluation of the public system options,
YUGINUS, 1992 (author)
- The high speed railway Belgrade - Subotica: Impact analysis, YUGINUS,
1992 (manager of the project),
9. PUBLICATIONS
Papers:
- Bicycle corridors in Belgrade, "Urbanizam Beograda" no.47,1978,
- Traffic on the Slavija roundabout, "Urbanizam Beograda",no.55,1979,
- Analysis of the parameters used in the trip generation models, FTET,
1979,
- The methodology for petrol station network planning, FTET, 1979, no.11,1986,
- Testing the practical value of the UMOT model, "International
Journal of Transport Economics", June, 1989, (with Dr. Willumsen),
- Technique for screening public transport options "Saobracaj
u gradovima", Beograd, no. 2,1990.
Conference papers:
- Route choice criteria as the parameter for traffic assignment models,
II Yugoslav
conference of Traffic Engineering, Belgrade, 1977,
- Bicycle traffic in Belgrade, Yugoslav conference of Environment, Banja
Luka,1977,
- Telecommunications impact on transport, Yugoslav conference, Novi
Sad, 1983,
- Transferability of the UMOT model: Test on two Yugoslav cities, PTRC
Summer Annual Meeting, Brighton, 1984,
- Route choice criteria: Results of the repeated survey, PTRC Summer
Annual Meeting, Brighton, 1985, (with Dr.Vukanovic),
- Environment Impact Assessment Methods, Conference for the Belgrade
Master Plan,
Belgrade, 1986,
- Urban pattern impact on parameters used in category analysis for trip
generation models,
V Pan-American Congress, Puerto Rico, 1988,
- Route choice criteria, SIM-OP-IS, Brioni,1988 (joint paper).
- Parameters used in parking demand, Yugoslav conference on parking
problems, Belgrade, 1992.
- Transport problems in mountain areas, Conference of the Science Academy
of Serbia, Belgrade, 1994.
- Planning process in Yugoslavia, International Forum of Planners, American
Planning Association, Palm Springs, 1996.
- New Provisions for Cyclists in Yugoslav Cities,Velo City Conference,
Graz/Maribor, 1999
- Bicycle: A Promissive Alternative, II Yugoslav Congress on Transport
and Traffic Engineering, Belgrade, 2000
- Bicycle Ante Portas, Conference on Traffic Engineering, Conference
on Traffic and Transport Management and Planning, Sombor, 2000
- Bicycle as a Factor of Sustainable Development, Conference on Sustainable
Development, Kosijeric, 2000
- Possibilities for Cycling in Belgrade, Conference on Car Free Day
Concept in Cities of Central and Eastern Europe, Szeged, 2001
- Role of different stakeholders in the organization of the Car Free
Day in Serbia, Conference: A vision of car free cities in Central and
Eastern Europe, Berlin, 2001.