Chandler Diffee

Chandler entered the program in the fall of 2017 after completing a Bachelor of Science in Physics at Loyola University Chicago. He is looking to graduate from Tech in December of this year, and currently working on her thesis, which is a nationwide study of transit ridership and service trends in the context of demographic trends post-recession. He is also involved in research projects surrounding transit data cluster analysis and spatial modeling of bus-stop level ridership and service characteristics. Chandler attends annual meetings of STRIDE and the Transportation Research Board, and is a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. His career goals include transit planning and operations, helping agencies and regions grow their transit networks.