Nigel Wilson is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research and teaching is focused on urban public transportation, including topics related to the operation, analysis, planning, and management of transit systems. Currently Wilson directs two major long-term research and education programs between MIT and major transit agencies: the Chicago Transit Authority and Transport for London.
In addition to teaching MIT graduate subjects, Wilson also directs a one-week summer course at MIT on transit operations and service planning, which has served more than 300 mid-career transit planners and managers over the past 20 years. Wilson has served on four Transportation Research Board transit-related committees and is a past chair of the Committee on Transit Management and Performance.
He received a master's and a doctoral degree in civil engineering
and transportation systems, respectively, from MIT.
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