BETTY H. TUSTIN, PE, PTOE
Project Manager

Mrs. Tustin has a wide range of experience in the area of transportation engineering, research, and planning in both the private and public sectors. As a Project Manager with The Traffic Group, Inc., Mrs. Tustin is based in Berlin, Maryland to service our clients on the Eastern Shore areas of Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. 

She has experience conducting traffic impact studies, traffic safety analyses, pedestrian safety studies, and field surveys. Mrs. Tustin manages research projects involving design of study, supervision of data collection, statistical and economic analysis and evaluation of data and written report of findings. 

As a consultant to the Federal Highway Administration, she authored an engineering handbook on rail-highway crossings and co-authored an engineering training course. As a Civil Engineer for the Federal Railroad Administration, Mrs. Tustin was involved in program management. She served on committees for the purpose of developing, implementing, interpreting, evaluating, and monitoring programs and policies to maximize the efficient utilization of resources and to identify and resolve problem areas. She analyzed and evaluated transportation research projects to ensure their accuracy and validity. Active in her community, Mrs. Tustin has served on the Worcester County Northern U.S. Route 113 Access Control Task Force and various committees for the Worcester County Board of Education, including Leadership Maryland: Forum for Policy Change.

Job History

Educational Background

•  B.S. in Civil Engineering (with Distinction)
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1978)
• Traffic Engineering Courses:
  • Capacity Analysis: Signalized Intersections
  • Safety Analysis: Signalized Intersections
  • Transportation Planning: Site Impact Analysis
  • Control Devices: Signal Needs Determination

Professional Affiliations

• Certified Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE)
• Registered Professional Engineer (PE)
  • Maryland 
  • Delaware 
  • Virginia 
• Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

Publications

• A Report by the City of Cumberland, Maryland on the Notice of Proposed Rule Making by the Federal Railroad Administration on the Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, Betty H. Tustin and Charles L. Amos, 2000
• Highway Rail-Safety Improvements: A Training Course by Richards and Associates with Tustin Enterprises, Federal Highway Administration, 1993
• Investigation of Exposure Based Pedestrian Accident Areas, Crosswalks, Sidewalks, Local Streets, and Major Arterials, Richard L. Knoblauch, Betty H. Tustin, Steven A. Smith, and Martin T. Pietrucha, Center for Applied Research, Federal Highway Administration, 1986
• Wider Roadway Widths vs. Steeper Foreslopes on Upgrading Projects, Joel R. Washington, David L. Harkey, and Betty H. Tustin, Federal Highway Administration, 1986
• Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Handbook, Betty H. Tustin, Hoy Richard, Hugh W. McGee, and R. Patterson, Federal Highway Administration, 1985
• Highway Design and Operations Standards Affected by Vehicle Characteristics, Hugh W. McGee, Ryan S. Rizzo, and Betty H. Tustin, Federal Highway Administration, 1984
• Optimizing Resources at Rail-Highway Crossing, E.F. Tarr and B.H. Tustin, Institute of Transportation Engineers Journal, January, 1982
• Investigation of Anomalous Rail-Highway Crossing, B.H. Tustin, 1981

Places where Mrs. Tustin has qualified as an expert witness

Maryland

• Ocean City Mayor and Council
• Ocean City Planning Commission
• Worcester County Board of Zoning Appeals
• Worcester County Commissioners

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