David Boyce

David Boyce is an Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering. His expertise spans metropolitan transportation planning, urban travel forecasting models, and transportation network analysis. He holds a BS from Northwestern University, an MCP from the University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD in Regional Science from the University of Pennsylvania (1965).

• BS: Civil Engineering, Northwestern University (1961)
• MCP: City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania (1963)
• PhD: Regional Science, University of Pennsylvania (1965)

His research focuses on integrating transportation networks with land use, discrete choice theory, and entropy-based methods. Notable contributions include work on the TAPAS traffic assignment model and user-equilibrium route choice problems. Boyce has authored over 50 publications, emphasizing network equilibrium models, historical analyses of transportation theory, and policy applications.

His articles highlight advancements in urban travel forecasting, multi-class models, and algorithmic solutions for traffic assignment. Recent work explores the historical foundations of transportation science and computational impacts on planning practices.

• Robert Herman Lifetime Achievement Award (2003)
• Fellows Awards from ASCE (2009), INFORMS (2003), and RSAI (2002)

Boyce has advised on large-scale transportation projects and contributed to interdisciplinary teams advancing regional science. His research bridges theoretical models with practical urban planning challenges, emphasizing sustainable infrastructure and policy innovation.