Assistant Professor
Community and Regional Planning
Temple University

Dr. Flamm joined the Ambler College Community and Regional Planning faculty in Fall 2007 as an Assistant Professor.

He teaches transportation planning, planning methods, and sustainable development courses. His research interests are focused on the environmental and energy impacts of transportation systems and shared and non-motorized forms of transportation (including patterns of bicycle commuting, his preferred mode of transportation from his home in Mt. Airy to the Ambler campus).

His current research efforts include a sustainability audit of Montgomery Township, PA, a greenhouse gas inventory and climate change action plan for four communities in Delaware County, PA, and a survey of attitudes and travel behaviors related to “green” transportation policies and modes. In addition, as the chair of the Transportation Sub-Committee of Temple University’s Sustainability Task Force, he is applying his expertise in these areas to developing a university-wide action plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from university-related commuting, vehicle fleets, and business travel.

Dr. Flamm has recently published articles in Environmental Management, the Journal of Transport History and the Berkeley Planning Journal, and has written policy briefs, online reports, and conference papers and proceedings. Currently he is completing articles for submission to the journals of Transportation Research Part D (Transportation and Environment) and Environment and Behavior.

Active in his profession, Dr. Flamm has served as a board member on various committees, including the City of Cleveland Heights, Ohio’s Visioning Committee, the Friends of Cameroon in the United States, and Alt-Trans Cleveland. He has worked on long-term projects for the United States Agency for International Development, the United Nations’ World Food Program, the U.S. Peace Corps, and EcoCity Cleveland, a non-profit environmental planning organization in Northeast Ohio. He is professionally affiliated with the Transportation Research Board, the American Planning Association, and the International Society for the Study of the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility.

In 2006, Dr. Flamm completed a PhD in City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley. He also holds a Master in Regional Planning degree from Cornell University and a BA in Political Science from UC Berkeley.

Courses taught:

C+R PLN 2523 Analytical Methods of Planning Analysis (undergraduate)

C+R PLN 8513 Planning Research Design and Methods (graduate, video-conferenced)

C+R PLN 8655 Transportation Planning (graduate, video-conferenced)

C+R PLN 8656 Integrated Transportation and Land Use Planning (graduate, video-conferenced)

C+R PLN 3870/8870 Sustainability in Suburban Communities (undergraduate and graduate, video-conferenced)

C+R PLN 9985 Master’s Thesis / Project in Planning (graduate)