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Dietrich R. Bergmann
Dietrich R. Bergmann is a licensed Professional Engineer in the States of Michigan and California. His work has included urban public transportation services planning and design; highway and railroad safety assessments; moving walkway safety code contributions; and a contribution to the “Americans with Disabilities Act and Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Guidelines” published by the United States Access Board on 24 July 2004.
One independent research project in which he is now involved is the definition and evaluation of economically viable non-highway alternatives to the Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) project, a $3 billion + Detroit area trans-border highway project being considered by Michigan and Ontario transportation agencies.
His employment since January 1981 has been through his own business, Railway Systems Engineering Corporation/RSE Technical Services Corporation. Concurrent with and independent of his RSE employment he has been active in freeway-adjacent real estate development and in agricultural and forest land management and preservation.
Prior positions were at General Motors Corporation (1972-1980), Wayne State University (1969-1972), Battelle Memorial Institute (1964-1965), and the US Navy (1961-1963). His education includes a BS in Civil Engineering degree from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) in 1961 and MS and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering/Engineering-Economic Planning from Stanford University in 1964 and 1969 respectively.
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