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David E. Wooster, P.E.
1928 to 1992
A graduate of the University of Buffalo, New York, he also undertook graduate level studies at the University
of Pittsburgh and Carnegie-Mellon University in Urban Land Use, Transit, and Transportation.Professional traffic and transportation experience spans 35 years. Since 1972, he had guided David E. Wooster and Associates, Inc.
From 1970 through 1972, Mr. Wooster served as Traffic Engineer and Transportation Coordinator for the County of Allegheny, Pennsylvania. In that position, he organized and operated a transportation unit in County government, coordinated State, County and local highway development programs, developed the County TOPICS study program, and provided traffic engineering and transportation planning services to the 129 municipalities within the County.
Prior to serving the County, Mr. Wooster served the City of Pittsburgh in traffic engineering and transportation planning for more than 13 years. As the City's Transportation Coordinator, he was directly responsible for the development of the City's long-range thoroughfare plan, design criteria for streets and parking, initiation of the TOPICS program, and revisions in the City's zoning law. Traffic engineering efforts included the development of the in-City freeway program. Mr. Wooster participated in the development of the Pittsburgh Three Rivers Stadium circulation system, arterial traffic control systems, neighborhood traffic management systems, and others. He had primary responsibility for major traffic studies and implementation programs in the City between 1957 and 1970.
Mr. Wooster also served as Assistant Traffic Engineer for the City of New Haven, Connecticut.
Mr. Wooster was a Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania and a Registered Professional Engineer in Traffic Engineering in the State of California. He was a fellow in the Institute of Transportation Engineers and held membership in other professional engineering and planning organizations. He had authored various technical papers on traffic control technology and transportation planning, and had been an active member of technical committees at the national and local levels.
