The road transportation sector in Saudi Arabia, like that in many countries worldwide, has played a significant role in contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for a substantial 21% of total CO2 emissions in 2019 .

Senior Fellow- Transportation & Infrastructure
Ibrahem Shatnawi is a Senior Fellow in the transportation department at KAPSARC with more than 19 years of experience in…
Ibrahem Shatnawi is a Senior Fellow in the transportation department at KAPSARC with more than 19 years of experience in transportation engineering. He is currently leading the development of An Integrated Transport Model for KSA: Modeling Sustainable Pathways in the Transport Sector. His research focuses on transport policies and technologies for decarbonizing road transport and integrated transport demand modeling to estimate energy demand and emissions. Before joining KAPSARC, Ibrahem gained extensive experience across both public and private sectors. He worked with the Department of Transport in Abu Dhabi, the Road and Transport Authority in Dubai, and renowned consulting firms such as JACOBS, Michael Baker International, and Parsons Corporation. His career has spanned multiple countries, including the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. Ibrahem’s expertise includes public transportation fare strategies, transport policies, travel demand modeling, transportation economic impact studies, intelligent transportation systems, traffic operations, and microsimulation projects. He has served as a project manager for large-scale transportation studies and authored numerous technical reports. Ibrahem holds a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, specializing in transportation, from Jordan University of Science and Technology, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, specializing in traffic engineering, from the University of Akron, Ohio, U.S.
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Impact of Urban Traffic on Fuel Consumption Leveraging IoT Data: Case Study of Riyadh City
The road transportation sector in Saudi Arabia, like that in many countries worldwide, has played…
19th December 2024
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Framework for Examining the Environmental Impacts of Asphalt Pavement Mixtures in Saudi Arabia
The road transportation sector in Saudi Arabia, like that in many countries worldwide, has played…
12th December 2024