{"420261":{"#nid":"420261","#data":{"type":"profile","title":"PhD Student","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPeter is a PhD student in transportation planning at the Georgia Institute of Technology with a minor in operations management.\u0026nbsp; Peter works as a graduate research assistant at the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPeter\u2019s research interests relate to the transportation - land use connection fostered between freight movement and logistics facilities, such as distribution centers and intermodal hubs.\u0026nbsp; His work seeks to identify the ways in which transportation connectivity of various types promotes logistics clusters.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe also researches transportation planning in megaregions.\u0026nbsp; Also known as \u2018Connected Cities,\u2019 megaregions are groupings of urban, suburban, and rural areas held together by persistent economic, transportation, social, and environmental connections.\u0026nbsp; Peter is interested in megaregions as the scale corresponding with transportation investment and operations \u2018problem-sheds.\u2019\u0026nbsp; He seeks to identify the transportation issues that correspond with the megaregion scale as well as opportunities for public-private collaboration in megaregions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore beginning the PhD program, Peter worked as a logistician for U.S. Army Forces Command.\u0026nbsp; He was also in the Georgia Governor\u2019s Fellowship Program and has interned for the U.S. Mission to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium.\u0026nbsp; Peter earned a B.S. in International Affairs and Modern Language (French), as well as a Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP) from Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-07-02 10:19:51","changed_gmt":"2015-07-02 14:19:51","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","extras":[],"hg_media":{"420251":{"id":"420251","type":"image","title":"Peter Hylton","body":null,"created":"1449254287","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:38:07","changed":"1475895157","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:37","alt":"Peter Hylton","file":{"fid":"202622","name":"hylton_peter.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hylton_peter_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hylton_peter_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":527511,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hylton_peter_0.jpg?itok=PA8GzXvh"}}},"media_ids":["420251"],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[{"id":"131231","name":"PhD Student"}],"classification":["Student"],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["peter.hylton@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}