Consultant Advantage is a service of Lawley Publications, publishers of The Urban Transportation Monitor. The Urban Transportation Monitor is and has been the premiere news source for information on urban transportation, traffic engineering, and transit, for the past fifteen years.

Daniel B. Rathbone, Ph.D., P.E., president of Lawley Publications, has 29 years of experience in transportation planning, transit, and traffic engineering. He was an associate professor of Urban Systems Engineering for eight years at George Mason University, Fairfax VA, before leaving to pursue consulting opportunities. Dr. Rathbone is principal author of more than 70 technical reports and papers and is the founder, editor, and publisher of The Urban Transportation Monitor, a bi-weekly publication with subscribers in 27 countries worldwide, and president of the consulting firm, DBR & Associates.

A registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas and South Africa, Dr. Rathbone is a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and the American Society of Civil Engineers. He has chaired and served on numerous transportation-related committees of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the Transportation Research Board.