Muhammad Arslan Asim

Dr. Muhammad Arslan Asim, P.Eng., is a Senior Transportation Engineer with the City of Calgary, where he has excelled in advancing the city’s transit systems since 2011. With a PhD and MSc in transportation engineering from the University of Calgary, Dr. Asim is recognized for his extensive experience in analyzing, designing, managing, and leading transit technology, transit priority, Bus rapid transit, and multimodal optimization projects.

He played a key role as project lead and subject matter expert in delivering Calgary’s MAX BRT program (2017-2020). Currently, Dr. Asim is spearheading several innovative transit technology projects, including Calgary’s fixed-route CAD/AVL/APIS replacement, yard management system, transit signal priority upgrades, and various other transit technology life cycling initiatives.

Dr. Asim also has strong academic ties through research collaborations with the Transportation Engineering group at the University of Calgary. Since 2015, he has co-supervised Civil Engineering MSc and Engineering Capstone students. His contributions bridge the gap between industry practice and academic research, shaping the future of urban mobility.