Jean-Claude Ziv, 63, public transit researcher, writer, consultant, and teacher, died May 27 after a battle with cancer.

At the time of his death, Ziv was project manager, development, for Veolia Transport in Paris. His accomplishments included the following: professor, transport logistics, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers; secretary general, CODATU (Cooperation for urban mobility in the developing world); director, l’Institut des Transports Internationaux (ITIP); consultant and director, Les Voyages du Pont du Gard; and president, Syndicat Intercommunal pour l’Emploi du Canton de Remoulins (Gard).

He was a member of APTA and the Transportation Research Board.

Ziv received an engineering degree from Ecole Centrale de Paris, a doctorate in urbanism from the University of Paris, and a Ph.D. in city and regional planning from Cornell University.