Principal In Charge of New York Office
February 2007-Present
Senior Associate, February 2005-February 2007
- Project manager for transportation planning, policy analysis, and environmental assessment of multimodal transportation projects. Recent projects include the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Access, Circulation, and Parking Study to plan for future transportation use for all modes of the City of Philadelphia’s primary cultural district.
- Lead planner for transportation alternatives analysis, including heavy and light rail, on-street bus services, bus rapid transit, pedestrian, bicycle, and auto options. Recent projects include transit planning the first publicly sponsored on-street bus system for the City of Nogales, Arizona and the Abu Dhabi 2030 Master Plan.
- Specialist in parking demand analysis and parking demand management options. Recent projects include studies for Downtown Brooklyn Residential Permit Parking, Yale-New Haven Hospital Transportation Demand Management, and Ann Arbor Downtown Parking Policy.
- Expertise in Transit Oriented Development including authoring TOD guidelines for implementation by the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority and lead planner for Phase II of the Mockingbird Plaza TOD Project in Dallas, TX.
- Outreach coordinator for public and inter-agency scoping processes and development of outreach material (websites, press releases, surveys). Recent projects include New York City Department of Transportation’s Walk to School program.
Previous Experience
Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc.Senior Planner December 2001 to February 2005
- Lead planner for preliminary engineering/environmental impact statement (PE/EIS) phase of transit and development projects.
- Specialist in pedestrian and vehicle conflict planning, including author of the Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail Transit LRT/Traffic and Pedestrian Interface Report and the Transportation Impact Chapter of the CP/EV LRT Environmental Impact Statement.
- Author of annual Section 5309 New Starts Criteria Report to Federal Transit Administration for application for federal transit funds.
- Analyzed potential environmental impacts on existing and future conditions for traffic, transit, pedestrian, parking, socio-economics, environmental justice, land use, neighborhoods, and emergency services.
- Coordination of federally-mandated public outreach processes, including scoping and stakeholder meetings, document publication, and media announcements.
- Environmental analyses of transit projects including the extension of the #7 Subway Line (New York), implementation of the Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail Transit System (Phoenix), and reimplementation of the Desire Streetcar Line (New Orleans).
Senior Planner, 1998-2001
- Manage the conceptual planning, design and environmental review for seven new regional train stations with a total capital budget of $23M. Responsible for analysis of all capital and operating impacts of proposed projects.
- Develop a comprehensive program of Park & Ride Shuttle Facilities with full station amenities and deluxe bus connections to existing railroad stations.
- Coordinate support and funding negotiations with state, county and local representatives.
- Supervise private parking operator during takeover of municipal parking facility operations.
Staff Planner and Project Manager
August 1996 to September 1998
- Organize community outreach and public participation services for New York State Department of Transportation's Long Island Transportation Plan 2000 Major Investment Study.
- Author codification of zoning codes for several Long Island municipalities.
- Conduct site- and corridor-based transportation planning studies.
- Secretary, National Transportation Planning Division, American Planning Association, April 2007 to Present
- Director, New York City Section, American Planning Association, New York-Metro Chapter, June 2006 to Present
- Chairman, Transportation Committee, American Planning Association, New York-Metro Chapter, November 2004 to Present
- Environmental Assessment Association: Certified Environmental Inspector, August 2000 to Present
- American Institute of Certified Planners: Certified Planner, July 1999 to Present
- Brooklyn Community Board #6: Transportation Committee Member, March 1999 to November 2001
- American Planning Association: Member, May 1994 to Present
- American Planning Association: Robert Weinberg Award, May 1996
- Editor, “New York Metro Chapter’s 2005 Conference: New National Challenges-New York Solutions: A Survival Guide for Planners,” Conference Proceedings, April 2005
- Author, “Transit Gets Short Shrift,” Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona, 2002
- Author, “The Next Pride of the Yankees,” MetroPlanner, New York, New York, 1998
- Associate Editor, MetroPlanner Newsletter, New York, New
York, 1998 to 1999
