Senior Associate, 2006-Present;
Associate Project Manager, 2005-2006
Mr. Nelson has significant project management, planning, and policy analysis experience in the following areas:
- Transportation and Mobility Plans for the cities of Ventura (CA), Glendale (CA), and others. For the City of Ventura's Downtown Mobility Plan, Jeremy developed a comprehensive package of parking policy reforms and transportation demand management strategies to help downtown Ventura revitalize their community goals and improve transportation choices. As part of this study, Mr. Nelson analyzed current transportation conditions and needs by auditing existing policies and plans, collecting new parking occupancy data, and facilitating stakeholder interviews and public outreach. Jeremy also conducted a national peer review of comparable jurisdictions to identify best practices relevant to local conditions.
- Parking Needs Assessment and Parking Management Plans for new mixed-use developments. Mr. Nelson has analyzed parking demand for a number of new mixed-use development projects. Recommendations have included parking operation strategies (such as shared parking and valet parking) and demand reduction strategies that satisfy both market demand and community goals. Working with developers, public agency staff, and community residents, Jeremy has helped to facilitate consensus on how to minimize and mitigate the traffic and parking impacts of new development proposals.
- Integrated Transportation and Land Use Planning. Mr. Nelson has significant experience analyzing the interactions between transportation systems, land use patterns, and public health and economic development outcomes. For the Planning for Active Transportation and Health (PATH) project in Humboldt County (CA), Jeremy worked to develop a new planning process and cost-effective analytical tools to help regional planners and decisionmakers implement policy reforms and multimodal infrastructure investments to improve transportation equity and support community goals for land use, public health, and economic development.
- Transportation Economics, Funding Alternatives, and Revenue Strategies. Through his academic training, contract research, and direct project experience, Mr. Nelson has developed a sophisticated understanding of transportation economics, funding alternatives, and revenue strategies. For the City of Ventura, Mr. Nelson developed parking management recommendations to both better manage scarce downtown parking and optimize parking revenue to fund downtown improvements. In Humboldt County, Mr. Nelson developed a comprehensive list of implementable revenue sources to fund new multimodal transportation improvements in rural regions with limited resources. Mr. Nelson was also the co-author of a recent paper analyzing revenue options for San Francisco's transit system.
Previous Experience
Transportation for a Livable City
Policy Director, 2003-2005
Transportation and Land Use Coalition
Innovative Programs Coordinator, 2002-2003
Group 4 Architecture, Research + Planning
Assistant Planner, 2000-2002
City of Portland, Office of Planning & Development Review
Land Use Research Analyst, 1998-2000
