Professional Background
California Department of Transportation 2017-Current
Transportation Planner Sacramento, CA
· Provide program direction and guidance for the Districts to administer regional plans, grants, activities and funds
· Provide direction and support to District Liaisons on federal surface transportation planning legislation implementation and coordination
· Monitor, review and assess regional planning and programming activities and funds administration undertaken by the Districts, Regional Transportation Planning Agencies and Metropolitan Planning Organizations
· Evaluate required plans, programs, Overall Work Programs, and Regional Transportation Plans consistent with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, direction, and administrative requirements
Sacramento Regional Transit 2017
Data Analyst II (TEMP) Sacramento, CA
· Prepared, administered and monitored Automated Passenger Count (APC) database
· Updated passenger ridership reports for bus and light rail
· Created GIS ridership maps for entire transit system
· Designed a macro to translate survey entries into major database
· Ran queries to check for data errors, inconsistencies or unusual conditions
· Maintained Database for transit ridership
San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG) 2012-2016
Associate Planner Stockton, CA
Transportation and Travel Demand Analysis
· Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS)
o Customized, maintained, and developed SJCOG Travel Demand Model data for consistency and reliability
o Analyzed capacity, travel demand forecasting results, and vehicle miles travelled (VMT) output
o Used forecasting from multiple sources in order to develop land use interpolation for years needed as inputs for travel demand model
o Successfully assisted SJCOG in SCS approval by Air Resources Board (ARB) by researching, collecting data, creating spreadsheets, developing templates, and managing data requested
o Developed presentations for public outreach process for the RTP/SCS process
o Lead review of project proposals for contractors
o Established strong working relationships with other local agencies, partners, and city councils
· Air Quality Analysis
o Collaborated with other agencies (Stanislaus Council of Governments and Merced County Association of Governments) in order to have the Sustainable Communities Strategy approved by Air Resources Board
· Unmet Transit Needs Program
o Successfully managed annual Unmet Transit Needs (UTN) process and delivered results to the SJCOG Board of Directors
o Led extensive public outreach and coordinated with local transit agencies and jurisdictions to schedule UTN public hearings throughout San Joaquin County
-Provide program direction and guidance for the Districts to administer regional plans, grants, activities and funds
-Provide direction to District Liaisons on federal surface transportation planning legislation implementation and coordination
-Monitor, review and assess regional planning and programming activities and funds administration undertaken by the Districts, Regional Transportation Planning Agencies and Metropolitan Planning Organizations
-Evaluate required plans, programs, Overall Work Programs, and Regional Transportation Plans consistent with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, directions, and administrative requirements
-Integrate complete streets, smart mobility, bicycle and pedestrian, health, transportation equity, freight, and climate change planning policies and strategies into the regional planning process
-Assist in special assignments, reports and presentations
-Assist with Office of Regional Planning general administrative duties
• Prepared, administered and monitored Automated Passenger Count (APC) database
• Updated passenger ridership reports for bus and light rail
• Created GIS ridership maps for entire transit system
• Performed passenger outreach to determine the condition of current transit routes and lines
• Designed a macro to translate survey entries into major database
• Managed large amounts of passenger data in order to create reports for ridership, efficiency and time tables
-Traffic modeling design
-Level of Service for road and intersection analysis
-Intersection design
-Land Use design and analysis
•Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy
oCustomized, maintained, and developed SJCOG Travel Demand Model data for consistency and reliability
oUsed forecasting from multiple sources in order to develop Land Use Interpolation for years needed as inputs for travel demand model
oSuccessfully assisted SJCOG in Sustainable Communities Strategy approval by ARB Board by researching, collecting data, organizing tables, developing templates, and managing data requested
•Air Quality Analysis
oCollaborated with other agencies (Stanislaus Council of Governments and Merced County Association of Governments) in order to have the Sustainable Communities Strategy approved by Air Resources Board
a.Completed all technical requests from ARB such as:
i.Post processing of traffic demand model for more detailed data
ii.Developing excel tables to be more visually understanding for ARB
b.Held meetings with ARB to present the data and help explain the results
oLead staff in charge of running Air Quality Model
a.Mastered 2011 EMFAC for precision and haste
b.Performed Conformity and SB-375 analysis for all model runs and scenarios
oCompleted any project amendments that needed to be implemented in the three county traffic model
a.Assisted in highway network edits
b.Ran Conformity Analysis for Merced, SJCOG, StanCOG
c.Developed and maintained Transit Networks in traffic models
d.Interpreted project list to determine which projects needed to be modeled
• Drafted several large projects utilizing AutoCAD
• Assisted in highway design, alignment geometry, and cross sections
• Created cost estimates for local utilities near project sites
• Specified right of way deeds determining property rights
• Collaborated with company vice president, professional engineers, surveyors and AutoCAD Technicians in order to accomplish team goals