Cambridge Systematics - South Florida Regional Planning Council

Southeast Florida’s Regional Vision and Blueprint for Economic Prosperity
Christopher Wornum
Principal
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Areas of Expertise:
Economic Analysis
Financial Analysis
Regional and Statewide Planning
Professional Experience
Mr. Wornum has more than 26 years of consulting experience in the private and public sectors.
He has worked with the state legislatures, metropolitan planning organizations, private industry
leaders, and other stakeholders in more than a dozen states to prepare funding plans for state and
regional transportation infrastructure. He has analyzed the role of transportation investments on
economic growth for more than a dozen regions, including the economic analysis of major trade
corridors throughout the Pacific Northwest, New York, the Midwest, and California.
Mr. Wornum received two Master’s degrees from the Massachusetts of Institute of Technology
and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Economics from the University of California at Berkeley.
Economic Benefits of Industrial Development. Mr. Wornum managed two projects for a
developer of massive logistic centers located in Illinois and Virginia. He quantified the role of
these very large-scale industrial developments in the regions’ economic growth, including the
impacts on job creation, average personal income levels, and economic development.
Mr. Wornum also forecast the fiscal revenues to local governments from fees, taxes, and
property assessments.
Regional Transportation Plan Performance Assessment. For the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), Mr. Wornum is the
Project Manager for the development of the Sustainable Communities Strategy and Regional
Transportation Plan. He is developing a performance-based approach to inform regional decisions
about land use, transportation policy, and specific transportation investments. In addition,
Mr. Wornum is analyzing alternative land use policies and transportation investments, including
the economic impact of transportation and land use the Bay Area’s economy and specific
industry sectors.
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Nexus Study. Mr. Wornum is
serving as the Project Manager for a team of consultants advising MTA on a countywide
congestion mitigation fee program. He developed web-based software used by the 88
jurisdictions to evaluate transportation projects and land use forecasts. He also is working with
each of the subregions to estimate economic benefits of funding transportation improvements.
California Transportation Investment for Economic Development. Mr. Wornum was the
Project Manager developing a role for the California Department of Transportation to expand its
role in regional economic development. He demonstrated how to foster long-term economic
development of the State or specific regions; assessed how transportation investments benefit
economically depressed regions of the State; and assessed the potential benefits brought to
congested areas and the State as a whole by business relocations from congested, overcrowded
areas to less congested, economically depressed areas.
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