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Atlanta Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan Update; Atlanta, GA. Project Manager for the Atlanta Regional
Commission’s bicycle and pedestrian plan, updating their public involvement program and strategy development. An
extensive public involvement program was conducted, in accordance with federal guidelines, including web page
information, newsletters, presentations and surveys. All activities were coordinated with the regional bicycle and
pedestrian task force.
West Seattle In Motion Campaign; King County, Washington. Project Director for the West Seattle In Motion
Campaign. Oversaw all aspects of program design, implementation and evaluation. The In Motion program
encourages residents to incorporate transportation choices such as walking, biking, ridesharing and transit into their
daily travel by providing program participants with customized transportation information and resources. The West
Seattle campaign targeted 7,000 households and had an 18 percent participation rate and a 28 percent reduction in
drive alone travel. 85 percent of participants said, in the after survey, that they plan to continue their new travel
patterns.
TDM Migration Fund Plan and Pilot Program; Halifax, NS. Managed a broad based study and a short-­‐term pilot
program to determine how the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) can develop new, non-­‐traditional sources of
funding for TDM programs. Municipalities in Canada have traditionally employed TDM techniques in absence of any
consistent, stable funding structure, resulting in a funding gap for sustainable transportation programs. The TDM
Migration Study determined preferred fund elements and the most appropriate way to implement such a fund within
HRM’s administrative structure. The project tasks included a best practices review, detailed administration and
economic analysis, public opinion surveys and focus groups as well as development of a pilot program.
Long Term Transit Strategy; Region of Durham, ON. Project Director for the development of TDM strategies to
increase the effectiveness of transit investments identified in the Region of Durham Long Term Transit Strategy.
Durham is a large, suburban community east of Toronto that is actively working to provide more travel options to its
commuting residents. To assist with that goal, UrbanTrans developed strategies that included marketing and
promotions on an individual and community scale; bicycle and pedestrian planning and access strategies to transit
stations; parking demand reduction strategies and policy language and supporting guidelines to make implementation
of the strategies more probable.
Dalhousie University; Halifax, NS. Project Manager for TDM efforts related to the Dalhousie University TDM and
parking plan. The TDM plan was developed through a process that included understanding Dalhousie’s transportation
conditions; the travel behavior of students, faculty and staff; and identification of TDM and transportation best
practices from universities throughout North America. This information was used to develop a series of TDM program
recommendations. The TDM plan consisted of a collection of individual but related modal strategies that included:
• Improved parking management
• Ride share/carpool marketing and support
• Employee/student bus plan
• Active transportation
• Travel avoidance
• Shuttles
• Improved utilization of University owned fleet vehicles
Working with faculty, staff and students goals were developed so the TDM plan can be evaluated against measurable
sustainability targets.
Contemporary Approaches to Parking Pricing: A Primer: Washington, DC. Project Director for the development of a
primer, commissioned by the Federal Highway Administration, that discussed current practices in parking pricing,
available technology to assist with the implementation of parking pricing programs, options to encourage developers
and employers to implement parking pricing, options for dealing with preferred users and recommendations for
obtaining public acceptance for parking pricing programs.
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