OUR PEOPLE

Mike is an “outside the box” problem solver. 

• Original ideas recognized as first in the nation
• Complete Streets expert
• Unique focus on Place-Making Alternative Intersections
• PI for NCHRP 08-124, Impacts of Corridor Management Strategies

National expert with over 24 years of research and consulting experience relating to the performance and economic role of transportation facilities, corridors and programs.

• Lead Economist for 66+ projects
• Led or investigated 10 NCHRP/NCFRP studies
• Economic Freight Analytics
• Chandler has led Benefit / Cost Analysis for some of the most complex projects in the country.

As project manager , Wade has successfully ensured his teams deliver timely, high quality project deliverables within the specified budget. 

• 20-years’ experience project management
• 2 Livable Corridor Initiatives to revitalize older corridors
• Developed guidelines for multimodal corridor planning
• Experienced Freight Planning Project Manager
• Freight planning and performance monitoring

Matt is passionate about transit ridership forecasting and performance-based planning.

• TRB committee on public transportation planning
• Primary author of the AMPO Award Winning Envision Missoula long range transportation plan
• Pioneered the application of direct-demand models
• Principal policy analyst on NCHRP 08-122 for MPOs
• Expert in transit planning
• Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and high-capacity transit routes in Charlotte, NC Study

Reid is the 6th most published urban analyst in the world, and a professor at the University of Utah famous for the 7-D’s 

• Growing Cooler offers local planning responses to climate change
• Metropolitan accessibility characteristics affect vehicle miles traveled, passenger miles traveled, mode share, trip and parking generation, automobile crashes, obesity, and energy use
• Key measures for project justification and prioritization

Matt has conducted over 700 interviews and site visits with stakeholders

• 20+ years of airline and airport consulting experience
• Statewide airport system plans
• Air cargo system plans
• Regional multimodal transportation plans (aviation lead)
• Economic impact studies (airport specific and statewide)

Specializes in simply visualizing communication

• President Teach America
• Secretary TRB ABJ95 Visualization in Transportation
• TRB Access Management Webmaster
• TRB Data and Analysis Group Communication Coordinator
• TRB Communication Coordinators Committee Counsel
• 40+ years experience 
• Supported 25 national transportation conferences

For 35-years, Rob has built a reputation as one of the nation’s leading travel demand modeling experts. 

• Maintains FuturePlan, LLC
• Refined over 50  models and more than 30 MPO LRTPs
• Studies in 26 states
• Past Chair and Technical Chair of 2009 and 2011  TRB Transportation Planning Applications Conferences
•  Technical Chair of the 2018 and 2020 TRB Tools of the Trade Conferences

Chandra Khare has more than sixteen years of experience in travel demand model development, corridor planning studies, transit ridership and revenue forecasting, survey design and market assessment.

• Developed GA Statewide Model
• Corridor planning studies
• FTA New STarts/Small Starts
• Survey design and market assessment
• Transit ridership and revenue forecasting

David has a passion for seeking effective techniques for helping cities achieve fiscal and environmental sustainability.

• Identifying best practices for sustainable development
• How communities build resilience in the face of climate change
• Pioneered state laws in California and Oregon
• Background in media and communication
• An artisan of 7-d development techniques

A senior project manager with 19 years of experience working with state, local, national, and private clients on transportation planning and asset management.

• Completed LTRPs and TAMPs in 13 states
• Worked on 2 international transportation projects
• Led development of new asset management system to 30+ clients
• Committee member for NCHRP Synthesis 508 (Data Maintenance and Governance Practices)

Transportation planning is an exercise in organization and management, and heavily connected to public policy.

• PhD in “Organization and Management” from Cappella University
• Expert in resiliency
• 21-year Marine Corps veteran
• Led alternatives analysis for 9 wargame scenarios
• Led crisis response plans for Marine Corps Resiliency Working Group

Jim has a strong understanding of aviation and airport issues through his experience as an aviation planner and professional pilot.

• 20 years of aviation and airport related experience
• 14 years of experience as an aviation planner
• served on numerous aviation advisory boards
• certified flight instructor
• Pilot for 25+ years

In his 28-year career, Scott has emerged as one of the nation’s foremost experts on MPOs 

• Executive Director for three MPOs
• Founding chairman of the NC Association of MPOs
• Certified Master Instructor by the League of American Bicyclists
• Led best-practice research in 3 NCHRP projects
• Maintains J.S. Lane Company

Building Community is a passion for Lori who has worked has successfully built, launched, and grown various brands. 

• 17 years of experience in marketing, public relations
• Worked with MPOs, state DOTs, and transit authorities
• Worked in community education and awareness
• Public Engagement Plan for public  outreach
• NCHRP marketing outreach strategies and tools