CURRENT AND PAST PERFORMANCE |
1) National Transportation Research and Policy - U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, DC. 2006 - Present.
Work Performed: VJS-TC's current USDOT contract, as Prime, involves national best practices research. Work will result in the publication of a national guidebook by the Federal Highway Administration - Office of Planning entitled Tribal Transportation Best Practices, 2010. VJS-TC's 2008 policy analysis for FHWA resulted in the publication of FHWA-HEP-08-006: Tribal Transportation Funding Resources. VJS-TC also performed, from 2006 to 2008, as subcontractor to Vanasse Hangen Brustlin providing support analysis for the USDOT Federal Transit Administration publication Transit at the Table II: A Guide to Participation in Metropolitan Decisionmaking for
Transit Agencies in Small and Medium-Sized MPOs.
2) Program Administration and Management – U.S.
Navy Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC), Bremerton, Washington. 2005 - 2008.
Work Performed: VJS-TC provided management support and personnel to the FISC Priority Materials Office (PMO) in Bremerton, Washington. The firm was responsible for
the work and performance of 18 engineering technicians. It also performed
general administrative functions such as
payroll, travel and training, hire
and fire, security clearance, work schedule management
and routine day-to-day management. VJS-TC performance resulted in nomination for Small Business of the Year (2006) by the U.S. Small Business Administration - Seattle Office.
3) City Comprehensive Transportation Plan, 2009. Cle Elum, Washington. 2007 - 2009.
Work Performed: VJS-TC, as Prime, prepared the City's 20-Year Multi-Modal Transportation Plan. Services included extensive analysis and evaluation of current system deficiencies in freeway, roadway, freight, transit, pedestrian and bicycle services. The final-draft 140-page Transportation Plan - developed in technical report increments - detailed phased system solutions and finance strategies with supporting intersection volume, land use and urban growth analysis. VJS-TC coordinated and managed the 14-member Transportation Working Group for this project, comprised of federal, state, regional, county and local private and public stakeholders.
4) County Twenty Year Multi-Modal
Transportation Plan, 2005. Ellensburg, Washington, 2003 - 2005.
Work Performed: VJS-TC, as Prime, prepared the Kittitas County 20-year multi-modal transportation plan. Services
included research, evaluation, analysis and development
of countywide transportation systems – freeways, roadways, transit,
rail, freight, bicycle and pedestrian. VJS-TC
was also responsible for project management including budget,
schedule and task coordination and management of the
technical team comprised of traffic engineering,
transportation planning, transit planning, system modeling,
geographic information systems (GIS) and public participation
specialists.
5) Ferry Feasibility Study.
U.S. Department of Interior – Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Portland, Oregon and Makah Nation, Neah Bay, Washington, 2004 - 2005.
Work Performed: VJS-TC, as Prime, conducted
study of regional cross-channel passenger-vehicle ferry
service from Neah Bay, Washington to Vancouver Island,
British Columbia, Canada. The study involved:
- Marine engineering
- Vessel, dock and facility design
- Vessel service specifications
- Roadway access analysis and design
- Pedestrian- transit demand analysis and facility design (intermodal connections)
- Passenger demand forecasting and regional economic impact analysis
- Homeland Security Act compliance
- Environmental permitting review
Tasks also involved administration of a bi-national Canadian/United
States stakeholder advisory group. VJS-TC also supervised
the work of the project technical team, comprised of engineers and economists, and served as
Project Liaison.
6) Pedestrian Safety
Project and State Highway Context
Sensitive Design Project, 2003 - 2005.
Work Performed: As Subcontractor to GSAI, VJS-TC assessed transit, pedestrian and
bicycle services and facilities for Meridian Avenue (SR161)
- a major traffic arterial traversing the city. Work supported context-sensitive-design
alternatives in coordination with the objectives of the Project Stakeholders
Committee and the Washington State Department of Transportation.
VJS-TC also served as Prime for another City
assignment to 1) identify safety deficiencies
along traffic corridors serving area schools and 2) recommend
design, planning and capital improvements to correct
them. The firm produced two-year and six-year capital improvement
projects with prioritized schedules. VJS-TC administered the city council-appointed Pedestrian Safety Planning
Committee resulting in consensus on final consultant recommendations. |
