Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference 2024: Full Schedule

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1:30pm EST

Scaling Project Delivery - National & Statewide Advice on Delivering More Projects, Faster, and Better

Wednesday December 11, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

Topic 1: Interim Report on Project Delivery from the Transforming Transportation Advisory Committee (TTAC)
Speaker: Kim Lucas .

Topic 2: PennDOT District Level Project Delivery Challenges.
Speaker: Rich Reisinger

Topic 3: Municipal Challenges - Delivering a Large Influx in BIL Funded Projects.
Speaker: Chris Puchalsky

Moderators

Gus Scheerbaum

Director, Strategic Initiatives, City of Philadelphia, Dept of Streets

Gustave Scheerbaum is Director of Strategic Initiatives for Department of Streets at the City of Philadelphia. Having over 25 years engineering design and program management experience in our industry, Gus currently leads special transportation programs, multimodal safety initiatives... Read More →

Speakers

Christopher Puchalsky

Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, City of Philadelphia, OTIS

Chris is a nationally recognized transportation expert with a passion for livable cities. He has Bachelor‘s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Temple University, as well as a Ph.D. in Urban Transportation Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.Chris... Read More →

Kim Lucas

Director of Department of Mobility & Infrastructure, City of Pittsburgh

Kim Lucas serves as the Director for the City of Pittsburgh's Department of Mobility & Infrastructure. As Director of DOMI, Kim oversees transportation investments and policies that support the physical mobility needed for the people of Pittsburgh to pursue the economic mobility they... Read More →

Richard Reisinger

Assistant District Executive-Design, PennDOT

Rich Reisinger graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering in 2002. His career with the Commonwealth began in 2003 as a Civil Engineer Trainee at the PA Department of Environmental Protection in the Dam Safety Program.-------------------------------In... Read More →

Wednesday December 11, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST
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3:30pm EST

Data Driven Solutions in Southeast PA

Wednesday December 11, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST

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PennDOT District 6-0 is utilizing GIS to capture and analyze disparate data sets. The City of Philadelphia is piloting a Fleet Electrification project to fund and deploy Smart DC Fast EV Chargers to support the City’s effort to electrify its fleet; they are also piloting the “SmartBlockPHL” project to collect an array of information using smart streetlights. SEPTA is finalizing their Zero Emission Bus Pilot project and is using the data extracted to understand and foster change. In this session, these agencies will discuss how they are using data to drive progress and offer solutions to everyday challenges they face in Southeast Pennsylvania.

Topic 1: Using GIS in PennDOT District 6-0
Speakers: Matthew Anderson & Sharang Malaviya

Topic 2: City of Philadelphia’s Data Drive Solution Projects
Speaker: Akshay Malik

Topic 3: Finalizing Zero Emission Bus Pilot to Support Data Driven Solutions
Speaker: Donzell Dunston

Moderators

Mike Castellano

Project Manager, HNTB Corporation

Speakers

Sharang Malaviya

Senior Civil Engineer, PennDOT

Sharang Malaviya is a transportation engineer with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation district 6-0. Sharang has been working in traffic safety with the department since 2009 and has been the traffic safety supervisor since 2019. Sharang is a University of Delaware alumni... Read More →

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