Work
Eighteen studies. Every one opens into the work itself, what it teaches, and the documents behind it.
The FRAME Act
A complete federal Surface Transportation Act, written from scratch with the practitioners who run the system.
The Lost Art of the Plan
The Institute's book on the planning profession's lost soul, and the method for winning it back.
National Transit Adaptation Strategy
The Federal Transit Administration research program on how transit adapts after a shock, run with MIT, the Institute for the Future, IDEO, and partners.
Transportation 2050
The 30 year financial sustainability framework for San Francisco's transportation system.
Potrero Yard Modernization
A $1B electrified bus facility joined with 400+ affordable homes, delivered as a public private partnership.
Building Progress
The facilities and joint development program across some 60 acres of transit land, with 1.6M square feet of building space.
Project Delivery Framework & the First PMO
The 2016 Project Delivery Framework, the agency's first Project Management Office, and the capital resource system beneath both.
Construction Mitigation Program
The citywide program that protects small businesses while the city builds around them.
Transit Asset Management Plan
The federally required asset management plan for San Francisco transit, approved and certified, with his name on the cover.
State of Good Repair Program
The investment baseline for keeping the existing system in good repair: $250M a year, set to be financially achievable.
Agency Budgets & Pandemic Finance
Through the pandemic's revenue collapse: over $1B in emergency federal relief structured, reserves protected, service restored without layoffs.
Hiring & Process Improvement Plans
The Hiring Improvement and Process Improvement programs: organizational design treated as delivery work.
Central Subway & Van Ness BRT Financing
Over $1.4B in federal and local funding secured, and the $75M Van Ness Small Starts agreement closed.
A Plan for Planning
His master's project at San José State University, asking what planners are for. He has been answering it ever since.
Creating a Sustainable City
Sacramento's first Sustainability Master Plan: a capital city's plan to move toward sustainability.
Parks & Recreation Safety Implementation Plan
The implementation plan for park safety, led from the Director's Office.
McClatchy Park Master Plan
A master plan built with its neighborhood: a community Design Day, technical advisors, and a signed approval.
Rebuilding Fort Natomas
The $1.2M reconstruction of Fort Natomas, rebuilt in six months.