INSTRUCTORS:
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Miguel A. Nunez,
Transportation Planner, Fehr & Peers, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Miguel Núnez has five years of experience in
transportation planning. He received his Masters in Urban and Regional
Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2007 before
working at Fehr & Peers. He has assisted in a wide variety of projects
including pedestrian safety assessments, bicycle plans, and bicycle and
pedestrian safety studies for local jurisdictions and universities. He
has helped to collect and analyze data for traffic impact assessments
contained in Environmental Impact Reports on four Hawaiian islands and
California, and has been involved pedestrian and/or bicycle planning
efforts in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties. Miguel was born
in Mexico City and grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles. He attended
the University of California, Los Angeles, for his undergraduate and
graduate degrees, and lives and works in Santa Monica.
Frank Markowitz, Senior Transportation Planner, San Francisco
MTA, San Francisco, CA, USA
Frank Markowitz is a Senior Transportation Planner
for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). He
specializes in pedestrian facilities and transit station area planning.
He has over 25 years of experience in transportation planning in the
public and private sectors. He holds master’s degrees in city planning
from the University of California at Berkeley and health science from
San Jose State University.
Sam Morrissey, City Traffic Engineer, City of Santa Monica,
Santa Monica, CA, USA
Sam Morrissey is the City Traffic Engineer for the
City of Santa Monica and has held the position since January 2009. He is
responsible for overseeing Transportation Engineering and Management
Division of the City, which provides transportation engineering, traffic
signal, and Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program services.
Other responsibilities include implementing transportation management
plans for special events, planning and monitoring traffic control for
construction activities, developing and directing policies related to
parking, project development, securing project funding, and working with
local residents and business groups to address transportation issues.
Sam has over 13 years of experience in the design, planning,
forecasting, analysis, and operation of a variety of transportation
facilities. Prior to joining the City of Santa Monica, Sam’s experience
was in the private sector working on planning and engineering projects
in California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Utah, and Washington. He is a
registered Civil Engineer in California and Hawaii, and a registered
Traffic Engineer in California.
Andrew O'Brien, Chairman and Director, O'Brien Traffic,
Hawthorn East, Australia
Andy O'Brien has extensive international experience
of over 40 years in traffic engineering and road safety engineering. His
overall contribution to the transportation profession was recognized
with his election as Honorary Member of ITE in 2007. Andy has had
extensive experience in developing and presenting professional safety
and traffic engineering courses. He founded O'Brien Traffic in 1986. His
areas of expertise include motorway operations, cyclist and pedestrian
safety, traffic calming, road safety studies and audits, and analysis
and design of roundabouts and traffic signals.
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