Steve Boland, Senior Associate

Based in our San Francisco office, Steve specializes in fixed-route transit service and capital planning, including planning for Bus Rapid Transit projects, and in multimodal access and circulation, complete streets and urban design, including design and policy for transit station areas and transit-oriented developments.
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Thomas Brown, Senior Associate

Tom is based in our New York office. Tom has completed several major parking and access studies for Nelson\Nygaard. Most recently, he has conducted comprehensive reviews of zoning code requirements for parking for the District of Columbia (2007), Raleigh, North Carolina (2008), and Abu Dhabi, UAE (2009). In 2006-07, Tom coordinated a downtown parking and access study in Ann Arbor, Michigan that re-framed parking as an access means rather than an end in itself and resulted in a strategic set of multi-modal mobility investments that are being implemented today — including pricing strategies, commuter bus service, and a coordinated, public valet-parking service. Tom’s TDM planning work includes a recently completed review of the City of Alexandria’s Transportation Management Plan program and a 2008 review of inter-agency processes and coordination for Arlington County’s Site Plan Review process.”
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Scott Chapman, Senior Associate

Scott has been responsible for various transit operations analysis, data collection and transportation research. Scott has evaluated paratransit operations and ridership characteristics for a number of small- and large-sized agencies. He has contributed toward a number of coordination plans in California, Washington and Oregon in response to SAFETEA-LU/United We Ride requirements.

Scott has analyzed scheduling and dispatch tools, estimated demand, surveyed riders and operators and/or reviewed financial operations for paratransit services in Boise, Idaho, Port Angeles, Washington and Bend, Oregon. He has also developed small community and rural transit plans throughout Oregon and Washington that included a focus on the needs of seniors and people with disabilities. Scott also participated in the development of system requirements for a paratransit traveler information system for the Oregon Department of Transportation.
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Ralph DeNisco, Senior Associate

Ralph J. DeNisco has over 14 years of transportation planning experience, with a history of successfully implementing a variety of transportation projects in challenging environments. His energy and devotion to making transportation systems work smartly and fairly has earned him great praise in the Boston planning community. Working as Project Manager, Ralph has effectively led public and interagency processes to develop transit, non-motorized, streetscape, and parking policies and improvements. He has channeled his understanding of interrelated transportation issues into actions able to win the collective support of residents, businesses, and governing agencies. . Having spent 10 years working for the City of Boston Transportation Department, Ralph's public sector experience continually informs his perspective on how to develop recommendations that get implemented, and he excels in projects that utilize his grounded but broad-based transportation planning and public process experience. A perfect fit for Nelson\Nygaard, Ralph will be leading multi-modal and parking projects throughout the Northeast.
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Michael Eiseman, Senior Associate

Michael Eiseman designs multimodal transportation systems that meet community goals for livability, mobility, access, safety, and economic development. He has special expertise in circulation planning, complete streets design, and rail station area and access planning. He has led successful multimodal planning efforts for regional governments, large cities, rural areas, and national parks. 
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Boris Palchik, Senior Associate

Boris Palchik has more than 13 years of experience in the transit field. He has developed service plans for both large and small transit systems with a focus on improving ridership and system productivity. Boris takes a holistic approach to service development by addressing route and schedule deficiencies, as well as the overall passenger experience in terms of wayfinding, data availability, and bus stop environments. Boris also specializes in the development of operator schedules and run-cutting, particularly for agencies that do not have automated scheduling software..
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Stephanie Wright, Senior Associate

Stephanie Wright has over six years of experience as a multimodal planner with a focus on transit and pedestrian facilities. She specializes in transit planning and coordination, and has extensive experience in rural transit service.  Stephanie has completed non-motorized data collection, level of service analyses at transit stations, corridors, and downtowns in New Orleans, and the Washington DC area.  She has led community walking tours identifying barriers to walking and cycling in and around New York City. 
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Christopher M. Yake, Senior Associate

Chris has recently joined Nelson\Nygaard’s team as a Senior Associate. Previously Chris worked as Project Director at Reconnecting America, working closely with local partners, including transit agencies, regional coalitions and MPOs, local jurisdictions, and developers to advance transit-oriented development (TOD) in cities and regions across the country. He leads quantitative and qualitative research projects, with multi-disciplinary teams on subjects related to TOD, transit performance, urban form and travel behavior, and other leading edge issues. Chris has implemented TOD at all scales, ranging from long-range regional and corridor visioning to station area planning and down to on-the-ground transit and development projects. He has worked directly with private developers from planning all the way through construction on higher density mixed-use projects near light rail stations and along frequent bus corridors.
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