Bio: Sonia is an Associate Engineer with Kittelson & Associates, Inc. in Boise, Idaho. She has 14 years of experience with transportation planning and traffic engineering throughout the US and Canada. The development of regional and sub-area master plans that integrate multi-modal transportation needs with community-supported and economically feasible land use strategies has been a primary focus of Sonia’s career. Sonia is highly regarded for project community and stakeholder involvement, including public involvement strategies; planning and facilitating public workshops and presentations; and leading stakeholder discussions with key parties and public officials. She recognizes that key to developing a community-supported, successful project is early, consistent participation of neighbouring communities and businesses and the ability to clearly communicate engineering data and technical information to affected parties.
Education: Queen's University at Kingston, BScE (Civil Engineering)
Bio: Kamala Parks is a Senior Planner for Kittelson and Associates, Inc., a transportation planning and engineering firm. Her primary work is focused on pedestrian, bicyclist, and transit travel. By extension, these interests have included work on safety, travel demand management, and multimodal analysis tools. She conducted research for the multimodal level of service, a new analysis method that was incorporated into the 2010 Highway Capacity Manual, and was one of the first practitioners to apply the methodology to projects. She serves as a Pedestrian Safety Assessment evaluator, providing engineering and planning solutions to improve pedestrian access to multiple cities and counties in California.
Education: Masters of City Planning with a concentration on International and Comparative Planning, 2005, UC Berkeley; Masters of Civil Engineering, 2005, UC Berkeley; Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics with a minor in French, 1996, Mills College in Oakland
Other Publications: Nuworsoo, Cornelius K, Kamala Parks, and Elizabeth Deakin. Cost per User as Key Factor in Project Prioritization: A Case Study of the San Francisco Bay Area" Transportation Research Record 1986 (2006): 154-161; Deakin, Elizabeth et al (Kamala Parks contributing author and researcher). System Plan for California's Bay Area Regional Express Bus Service, Transportation Research Record 1986 (2006): 190-197.
Past Assignments: Institute of Transportation Engineers webinar presentation of New Urban Streets Methodology: Bicyclist, Pedestrian, and Transit Passenger LOS in the 2010 HCM, October 11, 2012, co-presented with Aaron Elias of Kittelson and Associates; Agency-wide presentation to the California Department of Transportation, Moving Towards Complete Streets: Multimodal Level of Service and its Applications, September 5, 2012, co-presented with Aaron Elias and Rick Dowling of Kittelson and Associates, Inc; Seminar Presentation at the San Francisco Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission on updates to the Highway Capacity Manual 2010, March 21, 2012, co-presented with Aaron Elias and Rick Dowling of Kittelson and Associates, Inc.
Bio: Carl Miller, AICP, is a Principal Planner for demographics with the Community Planning Associate of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS) – the regional Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Treasure Valley. Prior to COMPASS he has worked as a long-range planner at Canyon County and a current planning analyst for the City of Boise.
Education: Bachelors of Planning and Resource Management, 2002, Brigham Young University; Masters of Public Administration, 2006, Boise State University.
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