Bio: Tom Maguire is Assistant Commissioner in New York City DOT’s Division of Traffic and Planning, where he oversees the agency’s Bus Rapid Transit, Freight Mobility, Peak Rate Parking (PARK Smart), and MPO/Grants Administration programs. He has been working on road pricing and parking pricing for DOT since he led the effort to implement congestion pricing in Manhattan in 2007-2008, and he is leading the agency’s effort to develop Drive Smart, a unique approach to improving travel choices and driving behavior through information feedback. In his time at DOT, he has managed the transportation elements of the City's 2007 PlaNYC strategic plan and its 2011 update, and represented DOT on the city's Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, which is helping make the city more resilient in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. He has also overseen the development of innovative analysis tools like the Taxi GPS database. Prior to joining DOT, he worked at the engineering and design firm Arup.
Education: Master of City Planning, University of California, Berkeley B.A., Rutgers
Past Assignments: "Privacy Concerns and VMT Charging: Value to You and Value to Me," Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Jan. 2012 "Drive Smart: The Role of Technology," ITS Amercias, May 2012 "Congestion Pricing: The New York Experience," (for FHWA) Sept. 2011
Bio: I wrote the CMAP report "Parking Strategies to Support Livable Communities," co-authored CMAP's Parking Management Strategy Report and am currently working with municipal planners to address parking problems in their communities, as part of CMAP's Local Technical Assistance program, funded by HUD's Sustainable Communities Initiative. I also manage the Case Study Library and serve as the CMAP representative on the Kane County Transit Committee, Pace Bus' Transit Guidelines Advisory Committee, RTA's Transit Guidelines Committee, the CEED@Chicago Data Subcommittee, and the Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council's Compost Working Group.
Education: 2001 BA in Urban & Regional Planning, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign, 2001-2003 Peace Corps Guatemala - Municipal Planning program, 2004 MS in Geographic Information Systems, University of Redlands, 2011 Certificate in Sustainable Urban Design, Archeworks Chicago
Key Publications: "Parking Strategies to Support Livable Communities" (http://1.usa.gov/CMAP_Parking), "Parking Management Strategy Report" (http://1.usa.gov/VKEm1T)
Other Publications: "Geospatial Technologies Improve Transportation Decision-making," Public Roads, Mar/Apr 2006.
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