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KFH
Group Staff Kenneth I. Hosen Vice
President Ken Hosen is a transportation planner
and operations expert with 30 years of research and practical experience in managing
and planning for transit systems of all sizes. His background includes paratransit
management and planning, human services transportation management and
planning, rural and small urban transit systems, project evaluation,
technology research and procurement, and writing practical guidebooks for
transit professionals. Mr. Hosen is
also a nationally recognized trainer, with hands-on transportation management
and operations experience in both public and private sector. He served on the Certification Council of
the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA), and is a member
of the Access Committee of the American Public Transportation Association
(APTA). He holds a Masters Degree in
Community and Regional Planning from the University of Texas in Austin. Selected Experience Small Urban, Rural and Suburban Public
Transportation: Mr. Hosen has
worked with well over 100 small urban, suburban and rural transit systems in
a variety of capacities. He has
completed over 60 transit plans in rural and small urban areas in over 20
states including, but not limited to Texas, North Carolina, Virginia,
Arkansas, Ohio, Maryland, Vermont, Idaho and Michigan. He has conducted planning efforts for many
small urban systems including:
Texarkana, Denton, Lower Rio Grande Valley, New Braunfels, Temple and
Killeen, in Texas, Little Rock, Arkansas, Rutland, Vermont, Loudoun County,
Virginia, North Carolina’s Outer Banks and many other locations. He has conducted fixed route plans,
feasibility studies, implementation plans and traditional transit development
plans. Paratransit Management and Operations: Mr. Hosen has 30 years experience operating
paratransit and providing assistance to public and private transit operators,
planners and policy makers on all levels of government and throughout the
country. He has directed over 50
paratransit planning studies nationwide in some of the smallest and largest
systems in the country. His direct
operations experience includes driving taxicabs in New York and Boston,
driving fixed-route buses, and managing two paratransit systems. He has developed Requests for Proposals for
private for-hire vehicle operators in many cities and was instrumental in
implementing the Taxi Access program in Baltimore. Mr. Hosen also has significant experience
in the evaluation/assessment of urban paratransit programs; he has conducted
performance reviews for paratransit systems in Austin, Baltimore, Charlotte,
Corpus Christi, Hartford, Jacksonville, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Reno, Sacramento,
Orange County, California, and other locations. Public Transit and Human Service
Transportation Coordination: Mr. Hosen has been in the forefront
of coordination since the early 1980s when he managed and coordinated a
30-county Medicaid Transportation program in Texas. Since that time he has worked on over 40
coordination projects from one or two vehicle systems in Idaho, to
coordinating paratransit in Orange County, California to managing the
development of the Texas Department of Transportation Public Transit Business
Plan. He was Project Manager for
statewide coordination efforts in Arkansas, Idaho, Texas, and Virginia, and
was involved in similar projects in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. Mr. Hosen has conducted or participated in
local coordination efforts in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida,
Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, and Virginia. In addition to his hands-on experience and
consulting, he has conducted national transit and coordination research
projects for the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP). Paratransit Technology Applications and
Procurement: Mr. Hosen
is a national leader in the application and procurement of technology for
paratransit, including paratransit software, Mobile Data Terminals and
Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL) technology.
He has assisted some of the largest systems, including those in
Austin, (TX), Orange County Transportation Authority (CA), and Baltimore’s
Maryland Transit Administration) and some of the smallest (Hunt County, TX
and Maui, HI). He recently assisted
Capital Metro (Austin, TX) in improving the performance of their technology. Mr. Hosen has developed technology
specifications and managed procurements for ten systems and two states. He has developed specifications for and
assisted in procurements for a variety of software, mobile data terminals and
AVLs. He has also participated in a
number of national research studies on the use of paratransit software and
other technologies. Development and Conducting of Training
Programs: Mr. Hosen has conducted a wide variety of
training programs in 20 states for local, state, and national
organizations. The programs he has
developed and conducted include:
Business Planning for Transit, New Funding Sources, Dispatcher
Training, Planning for Transit, Paratransit Management, Sensitivity and
Passenger Assistance training, Understanding Technology as well as other
specially tailored training classes.
Participants include managers at all levels, supervisors, planners,
dispatchers, and drivers. His training
programs are all original and draw upon actual first hand experiences at over
150 transit systems (including many taxi companies) as well as national
research. National
Transit Research and Technical Assistance:
Mr. Hosen’s national-level research
experience includes: · Principal
Investigator on TCRP Project A-21, resulting in TCRP Report 70: Guidebook for Change and Innovation at
Rural and Small Urban Transit Systems · Principal
Investigator on TCRP Project B-22A, resulting in TCRP Report 99: Embracing Change in a Changing World --
Case Studies Applying New Paradigms for Rural and Small Urban Transit Service
Delivery · Team leader on TCRP
Project B-17 (under contract to Institute for Transportation Research and
Education, North Carolina State University), resulting in TCRP Report 76: Guidebook for Selecting Appropriate
Technology Systems for Small Urban and Rural Public Transit Operators · Principal
Investigator on TCRP Project J-7 (Topic SB-13), resulting in TCRP
Synthesis 65: Transit Agency Participation in Medicaid Transportation
Programs · Participated in a
Federal Highway Administration study on transit technology. |
Education ·
M.S. Planning, The
University of Texas ·
B.A. Geography,
State University of New York at Brockport Previous Positions ·
Senior Planner,
Ecosometrics, Incorporated ·
Paratransit Manager,
Transportation Management Services, Inc. ·
Paratransit Manager,
Capital Metro, Austin, Texas ·
Medicaid
Transportation Manager, Texas Department of Human Resources ·
Driver – Taxis and
Buses: Taxi Companies in New York and Boston |
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