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KFH
Group Staff Reyes Barboza Jr Transportation
Planner Reyes Barboza Jr is a transportation
planner with almost 10 years of experience in transit planning and policy
development, program management, and land use regulation. This experience includes projects that are
local, regional, state, and federal in scope.
He has conducted rural, intercity, and urban transit assessments:
performance assessments, identifying need for transit, developing and
evaluating alternative options, capital budgeting, data reporting and
monitoring, and land use impact analysis.
Mr. Barboza has also managed projects and programs, and conducted
presentations in Spanish when necessary. Selected Experience Local Transit (Rural and Urban) and
Paratransit Planning and Analysis: Mr. Barboza has conducted transit planning
studies, urban and rural, throughout the United States. These studies include comprehensive system
analysis, demographic and land use analysis, development of a multi-year
implementation plan, capital and operating budgeting, and regional
coordination analysis. These studies
also include a component to assess and develop strategies for specialized
transit services. In the past, Mr.
Barboza has conducted preliminary investigations and assessments for projects
for consideration of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) New Starts
Program. In this regard he developed
documentation to satisfy federal program reporting requirements: project area
definition, road network and land-use analysis, demographic (Census)
analysis, development of potential alignments and respective costs, proposed
route travel times and identification of associated environmental
impacts. Mr. Barboza also volunteers,
on behalf of the KFH Group, general transit knowledge as a member of the
Health Transportation Network Initiative in the rural Eastern Shore of
Maryland. In this regard, he assists
the collaborative in identifying methods for developing a stronger bond
between health transportation needs and the available transportation
services. Intercity Bus Planning & Research: Mr.
Barboza has worked on intercity bus projects across the nation, and has
served as assistant project manager on several efforts. These comprehensive analyses range in scope
from route-level planning assessments to industry policy studies. The statewide assessments of intercity
transit need include: assessment of existing services, service and facility
needs, program design, intermodal connectivity and funding. In this respect, Mr. Barboza has conducted
assessments in California, Washington State, and, recently, Maryland. He also
offered assistance in reviewing policy and guidance documentation for Utah and
Minnesota. As for national research projects,
Mr. Barboza served as Assistant Project Manager in efforts to identify the
current state of the rural intercity bus program, USC Section 5311(f), as
implemented by each State DOT and the development of an estimation of demand
for rural transit services toolkit.
These efforts required an analysis of existing state and federal
policies, extensive data collection and contact with state and local
stakeholders across the country, inventory of all existing services,
performance assessments, demographic analysis, and the development of program
improvement strategies or program documents to assist with implement the
Section 5311(f) program. State Program Management and Development: Mr. Barboza, as acting Regional Planner for
the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), has provided program guidance to
rural and small urban transit systems across the state. These systems were assisted to address all
state and federal requirements for public transportation funding programs
administered by the MTA: FTA Sections 5307, 5310, and 5311; and Job Access
Reverse Commute (JARC); and other state-funded operating and capital
programs. Specifically, he validates
operating and capital data submitted by the grantees, responds to program
inquiries, evaluates the annual application for state and federal financial
assistance submitted by the grantees, provides oversight for significant
capital projects, and maintains project cash-flow information. For significant capital investments, he
assists the grantees in meeting and documenting all related state and federal
procurement procedures. Mr. Barboza is
also developing program management and solicitation documentation and
procedures in preparation for the MTA to implement the 49 USC Section 5311(f)
– Intercity Bus Program. His efforts
in the Maryland statewide rural intercity bus needs assessment resulted in a
recommendation for the MTA to implement the Section 5311(f) program. In this respect, Mr. Barboza has taken the
lead in a process that began with an assessment of existing intercity bus
conditions and will soon become another program administered by the MTA. Federal Reporting - American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA): With the enactment of the ARRA, Mr. Barboza,
as the acting Regional Planner, also assists recipients of these federal
funds to satisfy reporting requirements.
He maintains project budget information, coordinates efforts with
grant recipients, provides updates to other MTA staff, and assists recipients
in addressing all required procurement criteria. Organization Assessments: Mr.
Barboza is contributing to an assessment of an existing organizational
structure responsible for regional transit services. There are multiple jurisdictions
participating in supporting these services.
This assessment only involves one jurisdiction and its intent to
understand the benefits of maintaining the existing structure or adopting an
alternative structure. The provision
of these services involves several entities – the local jurisdiction, the
contract manager, and the operator of services. In this project, Mr. Barboza conducted a
thorough review of the existing contractual arrangement, interviewed staff at
each entity, interviewed staff at peer agencies, researched other
organizations across the nation, and developed cost estimates for alternative
structures/contractual arrangements.
In addition, a component of most transit service assessments is a
review of the existing organizational structure, and an opportunity to
suggest improvements. Data Collection, Research, and Analysis: Mr. Barboza has provided data collection,
survey analysis, literature reviews, and other research assistance for
numerous projects and reports. Data
Collection efforts have supported transit system performance analyses, development
of alternatives, development of performance indicators, and development of
state and federal policy. Areas of
industry research include: intercity bus services; state program management;
employee compensation, recruiting, hiring, and retention practices;
alternative funding sources (local match); and current practices in safety
and security for public transit systems.
Mr. Barboza has used Traffix software to validate traffic forecasts of
a road improvement project and assess associated impacts of project traffic
growth on the surrounding road network. Facilities and Procurement: Mr.
Barboza has developed documentation associated with a Request for Proposal
for regional public transportation services.
He identified all existing contract clauses, newly enacted
county/state/federal regulations, described all existing assets and services,
and developed service requirements.
For the MTA, he compiled capital facility documentation in preparation
for the MTA’s Triennial Review. He
compiled project files that included all documentation for compliance with
state and federal procurement procedures – project description, outreach
efforts, budget, and, if necessary, addressing environmental impacts. Currently, Mr. Barboza is assisting several
jurisdictions in developing bid documents for facilities and ensuring
compliance with MTA/FTA procurement procedures. Land Use Regulation: Mr.
Barboza administered the Williamson Act Program, a statewide agricultural
land preservation program, in Fresno County, California and processed a
diversity of land use applications. He
developed documentation to streamline the land use permit process, educate
the public, and manage the relationship between the administration of the
program and the overall goals of the Fresno County General Plan. In this capacity, he also conducted
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) analyses to identify
environmental impacts of land use proposals, and determine mitigating
measures. Significant land use
proposals required cooperation with other local, regional, state, and, in
some cases, federal agencies. Mr.
Barboza also assisted in two land use research projects: 1) increased
accessibility and promote tourism to the city and surrounding natural
environment by improving rail service and local transit (Egg Harbor City,
NJ); and 2) developed a comprehensive land use strategy to promote the
development of high-density mixed-use community centers thereby reducing
impacts associated with sprawl development (City of Pacifica, CA). National Transit Research and Technical
Assistance: Mr. Barboza’s
national-level project experience includes: · TCRP Project B-37: Estimation
of Demand for Rural Intercity Bus Services (underway) · TCRP Project B-15,
resulting in TCRP
Report 73: Characteristics of Urban
Travel Demand |
Education ·
M.C.P.
Transportation Planning, University of Pennsylvania ·
B.A. Urban Studies,
Stanford University Previous Positions ·
Planning and
Resource Analyst, County of Fresno, California ·
Project Associate,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Dominican Republic ·
Transportation
Planner, STV, Inc. ·
Transportation
Planning / Management Intern, Cambridge Systematics, Inc. ·
Transportation
Planner / Engineer Intern, City of Menlo Park, California Affiliations ·
American Public
Transportation Association, Member, Legislative Committee |
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