Zachary S. Fesperman
Transportation Planner, Regional planning agencies
Nashville, TN · (415) 555 0155 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/zacharysfesperman
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Seven years in regional transportation planning, five at a metropolitan planning organization
INDUSTRIES
Regional planning agencies, transportation consulting, county public works
SPECIALTIES
Travel demand modeling, corridor studies, transportation improvement program scoring, public involvement
SYSTEMS
TransCAD, ArcGIS Pro, Synchro, Streetlight Data, Microsoft Excel, Tableau
CREDENTIALS
American Institute of Certified Planners, member of the American Planning Association
EDUCATION
Master of Science in city and regional planning, University of Memphis
Executive Summary
Transportation planner with seven years in middle Tennessee, five of them inside a metropolitan planning organization. Maintains the regional travel demand model, scores projects for the transportation improvement program and writes the corridor studies that decide where construction money goes. Comfortable in a crowded public meeting and comfortable defending a level of service finding to a county engineer.
Signature Achievements
- Rebuilt the trip distribution step of the regional travel demand model and cut base year screenline validation error from eleven percent to four percent.
- Wrote a corridor study for an eight mile arterial that moved level of service at six intersections from E to C and secured nineteen million dollars in construction funding.
- Scored one hundred forty candidate projects for the transportation improvement program using a framework the policy board adopted without amendment.
- Led fourteen public meetings on the long range plan and raised written comment volume from ninety responses to more than eight hundred.
- Delivered a safety analysis of thirty two high crash intersections that shaped a six million dollar funding application.
Professional Experience
Transportation Planner
Cumberland Regional Planning Commission, Nashville, TN 2021 to present
Planning staff for a metropolitan planning organization covering seven counties
- Maintain and validate the regional travel demand model and run forecasts requested by member jurisdictions.
- Write corridor studies covering traffic operations, level of service, crash history and right of way constraints.
- Administer the transportation improvement program including project scoring, amendments and obligation tracking.
- Coordinate with the state department of transportation and the Federal Highway Administration on planning requirements.
Assistant Transportation Planner
Harpeth Transportation Consulting, Franklin, TN 2019 to 2021
Consulting support on county and municipal transportation studies across middle Tennessee
- Collected and analyzed turning movement counts and travel time runs for arterial operations studies.
- Drafted existing conditions chapters covering crash data, transit service and sidewalk inventory.
- Produced maps and exhibits in ArcGIS Pro for client presentations and plan updates.
Licensure and Certification
Certified planner, American Institute of Certified Planners
Member, American Planning Association
Education
Master of Science in city and regional planning, University of Memphis
Bachelor of Arts in geography, Tennessee State University
Core Skills
Travel demand modeling · Corridor studies · Level of service analysis · Transportation improvement program administration · Geographic information systems · Crash data analysis · Public involvement · Federal planning requirements