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JOSÉ I. FARRÁN Adavant Principal Consulting EDUCATION B.S./Civil Engineering/Polytechnical As a registered professional engineer, Mr. Farrán has directed many transportation planning University of Barcelona, Spain – 1984 studies, in San Francisco, including complex evaluation of multi-modal projects. Mr. Farrán has M.E./Transportation Engineering/ managed traffic, transit and parking studies for hospital and medical facilities, residential, office University of California, Berkeley – 1986 and commercial projects, many of which required the preparation of complex transportation plans with extensive coordination with public agencies, transit service providers, transportation REGISTRATIONS departments, neighborhoods groups and decision-makers. Mr. Farrán has been involved in the Registered Civil Engineer: California (1995) C54109/ Spain (1984) planning and analysis of transportation projects in the Mission Bay area for the past 18 years. Registered Traffic Engineer: Mr. Farrán has prepared presentations and delivered discussions for the Institute of California (1987) TR1484 Transportation Engineers, the Transportation Research Board, U.C. Berkeley, the American TECHNICAL SPECIALTIES Public Transportation Association, the Union International des Transports Publiques, the Transportation Planning American Society of Civil Engineers, and the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Traffic Engineering, Traffic Safety, Center. Mr. Farrán is a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers Transportation Travel Demand Forecasting, Safety Council. His relevant project experience includes: Streetcar operations Event Center and Mixed-use Development at Mission Bay Blocks 29-32, San PROFESSIONAL Francisco, CA – Currently conducting the transportation analyses for a proposed mixed- MEMBERSHIPS use development, including a sports arena for the Golden State Warriors, to be located in American Society of Civil Engineers, the Mission Bay South area of the San Francisco waterfront. The work includes an Institute of Transportation Engineers, assessment of the project travel demand for sport and non-sporting events, future traffic ITE Transportation Safety Council, and transit conditions, the analysis of future parking demand and supply, a study of San Francisco Planning and vehicular access, and an assessment of bicycle and pedestrian traffic flows around the site. Urban Research Association, Transportation Research Board San Francisco Giants Development of Seawall of 337 / Mission Rock Project, San Francisco, CA - Currently developing an approach and quantifying estimates for the travel PROFESSIONAL demand associated with the proposed mixed use development of Seawall Lot 337 and Pier EXPERIENCE 48, under the Port’s jurisdiction and adjacent to the SF Giants Ballpark, into a mixed-use 2006 to Present project with about 1,200 residential units, 1,500,000 gsf of office, 250,000 gsf of retail, and Adavant Consulting Principal about six acres of open space, all located adjacent to light rail. The work includes the development of mode of travel and trip origin/destination distribution assumptions for the 1997 to 2006 project, as well as the estimation of the number of internal and linked person trips that Wilbur Smith Associates would occur within the project site. The effort also includes the development of a plan to Principal Transportation Engineer optimize the management of parking supply on baseball game days 1993 to 1997 The 34th America’s Cup and JRH Cruise Terminal Project EIR and EA, San Francisco, Korve Engineering CA – Leader for the transportation assessment of the 34th America’s Cup, a series of Senior Transportation Engineer international sailing races hosted by the City and County of San Francisco in 2012 and 1990 to 1993 2013, in combination with the construction of the James R Herman Cruise Terminal at Piers Advanced Logistics Group 27/29. As part of the study, was responsible for the development of travel demand Senior Project Manager estimates for such unique uses as the race spectators and cruise ship activities. Using the 1986 to 1990 travel demand forecasting model developed by the SFCTA, developed future traffic DKS Associates conditions on the waterfront and assessed the potential impacts caused by traffic being Transportation Engineer, diverted to other locations due to planned street closures. In addition, assisted the SFMTA Project Manager in the development of a multi-modal transportation management plan to be implemented during race events. AWARDS Fulbright scholar University of California Long Range Development Plan, San Francisco, CA – Assisted 100 Catalans of the World UCSF in the development and evaluation of their Long Range Development Plan for their (La Vanguardia, 2009) four major medical and research sites in San Francisco, which includes a major expansion of the Mission Bay campus site over the next 25 years. The work included the development JOSÉ I. FARRÁN Adavant Principal Consulting of travel demand estimates for each campus, including automobiles, public transit, shuttle PUBLICATIONS AND buses, pedestrians, and bicycles, as well as the estimation of future service and freight PRESENTATIONS vehicle parking. In addition, developed future cumulative travel demand forecasts for each Light Rail Transit in the US and Abroad – campus based on model outputs prepared by the SFCTA for the SF Planning Department. Examination of History and Innovations, Mission Bay Public Safety Building, San Francisco, CA – Leader of a transportation Encyclopedia of Sustainability, Science assessment for a new 265,000 gross square foot complex that includes a police station, and Technology, Springer-Verlag, New police headquarters and a fire station to be built in the Mission Bay South Area. The York, September 2012 transportation studies were conducted in support of CEQA documentation and in One Year of Bike-Sharing in Barcelona, compliance with Planning Department's Guidelines evaluate whether the existing Presentation at the Civic Cycle!, San transportation and circulation context and the proposed project were consistent with the Francisco, California, May 2008. assumptions in the Mission Bay SFEIR and other relevant environmental studies that had Evolution of Light Rail Transit in the been conducted in the area. Further analysis included the development of a turning United States – A 25-year Perspective, movement template for a SFFD fire apparatus based on field measures and observations of Transportation Research Board, 87th an actual vehicle, the evaluation of ingress/egress of fire vehicles and apparatus from the Annual Meeting, Washington DC, proposed station, and the identification of potential modifications to the configuration of January 2008. Mission Rock Street to better serve the proposed fire station and adjacent uses. Bike Sharing in Barcelona, Presentation UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA – Directed the transportation to the San Francisco Planning and Urban engineering and planning efforts for the proposed UCSF Medical Center to be located in the Research Association, San Francisco, Mission Bay South Area of San Francisco. The work included an assessment of future California, November 2007. traffic conditions, including changes in delay and level of service, the analysis of future Leisure and Tourism in San Francisco – parking demand using parking demand models developed as part of the UCSF LRDP The Transportation Perspective; Amendment #2 EIR, which were then adjusted and modified to reflect changes in future Presentation at the Catalunya-California land uses, a study vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic flows around and within site, Summit, Sitges (Barcelona), Spain, including connections for easier visitor/patient movement, and the analysis of changes to March 2007. the street cross-sections at Owens, Mariposa and Fourth Streets. From Low-tech to Bio-tech: Changes Mission Bay Construction Traffic Management Program, San Francisco, CA – Project ahead on the San Francisco Waterfront; director for the preparation of a comprehensive construction traffic management program Presentation at the World Town Planning Day, Sitges (Barcelona), Spain, for the Mission Bay area undertaken by the master developer in cooperation with the City of November 2005. San Francisco to coordinate the construction work being carried out by private and public entities – Catellus, SFMTA, Public Works Department, SF Planning Department and Muni – Where Eagles Nest – High Speed Rail as well as their respective contractors. The implementation of the Mission Bay project Stations in Spain, Presentation to the San required that activities such as roadway work, utilities relocation, materials testing, and Francisco Planning and Urban Research surveys be performed on or adjacent to public streets in the area. In addition, the Third Association, San Francisco, California, March 2005. Street Light Rail project extension from King Street to Bayshore was also under construction, concurrently, for a three-year period. San Francisco’s Mission Bay Five Years Later: How to Coordinate Land The Exploratorium Relocation Project, San Francisco, CA – Assisted the Exploratorium Development and Transportation, and its development partners in the evaluation of traffic, transit, parking and pedestrian Institute of Transportation Engineers, circulation and access to Piers 15/17, along The Embarcadero, on San Francisco's District 6 Annual Meeting, Compendium waterfront. The analysis included an assessment of future cumulative