Spain
I am currently working as a freelance Transport Planner / Economist. I have a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil with Honours) and an MSc in Economic Analysis. I have worked internationally in over 13 countries including Australia, the U.K., South Africa, Turkey and India during more than 20 years. I have a broad range of experience specialising in technical and economic project appraisal and feasibility, public transport and multimodal transport planning, Bus Rapid Transit, all aspects of transport modelling (specification, matrix building, demand, choice, assignment), bespoke modelling, demand and revenue forecasting, traffic engineering, cost benefit analysis and business case development. I have filled various roles from project manager and technical team leader to individual consultant for clients including the World Bank, Asia Development Bank, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development as well as local and national governments and the private sector. While having worked in numerous facets of transport planning and design, I have particular interest in using my experience to solve transport and logistics problems in both urban and regional/national settings within the context of increasing demands on scarce resources. Crucially this requires the efficient use of space and resources in a manner that creates more liveable and sustainable (environmentally, economically, socially, financially) cities while understanding and being able to quantify the benefits and impacts of transport policy and infrastructure interventions on all stakeholders.
Currently working freelance on international transport planning projects.
Technical and economics lead on a series of high profile transport infrastructure business cases in Essex, UK. A120 Project Transport and economic appraisal to identify a preferred scheme/solution for the A120 Braintree to A12 project. This included specification, application and management of all transport planning and economic appraisal following Highways England's PCF process from Stage 0 through Stage 2. Specific tasks included all aspects of transport model specification and development (SATURN and DIADEM); identification of the corridor problems and underlying causes; options development, assessment and sifting; public consultation; standard economic appraisal using TUBA and COBALT as well as bespoke application of DfT guidance on journey time reliability benefits and wider economic impacts; and liaison with clients and TAME/TPG. Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) Bids Technical and economics lead on successful HIF bids (over £200 million) for Essex County Council. Key tasks involved development of the business case and the bespoke economic-financial-viability model for securing funding to implement the transport infrastructure required to unlock housing across the county.
Development of an excel/visual basic random sample generation tool for a parking model in Toronto, Canada.
The project consisted of the design and implementation of a formalised, integrated public transport system including Bus Rapid Transit, more coventional buses and non-motorised modes in Rustenburg, South Africa. My responsibilities included the revision and optimisation of the public transport network including BRT routes, selection of the most appropriate vehicle fleet types via multi-criteria analysis, assessment of system operational design and fleet size, assessment and design of station requirements and CBD infrastructure requirements, development of demand and revenue forecasts under various risk scenarios and the preparation of the fare policy.
Completed a two year MSc in Economic Analysis via PhD classes specialising in econometric and mathematical modelling in addition to time series, growth, labour, macroeconomic and trade models. More specifically, the key foci were on the design and estimation of econometric models within the context of establishing causality. These included linear regression models, non-linear models such as logit and probit with extensions to random utility models, models with censoring, truncation and sample selection complications (tobit), and panel data modelling techniques.