Margarita Y.

Founder at The Republic of Design, Inc.

Netherlands

About

Drawing from over 10 years of local and international experience, as well as both from the public and private sectors, Margarita adds a design approach to mobility strategies to help shape accessible and equitable places. Cities and the built environment, as a uniquely human construct, should be designed intuitively with the end user in mind: people. Margarita advises cities and organisations on the integral role that bicycles and policymaking play in the transformation of life in urban centres.

Experience

  • Founder at The Republic of Design, Inc.
    Aug 2016 - Present · 10 yrs

    Bicycle Urbanism, Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, Mobility Studies, GIS, Wayfinding Signage, Graphic Design, Branding, Web Design, Marketing, & Photography

  • Urban Mobility Planner at Loendersloot Groep
    Apr 2019 - Jan 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Projectmedewerker

  • Masters Student and Junior Researcher at University of Amsterdam
    Aug 2017 - Aug 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Working with Meredith Glaser and Marco te Brömmelstroet at the Urban Cycling Institute on cycling research

  • Bicycle Pedestrian Mobility Coordinator at City of Delray Beach
    Oct 2016 - Aug 2017 · 11 mos

    - Program Manager for transportation projects in the City focusing on bicycle and pedestrian mobility, such as the Complete Streets policy, bikeshare program, Bicycle Pedestrian Master Plan, updates to the transportation element of the Comprehensive Plan, and an ADA Implementation Study - Designed and successfully won $7M in grants and programmed them into the Capital Improvement Plan - Bike/Ped Program and Complete Streets presentations to city staff, residents, organisations, and advisory committees. Worked additionally with the Palm Beach County Transportation Planning Agency (TPA) on guidelines for their Complete Streets handbook - Attended Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) meetings and various workshops - Attended the Institute for Transportation Engineers Conference in West Palm Beach, FL, the National Bike Summit in Washington DC, the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) 25 conference in Seattle, Washington, and the Safe Streets Summit in Sunrise, FL

  • Art Director at WGI Creative Services
    Nov 2013 - Jul 2016 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Worked to grow the in-house marketing and design capabilities of the firm for internal needs and client needs.