Steven
B. Colman, AICP
Principal
Steven B. Colman has
more than 25 years of experience in transportation planning. Mr. Colman’s work has involved travel forecasting, circulation elements of general plans, preparation of EIR/EIS transportation sections, planning of transit centers and routes, congestion management, and transportation finance. He frequently contributes to transportation projects addressing complex or controversial issues. Mr. Colman has taught or co-taught University and University Extension courses on transportation planning, demand modeling, and traffic impact analyses. He has served as a part-time instructor at San Jose State University, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in transportation planning.
As an experienced project manager of transportation planning studies, Mr. Colman’s responsibilities have included covering long- and short-range transit planning and patronage forecasting, financial analysis, transit surveys, and transit data collection and analyses. Other studies focused on park-and-ride programs, intermodal centers, light rail and heavy rail extensions, and historic trolleys.
Professional Societies
American Planning Association
American Inst. of Certified Planners
Institute of Transportation Engineers (Fellow)
Transportation Research Board
Professional Experience
Transportation Modeling and Systems. Mr. Colman
frequently acts as principal-in-charge of modeling studies, providing
the necessary management and strategic expertise in developing inputs
to and interpreting outputs from the model. He is experienced with
several different transportation model environments, including UTPS,
TRANPLAN, EMME/2, MINUTP and QRS-II. Mr. Colman served as project
manager for Contra Costa County Multi-Modal Modeling System study
and a subarea model for the eastern county, and Sonoma County General
Plan/Transportation Element Update. He served also as project advisor
for the City of Palmdale Traffic Model where he analyzed traffic
impacts of growth and bypass alternatives for Trinity County and
for Highway 12 Corridor Study in Santa Rosa.
Transit. As an experienced project manager of
transit studies, Mr. Colman’s responsibilities have included
long- and short-range transit planning and patronage forecasting,
financial analysis, transit surveys, and transit data collection.
Mr. Colman’s projects have included the BART Access Improvement
Plan, the West Oakland Amtrak Kirkham Street Maintenance Facility
Environmental Studies, the Caltrans ITMS Study, the BART Fruitvale
Station Parking Improvements EIR and Transit Village, the Caltrans
Demand Forecasting Model for Park-and-Ride Lots, a Comprehensive
Service Plan (CSP) update for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation
Authority (VTA), the BART extension studies in West Contra Costa
County, HALI-2000 (Honolulu) long-range transportation plan, California
Transportation Commission, MTC Schedule Improvement Coordination
Project, AC Transit schedule reliability, and an analysis of an
on-board passenger survey in the Fremont-Newark area and Historic
trolley studies in Tucson and San Diego.
Transportation Planning. Mr. Colman was principal in charge for
Dowling Associates’ work in preparing the Oakland General
Plan Transportation Update in 1996-98. He helped prepare Congestion
Management Programs in California, contributed to CMPs for San Joaquin,
Marin, and Placer Counties, and he was responsible for most or all
of the first (1991) CMP’s in Alameda and Sonoma Counties.
Traffic Impact Studies. Mr. Colman was project
manager for numerous studies of traffic impacts of new developments,
road improvements, and financing. He evaluated traffic impacts and
cost allocations for multi-project developments in Foster City,
South Poway (San Diego County) Master Plan change, Solano Garden
Apartments, and a major high-tech office/manufacturing facility
in South San Jose. Mr. Colman has also performed traffic studies
for several major medical centers, including Kaiser/Redwood City
and San Francisco General Hospital.
Economics. As project economist, Mr. Colman prepared
cost/benefit analysis of alternatives for both the Sacramento and
Guadalupe Corridor AA/DEIS studies. He developed transportation
financing analysis for a 36-square-mile “new town” in
San Diego County and he worked on traffic impact fees for Fremont
and Avila. Additionally, Mr. Colman assisted Sonoma County with
production of Transportation Expenditure Plan for sales tax election.
Mr. Colman served as assistant project manager for the Honolulu
Road Pricing Study and as project manager for the free-fare evaluation
studies in Seattle and Portland. He was also involved in other fare
studies of AC Transit and the Southern Pacific (CalTrain) commuter
rail services. Mr. Colman also served as project manager for taxicab
deregulation studies in Seattle, Portland, and San Diego.
Parking. Mr. Colman developed parking requirements
for Korean Trade Center, Seoul, South Korea, for proposed project
in support of 1988 Summer Olympics. He was Project planner for Anchorage
Parking and Circulation Study and he prepared financial feasibility
analysis of new doctor/patient parking garage at St. Mary’s
Hospital, San Francisco. Other parking studies include: Kaiser Hospital
(Redwood City); UCSF Laurel Heights Campus, Santa Rosa Memorial
Hospital; and Santa Rosa Downtown Parking Master Plan.
Computer Systems/Data Collection. Mr. Colman was
assistant project manager of MUNI Data Collection Study and he served
as project analyst for numerous transit survey projects, including
AC Transit (District II Survey), Golden Gate Transit User Residency
Survey, Los Angeles 7th Street Concourse Pedestrian Study, Caltrans
Social Service Agency Transportation Insurance Study, Simi Valley
Transit, Concourse Pedestrian Study, Caltrans Social Service Agency
Transportation Insurance Study, Simi Valley Transit, and others.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, University of California, San Diego
Master of Science, Transportation Engineering Science, University
of California, Berkeley
UTPS Training Course, Portland, Oregon
Special Assessment District Procedures and Financing, Institute
of Transportation Studies
Publications
A Survey and Analysis of Transportation Demand Management Experience
in the U.S., coauthor with Seebeck, et. al., Compendium of Papers,
ITE Annual Meeting, San Diego, 1989.
Traffic Planning for Seismic Emergencies, with Jerry Robbins, et.
al., Compendium of Papers, ITE District 6 Annual Meeting, Boise,
ID, 1990.
Transportation Sales Taxes - The California Experience, with Bonnie
W. Nelson, Compendium of Papers, ITE District 6 Annual Meeting,
Anaheim, CA., 1991.
California's Experience with Congestion Management Programs, with
Dennis Fay, Jose Moscovich, Tom Bordeaux. Compendium of Papers,
ITE Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI., 1991.
Short Range Planning for Transit Oriented Developments, with Jarrett
Walker and Bonnie Nelson. Presented at 1994 ITE District 6 Meeting,
Portland, OR.
Assessing Arterial Level of Service for Congestion Management Programs:
A User’s Perspective, Compendium of Papers, Institute of Transportation
Engineers International Meeting, LaJolla, CA., 1994.
Application of Siting and Demand Estimation Model to Coordinate
Park-and-Ride/HOV Facility Planning, with William E. Hurrell and
Alice Sgourakis, presented at the 7th International High Occupancy
Vehicle Facility Conference, Los Angeles, June 1994.
An Experiment in Sub-Regional Planning: California’s Congestion
Management Policy, UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies
Working Paper 95-7, 1995.
An Appraisal of Institutional and Technical Issues Related to Congestion
Management Agencies in California, Washington DC, presented at the
74th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January
1995, Paper No. 950620.
Effects of Increased Highway Capacity: Results of A Household Travel
Behavior Survey, Washington DC: Transportation Research Boarding,
Transportation Research Record #1493 (1995).
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