Joseph R. Holland, P.E.
Principal

Mr. Holland is a licensed Traffic Engineer. He has over 32 years of experience in the fields of traffic engineering and transportation planning. He has conducted environmental assessments on numerous development projects. He has prepared the Circulation Elements for many cities and regional agencies. Between 1989 and 1994 he was a transportation planner with the City of Modesto. In this capacity, he gained extensive experience with public agency policy implementation, capital improvement programming, and project financing.

Professional Registration
Traffic Engineer -California

Professional Societies
Institute of Transportation Engineers (President, Northern California Section 1982 - 1983)
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society)

Professional Experience

Traffic Engineering - Mr. Holland has prepared numerous traffic improvement measures studies, feasibility studies, preliminary traffic facilities design studies, and speed surveys. He has prepared numerous intersection and roadway capacity analyses, and improvement recommendations. He was part of the consultant team that prepared the McHenry Avenue Corridor Analysis for San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties. He also assisted in preparation of the SR88 Lockeford Bypass Feasibility Study for San Joaquin County and the Mid-County Transportation PSR for StanCOG in Stanislaus County.

Traffic Impact Studies - Mr. Holland has prepared traffic impact studies for various development types including: residential subdivisions; schools; hotels; commercial, office and industrial projects; government office projects; theater complexes; conference centers; mining projects; military base reuse projects; freeway interchange projects; park and ride lots; dairies; churches and others. As transportation planner for the City of Modesto, he reviewed and directed numerous traffic impact studies and translated their findings into specific mitigation measures to be implemented with development of the projects. He has prepared numerous traffic impact analyses for projects in urban and rural portions of San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, and Fresno Counties, and elsewhere. He is proficient in the use of the TRAFFIX computer program for traffic impact analysis and has assisted in its development and enhancement. He has provided On-Call traffic analysis services to San Joaquin County and the City of Sacramento.

Transportation Demand Models – Mr. Holland is familiar with the traffic forecasting models for Fresno County, Kern County, Merced County, San Joaquin County, Sacramento County, Stanislaus County, Amador County and has used them in project work. As transportation planner for the City of Modesto, he maintained the City of Modesto traffic model and the StanCOG traffic model. He has prepared both daily and peak hour traffic models. He is proficient in TP-Plus/Viper, TRANPLAN and MINUTP transportation modeling systems, and he has provided training for public agency staff in modeling procedures.

Transportation Planning - As a consultant, Mr. Holland prepared development reviews, traffic projections, impact and mitigation assessments, and circulation plans for individual developments and specific plans. As transportation planner for the City of Modesto, he participated actively in all phases of project, specific plan, and general plan transportation planning. He prepared the traffic forecasts for the Campus Parkway facility to connect State Route 99 with the UC Campus Community Complex in Merced.

Development Fee Programs - Mr. Holland was responsible for development of a fee program for Sacramento County to fund projected roadway needs at future development levels. He assisted in the preparation and management of City of Modesto Capital Facilities Fee program. He prepared an update of the San Joaquin County Traffic Impact Mitigation Fee program. He was the project manager for the 1999 Update of the City of Livermore Traffic Impact Fee Program.

Traffic Simulation - Mr. Holland is proficient in traffic simulation analysis using the CORSIM and Partamics software packages. He has analyzed roadway systems involving numerous signalized and unsignalized intersections, state highway interchanges, single point urban interchanges (SPUI), arterial corridors, freeway corridors, downtown street systems and freeway ramps, roundabouts, and feasibility of a signalized driveways. He is a Certified Paramics Trainer, having completed the Advanced Paramics Training course in Edinburgh, Scotland, September, 2001. He also assisted in the preparation of the Caltrans Microsimulation Applications Course Syllabus.

Education
B.S., Electrical Engineering - University of California, Davis, 1971