Michael N. Aronson, P.E.
Principal
Michael Aronson has over 20 years of experience in all aspects
of transportation planning and traffic operations analysis. He specializes
in producing consistent and defensible results from complex transportation
planning processes, and clearly explaining those results in presentations
and training programs.
Professional Registration
Civil Engineer - California
Professional Societies & Associations
Institute of Transportation Engineers
Women’s Transportation Seminar
Professional Experience
General and Specific Plans – He was project manager for circulation
elements of General Plan Amendment and Specific Plan studies for
Menlo Park, Danville, Mountain View Whisman Area Plan, Douglas County
(Nevada), Santa Nella (Merced County), Eastern Dublin, West Sacramento
Triangle, Dougherty Valley (San Ramon), and North Concord Annexation.
He managed the Mobility Study for the Menlo Park Smart Growth program
and the subsequent Land Use and Circulation Study, including extensive
survey research, alternatives analysis, and facilitation at presentations
and public workshops. Mr. Aronson was project manager for the Mountain
View citywide model development and traffic forecasts. He developed
citywide traffic forecasts and circulation requirements for General
Plan studies in San Ramon, Fairfield, Morgan Hill, Woodland, and
Redlands.
Alternatives Analysis/Corridor Studies –
Mr. Aronson managed travel forecasting and traffic operations tasks
for the Santa Clara VTA Southern Gateway Study, Santa Clara County
Expressway Study, and the Route 4 Major Investment Study in Pittsburg
and Antioch, which included local revalidation and application of
the MTC model to forecast ridership for BART extension alternatives.
He was also project manager for State Route 152 corridor traffic
forecasts for Caltrans, which evaluated 30 different combinations
of roadway alignments and development patterns. He managed travel
forecasting for the Caltrans Route 102 Initial Feasibility Study
in the Sacramento area and was project engineer for the SACOG US
50 HOV Study, the SACOG/MTC I-80 Corridor Study, and the I-280 Transfer
Concept Program in San Francisco.
Travel Demand Models - He developed and adapted
numerous travel forecasting computer models for local and regional
areas. Software packages include Cube/TP+/Viper, MINUTP, EMME/2,
TRANPLAN, TMODEL and TRAFFIX. He is managing the development of
the Mountain View model using Cube/TP+ and based on the MTC model
framework. He managed the 2000 to 2003 updates of the Fresno County
TP+ model to include mode choice and was technical manager for many
portions of the California Statewide Model using TP+ (2002). Mr.
Aronson has provided technical inputs on survey analysis and travel
demand for the AMBAG TransCAD model and on network coding and capacity
procedures for the Santa Barabara TransCAD model (2001-2003). MINUTP
models include development of the San Joaquin County regional mode
choice model (1993); update and expansion of the AMBAG regional
model to include Santa Clara County (1996 to 2000); Fresno County
(1994); Tulare County (1995); Sacramento multi-modal regional model
for Regional Transit and SACOG (1989 to 1994); and the cities of
Mountain View (1991), Morgan Hill (1998), Woodland (1988) and San
Luis Obispo (1990). TRANPLAN models include update and enhancement
of the Santa Clara County model (1998), replication of the MTC model
for the BART Livermore-Pleasanton extension (1989); Douglas County,
Nevada (1993); and the cities of Sunnyvale (2002), Menlo Park (1999),
Morgan Hill (1988), San Ramon (1991), Dublin (1990), Fairfield (1987),
Redlands (1994), Santa Clarita (1993), Lancaster (1993) and Palmdale
(1994). He adapted regional EMME/2 models to provide local detail
in South San Francisco (1999), Danville (1998), Oakland (1999) and
east Contra Costa County (1998). Mr. Aronson developed TMODEL applications
for the City of Campbell (1992) and San Luis Obispo County (1989).
Training Programs - Mr. Aronson developed and
led training programs in travel forecasting, forecasting software,
traffic impact analysis and computer basics. Clients include Caltrans
Headquarters and Districts 2, 3, 4 and 6; Oregon Department of Transportation;
Sacramento Regional Transit; Bay Area Air Quality Management District;
Council of Fresno County Governments; Calaveras County, Tulare County,
El Dorado County; researchers at the University of California, Davis;
and city staff in Mountain View, San Luis Obispo, Campbell, Salinas
and Suisun City. He prepared detailed step-by-step user manuals
and provided on-call consultation.
Transit - Mr. Aronson managed ridership forecasting
tasks for automated guideway transit and bus connections between
BART and the Oakland Airport, including development of a focused
mode choice model that was reviewed by FTA. He developed and applied
a focused mode choice model to evaluate transit access alternatives
for San Jose International Airport, including automated guideway
transit and BART extensions. He also developed a ridership forecasting
methodology for “Smart Shuttles” for the Southern California
Association of Governments (SCAG) based on the updated SCAG mode
choice model. He managed travel forecasting for the Sacramento Regional
Transit Auburn-Greenback light-rail extension study. He was also
project engineer for patronage, revenue and operation cost analyses
for several studies for the Livermore-Pleasanton BART extension
and for San Francisco MUNI bus service extensions to Mission Bay.
Mr. Aronson developed patronage estimates for the extension of Caltrain
commuter rail service to downtown San Francisco and for the MUNI
Metro extension to China Basin.
Traffic Operations - Task manager for freeway corridor
operations analysis of I-238, I-580, and I-880 in Alameda County
using Caltrans Newman methods. He managed technical work for a study
of light rail signal prioritization for The Embarcadero in San Francisco.
He evaluated signal coordination strategies for closely spaced intersections
at several freeway interchanges using TRANSYT-7F and Synchro. Mr.
Aronson also developed spreadsheet-based tools for several intersection
capacity analysis methods.
Development Master Plans - He was project manager
for circulation and master plan studies for the West Sacramento
Triangle, Children's Hospital in Oakland and Chevron Park in San
Ramon. He was project engineer for extensive access, circulation
and impact studies of Mission Bay in San Francisco and Kaiser Center
in Oakland. The Master Plan work included site planning; evaluation
of master plan alternatives; traffic and transit forecasts; and
preparation of Environmental Impact Report (EIR) material.
Surveys – He conducted extensive analysis
of home interview surveys from the 2001 and 1991 Statewide Travel
Surveys and the United States Census for the Caltrans Statewide
Model and model development studies in Fresno County and Tulare
County. As project manager for the Menlo Park Smart Growth Mobility
study, Mr. Aronson managed and analyzed pedestrian interview surveys,
vehicle intercept surveys, telephone interview surveys, and detailed
two-day household activity travel diary surveys. He also served
as project manager for the Santa Clara County 1996 CMP Monitoring
report, including extensive analysis of floating car travel time
survey data on all county freeways, and the Alameda County 1998
and 2000 CMP Monitoring studies. He managed analysis of origin-destination
surveys from 40 roadside locations for the Oregon Department of
Transportation. He was project manager for roadside origin-destination
surveys in central Campbell.
Traffic Impact Studies - Mr. Aronson has served
as project manager for many traffic studies in support of environmental
documentation. As a consultant to San Joaquin County, he evaluated
and compared multiple traffic studies of various quarry operations.
He prepared traffic impact studies for office buildings, retail
developments, housing projects, hotels, medical facilities and landfills.
Study locations include San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Emeryville,
Mountain View, Santa Clara, Daly City, South San Francisco, Novato,
Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, Danville, San Ramon, Livermore, Napa,
Sacramento, Lake Tahoe and Bellevue, Washington.
Caltrans Project Study Reports/Project Reports
- He was the project manager for traffic forecasts and traffic operations
analysis for PSRs and PRs for over ten highway widening and interchange
improvement projects. These studies considered traffic forecasts;
traffic operations on mainline freeways, ramps, weaving sections
and intersections; and included extensive coordination with Caltrans
and design consultants. Project locations include Alameda County
and San Mateo County (District 4), Stockton, Lodi and Merced County
(District 10) and Sacramento County (District 3). He provided traffic
forecasts for Caltrans studies of the Prunedale Bypass in Monterey
County.
Parking Studies - Mr. Aronson was project engineer
for parking demand studies in Mountain View, Walnut Creek, Daly
City, San Rafael and the Ferry Building in San Francisco. He evaluated
parking entrance and exit operations for special events (Anaheim
Stadium and the Solano County Fair) and office/retail developments.
Education
M.S., Transportation Planning, University of California, Berkeley
(1982)
B.S., Civil Engineering, Cornell University (1981)
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