Alice Chen, AICP
Principal

Ms. Chen has over ten years of experience in transportation planning and engineering. She has had extensive experience with the development and application of transportation planning models, environmental impact assessments, general plans, master plans, and specific plans. Her planning experience includes the Oakland General Plan Land Use and Transportation Elements Update, the Fruitvale BART Transit Village, and Jack London District Transportation Improvement Study. These studies included the technical analyses as well as public outreach and consensus building.

Professional Affiliations

Institute of Transportation Engineers

American Planning Association, Certified Planner

Professional Experience

Transportation Planning

Ms. Chen was project manager for the Jack London District Transportation Improvement Study, which included documenting existing traffic, parking, bicycling, and walking conditions, analyzing the traffic and parking impacts of four alternative development scenarios, and identifying options to address the deficiencies in the existing system or the impacts due to future development. Other planning studies include the transportation section of the Oakland General Plan Update Land Use and Transportation Element, the Coliseum Redevelopment Area Land Use Suitability Study, and the Implementation of Redevelopment Projects in the Richmond South Shoreline Area. She is currently working on the City of Walnut Creek General Plan Update .

Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning

Ms. Chen has worked on several bicycle and/or pedestrian planning studies including the Oakland Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, the 15 th Street Bike Trail in South Lake Tahoe , and the Jack London District Transportation Improvement Study. Although the Oakland Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan ultimately focused on the bicycle plan, her work included focusing on several high pedestrian activity areas as well as providing general guidelines for creating more pedestrian-friendly environments. This work involved working closely with a citizens's group to develop an overall plan for the city. The Jack London District Transportation Improvement Study included a detailed inventory of the sidewalks and curb cuts using ArcView as part of the documentation of existing conditions.

Traffic Impact Studies

Ms. Chen has conducted traffic impact analyses and environmental assessments for numerous developments and roadway improvements. Her work ranges from Trip Reduction studies for Rancho San Carlos, Carmel Valley , CA to the Future Conditions Report for the Oakdale Bypass project, including the traffic analysis for five bypass alternatives using TRAFFIX. For the East 12 th Street Realignment project in Oakland , CA , she analyzed seven alternatives using Synchro. Ms. Chen has conducted the traffic impact analyses for numerous projects, including the environmental analyses for the E-2 Squadron Relocation and West Coast Basing of the F/A-18 E/F Squadron for the US Navy and the Fruitvale BART Transit Village project, which included a mixed-use development and multi-modal transfer center for BART and AC Transit. Ms. Chen also conducted the transportation analysis for the Broadway-MacArthur Redevelopment EIR.

Travel Forecasting Models

Ms. Chen is experienced with several different transportation forecasting models, including UTPS, MINUTP, TRANPLAN, and EMME/2. She prepared the Patronage Forecast for West Contra Costa County BART Extension using the MTC Regional Transportation Model. She prepared MINUTP travel demand model runs for the Marysville Specific Plan project and assisted in the development of the Napa City/County MINUTP travel model. Additionally, Ms. Chen modified and re-calibrated the SAAG model so that regional travel forecasts could be developed for the Oakdale Bypass traffic assessment. She prepared forecasts using the West Contra Costa County Travel Demand Model, an EMME/2 model, for the West County Subregional Mitigation Fee Program. As part of the statewide ITMS study, Ms. Chen extracted travel data from several regional models throughout the state including the SCAG and SanDAG models. Education

Education

University of California at Berkeley, College of Engineering, Master of Science Degree in Transportation Engineering, May 1991

Brown University , Bachelor of Arts Degree in Urban Studies and Civil Engineering, May 1990