Transit California (2022-Present)
Serve as managing editor of the monthly newsletter of the California Transit Association. Author by-lined articles:
- “Disaster Readiness: Lessons Learned From Recent Disasters Increase Agency Preparedness”
- “Elevated Expo Hall: New Format Promises Even Greater Opportunity”
- “On Board With… Program & Conference Committee Chair Nicole Ramos (Omnitrans)”
- Member News Library August 2022
- “Billions Budgeted For Transit: Governor Newsom and Legislative Leaders Agree on Historic Transportation Investments”
- “Advancing Assistive Technologies: Digital Innovations to Make Paratransit More Accessible”
- On Board With… Maintenance Committee Chair Mike Wygant (San Diego MTS)
- Member News Library July 2022
- “Transit Workforce Development: FTA and State Entities Work To Help Transit Agencies Address Labor Shortages”
- “ZEB Progress: Regulators, Operators, Advocates Work Together Toward 2040 Goal”
- “On Board With… CalSTA Secretary Toks Omishakin”
- Member News Library June 2022
- “May Revise: Governor Newsom Maintains Major Proposed Investments in Transportation”
- “Fare Free Transit: As the Legislature Considers Three Different Proposals, What Do Transit Agencies Think?”
- “On Board With… CTC Chair Lee Ann Eager”
- Member News Library May 2022
- “Spring Legislative Conference: Public Transit Stakeholders to Convene at Watershed Moment for Industry”
- “Zero-Emissions, Beyond Buses: Rail and Ferry Operators Lean Into Opportunities to Reduce and Eliminate Emissions”
- On Board With… Legislative and Regulatory Advocate Alchemy Graham
- Member News Library April 2022
- “Streamlining Sustainable Transport: The Case for Continuing Qualified CEQA Exemptions with SB 922 (Wiener)”
- “Transit Rider Harassment: SB 1161 (Min) Seeks to Address an Endemic Problem Faced by Women and Vulnerable Communities”
- On Board With… State Senator Scott Wiener
- Member News Library March 2022
- “Operator Shortage: Transit Agencies Are Working Hard to Tackle the Challenge”
- “The Endemic-Era Workplace: Health and Safety Requirements Remain as COVID-19 Evolves”
- “On Board With… Chris Holden, State Assemblymember, 41st District”
- Member News Library February 2022
- “ZEB Progress: Federal funding and manufacturer innovations show promise for wider adoption.”
- “On Board With… Rick Ramacier, former GM of County Connection”
- Member News Library January 2022
TEECOM Blog (June 2019 to Sept 2021)
Managed company blog. Worked with subject matter experts to ghostwrite or edit and post the following articles:
- Why Technology Consultants Are Needed in Hyperscale Data Centers
- Are These Security Vulnerabilities Putting Your Company at Risk?
- A Successful Project Starts With A Constructible Budget
- When Are Consultants More Beneficial Than Full-Time Staff?
- 9 Principles of the Digital Workplace Strategy
- To Optimize The Hybrid Workplace, Gather Data From Day 1
- Your Lab is Also a Workplace: How Are the Acoustics?
- Streamline Hyperscale Data Center Construction by 3D Modeling Pre-terminated Cables
- Could Spatialized Audio Reduce Zoom Fatigue? Our Acoustics Team Tested It
- How Data Center Security is Evolving Beyond Cameras and Card Readers
- How to Prevent Data Center DAS From Causing Costly Changes
- Technology Design Guidelines & Standards: A Playbook for Scaling
- Indoor LED Walls in the Workplace of the Future
- Occupancy Measurement Enables Digital Workplace Management
- Building Within an Existing Hospital: Integrating Technology Systems
- Round Table Q&A: Telecom Design for Hyperscale Data Centers
- How Will 5G Impact Indoor Wireless Systems?
- Technology Consultant Versus MEP-T: Which is the Better Value?
- More Essential Than Ever: Occupancy Data for Safer, Better Buildings
- Thoughts on Current Events
- How Can Technology Help Higher Education Recover from COVID-19?
- Interview With Blair Parkin on his Transition from TEECOM to the Eden Project
- Earth Day 50: Unusual Circumstances, Potential Opportunities
- Technology That Supports a Safe Return to the Office in the Era of COVID-19
- Distance Learning: Tips for the Remote Instructor
- Don’t Forget to Commission Your Technology Systems
- Spring Hack Week 2020, or “Dude, Where’s my Carbon?”
- TEECOM Maintains Seamless Business Continuity During COVID-19
- Tips for Video Conference Calls
- Can an Integrator Replace a Technology Consultant in a Design-Build Project?
- In-Building Wireless: Too Important to be an Afterthought
- Why You Shouldn’t Try to Build The Hospital of the Future
- Lobby Security: Making a Welcoming Experience
- The Three C’s for Cost Savings in Data Center Design and Construction
- Press Release: D.R.E.A.M. Centre Brings the World to Young People at Chailey Heritage Foundation
- The Data Center Plenum Cabling Paradox
- Data Center Design: Weaving the Fabric Network
- Bike to Hope 2019: Cycling for a Cause
- Press Release: TEECOM Wins AV Consultancy of the Year Award
- Hack Week 2019: teeREx, Presencebot, and Question of the Day
- Press Release: TEECOM Expands East Coast Presence with New York Hires
- Turning the D.R.E.A.M. Centre into a Reality
- Beyond Metaphors and Misinformation: Machine Learning in AEC
- InfoComm 2019: The Year of the Huddle Room (and More)
- Architecture ex Machina: A Forum to Discuss AI and Design
- Three Reasons to Use Smart Power Supplies in Your Project Today
AECOM Blog (2012-2017)
Launched and managed company blog. Worked with subject matter experts to ghostwrite, edit, or write and post articles including the following (selected):
- COP 23: Companies are the X factor
- COP 23: Climate action heroes
- COP 23: Bula from Bonn—Knowledge sharing and partnership
- 100 Resilient Cities: What makes a resilient neighborhood?
- Resilient Greater Miami and the Beaches: three governments come together
- Rising seas: Does anyone have Poseidon’s number?
- Resilient Bangkok: Working toward a greener, safer, more equitable city
- Pieces of Bay Area’s past become art of its future *Bylined*
- Resilient Melbourne: Putting people at the centre
- Resilient Jakarta: Keeping above water
- Resilient Oakland: It Takes a Town to Thrive
- Designing cities and buildings for drought resilience
- Notes from COP 21: #icewatchparis
- Notes from COP 21: after the agreement
- Notes from COP 21: mayors leading the way
- Notes from COP 21: urban challenges and insights
- Notes from COP 21: role of companies and consumers
- Notes from COP 21: tools and action
- Notes from COP 21: Climate-KIC and Paris Velib
- Notes from COP 21: Green Climate Fund
- Notes from COP 21: 100RC Resilience Pledge
- Urban SOS: All Systems Go *Bylined*
AECOM Book: Climate Design: Design and Planning for the Age of Climate Change
Ghostwrote AECOM Chief Innovation Officer and former EDAW CEO Joe Brown’s introductory essay: “A Revolution in Practice”
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