WHO WE ARE:
Vivek Shah is a planner and project manager with 15 years of experience in public transit, multi-modal transportation, land use, and environmental planning, policy, and design. He specializes in transit service planning, scheduling, and implementation; qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis; strategic and capital planning; project management; and evaluation. Past work includes transit network redesigns, disaster management, the development of capital projects such as BRT and a downtown transit hub, an overhaul of transit fare policy, and analysis of alternative fuel options, including the electrification of bus fleets.
Select Past Positions:
- 2024-Present – Principal, Shah Planning & Design
- 2019-2024 – Director of Planning & Scheduling, New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
- 2018-2019 – Senior Transportation Planner, AECOM
- 2015-2018 – Associate Planner, Transdev
- 2009-2015 – Research Associate, University of New Orleans Transportation Institute