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Pavithra Parthasarathi, P.E. Transportation Consultant Overview Pavithra Parthasarathi has been a Transportation Consultant in URS' Minneapolis Office since November 2001. In her tenure at URS,she has been involved in noise and air quality analysis projects and transportation planning projects with a focus on travel demand modeling and transit forecasting. Project Specific Experience Years of Experience Travel Demand Modeling/Transit Forecasting With URS: 5 Years Ms.Parthasarathi's experience in travel demand modeling includes developing models,applying models to analyze different roadway,land Education use and transit scenarios and conducting traffic impact studies using Enrolled PhD/Civil various industry standard packages like TRANPLAN, CUBE,TransCAD Engineering/University of and ArcMap. Minnesota/2004—present MS/Civil Engineering/University She has worked on the St.Joseph regional travel demand model,MO; of Minnesota/2001 Twin Cities HOV simulation project,MN;TH55 Travel Demand Forecasts and Alternatives Comparison,MN;Decatur Travel Demand BS/Engineering/Anna University, Forecasting Model Update,IL. She assisted in the development of the Chennai,India/1)99 travel demand model for the Ozarks Transportation Organization Registration/Certification Planning Area,MO. She was also involved in conducting a long range Professional Engineer/Minnesota/ traffic impact study for the proposed Springfield Underground West 44299 Property development in the City of Springfield,MO. She recently developed a travel demand model for Anoka County,MN using CUBE and used the model to analyze different transportation and land use scenarios within the county. She is currently working on the travel demand model update for St. Clair County,MI using the TransCAD software platform,as part of the St. Clair County Travel Demand Model and Long Range Transportation Plan Update for SAFETEA-LU compliance. Some of her representative transit projects include the Southwest Corridor Rail Transit Study,MN;Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Study, MN and the 35W Bus Rapid Transit Study,MN. Ms. Parthasarathi's role in these projects was to use the multi-modal travel demand models (Twin Cities Regional model,Dakota County Travel Demand model) to predict the expected ridership for proposed transit alignments/transit technologies and help evaluate the various alternatives to identify a locally preferred alternative. She is currently involved in the Detroit Transit Options for Growth Study (DTOGS)with the Detroit Department of Transportation,MI. The study area includes the cities of Detroit,Dearborn,Hamtramck and Highland Park and the focus of this study is to look at the implementation of rapid transit alternatives to improve access and mobility in the study