Chi-Hsin Shao has over 30 years experience as a transportation planner and traffic engineer, specializing in multi-modal transportation planning and systems. Mr. Shao held senior management positions with both public agencies and private consulting firms, including terms as Deputy Commissioner of Policy and Planning for the Boston Transportation Department, and Head of the Transportation Planning Section for the San Francisco Planning Department.

Mr. Shao has managed hundreds of transportation planning and traffic engineering projects in the United States and abroad. He functioned as the City of Boston's lead person overseeing the development of Boston's Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project. He has been responsible for the development of several multi-modal master plans in challenging brown field sites, such as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, Treasure Island Naval Station, and the Brisbane Baylands. He has also been the lead He has also been the lead transportation professional for several major transportation projects, including the Van Ness Avenue BRT Project, Caltrain Downtown Extension Project and several major transit station area development and improvements.

Mr. Shao also has extensive experience in Asian countries such as China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Korea. He served as a foreign expert advisor for the Tianjin Planning Bureau for the Tanggu Binghai New District Plan. Two recent projects he participated in each won two awards. The Tianjin Financial City Vision Plan was awarded a prestigious 2011 International Architecture Award by The European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies in conjunction with The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. The Guangzhou Baietan Area Master Plan received a 2011 AIA San Francisco Merit Award for Urban Design.

Mr. Shao is a registered Traffic Engineer in California, a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), and a Fellow with the Institute of Transportation Engineers. He holds a Master’s degree in Infrastructure Planning and Management from Stanford University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Chung Yuan University in Taiwan.

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Paul Krupka has over 30 years of transportation consulting experience throughout California as an engineer, planner, and program and project manager. He is dedicated to projects promoting smart growth and context-sensitive integration of land uses and transportation systems.

For the last eight years, he has helped at Richmond Transit Village, successfully managing and executing several major projects totaling over $40 million in construction value. Based on a recommendation from BART staff, Paul was engaged by the private developer of Pleasant Hill Transit Village to reign in and manage the design review process and approvals for the $45 million parking garage addition (undertaken as a public-private venture) in the face of significant design concerns.

Mr. Krupka has managed several significant corridor planning projects, such as the 2020 Peninsula Gateway Corridor Study in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, the Vasona/Highway 17 Corridor Alternatives Analysis in Santa Clara County, and the Central Alameda County Freeway Study.

Mr. Krupka has worked in all phases of Caltrans project development, from planning and Project Initiation Documents through final design. In projects for Caltrans and others, he has provided highway traffic operations analysis, traffic controls, facility design, construction phasing, and transportation management and design.

Mr. Krupka recently completed the Transportation Element of the Institutional Master Plan for the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and is currently helping the Academy implement sustainable transportation improvements. He will be beginning work as CHS Project Manger and Principal Investigator for the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board’s Caltrain Gate Crossing Study, involving more than 40 at-grade crossings.

Mr. Krupka is a registered Civil Engineer and Traffic Engineer in California, and holds bachelors degrees from Dartmouth College and its Thayer School of Engineering.

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Stephen Lewis is an award-winning traffic engineer with 20 years of experience and professional licenses in ten western states. His comprehensive experience covers both the analytical and design sides of transportation planning, traffic engineering, roadway design, and construction.

Mr. Lewis is a hands-on project manager and designer currently leading CHS efforts for several large-scale projects: BART Oakland Airport Connector Design-Build Project, the Central Subway Project for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, and the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) Corridor Southern Segment Project.

Mr. Lewis has been involved with the design of dozens of traffic signals and traffic signal systems, including traffic signals for the $1.6 billion Transbay Transit Center. His past traffic signal systems projects include the Utah SR-201 Advanced Traffic Management System Design-Build Project, and the Logan (Utah) Main Street Signal Interconnect System. Among the highlights of his corridor planning experience are the Transportation Systems Alternatives and Corridor Analysis in Idaho’s Jefferson and Bingham Counties, and the Middleton Connections Corridor Planning Study in Nampa, Idaho.

Mr. Lewis was the recipient of the Utah Department of Transportation Excellence in Design award for work he performed on traffic signal and lighting projects in three different UDOT Regions. He has also taught seminars and co- authored several papers about roundabout design and traffic signal operations.

Mr. Lewis holds masters and bachelors degrees in civil engineering, is a licensed civil engineer in 10 states, and is certified nationally as a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer.

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Angelo Figone is a nationally recognized experts in transit operations and scheduling. Mr. Figone’s career includes positions with the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency (MUNI) as Deputy General Manager, General Superintendent of Rail Transportation and System Scheduling, General Superintendent of Safety & Training and Scheduling and Data Services, and Manager of Scheduling and Data Services.

Mr. Figone has been involved in public and private transit services for over 30 years. He has successfully implemented route startups, schedule modifications, and labor provision changes for a wide range of transit systems. He also conducted financial analyses of transit operations and led technical training seminars for transit operators.

Over the past six years, Mr. Angelo has been one of the lead professionals for the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency's Transit Effectiveness Program. This is the first time over the past 30 years SFMTA began a comprehensive review and restructuring of its entire bus fleet to make the system more efficient and reliable. Mr. Figone’s involvement began with the initial planning and feasibility studies and continued over the past four years assisting the SFMTA in the implementation of the route and schedule changes and work rule changes.