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 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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Stephen Lewis is an award-winning transportation engineer with over 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 detail-oriented, 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 Bonneville County 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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Bill Lieberman has over 40 years of experience in transportation planning. Much of his work focuses on public transit, from strategic plans for regional transit systems to detailed station circulation and wayfinding schemes. In his career, Mr. Lieberman has held senior positions with both public transit agencies and private consulting firms. He was Director of Planning and Operations for the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board for 17 years, and later served as the Director of Planning for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA).

Mr. Lieberman has long been involved in rail transit planning, including light rail, commuter rail, streetcar and automated guideway transit lines. His work includes the development of some of the first modern light rail lines in the United States, such as the Banfield Transitway and Westside Transitway in Portland, OR, and the San Diego Trolley. He is currently leading CHS efforts in the Light Rail Transit Efficiency Project for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA).

Mr. Lieberman has also been instrumental in developing Express Bus and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lines for several systems, including studies and plans for VTA, SFMTA, the San Diego Association of Governments, and the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority. He has also devised plans for new bus systems in cities throughout the United States, as well as for bus service revisions in several large metropolitan areas. While with SFMTA, he oversaw the first phase of the Transit Effectiveness Program, the first comprehensive effort to transform the system in over 25 years.

Mr. Lieberman holds a Master of Regional Planning degree from the University of North Carolina, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northeastern University. He is a Charter Member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, a Fellow (Life Member) with the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and a Charter Member of the Congress for the New Urbanism.

Angelo Figone is a nationally recognized expert 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. Figone 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.