Philip Longenecker

About Philip Longenecker

I am a transportation planner specializing in bicycle and pedestrian network planning and…

Experience

1. Planner Iii

   Alta Planning + Design

   Sep 2019 — Present · Portland, OR, US

   I work on a range of projects, including bicycle, pedestrian, and trail master plans; new mobility strategies, statewide active transportation plans, encouragement and education programs, bike share feasibility projects, and trail plans. Things I do:1. Mapping and visualization of streets and other transportation related data using GIS, R, Adobe Illustrator and Indesign.2. Evaluating policy priorities and trade-offs for allocating space in the right-of-way to support multi-modal transportation and access.3. Technical research and spatial analysis to evaluate alternatives and provide data driven recommendations.Project Examples:Alta Transportation Equity Index | Led and built the company’s Equity Analysis tool and customizable index using R-Shiny and PlumbR APIs to compile socioeconomic, environmental, and health data; since utilized in projects across the US.Detroit MoGo Bikeshare Realignment | Multi-year analysis of bike share ridership trends and spatial relationships between hundreds of stations and key destinations, centers of employment, and the transit system, resulting in data-driven recommendations for 30 new station locations.Oregon DOT Safe Routes to School Program | Created Safe Routes to School Plans for rural and urban communities in Oregon, which include demographic analyses, mapping crash data, suggesting routes, and project identification, prioritization, cost estimationTigard Transportation System Plan | GIS lead for the active transportation sections of the TSP, and helped identify and develop future bikeway and pedestrian networks for the City of Tigard. Corridor Studies: Hall Boulevard (Tigard), McVey-Stafford Rd (Lake Oswego)| Assistant Project Manager for the Hall Boulevard Corridor Visioning Study, leading the existing conditions report, facilitating public outreach, and multi-modal street design.

Education

• Goshen College

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

  2013 — 2017

• Portland State University

  Master's degree, City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning

  2019 — 2021

Skills

• Research
• Customer Service
• Leadership
• Event Planning
• Public Speaking
• Editing
• Social Media
• Microsoft Word
• Higher Education
• Microsoft Office