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INTERWEST'
<br />CONSUL, I,NG-
<br />GROUP.'
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<br />Reports/Protect 'Reports for .p'roposed'highway Improvement 'proJects;-
<br />preparing ,parking ;analyses for exlstmg and proposed developments,
<br />conducting Engineering and Traff c Surveys:to set speed, limits and conducting
<br />traffIcs(gnalarrant and 'stop signs.atudles. She also presented study results
<br />and Yecommen'dati6_ns to traffic Safety 'Comrriisslons, Planning :Commissions'
<br />-and City Councils.
<br />SenlorAs"soclate
<br />2002-2008 'Urban Crossroad§,Anc. I' CA
<br />Ruth. m- geif.a transportation planning group of five employees. In addition.
<br />to s .pervlsing the preparation-oftrafflc,impact, parking,4rlp generatiooand'
<br />on-site'circufatlon sfudies:and'J� ports; she also .interfaced•"with,clients and,
<br />munlcipal,staff;;c6ordlnated'iwork'wifh'civil engineering and environmental
<br />consultants, and appeared , before' planning c`or tmisslons, ,city councils and
<br />boards of. supervisork'She prepared studies for a variety of deVelopments,'both
<br />large:andrsmall;, including planned communities, 'commercial 'develop'ments;
<br />warehouses, distribution centers, :churches, 'an asph'ait'plant,:vitnerles,.and
<br />PR/PSRs for new and existing'freeway"interchanges. Ruth collabarated,,mth
<br />developers, their' architects and dy_ll engineers, to redesign an -site circulation
<br />plans ahct.;prpj.dct. access to improve ;traffic flow.'and' meet.,jurisdicilon
<br />requirements.. She Worked on in -fill projects and the -remodeling of.existing
<br />sites; and super ised'the,preparatlonof signing and striping plans related to
<br />development projects.
<br />Senioi:Tiafhe Engineer
<br />1988-2002' City of Santa Ana I CA
<br />Ruth 'supervised groups ranging frorn two io.flve employees 8i administered the
<br />City's neighliorliood traffic calming ,program (including traffic diverfers and
<br />speed humps)' handled cifiien.reiiuesii foe'stop.signs„parking restrictions;
<br />crosswalks,. etc.; managed the Santa 'Ana 'Pedestrian ,Saf'ety••Task 'Force;
<br />reviewed traffic,'study reports; •and managed citywide AraIffic:counts. Ruth
<br />.administered the' lotegrated`Teaveler 146mriation Sharing system:'partof the
<br />Traffic Management 'center' which provided automated real-time traffic -
<br />Information to the public.through highway advisory,radio,'highway advisory
<br />telephone, cable TV; And klosks'($M,000 grant):
<br />'Ruth applied for ;and administered t%vo. Office of Traffic Safety .grants
<br />($219,000) 'to improve pedestrian safety. citywide. She. also successfully.
<br />submitted;grant application's ifor Safe Routes to'Schoo( �$R2S) projects,.for,a
<br />total of $2,000xo:in grants for pedestrian safety improvements. She designed
<br />,and Implemented in overfiead'signage program to, guide' motorists to,Civic
<br />Center and -Dow 'ntowh areas and made presentations'to'the,City Council, City
<br />Commissions, the.Environmental-:and'Transportation'Advisory:Committee,.
<br />schools, business_ groups, and neighborhood associations.,
<br />•Due to,staff rotation, atvarious, times',,Ruth was,also'responsible for•streeP
<br />striping plans and'constwction zoh"e't-raffic control plans, Bed6iii,of-thisJhe
<br />-was responsible W,.coordinating with. Caltrans on, several freeway: projects,
<br />inducting the SR ;SS widening;projecf. Ruth on APWA committee that
<br />produced ;the' 2001'Work Area Traffic Control Ha4dbook.�('WATCH), she
<br />developed the Neighboihbod•Traffc Plan-and'speed Hump programs; and
<br />'Neighborhood -Parking wanageinentrplans,.add she administered a citywide
<br />speed II'Mit-update, the Traffic Control,Devices Inventory, and the .Accideni
<br />Data Base'
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