Ben S
Transit planning & geospatial analysis
Planner at Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
Highlights
Full profile
Career: 7
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)
› Implement SEPTA's Reimagining Regional Rail master plan through service development and corridor design process, supporting higher frequencies and reliable service across the Philadelphia metro › Perform data analytics and modeling for ridership analysis & on-time performance on Regional Rail
City of Philadelphia
› Analyze, plan, and improve surface transit and cycling in Center City/University City Philadelphia through street and traffic design interventions, partnering with SEPTA/PennDOT/Streets Department › Project management for a new long-term intercity bus terminal in Philadelphia (conceptual analysis/design)
Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania
› Created map/data viz portfolio in R for draft book by Netter Center director Ira Harkavy, analyzing 60 years of socioeconomic change in West Philadelphia under urban renewal
Econsult Solutions
› Researched urban transportation equity measures across five US cities to support the ESI Center for the Future of Cities program › Devised a metric for trail accessibility on the neighborhood level using open data
Senior Statistician
Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania
Pfizer
› Analyzed and processed 10+ years of clinical trial data using SAS/SQL/R, producing standardized reports for FDA drug development submissions › Contributed towards accelerated FDA submission of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, compressing three years of work into nine months
Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC)
› Represented PCDC interests in civic/city planning meetings, including the Chinatown Neighborhood Plan and USDOT Reconnecting Communities Vine Street Expy grant
Skills: 24
Technical
Business
Community
Other
Education: 2
Master of Urban Spatial Analysis
Public Policy Analytics › Built temporal-spatial regression model and data visualization on NJ Transit train delay data using R, accurately predicting for delays by time of day and station Geospatial Data Science in Python › Analyzed longitudinal trends in worker-residence spatial dynamics in Philadelphia region using Python, utilizing origin-destination analysis Transportation Planning Methods › Studied VISSIM/VISUM, 4-step transportation demand modeling, history and theories of US transportation, policy analysis, analysis of origin-destination travel surveys, cost-benefit analysis, environmental review analysis Practice of Transportation Planning › Presented case study and white paper on initiatives and recommendations for transit in Montreal (Reseau express metropolitan) light rail system
Activities / Societies: MUSA Student Rep, Weitzman Student Council Graduate Student Rep, Penn Transit Advisory Committee
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Activities / Societies: Vanderbilt Commodore Orchestra, Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science
Involvement: 2
Volunteering
Public Participation Task Force Member
Monitor, review, and vision MPO work items (Long Range Plan, Transportation Improvement Program) with a focus on equity and public outreach
Civilian Environmental Advisory Committee Member, Councilwoman Katherine Gilmore-Richardson
Advise on legislative priorities around sustainable policy, particularly around transit and land use equity
Languages: 2
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