Christopher-Michael Marko

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Houston, TX 77056

Ph: 720-***-****

ac61xi@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: Seeking position in which my Transit Planning background and interest in Geography can help in Region in developing and efficiently maintaining a public transit network and facilitate efficient land use policies.

Work History:

Transit Planner: Metropolitan Transit Authority: Houston, TX 2016-2017

Gathered running time data for city transit routes and used the data to created efficient schedule.

Created special service schedules as needed for transit routes that operated during rail maintenance and special events such as Super Bowl 2017.

Developed different transit scenarios in order to explore more efficient scheduling of routes and driver utilization including different blocking and run cutting options.

Regional Transportation District: Denver, CO

Schedule Analyst: 2006 – 2016

Geographic Data Maintenance Coordinator: 2003-2006

Improved transit network by experimenting with various Blockbuster runcutting parameters and route blocking scenarios to achieve the maximize usage of transit equipment and personnel during Fastracks, a period of extensive expansion of the Region’s Transportation Network.

Established and standardized timepoints for new transit routes

Provided input based on these experiments to Collective Bargaining negotiators.

Maintained the extensive database of running times geographic information, bus routes and stops including route tracing in Trapeze that was needed in developing transit route schedules resulting in improved on time performance

Researched related geographic issues which included doing field work to determine best transit alternatives.

Initialized bus stop sequencing, and route patterns tracing of mass transit routes in Denver using Trapeze geo-database.

Various database projects related to scheduling and planning operations such as Ridecheck Plus.

Provided customers with information concerning their travels including assisting them in their travels and addressing their concerns about service changes.

Education:

Metropolitan State College of Denver; Denver, CO May, 2003 President’s Honor Roll - 2002

GIS Land Use Major / Meteorology Minor Golden Key Honor Society

Courses Include: Geographic Information Systems, Urban & Regional Planning, Urban Geography, Computer Cartography, Calculus, Physics, Synoptic Meteorology, Climatology, Hazardous Weather.

Seattle University; Seattle, Washington

BA - Business Administration - Major in Accounting

Software: Excel; Word; Power Point; Outlook; Access

Conferences Including: Conferences presenting new concepts in planning for livable urban communities through better mass transportation.

“Railvolution” Conference: Washington, DC October, 2002

APTA Intermodal Conference: Salt Lake City, UT August, 2009

APTA Intermodal Conference: Long Beach, CA May, 2012

CUTA Runcutting Courses:

Orillia, Ontario September, 2006

Toronto, Ontario April, 2008

Related Activities:

Denveright: Mayor’s Task Force for Intelligent Land Use Planning: Denver, CO Jan-Sept. 2015

Participated in monthly panel discussions with task force to discuss and promote better land use practices in the City and County of Denver. Task force included real estate developers and city and transportation planners.

The Transit Alliance of Denver: a non-profit coalition of 36 local governments, business associations and citizen groups promoting expanded rail and bus transit in the Denver Metro Region.

Student Chapter - American Meteorological Society

Metropolitan State College Earth Science Club

Metropolitan State College GIS Club

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