John A Manix PE PTOE
Vancouver, WA 98665
Experience: City of Vancouver Vancouver, WA
Traffic Engineer October 1995 to November 2010
Provided engineering and transportation planning services to improve the livability for the City of Vancouver, including:
• Prepare plans, specifications and estimates for neighborhood improvement projects.
• Provided project management for traffic calming, pedestrian and bicycle improvements on over 100 streets.
• Successfully applied for millions of dollars for traffic, pedestrian and bicycle safety grants.
• Developed striping plans and managed the public involvement for bicycle projects that required loss of parking.
Provided traffic engineering and transportation planning services related to improve traffic safety in the City of Vancouver, including:
• Prepare plans, specifications and estimates for safety improvement projects.
• Implemented the first urban “Safety Corridor” in Washington that includes working with a team reduce collisions along a high accident roadway with the engineering, education and enforcement.
• Prepared the City’s first high collision location report using the State’s Safety Management System.
• Researched and implemented a new traffic collision database system for the City.
• Implemented Vancouver’s first “road diet” project and participated in two others.
• Supervised engineering technicians who review citizen complaints, traffic control plans and development-related traffic improvements.
Review of private development traffic studies and plans for traffic engineering improvements that include projects as large as Costco and very large, mixed land use projects.
Working with the Federal Railroad Administration and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad and citizen groups develop plans to implement train horn quiet zones.
City of Santa Cruz, Public Works Santa Cruz, CA
Assistant Engineer, Traffic January 1989 to September 1995
• Supervised engineering technicians on capital improvement projects.
• Prepare specification for capital improvement projects
• Prepared plans, estimates and specifications for the design of new and modified traffic signals.
• Prepared and presented public reports on transportation issues to the City's Transportation Commission.
• Assisted subordinates and supervisors in resolving citizen complaints regarding traffic safety issues.
• Assisted in the preparation of traffic control plans for the reconstruction of the downtown due to the 1998 Loma Prieta Earthquake.
City of Seaside Seaside, CA
Junior Civil Engineer August 1986 to December 1988
• Reviewed the public improvement plans of private development projects.
• Assisted with the preparation of a traffic control plans for a major public event.
• Assisted subordinates and supervisors in resolving citizen complaints regarding traffic safety issues.
Professional Registration: Professional Engineer – Civil, State of Washington
Professional Engineer – Civil, State of California
Professional Certification: Professional Traffic Operations Engineer
The PTOE certification requires 15 professional development hours per year to remain current.
Education: California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA
at San Luis Obispo
Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Chabot Community College Hayward, CA
Affiliations: Associate Member of Institute of Transportation Engineers
Awards: 2003 & 2004 Community Leadership Award from the Clark County DUI and Traffic Safety Task Force
2001 Silver Spoke Award from the Bicycle Alliance of Washington
References: Available upon request