D2-4-LSC Personnel Bios Discipline 2.pdf

Discipline 2 – Transit Planning Tasks

Key Personnel Bios

Gordon Shaw, PE, AICP, Senior Advisor Gordon Shaw is a senior adviser in the Tahoe City office. Mr. Shaw has 40 years of experience conducting transportation studies throughout the western U.S. He holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University as well as an M.S. degree and an Engineering degree in Infrastructure Planning from Stanford University. He is a Professional Engineer registered in Colorado, Nevada, and California, and has accreditation from the American Institute of Certified Planners. His professional work has included a wide range of hundreds of studies, including comprehensive transportation plans, transit, traffic/roadway, modeling, and parking studies.

Recent Projects:

• SolTrans COA (2021) – Route Alternatives Analysis, Cost Projections, Financial Planning

• Redding Area Bus Authority Short Range Transit Plan (2024) – Route Alternatives Analysis, Cost

Projections, Financial Planning

• Ukiah Transit Center Feasibility Study (2023) – Site Planning and Design, Performance Analysis

Justine Marmesh, AICP Senior Transportation Planner Justine Marmesh joined the Tahoe City office as a Transportation Planner in 2018. She has since worked on various short-range and long-range transit development plans and provided support for regional transportation plans throughout the western United States. Ms. Marmesh has reviewed existing transportation systems, compiled demographic data, conducted on-board surveys, and facilitated public outreach in support of LSC’s various projects. More recently she has begun analyzing service alternatives and estimating cost projections for various types of service.

• Lodi Short Range Transit Plan (2025) – System Evaluation, Public Outreach, Service Alternatives Analysis

• Calaveras County Coordinated Transportation Plan (2025) – Stakeholder and Transit Provider Outreach, Transit Needs Assessment, Coordination Strategies

• Grand Valley Transit Passenger Surveying (2023) – Existing Routes Analysis, Survey Management, Survey Response Analysis and Summary

Acadia Davis, Senior Transportation Planner Acadia Davis joined LSC in 2022 and has played a key role in a variety of transportation and transit planning studies and triennial performance audits. She has served as project manager for several projects, has conducted extensive transit analysis for short range transit planning studies, and has been successful in securing highly competitive grant funding for rural counties in California. She also has experience with public outreach and serves as a member of the Lassen County Transportation Commission. Ms. Davis holds an M.S. in Geography from the University of Nevada, Reno and a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Carleton College.

• Tahoe Truckee Area Regional Transit Systems Plan Update (2025) – Service Alternatives Analysis, Financial Analysis

• UC Merced Coordination Study (2025) – Stakeholder Engagement, Onboard Surveys, Service Alternatives Analysis

Chris Sterner, Transportation Planner Chris Sterner joined the LSC Tahoe City Office as a Transportation Planner in June 2024, after graduating from the University of Oregon with a dual Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Economics and Geography. Since joining LSC, he has worked on numerous Short Range Transit Plans and Triennial Performance Audits for agencies across California, performing extensive performance and financial data analysis and conducting public outreach to inform these plans. A passionate advocate for public transportation, Mr.

Sterner believes in the transformative power of cohesive and well-organized transit systems to improve lives and communities and is committed to creating efficient, accessible, and sustainable transportation solutions.

Recent Projects:

• Redding Area Bus Authority Passenger Surveying (2025)– Schedule Planning, Surveyor Management

• Redwood Transit Short Range Transit Plan (2025) – Demographics Summary, Fare Analysis, Surveying, Alternatives Analysis

Arianna Keplinger, Assistant Transportation Planner Ariana Keplinger, who joined LSC in 2022, supports the firm’s Planners and Engineers with report preparation, survey campaigns, existing conditions review, document production, and proof-editing. Ms. Keplinger's tasks include conducting demographic and transit services analysis, developing data visualizations, preparing and summarizing passenger and online surveys, managing data entry, and assisting with public outreach and report production.

• Lodi Short Range Transit Plan (2025) – Demographics Analysis, Survey Analysis

• Calaveras County Coordinated Transportation Plan (2024) – Public Outreach, Transportation

Provider Inventory