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Planning & Management, Projects, aviation, bus, economic development, highway, infrastructure, investment planning, operating techniques, strategy, subway

Building Coalitions and Mobilizing Public Support

Philip Plotch is the author of the book, Mobilizing the Metropolis,that will bepublished by University of Michigan Press in 2022. The title of the book refers to both the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s mission to improve mobility by land, air, and sea, and its...

Planning & Management, Projects, economic development, infrastructure, investment planning, performance, scheduling/service planning, strategy, subway

Planning a New Subway Line

Philip Plotch is the author of the book, Last Subway: The Long Wait for the Next Train in New York City published by Cornell University Press. The book is the fascinating and dramatic story behind New York’s struggle to build a new subway line under Second Avenue in...

Planning & Management, Projects, economic development, environmental analysis, infrastructure, investment planning, strategy, subway

Redeveloping Manhattan’s West Side

As manager of planning at the headquarters of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Philip Plotch coordinated planning efforts to extend the #7 subway line to Manhattan’s far west side. The plan was linked with a rezoning proposal to accommodate 28 million square feet of new development in the...

Operations Improvements, Projects, bus, change management, commuter rail, highway, industrial engineering, investment planning, operating techniques, performance, strategy, subway

Improving Safety Through Strategic Planning

As manager of policy at the headquarters of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Philip Plotch had a leading role developing a strategic business plan for the organization. This direction-setting blueprint established three fundamental goals — to improve safety, customer satisfaction and cost effectiveness — for the MTA’s agencies...

Planning & Management, Projects, bus, commuter rail, economic development, environmental analysis, infrastructure, investment planning, performance, strategy, subway

Improving Lower Manhattan’s Transportation Infrastructure and Services After the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

After the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center, Philip Plotch was appointed director of transportation and economic policy at the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. In this role, he developed new transportation programs, conducted transportation studies, and helped establish priorities for the distribution of $2.7 billion...

Data Analysis, Projects, automated fare collection, automatic vehicle location, bus, data analytics, performance, signal system, statistical sampling, strategy, subway

Benchmarking of Key Transit Performance Indicators

A large transit agency’s cost of operations per passenger, per hour, and per mile was discerned to be very high.  It sought to explore how practices differed from other operators.  Understanding how one’s own system performs against similar peer properties is valuable in deciding on changes in transit...

Buzzmaestro, Data Analysis, Projects, change management, commuter rail, data analytics, strategy

Enterprise Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Program Development

At a major regional railway, we were responsible for developing staffing, organizational structure, and business plans necessary to initiate a companywide Enterprise Geographic Information Systems (GIS) program.  We implemented corporate GIS standards, boilerplates, policies, and procedures, and managed the initial bootstrapping phases of the new program, ensuring that...

Buzzmaestro, Planning & Management, Publications, commuter rail, data analytics, strategy

Geographic Information System Concept of Operations as a First Step Toward Total Enterprise Asset Management: Metro-North Commuter Railroad Case Study

For this enterprise geographic information system (GIS), Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company adopted the concept of operations (ConOps) process to define goals and objectives, inventory existing GIS assets, analyze data gaps, determine “as is” and “to be” business processes, define staffing and resource requirements and project initiatives, and provide...

Buzzmaestro, Data Analysis, Publications, commuter rail, data analytics, strategy

Enterprise GIS in a Commuter Rail Environment: State-of-Practice at a Major Northeastern Carrier

Triggered by both Superstorm Sandy aftermath and a minor operational incident—where accurate and rapid mapping would have been tremendously helpful—Metro-North Commuter Railroad deployed its first Enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS) in 2012 by federating existing departmental systems, creating a companywide Office of GIS Coordination, promulgating GIS policies and...

Planning & Management, Publications, bus, strategy, subway

Subway Productivity, Profitability, and Performance A Tale of Five Cities

Detailed comparative analyses of New York City subways and four Southeast Asian transit systems revealed that Hong Kong’s subways are profitable because of high asset productivity resulting from a strategic “prudent commercial” design for high utilization and traffic density. Hong Kong subways also have a land-grant financing framework,...

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