Ryan McCutchan

Overview

Mr. McCutchan has extensive experience in conducting intercept and on-board transportation studies for large and small transit systems.  He has managed 19 small to large-scale data collection efforts to support travel demand models. 
Mr. McCutchan also has experience administering intercept studies in New York; San Francisco, California; Ruidoso, New Mexico; and Los Angeles, California on studies to capture public perception of transit systems, travel patterns, customer satisfaction, and commercial vehicle driver opinions. 

Mr. McCutchan specializes in PDA and Tablet PC technology to capture public transit boarding and alighting counts with Global Positioning Systems (GPS) functionality, real-time geo-coding, transfer information, demographic data, and customer satisfaction with service.  Mr. McCutchan is knowledgeable about the needs of modelers and professional engineers with regards to transportation model forecasting.

Project Experience (Selected)

• Manager:  System-Wide Origin-Destination Survey for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority / 2009-2011

• Manager: C-TRAN Fourth Plain Transit Corridor On-Board Rider Survey / 2011

• Manager: Blue Line Extension Study for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority / 2010-2011

• Manager:  On-Board Survey for the Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation / 2009–2010 

• Manager:  Special Event Survey for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority / 2009 

• Data Collection Manager:  On-Board “Before & After” Study for the Charlotte Area Transit System / 2007 & 2008–2009

• Data Collection Manager:  Columbus On-Board Survey for the Central Ohio Transit Authority / 2008 

• Data Collection Manager:  On-Board Survey for the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments / 2008

• Data Collection Manager:  On-Board Survey for the Nashville Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Nashville Transit Authority / 2008 

• Data Collection & iPAQ Manager:  Regional On-Board Survey for the Denver Regional Transportation District / 2008

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE AREAS OF EXPERTISE
On-Board & Intercept Transit Studies /
Data Collection / Interviewing Staff Training /
QA/QC for Transit Surveys / Spatial Analysis


YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
With NuStats: 11
With Other Organizations: 2
 
EDUCATION
B.A. / 2000 / Geography & Planning / Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas

206 Wild Basin Road Building A, Suite 300 Austin, TX 78746
www.ptvnustats.com       512-279-4183     rmccutchan@nustats.com

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