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CON, I IING GROUP, INC. Brian Shorten Senior Associate Areas of Expertise • Local Transportation Plans • Public Participation • Intermodal Transportation Planning • Rail Impact Mitigation • Corridor Planning • Interjurisdictional Coordination • Plan Implementation • Grantsmanship • Growth Management • Intelligent Transportation Systems • Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning • Travel Demand Management • Context Sensitive Design Education B.S., University of Minnesota, 1974 Training Context Sensitive Design, 2004 Professional Affiliations Mn /DOT Interregional Corridor Technical Advisory Committee Mn /DOT Access Management Steering Committee Minnesota and North Dakota State Transportation Plan Steering Committees Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations - Policy Committee Member Minnesota Guidestar ITS Board of Directors TRB Small MPO -ISTEA Research Committee Mr. Shorten has more than 30 years of diverse planning experience. He joined SRF after serving as the Executive Director of the Fargo- Moorhead Metropolitan Council of Governments for 16 years. Mr. Shorten has extensive transportation planning experience in both urban and rural settings. His substantial knowledge covers a wide range of transportation elements, including corridor and access management, transit development, incident response, bicycle and pedestrian trail systems, and county, city and metropolitan area planning. Project Experience Brian served as the project manager for numerous transportation planning studies including: • Benton County CSAH 29/8 Corridor Study (2005) • St. Joseph North Corridor and Stearns County CSAH 2 Realignment Study (2005) • Eagan Transportation Infrastructure Needs Analysis (2005) • Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Transportation Plan (2005) • Fargo 23rd /28th Avenue South Bridge Corridor Study (2005) • Rail Quiet Zone Assessments for St. Louis Park, Minnetonka, and Northfield, Minnesota (2005) • Prior Lake Transportation Plan and Infrastructure Feasibility (2005) • I -39 Alternate Route Study, Wisconsin Department of Transportation (2004) • Goodhue County Transportation Plan (2004) • Minnesota Department of Transportation TH 336 /Clay County CSAH 11 Corridor Management Plan (2004) • Rapid City Transit Development Plan (2004) • Fargo- Moorhead Metropolitan Transportation Plan (2004) • River Falls Transportation Plan (2003) • Fargo - Moorhead Metropolitan Bicycle /Pedestrian Plan (2000) • Fargo- Moorhead Metropolitan Transit Development Plans (2001) • Fargo- Moorhead Metropolitan Comprehensive ITS Plan (1998) Other Professional Experience While serving as the Executive Director for the Fargo- Moorhead Metropolitan Council of Governments, Mr. Shorten: • Secured cooperation from more than 90 elected officials and senior staff in implementing Council policies and program directives. • Was extensively involved in more than 50 corridor studies, 10 project concept reports, 12 metropolitan intermodal transportation plans and three interstate access justification evaluations.