Archives: Profiles
Leslie Vasquez Guzman
Leslie Vasquez Guzman works as the Outreach Specialist at High Road Strategy Center. She grew up in Selma, California (the raisin capital of the world). Before moving to Wisconsin in 2021, Leslie attended the University of California, Berkeley where she earned degrees in Political Science and Public Policy. Prior to joining High Road Strategy Center, … Continued
September 26, 2025
Liya Rechtman
Liya is the senior transportation policy lead for Evergreen. Liya previously advised on policy for the US Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary and for the California State Transportation Agency.
September 26, 2025
Kristina Curtiss
Kristina Curtiss, MPP, is a transportation planner, safety policy wonk, and researcher. She has worked on transportation system safety since she moved to Detroit without a car in 2016, focusing on transit, roadway, and pedestrian safety. She is a fierce advocate for the adoption of safety culture and the innovation of the Safe System Approach.
September 19, 2025
Craig Lewis
Craig Lewis is Placemaking Practice Group Manager at Arcadis, where he manages planning, landscape architecture, mobility, and urban design studios across the US and Mexico. For more than 30 years, he has used an inter-disciplinary approach to plan and implement the growth and regeneration of urban places across the globe that are more livable, equitable, … Continued
September 19, 2025
Kai Boysan
Kai Boysan is CEO of Flix North America, the parent company of FlixBus and Greyhound Lines. With over 25 years of global experience transforming and scaling businesses, he is focused on modernizing intercity bus travel and advancing more affordable, convenient, and sustainable long-distance transportation options for all.
September 15, 2025
Doug Trumm
Doug Trumm is publisher of The Urbanist. An Urbanist writer since 2015, he dreams of pedestrian streets, bus lanes, and a mass-timber building spree to end our housing crisis. He lives in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood and loves to explore the city by foot and by bike.
September 11, 2025
Wen Hu
Wen Hu is a senior research transportation engineer at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
September 3, 2025
Domenico Siravo
Siravo lives in South Philly and is a volunteer with Transit Forward Philadelphia.
September 2, 2025
Hayden Clarkin
Hayden Clarkin is a transportation engineer and planner who blogs at The Transit Guy.
August 26, 2025