Ernhofer to lead transportation planning in New York City for WSP USA

Oliver Ernhofer has been named New York transportation planning manager and senior supervising planner for WSP USA, where he will manage and lead transportation and transit planning projects in the New York metropolitan area and nationwide. He joins WSP from an international engineering firm, where he worked on urban and transit projects. With nearly 20 years of experience in traffic and transportation planning and engineering, Ernhofer’s areas of expertise include urban and transit planning, as well as tr
August 18, 2017 Read time: 1 min

Oliver Ernhofer has been named New York transportation planning manager and senior supervising planner for 6666 WSP USA, where he will  manage and lead transportation and transit planning projects in the New York metropolitan area and nationwide. He joins WSP from an international engineering firm, where he worked on urban and transit projects.

With nearly 20 years of experience in traffic and transportation planning and engineering, Ernhofer’s areas of expertise include urban and transit planning, as well as traffic management and control systems from inception to completion. He has served as technical lead for the analysis, design development and implementation phases of major transportation and transit projects in the New York City area. He has also served as contract manager for on-call planning and engineering services contracts with major public agencies.

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