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.

Urban Traffic Control

For more information on companies in this article

WSP

Related Content

  • WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff to manage California HOV project
    October 28, 2016
    The Contra Costa Transportation Authority in California, US, has awarded a contract to WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff for construction management services for the completion of the I-680 HOV (high-occupancy vehicle) Express Lanes project. The Authority, in cooperation with the California Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, and the Federal Highway Administration, seeks to improve traffic operations and relieve congestion with the construction of HOV express lanes on southbound
    Read More
  • The financial benefits of public transport
    July 16, 2012
    According to the UITP, the International Association of Public Transport, public transport offers even better value for money than usually stated. To address the issue, it has released a Focus Paper - Assessing the benefits of public transport - and is holding a special session dedicated to the theme during the UITP World Congress in Vienna, Austria, from 7-11 June.
    Read More
  • Wabtec announces PTC contracts with Metra
    December 18, 2015
    Wabtec Corporation has signed contracts worth about US$45 million Metra and Parsons Transportation Group (PTG) to provide equipment and services for a Positive Train Control (PTC) system for the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation (Metra). Metra operates commuter rail service in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs, serving more than 100 communities at 241 rail stations, with a fleet of 146 locomotives, 843 passenger cars and 185 electric-propelled cars. Under the contracts, Wa
    Read More
  • New York State DOT awards IRD traffic data collection contract
    February 3, 2016
    The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has awarded International Road Dynamics (IRD) a five-year traffic data collection maintenance and upgrade contract valued at US$4.8 million. Under this agreement, IRD will install, upgrade, repair, operate and maintain the NYSDOT permanent data collection sites, the majority of which have IRD equipment, located in Metro New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester Counties. NYSDOT uses these sites to collect, summarise and interpret
    Read More

Highlighted Content