David Ripple Email & Phone Number

Newburgh, Indiana

Provide community planning, growth management tools (zoning, subdivision, design overlays), traffic engineering and transportation consulting services.

Retired. Director of professional staff administering land use controls, developing growth management plans and tools, and administering Metropolitan Planning Organization transportation planning activities for the City of Clarksville (TN) and Montgomery County (TN) , including MPO functions for Christian County (Hopkinsville) (KY). The Clarksville-Montgomery County (TN) Metropolitan Area is the second fastest growing metro area in the Nation. Clarksville is the fifth largest city in… Show more Retired. Director of professional staff administering land use controls, developing growth management plans and tools, and administering Metropolitan Planning Organization transportation planning activities for the City of Clarksville (TN) and Montgomery County (TN) , including MPO functions for Christian County (Hopkinsville) (KY). The Clarksville-Montgomery County (TN) Metropolitan Area is the second fastest growing metro area in the Nation. Clarksville is the fifth largest city in Tennessee and the ninth fastest growing community in the Nation. Show less

Transportation planning, traffic engineering and community planning studies. Assisted in defense of the I-65/US 31W EIS of Bowling Green/Warren County (KY). Reviewed and edited Bowling Green (KY) Transit System Operations Plan. Prepared new consolidated zoning ordinance for the Posey County (IN) Area Plan Commission to replace the separate zoning ordinances of Mt. Vernon, Cynthiana, Poseyville and Posey County.

Senior Associate and the Chief of Transportation/Land Use PlanningManaged up to 15 people preparing transportation corridor studies, metropolitan transportation plans, travel demand models, corridor studies, traffic impact studies, comprehensive plans, and growth management tools. Examined a wide range of transportation and community planning topics such as traffic/land use/community surveys, traffic forecasting, alternative transportation modes, air quality, alternative growth… Show more Senior Associate and the Chief of Transportation/Land Use PlanningManaged up to 15 people preparing transportation corridor studies, metropolitan transportation plans, travel demand models, corridor studies, traffic impact studies, comprehensive plans, and growth management tools. Examined a wide range of transportation and community planning topics such as traffic/land use/community surveys, traffic forecasting, alternative transportation modes, air quality, alternative growth patterns, community and environmental considerations, and public consensus-building.Significant projects included:Transportation manager for 15 corridor studies with environmental assessments in Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois. Generation of transportation performance measures, land use and traffic forecasts, and air and energy impacts for 150-mile I-69 from Evansville to Indianapolis EIS.Completion of new transportation plans and travel models for Jackson/Madison County (TN) and five Indiana MPOs (Bloomington, Evansville, Indianapolis, Muncie and Terre Haute), repeated plans in Bloomington and Terre Haute.Direction of travel model development for four metropolitan areas in Kentucky (Ashland/Boyd-Greenup Counties, Bowling Green/Warren County, Lexington/Fayette -Jessamine Counties, Richmond/Madison County).Project manager for the LaPorte (IN) Economic Development Corridor Feasibility Study, the Angola (IN) US 20 Bypass Feasibility Study, and the Bowling Green/Warren County (KY) Major Thoroughfare Plan.Managing the preparation and adoption of eighteen (18) comprehensive plans with unique economic development and environmental implementation action components, and numerous growth management tools.Preparing traffic impact studies for major developments such as the 2nd Toyota Plant in Princeton (IN) and the addition of SO2 scrubbers at the Alcoa Warrick County (IN) Power Plant.Serving as the BLA Transportation Lead for the Indiana Statewide Access Management Plan. Show less

Managed up to 6 people preparing all land use and traffic impact studies in the Midwest.Headed up transit studies throughout the nation.Managed numerous transportation studies in the Midwest.Significant projects included:Participating in station area planning and environmental studies associated with the development of the Los Angeles (CA) Metro Rail as mandated by the Congressionally Ordered Re-Engineering.Participating in the reconfiguration of the public transit… Show more Managed up to 6 people preparing all land use and traffic impact studies in the Midwest.Headed up transit studies throughout the nation.Managed numerous transportation studies in the Midwest.Significant projects included:Participating in station area planning and environmental studies associated with the development of the Los Angeles (CA) Metro Rail as mandated by the Congressionally Ordered Re-Engineering.Participating in the reconfiguration of the public transit services in Miami/Dade County (FL), Ft. Lauderdale/Broward County (FL), Indianapolis (IN), Louisville (KY) and Detroit (MI).Managing multi-modal transportation center feasibility studies for Louisville (KY), Meridian (MS) and Jackson (MS).Developing the first alternative modes site design standards adopted in the Midwest, that incorporated transit-oriented development into the land use approval process.Developing transit plans and centers in Broward County (FL), Greater Detroit (MI; Managing the preparation of transportation plans for Boone County (KY), Jackson (MS), Downtown Louisville (KY), Georgetown/Scott County (KY).Preparing the first multi-modal transportation plan for the Indianapolis Region and the Columbus (OH) Thoroughfare Improvement Plan. Managing the development of the Louisville Waterfront Development Strategy that spurred riverfront revitalization. Assisting in the public approval of a 27-acre commercial site in the most congested and most serious air pollution problem area of Louisville (KY). Show less

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Managed up to 40 people administering land use controls and preparing development policy documents (comprehensive, neighborhood, downtown, waterfront plans and land use controls); prepared and presented agency's annual work program and budget to local, state and federal agencies; coordinated with other agencies (including 5 years as chairman of the MPO transportation technical coordinating committee); and assisted in major development reviews.

Bs, Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: Glee Club, Pep Band, Tau Beta Pi Graduated with Honors (3.42 out of 4.00)

Master Of Science And Doctor Of Philosophy, Civil Engineering (Urban/Transportation Planning)

Activities and Societies: American Planning Association; Institute of Transportation Engineers