Patrick Blankenship (He/Him/His) Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

+ Runcutter/scheduler in HASTUS+ HASTUS to Trapeze TM export+ Lead for all downstream data exports (GTFS, AVL, Swiftly, Call Center) + SME for bus operations planning and analysis+ SME for scheduling related CBA matters+ Scheduling oversight for COA

Tacoma, Wa

San Francisco Bay Area

+ Project management of the runcut-roster (three per year) for a 300 operator system with Wage Order 9 compliant rest and meal breaks and car reliefs+ Led a staff of five (5) technical personnel+ Lead for downstream scheduling data exports (GTFS, AVL, Payroll, Dispatch, and Maintenance) + Lead for all service planning, analysis and scheduling for San Mateo County (adjacent to San Francisco)+ Chaired the Service Change Committee and led production of the Service Change Summary+ Oversaw monthly production of ridership/service quality key performance indicators (KPIs); provided interpretation and historical context for executive team; monthly/annual NTD reporting and past year reconciliation; Title VI impacts+ Cultivated operations staff buy‐in for the development of car reliefs (SamTrans had a tradition of one‐operator one‐vehicle) + Lead for bus bridges and special service

Topeka, Kansas Area

+ Project management of the runcut-roster (two per year) for a 60 operator system with car reliefs+ Led a staff of three (3) technical personnel+ Lead for downstream scheduling data exports (GTFS, Payroll, Dispatch and Maintenance) + Lead for all service planning and scheduling in Topeka+ Production of Service Change Summary + Produced monthly ridership/service quality key performance indicators (KPIs); provided interpretation and historical context to executive team and made monthly Board presentations; monthly & annual NTD reporting+ Public outreach and materials production lead; media interviews; interagency lead for bus service planning+ Project managed the City of Topeka transition from flag‐stop to designated‐stop with public outreach, utility location and installation of 450 bus stops+ Transitioned Topeka Metro to a runcut-roster, achieving a historic minimum two consecutive days off for all operators, saving over $40,000 annually in scheduled overtime and reducing the vehicles in maximum service by 13% via a HASTUS‐style data model using Excel VBA + Scheduling point of contact for a smart pad based CAD/AVL integrated across fixed route, paratransit, dispatch and passenger‐side user applications + Scheduling subject matter expert for labor relations and contract negotiations

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

+ Project management of the runcut-roster (three per year) for a 450 operator system with car reliefs+ Led staff of two (2) technical personnel+ Lead for downstream scheduling data exports (AVL, Payroll, Dispatch and Maintenance)+ Production of Schedule Change Summary + Key Performance Indicator (KPIs) development for contract transition team and start up; oversaw monthly production of KPI reports and led monthly executive conference call, providing historic context and Q&A + Experimental runcuts for CBA proposals; written analysis of results+ Conducted operator shake-up, 100% proxy in five (5) bid groups+ Design and administration of the Operator Requirement Model (ORM) & Operator Absenteeism Model (OAM)+ Production of extraboard scheduled start times using absenteeism + Scheduling subject matter expert for labor relations and contract negotiations+ Weekly generation of payroll files+ Scheduling lead for the design of the Keolis Dispatch Control System (K-DCS)+ FEMA Cert: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incident Management (IS‐00200.b/ICS‐200)+ Lead for bus bridges and special service

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

+ Analysis and planning of urban transportation systems (emphasis on, but not limited to, city bus systems)+ Technical support for traffic, roadway engineering and travel demand modeling groups + Pubic outreach and presentation materials design + COA/comprehensive system overhauls in Guam, Laredo TX and Yuma AZ + Short Range Transit Plan (SRTP) for Reno NV + Assisted in traffic engineering and corridor studies + Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

+ Supervision of a Fixed Route Scheduler + Oversaw service all service planning for Las Vegas and Clark County+ Operations contract management and liquidated damages data support