Brad Huff, AICP

Experience

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  Development Concepts, Inc

  May 2007 - Aug 2007

  Intern

  • Assisted with the marketing of a Single Family Infill Housng Development (Martindale on the Monon)• Provided due diligence for a Master Planned Community and an Adaptive Reuse development project• Redesigned the Martindale on the Monon website• Development system to track potential home buyers and reveal the ROI of various marketing strategies

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  Development Concepts, Inc.

  May 2008 - Oct 2010

  Project Planner

  Project ExperienceAdaptive Reuse Development / Corridor Planning / Development Implementation Plans / Market Analysis / Neighborhood Improvement Plans / Redevelopment Plans / Single-Family Infill Housing• Contributed to development plans, implementation plans, market studies and other planning efforts• Preformed initial analysis of economic, market, and demographic data for market studies and plans• Developed conceptual site plans for projects in both urban and suburban settings• Managed all GIS databases and analysis for planning projects• Designed 3D models to visualize development scenarios• Assisted urban redevelopment projects totaling more than $9 million of investment• Coordinated home construction and rehab projects with architects, builders, and home buyers• Worked with homeowners to craft a Neighborhood Improvement Plan to guide neighborhood beautification• Designed and assembled project proposals awarded over $1 million in funding• Prepared CDBG applications awarded over $100,000 from the City of Indianapolis Show less

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  Brad Huff

  Apr 2010 - Mar 2015

  Web Designer

  • Designed websites, along with logos and other branding material as needed• Developed custom WordPress templates

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  Yellow Pages Group / Groupe Pages Jaunes – Canada

  Oct 2011 - Feb 2014

  Level II Web Designer

  Level II Web Designer — May 2013 to February 2014• Designed and developed premium websites for high-end customers• Worked directly with difficult and unhappy clients to create favorable design solutions• Saved accounts worth over $15,000 (CAN) through exceptional customer service• Collaborated with supervisors to improve tools and processes for increased productivityWeb Designer — October 2011 - May 2012• Created website mock-ups and artwork on tight timelines• Provided occasional front-end development Show less

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  HNTB

  Mar 2014 - Dec 2017

  Planner III

  Indianapolis, Indiana - March 2014 to August 2015Chicago, Illinois - August 2015 to PresentProject ExperienceBenefit/Cost Analysis / Development Scenario Visualizations / Federal Grant Applications (Small Starts, FASTLANE) / Financial Modeling / NEPA & Environmental Impact Studies / Qualitative Analysis / Regional Transit Plans / Station Area Planning / Transit Corridor Studies / Transit System Mapping / Transportation Impact Fee Calculations• Communicated complex transit alternatives to the public, board members, and other stakeholder groups• Transformed complex freight rail improvements required to remove chokepoints, bottlenecks, and at-grade conflicts into comprehensible isometric graphics, telling the complex story of the project needs in the simplest way possible• Developed quantitative evaluation of 170 candidate locations for MPO Mobility Hub investments combining land use, transit, and planned development data• Assisted with service, financial, and implementation planning of the Regional Master Transit Plan, a 20-year, $4.6 billion transit plan to improve and unify regional transit service in Southeast Michigan and Detroit• Directive narrative of and designed the final report—the culmination of over a year of analysis and planning and the basis for the referendum campaign to increase transit funding—by weaving several highly technical reports into one concise document and communicating complex technical work and findings to the layman.• Led creation of public materials communicating regional transit plan as part of a referendum campaign, including the design of a new transit system map for Southeast Michigan and Detroit• Developed financial model for calculating a transportation impact fee applied to new developments to fund multimodal improvements synthesizing land use data, from travel demand model outputs, and ITE trip generation rates Show less

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  T.Y. Lin International

  Jan 2018 - May 2023

  Bikeways program manager for the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), leading a team of planners and engineers responsible for all aspects of Chicago's on-street bikeways, including planning, outreach, funding, design, construction coordination, and evaluation.• Created the Chicago Cycling Strategy, a next-generation bike plan to guide expansion and development of Chicago's bikeway network• Coordinate aldermanic, business, and public outreach for bikeway projects• Develop implementation strategies for more efficient project delivery and more equitable bikeway investment throughout Chicago including the development of comprehensive neighborhood bike networks• Manage locally and federally funded projects including protected bike lanes, neighborhood greenways, and rapid delivery projects• Develop a long-term multi-year program to guide the development of Chicago’s bikeway network Show less

  • Lead Transportation Planner

    Jan 2021 - May 2023

  • Senior Transportation Planner

    Jan 2018 - Jan 2021
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  Chicago Department of Transportation

  Jun 2023 - now

  Complete Streets Planning Manager

  Leading a team of planners responsible for developing and expanding Chicago's on-street bikeways, pedestrian, and bus networks, including the development of Complete Streets policies, the creation of citywide and neighborhood implementation strategies, managing CDOT's complete streets funding from a variety of funding sources, aldermanic coordination, stakeholder engagement, and project evaluation.