Lloyd J. French III, Ph.D., P.E., ENV SP (Jim) - Project Manager, Traffic Engineer, Sustainability Professional, LEED Green Associate

Education:

Pennsylvania State University, B.S., Civil Engineering, 1992
University of Pittsburgh, M.S., Civil Engineering, 1993
West Virginia University, Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1997

Licensure and Certification:

Professional Engineer:  Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland, 1998
Envision Sustainability Professional, Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure, 2019
LEED Green Associate, U.S Green Building Council, 2019

Company Responsibilities:

Jim oversees, or directly conducts, all traffic engineering activities.  Design work includes: Permanent and Temporary Traffic Signal Designs, Work Zone Traffic Control Plans, and Signing and Pavement Marking Plans.    Studies include: Transportation Impact Studies (TIS), Transportation Management Plans (TMP), Point of Access Studies (POA), Feasibility Studies, Alternatives Analyses, Roadway Safety Audits (RSA), Incident Management Plans (IMP), Congested Corridor Improvement Studies, Needs Studies, Signal Warrant Analyses, Traffic Signal System Timing and Design, and Highway Safety Analyses / Crash History Reviews.

He is proficient in numerous traffic analysis software packages, including Highway Capacity Software (HCS), Highway Safety Software, SIDRA, and Synchro/SimTraffic. He developed the Delay Analysis Workbook (DAWB) for performing assessments of work zone delay in Pennsylvania.

He is a certified Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) by the Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure, with a particular interest in sustainable urban drainage systems, watershed management, and neighborhood development.

Prior to joining French Engineering, Jim was a member of the research faculty at West Virginia University (1996-2005) where he served as principal investigator for numerous research projects with PennDOT and WVDOT in the areas of traffic engineering, transportation planning, and traffic forecasting. Jim also taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Transportation Engineering, including Highway Engineering, Traffic Flow Theory, and Urban Transportation Forecasting.

The following is a sampling of his traffic-related experience, organized by District:

• District 1-0: SR 290-A08, Buffalo Road Ramp, City of Erie - Prepared traffic analysis, coordinated traffic signal system design, temporary signal design, and the signing and pavement marking plan for this project to convert the one-way ramp on the Bayfront Connector at Buffalo Road to two-way.
• District 2-0: SR 80, Section B48, Clearfield County - Prepared the traffic control plan and specification for this project to replace the structures carrying I-80 over a local road.  He also prepared traffic capacity analyses for the work zone condition.
• District 3-0: SR 147-110 & 11-113, Borough of Northumberland - Prepared two final traffic signal designs and four temporary signal designs for intersections in the Borough that were impacted by the proposed construction and the required detours.  This included the forecasting and analysis of diverted traffic over a street network for 12 phases of construction.  
• District 8-0: HOP Review Open End - Performed Transportation Impact Study (TIS) and scope reviews for over 300 projects.
• District 9-0: US 30 Congested Corridor Study, Breezewood - Supervised traffic data collection and prepared capacity, operational, and safety analyses to address concerns along US 30 between I-70 and the PA Turnpike.
• District 10-0: SR 1007-350, Clarion County - Prepared the traffic control plan, temporary signal plan, and traffic control specifications.  The project traffic control plan was designed to minimize traffic impacts since this project is located along a key connector between the Clarion Borough and I-80.
• District 11-0: Roadway Safety Audits - Provided traffic engineering expertise for various Roadway Safety Audits across Allegheny County, including Business 22 in Monroeville.  
• District 12-0:  SR 31-03R, Mount Pleasant Traffic Signals – Served as the project manager and lead traffic signal designer to upgrade 7 traffic signals in Mount Pleasant Borough and East Huntingdon Township.  
• Bureau of Highway Safety and Traffic Engineering: Work Zone Project - Updated the Delay Analysis Workbook (DAWB) and performed technology transfer.
• Pennsylvania Turnpike - Used empirical Bayes methodologies to evaluate the safety impacts of the increased 70 MPH speed limit on the Turnpike.
• Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission: Regional Traffic Signal Improvement Program - Supervised traffic data collection, performed Synchro model development, and traffic signal design duties as part of three cycles of the SINC/SINC-UP program.