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Maggie Cheung is senior project manager
in transportation planning and a pedestrian
modeling expert at Mott MacDonald. Experienced
in planning for transit operations and
facilities, she has served as project manager or
pedestrian modeling task lead throughout her
14-year career for high-profile projects in 10
countries across five continents.
Working in this industry allows
me to improve mobility options
for more people, which in turn
allows them to get around to do
whatever it is they need to do,
and in a more sustainable way. "
Maggie
Cheung
Senior Project
Manager,
Transportation
Planning
Mott MacDonald
For each project, Cheung uses pedestrian
modeling analysis to assess the provision of
vertical transport facilities, ticket gates, platforms,
concourse areas and other key circulation
routes for multiple stations. Cheung
has also taken project management roles
for several large transit planning studies for
L.A. Metro. She served as the deputy project
manager for Environmental Assessment and
Technical Studies for the Metrolink Antelope
Valley Line (AVL), Conceptual Design/Planning
to support the Metrolink San Bernardino Line/
Metro Gold Line Task Force and she is the
planning lead for the Vermont Transit Corridor
South Bay Extension Feasibility Study.
During her career, Cheung was curious about
why a pedestrian might choose one side of the
road and when they would choose to cross the
road. She researched, " Public Life Tool, " developed
by Danish architect Jan Gehl, and applied
that tool to a train station design project. She
has also expanded her pedestrian modeling
expertise from normal operations to special
event scenario planning in transit station design.
For instance, she was responsible for leading
the development of sensitivity tests for
the London 2012 Olympic Games to determine
operational plans suitable for the
Canning Town Station layout so that the large
crowd demand could be accommodated.
Having grown up in Hong Kong and the
UK, Cheung developed a passion for promoting
public transportation. Now, living
in Los Angeles and relying on transit,
she uses social media to encourage using
the L.A. Metro system to get around.
Fast Fact: Cheung volunteers for the
Railway Association of Southern California,
helping organize events like the annual
scholarship and award dinner, and participates
in the WTS-L.A. Chapter
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Tommy
Chiu, P.Eng.
LEED AP BD+C
Principal,
Information and
Communications
Technology
Stantec Consulting
Ltd.
Tommy Chiu, principal of information and
communications technology, joined Stantec
Consulting Ltd., as an engineer-in-training in
2007 after completing four engineering co-op
work terms. In 2011, he received his Professional
Engineer's license from the Association
of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of
British Columbia and became a project engineer,
responsible for signing and sealing his own
design drawings.
In 2012, Chiu was promoted to associate, taking
on responsibility for all the technical issues
for his team. He became a company principal
in 2018 and is currently leading a multi-disciplinary
team providing engineering consulting
services locally and internationally. In his time
at Stantec, he's been recognized as an industry
leader and subject matter expert in information
and communication smart technologies.
Some of his recent projects include the
Sound Transit Operations and Maintenance
Facility East located in Bellevue, Wash.; the
TransLink Core Operation and Maintenance
Center Redevelopment located in
Burnaby, B.C., Canada; and the new Iqaluit
International Airport in Nunavut, Canada.
Chiu is an advocate for promoting, teaching
and implementing smart technologies in the
engineering consulting industry, and is currently
teaching within the Applied Science
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[My] most proud accomplishment
is inspiring the next generation
of post-secondary students
to become innovative
technology engineers. "
Program at Langara College in Vancouver,
B.C. With a technical background and a passion
in the smart mass transit sector, Chiu has
been assisting in setting industry standards by
serving as vice chair for the electrotechnical
aspects of Smart Cities Committee for the
Standards Council of Canada; code contributor
for the Canadian Standard Association;
and voting committee member for the BICSI
Sustainable Technology Environments Program.
Chiu's colleagues say he works closely with
members of his team to help them grow in their
careers and makes it a point to do more at his
organization than coming to the office every
day by striving to instill in his team the same
passion he has in making clients' lives easier.
Fast Fact: Chiu wanted to become an
electrical and technology consulting engineer
when he was in fifth grade after visiting
the Mass Transit Railway operational maintenance
facility.
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