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Hamish Delacroix-Raghunathan

Junior Transportation Planner
Albuquerque, NM, United States

Professional Summary

Junior transportation planner with 2+ years supporting multimodal corridor studies, GIS crash analysis, and transit service planning for a fast-growing Southwest metro. Skilled in ArcGIS Pro, TransCAD, Synchro, and Python-based data cleaning; comfortable presenting at public meetings in English and Spanish. Focused on safer streets, Vision Zero, and equitable access to frequent transit.

Employment History

Junior Transportation Planner
Mid-Region Council of Governments · Albuquerque, NM
Jun, 2024 · Present
Built GIS crash-density layers for 1,900+ KSI crashes (2019–2023) that shaped the regional High-Injury Network update adopted by the MPO board Coded and validated TransCAD network edits for 14 MTP projects, reducing model QA turnaround from 3 weeks to 9 days Drafted 6 TIP amendment memos and FHWA-ready project sheets totaling $48M in federal-aid funding Ran Synchro/SimTraffic signal timing scenarios for the Central Ave corridor, projecting 11% lower peak-hour delay Organized 9 bilingual community workshops and pop-ups, collecting 1,250 survey responses for the Active Transportation Plan Automated weekly bike/ped counter downloads with Python and Power BI, saving ~6 staff hours per month
Transportation Planning Intern
City of Albuquerque – Department of Municipal Development · Albuquerque, NM
Jun, 2023 · May, 2024
Inventoried 210 miles of sidewalk gaps and ADA ramp deficiencies using Field Maps, feeding the city ADA Transition Plan Prepared traffic-count summaries and turning-movement diagrams for 35 development reviews Helped score 40 Complete Streets requests against the city prioritization matrix Produced map exhibits for 3 council presentations on the Rail Trail
GIS Research Assistant
University of New Mexico – Bureau of Business & Economic Research · Albuquerque, NM
Aug, 2022 · May, 2023
Geocoded 60,000 commute records to analyze transit-access gaps across Bernalillo County Co-authored a working paper on first/last-mile access to ART bus rapid transit Maintained a PostGIS database and documented data dictionaries for 12 datasets

Education

Master of Community & Regional Planning (Transportation concentration)
University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM
Aug, 2022 · May, 2024
GPA 3.8. Coursework: transportation planning methods, GIS for planners, land use & transportation, public participation.
B.A. Geography, minor in Spanish
New Mexico State University · Las Cruces, NM
Aug, 2018 · May, 2022
Cum laude.

Skills

ArcGIS Pro
QGIS
TransCAD
Synchro/SimTraffic
Remix
Python (pandas, GeoPandas)
SQL/PostGIS
Power BI
Excel
AutoCAD Civil 3D basics
GTFS analysis
Crash data analysis
Public engagement
Grant writing
Spanish (professional)

Courses

AICP Candidate Pilot Program (enrolled, 2024)
American Planning Association
FHWA Safe System Approach training (2025)
Federal Highway Administration
ESRI Spatial Analysis with ArcGIS Pro (2023)
Esri

Languages

English · native
Spanish (professional) · fluent

Extra-curricular Activities

Vision Zero Dashboard (Project)
Mid-Region Council of Governments · Albuquerque, NM
Built a public Power BI crash dashboard used by 3 member agencies to track KSI trends and High-Injury Network progress.
Rio Grande Trail Count Study (Project)
University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM
Designed a 6-site manual + automated count program to measure bike and pedestrian volumes along the Rio Grande Trail.