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Howard/Stein-Hudson Associates, Inc.
A TRANSPORTATION CONSULTING FIRM
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Guy D. Busa, Jr.
Principal
Joined HSH: 1988

gbusa@hshassoc.com
 

Guy is responsible for the Engineering Department's overall quality assurance and control program and client satisfaction. He also serves as project manager, principal transportation engineer, or senior advisor on a variety of projects, typically carrying out contract negotiations, managerial responsibilities, representation of client interests to regulatory agencies, and developing overall project strategies. He assesses and manages transportation operations analyses and transportation policy studies, including traffic impact studies, local school studies, campus master plans, parking analyses, peer reviews, and construction-period maintenance of access plans. He participates in multi-disciplinary design teams, coordinates activities with multiple local and state agencies, and addresses community and abutter concerns.

SPECIALTIES

  • Transportation Policy Studies
  • Traffic Impact Studies
  • Local School Studies
  • Parking Analyses
  • Campus Master Planning
  • Construction-period Maintenance of Access Plans
  • Peer Reviews

EXPERIENCE
Howard/Stein-Hudson Associates, Inc.

  • As Principal and Director of Engineering, Guy is responsible for strategic planning, business development, and daily operations of the Engineering Department, working in close coordination with the Planning Department, Administrative and Finance Department, the New York office, and the other Principals. He is responsible for revenue forecasts, project scheduling and staffing, project budgets, and project revenue recovery. Guy is a member of the firm's leadership team, assisting in fiscal management, strategic planning, long-range planning, and company policies (Principal, 2001-present; Director of Engineering, 1997-present).
  • As a Project Manager and Senior Advisor, Guy provides transportation planning and traffic engineering support for many of HSH's traffic impact studies, local school projects, and traffic impact study peer reviews. He has managed and provided support on a variety of traffic impact studies varying from small residential developments and local school projects to large office developments in settings ranging from rural or suburban to dense urban areas. Guy also assists local planning boards and boards of appeals in their review of transportation issues related to development proposals brought before them through peer reviews (1987-present).
    • Traffic Impact Studies. Much of Guy's traffic impact work focuses on urban developments, mostly in downtown Boston. Through this work, he has developed an excellent working relationship with the City of Boston Transportation Department and Department of Public Works. Beyond the initial traffic impact studies for development projects that move from the Article 80 permitting and MEPA environmental review process through Transportation Access Plans into design and construction, Guy assists with construction contract permitting documents for final design intersection and roadway improvements and construction-period traffic and pedestrian management plans. In addition, he continues the permitting process through the Public Improvement Commission plans and approvals stage.

      In Boston propert, his projects include One Lincoln Street, Columbus Center, Russia Wharf, Gateway Terrace, BioSquare, Albany Street Residences, 700 Harrison Avenue Residences, ArtBlock, Penny Savings Bank Condominiums, Gatehouse-Project Place, Hamilton Towngate, Wilkes Passage, Rollins Square, Crosstown Center, Albany Fellows, District 4 Police Station Reuse, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, One Brigham Circle, New England Baptist Hospital, Judge Baker Children's Center, Loews Hotel, One Charles Street, Four Seasons Hotel, The Clarendon, The Metropolitan, 131 Dartmouth, and Simmons College.
    • School Campus Projects. Guy has been actively involved in many HSH school campus projects, which range from full traffic impact studies for new schools to assisting communities with traffic circulation and pedestrian safety problems at existing schools. His contributions include elementary school projects in Wellesley, Winchester, Wakefield, Medford, Norwell, Norfolk, Newton, Weston, Concord, and Hingham; high schools in Sandwich, Chelsea, and Lexington; and private schools in Weston, Wellesley (Dana Hall), and Concord (Fenn).
    • Peer Reviews. Guy is also involved in numerous peer reviews of traffic impact studies and traffic circulation and pedestrian safety issues at the behest of both municipalities and community groups. These efforts typically involve an assessment of the "big picture," as well as of the details of traffic studies presented to local planning boards and neighborhood groups. Representation of these groups at local regulatory hearings and meetings is often a part of the peer review process.
  • Guy served as a Project Manager and Senior Engineer responsible for identifying and solving transportation and access issues associated with three Massachusetts Highway Department (MassHighway) Central Artery/Tunnel projects: I-93 Leverett Circle-Storrow Drive Connectors (D019E), I-93 Northbound Tunnel, Atlantic Avenue (D011A and C011A), and Bird Island Flats (D007A). He developed construction-period maintenance of access plans and final roadway design drawings, including estimates and specifications. He also coordinated efforts with affected city and state agencies and adjacent property owners and tenants. Guy served on a Task Force to determine the feasibility of integrating the I-93 Northbound Tunnel project with MBTA South Station Transitway Station work ongoing simultaneously in Dewey Square. HSH received a 1999 American Consulting Engineers Council (ACEC) of Massachusetts Engineering Excellence Award and an ACEC national honor award for its traffic engineering work on this project (1990-present).

    Through various work on the CA/T project, Guy has continued the relationship with the Boston agencies and developed extensive working relationships with MassHighway, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MTA), the MBTA, and the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).
  • Guy provides on-call technical assistance to several regional transportation authorities:
    • For the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, his efforts include assessment of a CA/T Project and City of Boston proposal to construct Berkeley Street on- and off-ramps connecting I-90 with the Back Bay. Additional efforts involved assessing opportunities for MTA compliance with 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, including the I-90 Corridor HOV Lane Feasibility Study (1996).
    • Guy provided technical assistance to the Massachusetts Port Authority for assessment of CA/T Project impacts on its South Boston waterfront properties. Efforts included assessment of both interim opening and final design of I-90 mainline and surface street traffic operations; proposed construction-period maintenance of access plans and truck routings; and interim openings and final design proposed traffic and directional signing (1997-2000).
    • For a Joint Venture with Stone & Webster, HSH worked on task order contracts for a variety of engineering and planning assignments for the MBTA. Tasks included a design package for improved drainage for the Muddy River Track Berm; development of conceptual design documents for Southampton Street Maintenance Facility; and assessment of design alternatives and their impact on Amtrak operations for the Springfield Intermodal Facility (1998-present).
  • As a Project Engineer and Principal Engineer for several major pipeline improvement projects for various state and local clients, Guy was responsible for development of maintenance of access plans, specifications, and estimates. All projects involved extensive coordination with the design team, city and state agencies and authorities, and abutters. HSH complemented each of the design teams with public involvement and public information expertise and construction-period services for projects including:
    • the Boston Water & Sewer Commission New Saint James Avenue Interceptor project in the Back Bay. The design team won the New England American Council of Consulting Engineers (ACEC-NE) 1997 Engineering Excellence Award for this project (1990-96).
    • the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) Chelsea Interceptor Relief project, which involved preliminary and final design and construction-phase services for construction of new pipelines and rehabilitating existing pipelines to reduce overflow volume to Chelsea outfalls (1998-2001).
    • the MWRA North Dorchester Bay Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) project, including design and construction of CSO facilities to reduce and/or eliminate stormwater overloads in the system that currently cause sewer overflows into North Dorchester Bay (1997-present).
  • Guy was Project Manager and Principal Engineer for assessment of traffic impacts associated with expansion of parking capacity at the MBTA Quincy Adams (1988-94) and Braintree (1989-90) suburban facilities. He prepared traffic and parking elements of the Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statements (1989-92).
  • Guy was Project Manager and Senior Engineer for development of construction-period maintenance of vehicular circulation; parking supply and allocation; and pedestrian access for expansion of T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island. He also assessed proposed landside airport roadway alignments and adjacent roadway network improvements. The effort included scheduling and coordination of landside construction activities with airside and terminal construction milestones. Construction was completed in November 1996 (1992-96).
  • As Project Manager for the New York State Department of Transportation I-287 Cross Westchester Expressway, Stage 2, Final Design, Guy was responsible for developing the conceptual design for construction-period maintenance and protection of traffic plans, including temporary traffic signalization (1998-2003).
  • As Project Manager for the North Shore Transportation Study, he provided traffic forecasting for assessment of major alternative route MBTA capital improvements to transit serving the North Shore. Results of the traffic forecasting effort were also used to develop air quality assessments of various alternatives (1993-94).
  • For the Port Authority of NY & NJ, Guy served as a Transportation Planner and Analyst for taxi and for-hire vehicle planning studies as part of the JFK Airport Year 2000 Plan (1988).
  • He served as Project Manager for an assessment of system-wide MBTA fare collection procedures and identification of revenue control methods, including surveys and analyses of monthly pass usage and fare evasion (1990-94).

Prior Experience

  • As a Transportation Engineer and Project Manager for a transportation consulting firm, Guy worked on a variety of multi-disciplinary projects involving traffic impact studies, air quality assessments, and wetland impacts of development. He also applied computer modeling of traffic and traffic impact assessment as a land use planning tool (1985-87).
  • As an Operation Research Analyst and Civil Engineer for the Federal Highway Administration Economic Analysis Division, Guy was responsible for developing mathematical models predicting bridge deck degradation levels, in both statistical and engineering contexts. He also provided computer programming support for statistical data analysis (1983-85).

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

  • With HSH: 22
  • Other: 4

EDUCATION

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Master of Science, Transportation, 1985
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Worcester, Massachusetts
    Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering
    Academic Honors: TauBeta Pi, Chi Epsilon, 1983

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Member, American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts
    Participant, ACEC Transportation Agency Liaison Committee (TALC), 2000-present
    Participant, Massport Liaison Committee, 2000-present
  • Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers
  • Member, Boston Society of Civil Engineers
    Chair, Transportation Technical Group, 1997
    Vice Chair, Transportation Technical Group, 1996
    Chair, Bertram Berger Seminar, "Implementing Electronic Toll and Traffic Management in New England," 1996
    Co-chair, Bertram Berger Seminar, "New England Transportation Initiative," 1995
    Coordinator, Young Engineers Forum:
    "Privatization, Part II," 1994
    "On the Road to Privatization," 1993
    "Implications of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments," 1992
    "Second Major Airport for the Boston Region,"1991

COMMUNITY SERVICE

  • Chair, Design Review Committee for Washington Gateway Main Streets, reviewing development projects and storefront improvements along Washington Street between Herald Street and Melnea Cass Boulevard (2004-present).