Katherine Fichter

Kate Fichter has been working in transportation planning in the Commonwealth for the past decade, both as a policy analyst for the Massachusetts House of Representatives and a planner for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. She holds degrees from the University of Chicago and MIT, the latter in urban studies and planning. Her main areas of interest are public transportation, urban design and development, and the importance of public infrastructure in encouraging and sustaining healthy civic life. She managed the development of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Long-Range Plan in 2006, and was then project manager for the extension of the MBTA Green Line to Somerville and Medford for several years. In addition to the South Station Expansion project, she also works on the Casey Arborway project, and other major statewide transportation initiatives.

Matthew Ciborowski

Matt Ciborowski has been working as a transportation planner for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for the last two years, before which he worked as a transportation planning consultant on multiple projects around the country. He holds bachelors and masters degrees from MIT, both in urban studies and planning. His main areas of professional interest are railroad and transit operations, public transportation, multi-modal connectivity, and the integration of transportation networks and urban design. He has also worked on the Green Line Extension project, the Grand Junction Transportation study, the Beyond Boston Transportation study, among others. He currently lives in Somerville, and is involved with multiple local performing arts organizations.

Technical Team

In addition to MassDOT employees, the South Station Expansion project includes the services of many other entities, including a multi-disciplinary consultant team compromised of the following firms:

HNTB

Project management, oversight, project controls, rail engineering, architecture, general engineering, transportation planning, environmental services, land-use planning, funding, project delivery

VHB

Project management, oversight, rail engineering, general engineering, transportation planning, environmental services, land-use planning

ARCADIS

Hazardous materials

Asset Performance Management

Funding, project delivery

Bryant Associates

Survey

Epsilon Associates

Environmental review, cultural resources

KM Chng Environmental

– Noise and vibration, air quality

Public Archeology Laboratory

Archeology

Regina Villa Associates

Pubic outreach

R.W. Sullivan

Mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering, code review

Stull & Lee

Architecture

Transportation Planning & Resources Group

Funding, project delivery

Urban Alchemy

Funding, project delivery

VJ Associates

cost estimating, scheduling

Agency Partners

Amtrak

Ridership modeling, coordination, design review

Boston Redevelopment Authority

Urban design, architecture, transportation planning, joint development, public outreach

Central Transportation Planning Staff

Environmental justice, air quality, ridership modeling

Federal Railroad Administration

Grant oversight, Northeast Corridor coordination

Massport

Agency coordination, joint development

MBTA

Project management, design review, operations planning, environmental review, joint development