Alex Olajide | SCARP | UBC School of Community and Regional Planning

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Olajide

Email: alexo.utpl@gmail.com

I am a young international planning professional with lived and work experience in West Africa, South East Asia, and North America. I am also an intern at the Transport Consulting practice of Arup's Toronto Office, where i conduct research on transit station regeneration and provide assistance on transit value capture projects. Currently completing a master's degree in planning from the University of British Columbia's (UBC) School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) specializing in transport and urban development, I aspire to become a Transport Consultant and Transaction Advisor involved in the delivery of valuable, ambitious, and complex urban transport and development projects.

Bio and CV

Biography

As a young planning professional, I have taken keen interest and acquired deep knowledge in the following areas in transport consulting:

• Sustainability
• Urban Transit Planning and Operations
• Rapid Transit Value Planning (Land Value Capture)
• Urban Transit Project Development, Procurement, and Finance
• Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
• Transport Policy and Economics (Market Structure, Competition, and Regulation)
• Transport Demand Management

Scholarships and Awards

Wideman Prize for Project Management Excellence (2015 Team Member Reciepient)

Courses Taken

Introduction to Planning Practice (Omnibus) (PLAN 540A); Introduction to Planning Theory (PLAN 502); Introduction to Urban Transportation Planning (PLAN 580); Transportation Planning and Analysis (CIVL 583); Quantitative Tools for Planners (PLAN 548I); Qualitative Research Methods (PLAN 515); Legal Context of Planning (Planning Law) (PLAN 506); Plan Implementation by Zoning (PLAN 548J); Plan Creation, Implementation, and Evaluation (PLAN 590B); Strategic Planning for Local Economic Development (PLAN 503); Public Health and the Built Environment (PLAN 579); Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (PLAN 548U); Urban Transportation Economics (COMM 446); Urban Development Market and Financial Analysis (PLAN 561); Theory and Methods of Urban Design (PLAN 517); Directed Studies - International Transport Planning (GIZ Course) (PLAN 550A); Applied Project Management (COMM 447); Urban Land Economics (COMM 306); City Planning as a Craft (PLAN 542) Financial Tools for Plan Implementation (PLAN 548A) Land Use and Environmental Policy (PLAN 590A)

Related Work Experience

Transport Consulting Intern - Arup; Project Consultant - The Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI); Intern Planner - EcoPlan International (EPI); Environmental Consultant - Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) (Vietnam)

Teaching Assistantships PLAN 580 (Introduction to Transportation Planning) - Transit Planning (Guest Lecturer)

Internships Intern Planner at EcoPlan International (EPI); Transport Consulting Intern at Arup

Supervisors

Supervisors Lawrence Frank