We are excited to announce that Senior Transportation Engineer Jacob Sparkowich, PE, along with Transportation Engineer Alyssa Smith, EIT, are now certified as Road Safety Professional 1 (RSP1)!
The RSP certification indicates a professional who is committed to and has demonstrated proficiency in road safety principles. With over 40,000 lives lost annually on highways (in the United States and Canada), public safety is at the forefront of an RSP’s professional experience.
Building on the PTOE
Aside from his Professional Engineering license, this is the second time recently that Jake has stepped up to increase his knowledge and engage more with traffic and roadway safety. In April 2023, Jake earned his Professional Traffic Operations Engineer® (PTOE) certification.
Jake’s expertise is in roadway and traffic engineering to meet the transportation challenges and opportunities of a diverse group of clients. He has extensive experience in developing roadway geometrics and site grading, temporary and permanent traffic signal designs, hydrologic and hydraulic calculations, stormwater BMP design, and utility mapping. For projects large and small, his proficiency includes working with a multitude of design software platforms, including Synchro, SimTraffic, SIDRA, MicroStation, InRoads, OpenRoads, Autodesk Civil 3D, SignCAD, and HydroCAD.
Experience in other Countries
Alyssa has dedicated herself to pedestrian and traffic safety, as well. Last year, she shared her knowledge of Road Safety Audits (RSAs) and how they’ve been adapted from the UK.
Alyssa is an expert at identifying transportation infrastructure and streetscape designs that improve safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and other road users. Alyssa has experience in the design of pedestrian and bicycle facilities, RSAs, crash analysis, pedestrian facilities reviews, Safe Routes to School, streetscape and gateway design, traffic calming scheme reviews, cycle route reviews, and intersection capacity analysis. Supplementing her US experience is several years working as a traffic and road safety engineer in Britain, allowing her to bring an innovative, international perspective to developing solutions for local projects.
Moving Forward after Certification
Jake and Alyssa are looking forward to using their new certifications as an increased opportunity to make a bigger impact on safety for the traveling public.
Please join us in congratulating Jake and Alyssa on this new accomplishment, and reach out to us if your community has traffic/pedestrian infrastructure design needs!
