Mr. Higgins has directed and performed numerous planning and design projects during his 30-year career. He also has extensive operational experience, including serving as a City Traffic Engineer. Specific experience includes traffic impact analyses, conceptual and final highway, street system and subdivision design, traffic signal design, signing and striping design, traffic volume and speed surveys, safety analysis, traffic control device warrant studies, traffic control device inventory, capacity analysis, circulation studies, parking studies, parking facility design, conceptual interchange design, pedestrian and bicycle studies, transportation systems management, transportation demand management, project representation, community traffic committee organization, expert witnessing in personal injury and wrongful death litigation, railroad design coordination, grading and drainage design, structural design, project management, construction inspection and contract administration.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: Civil Engineer - California (No. 30489, 1979)
Traffic Engineer - California (No. 1385, 1981)
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: American Planning Association
American Public Works Association
American Society of Civil Engineers
Association of Environmental Planners
California Alliance for Advanced Transportation Systems
California Public Parking Association
Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors of California
Institute of Transportation Engineers
International Municipal Signal Association
National Parking Association
Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Association
Transportation Research Board
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: 34
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Freeway Work Zone
Intersection Sight Distance-Accident Invest.
Road Cross Section
Residential Subdivision
Arterial Design Study
Intersection Traffic Control
Road Cross Section-Accident Invest.
Intersection Signage-Accident Invest.
Speed Control Strategies
Environmental Study Adequacy
Intersection Design
Environmental Study Adequacy
Road Segment Sight Distance-Accident Invest.
Accident Investigation
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: 25
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Consulting, Reports, Site Inspections, Expert Witness Testimony, Research
