John Eells, MCP

 Founding Principal

John Eells is a transportation planner with 44 years of experience preparing comprehensive transportation plans and developing sustainable transportation projects at the local and regional levels. John’s experience includes two years in the Legislative Analyst Office in the California State Legislature, five years with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), seven years as the Transportation Planning Coordinator for Marin County, and 30 years as a consultant. He is currently a Principal at Transportation Choices for Sustainable Communities, a non-profit research institute, and a Research Associate with the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Architecture and a master’s degree in City Planning from the University of California at Berkeley.

John has assisted in the preparation of Regional Transportation Plans for Sacramento and Lake Tahoe and has reviewed Regional Transportation Plans throughout California for conformance with State greenhouse gas reduction requirements for the California Attorney General’s Office. He participated in a joint effort by Caltrans and the California Council on Science and Technology to develop a proposal for a new California Center for Transportation Innovation to coordinate transportation research activities in California.

John has also managed major multi-modal transportation studies, evaluated the feasibility of proposal ferry services, and worked on the implementation of several rail transit projects including the Sacramento Light Rail project, the ACE Commuter Rail Service from Stockton to San José, the SMART Commuter Rail Service from Cloverdale to Larkspur, the proposed AMTRAK line from Oakland to Reno, and the proposed high-speed Maglev Service from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.