Mr. Rafat Raie is a transportation engineer, educator, and technology innovator with more than three decades of experience in traffic engineering, transportation planning, intelligent transportation systems, and multimodal mobility. As Principal of Advanced Mobility Group, he provides strategic planning, engineering, and technology services to public agencies throughout California, helping communities improve safety, mobility, and operational efficiency across all transportation modes.
A distinguished instructor with the University of California, Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies TechTransfer Program since 2001, Mr. Raie has taught a broad range of professional development courses covering transportation planning, traffic signal design and operations, multimodal transportation systems, bicycle and pedestrian safety, transit operations, parking management, traffic engineering applications, and emerging transportation technologies. His teaching combines technical theory with practical, real-world implementation experience gained through decades of public-sector leadership and consulting practice.
Throughout his career, Mr. Raie has served in key municipal leadership positions, including City Traffic Engineer roles in several California communities, where he directed transportation planning, traffic operations, signal systems, parking programs, safety initiatives, and capital improvement projects. He has been at the forefront of deploying innovative transportation technologies, including leading the implementation of the first cloud-based emergency vehicle preemption system deployed in the United States and advancing Smart City applications that improve transportation system performance and public safety.
Widely recognized for his expertise in transportation technology and digital mobility, Mr. Raie currently leads major initiatives involving connected transportation systems, multimodal data integration, transportation analytics, communications infrastructure, transit priority strategies, parking technologies, and advanced traffic management systems. He is also directing the development of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority's Digital MOTIONS Master Plan, helping establish a framework for the future integration of digital infrastructure, data-driven transportation management, and emerging mobility solutions.
Mr. Raie's unique combination of technical expertise, leadership experience, and instructional excellence provides students and transportation professionals with practical insights into the planning, design, operation, and management of modern multimodal transportation systems.

Dr. Richard Lee is a transportation planning professional, researcher, and educator with more than 30 years of experience in transportation planning, environmental analysis, policy development, and multimodal mobility throughout California and internationally. He has taught transportation planning and related subjects at the University of California, Berkeley, California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo), University of California, Davis, Massey University (New Zealand), and San José State University.
As both a consultant and academic, Dr. Lee has led and contributed to Regional Transportation Plans, General Plans, corridor studies, transit planning efforts, environmental impact analyses, and transportation policy initiatives. His work spans the full transportation planning process including community visioning and policy development to technical analysis, environmental compliance, public engagement, project evaluation, and implementation.
Dr. Lee possesses extensive expertise in multimodal transportation planning, travel demand forecasting, transportation data collection and analysis, CEQA and SB 743 implementation, environmental impact assessment, transportation-land use integration, and project prioritization methodologies. He has guided public agencies through complex planning and environmental review processes while helping communities balance mobility, accessibility, sustainability, safety, and quality-of-life objectives.
A recognized specialist in public involvement and consensus-building, Dr. Lee has extensive experience facilitating stakeholder engagement, resolving transportation-related controversies, and developing practical solutions that address community concerns while advancing transportation goals. His teaching emphasizes the integration of policy, technical analysis, environmental stewardship, and public decision-making to create effective and implementable transportation solutions.
Through his combined experience as a practitioner, researcher, and educator, Dr. Lee provides students with a comprehensive understanding of California's multimodal transportation planning framework, equipping professionals with the tools needed to navigate today's evolving transportation, environmental, and community challenges.

Dr. Charles Rivasplata is a transportation planner, policy specialist, and educator, with over 35 years of experience in multimodal transportation planning, transit policy, and sustainable mobility. He is a senior lecturer in the School of Planning, Policy and Environmental Studies (SPPES) at San Jose State University (SJSU), where he teaches classes in urban planning, transportation planning, and sustainability planning. In addition, he is an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Environmental Studies at the University of California (UC)-Santa Cruz; and has taught classes at UC-Berkeley and Stanford University. SInce 2020, Dr. Rivasplata has been a principal at Transportation Choices, a nonprofit organization. Prior to that, he was a transportation planner for the City of San Francisco for 28 years.
Dr. Rivasplata's expertise includes public transit planning and operations; transportation demand management (TDM), bicycle and pedestrian planning, multimodal corridor design; transit-oriented development; transportation and land use integration; and mobility policy. His past work has included preparation of the Transportation Element of the San Francisco General Plan, bicycle-transit connectivity studies, residential carsharing research, and development of policies that advance regional transit integration throughout the Bay Area and beyond.
His teaching and research focus on creating livable communities through effective multimodal transportation networks, including residential street design, bicycle facility planning, bicycle safety, shared-use paths, transit system planning, bus rapid transit (BRT), light rail transit (LRT), transit operations, and the coordination of transportation modes to support safe, efficient, and sustainable mobility.