Instructor Information


NameBio
Nazir Lalani PE, President- Traffex Engineers Inc., Ventura, CA

Mr. Lalani is the President of a transportation consulting firm that offers a unique blend of transportation, local agency, technical training and expert witness services since 1996. After relocating to the U.S.A. from the UK where he was working for the Greater London Council, Nazir worked for Jefferson County and the City of Lakewood in Colorado, the City of Phoenix, Arizona, the Cities of Santa Rosa as well as Ventura and the Counties of Santa Barbara and Ventura, California. Nazir currently provides consulting services to local agencies ranging from the complete responsibilities of traffic engineering functions to specialized operations such as synchronized signal systems as well as studies designed to improve pedestrian and bicycle facilities. Until recently, he was the Contract City Traffic Engineer for the Cities of La Quinta, Ojai and Indian Wells in Southern California. He continues to proving consulting traffic engineering services to several local agencies including the City of Palm Desert and the City of Rancho Mirage. For the past 20 years, including at the present time, Nazir has been an instructor of collegiate courses concerning traffic and transportation engineering. He currently presents approximately 30 webinar per year on a variety of transportation and Traffic Engineering topics.

Philip Demosthenes Consultant, Principle Planner

Mr. Demosthenes has over 38 years of experience in transportation planning, investigation and application of solution strategies, creating programs and policies, access related litigation support, corridor planning, roadway design elements, training and highway safety. He is a recognized national and international authority in the field of access management. Most recently he has been involved in both rural and urban corridor improvement projects in Idaho, Arizona, California, Kentucky, Alaska and Tennessee. He teaches access management courses frequently. He has prepared access management policies and standards for Colorado, Arizona, Alaska, and Abu Dhabi and assisted with access program development in Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Michigan, New Jersey, Louisiana, Florida, British Columbia and Greece. He has been involved in roundabout research and application since 2000. He currently serves as the Chairman for Research on the TRB Roundabout Committee. He is an Emeritus member of the TRB Access Committee. He co-authored the access management chapters in two recent ITE publications: "Urban Street Geometric Design Handbook" (2008) and the "Traffic Engineering Handbook" (2009). He is one of four co-authors of the second edition of the TRB Access Management Manual, 2014.