Supplemental questions

4. To accomplish the functions of the position, the successful candidate must be able to work collaboratively with colleagues from throughout the agency and external stakeholders. Please briefly explain your definition of what it means to work collaboratively. What experience have you had that has helped you develop this ability, and what did you learn from the experience?

Planning is a collaborative process, led by the public agencies, including State/MPO/RTPA and other key stakeholders in the regional transportation system, which can only be achieve through open communication, cooperation, and commitment to teamwork. Transportation planning activities include visioning, forecasting population/employment, identifying major growth corridors, projecting future land use, assessing needs, developing capital and operating strategies to move people and goods, and developing a financial plan. The required planning processes are designed to foster involvement by all interested parties, such as the business community, community groups, walking and bicycling representatives, environmental organizations, the Native American community, neighboring MPO/RTPA and the general public through an open and proactive public participation process.

As a Transportation Planner working for the California Department of Transportation, I …show more content…
I created a master Excel workbook with spreadsheets, recording expenditures and billable hours for each RES project, as well as a fiscal year work hour projections for each RES staff member based on project budgets. The spreadsheet also includes a summary and an overall spreadsheet for all projects combined in relation to the unit’s overall