ZACH HANSON, PTP

Transportation Planner | Richmond, VA

About Zach: 

Native Plants, State Park Enthusiast, Community Engagement, Fan of VCU Basketball

Education: 

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

MUEP, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Resourceful | Collaborative | Curious

Zach is a Virginia-based transportation data analyst in Renaissance’s Charlottesville office. He has expertise in city planning and traffic analysis and has a broad range of experience using microsimulation and travel demand models. After graduating from the University of Virginia in 2016, Zach worked as a Transportation Planning Engineer at the Virginia Department of Transportation, where he conducted corridor level traffic analyses and helped develop accessibility performance measures. His passion is interpreting the links between transportation, land use, and economics, as well as ensuring the transparent communication of information to stakeholders.

I believe... 

“It is better to roughly right than precisely wrong” – Attributed to John Maynard Keynes