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'I <br />f{ <br />e <br />v <br />f! <br />[f <br />,r <br />.r <br />{. <br />ri <br />i <br />'t <br />,s <br />r <br />g <br />30 RFO No. 14 -07 -02 <br />Toni Horst, PhD <br />Grant Writing <br />Education <br />PhD, Regional Science, University of <br />Pennsylvania, 1997 <br />BA, Economics and Government, <br />Oberlin College, 1986 <br />Years of Experience <br />20 <br />Dr. Horst is a nationally <br />recognized consultant in <br />transportation economics <br />and planning. Her work <br />focuses on the application <br />of quantitative information <br />to support transportation <br />decision making. She is an <br />economist with significant <br />experience assessing projects <br />and developing defensible <br />analyses of project feasibility, <br />economic impact, return on <br />investment and benefit cost. <br />She has supported clients <br />in the technical analysis and <br />development of numerous <br />grant applications including: <br />ETA State of Good Repair <br />applications, FRA HSIPR <br />applications, US DOT TIGER <br />applications, and Coast Guard <br />Truman -Hobbs applications.A <br />regional economist, her work <br />focuses on analyzing how <br />transportation investment <br />changes local economies. <br />Similar Experience <br />Economic Analysis in Support of <br />TIGER 2073 Funding for Florida <br />DOT (FDOT) Rail Improvements. <br />Project manager for economic benefit <br />cost and economic impact analysis <br />supporting FDOT's application to the <br />US Department of Transportation's <br />TIGER Discretionary Grant program. <br />The investment will rehabilitate and <br />create crossovers between the FEC and <br />CSX rail lines, creating additional rail <br />capacity to accommodate freight and <br />passenger service and improve access <br />to central Florida from the state's <br />southern deepwater ports. The project <br />was selected to receive TIGER funding. <br />Economic Analysis and Application <br />Support for TIGER Funding for City <br />and Port of Oakland's Application <br />"Restoring Oakland's Working <br />Waterfront," Oakland, CA. Project <br />Manager for project to develop the full <br />application inclusive of the benefit <br />cost analysis for the City of Oakland <br />and the Port of Oakland's TIGER 2012 <br />application for its rail improvements at <br />the port. Project was selected to receive <br />TIGER 2012 funding. <br />Syracuse Connective Corridor Benefit <br />Cost Analysis, City of Syracuse and <br />Syracuse University. Project manager <br />for economic benefit cost and economic <br />impact analysis supporting Syracuse <br />Connective Corridor's application to <br />the US Department of Transportation's <br />TIGER III Discretionary Grant program. <br />The project was one of only 46 projects <br />selected for award. <br />Economic Analysis in Support of <br />TIGER II Funding Application for <br />Peachtree Streetcar Project, MARTA <br />Atlanta Georgia: Project manager <br />responsible for economic benefit <br />cost and economic impact analysis <br />included in TIGER application. <br />Project benefits included construction, <br />Section 3 <br />AECOM <br />operation, travel time and cost savings, <br />property premium, safety, fuel savings, <br />and emission benefits. Project was <br />selected to receive TIGER II funding. <br />Economic Analysis in Support of <br />TIGER II Funding for Niagara Falls <br />Train Station, City of Niagara Falls. <br />Project manager for economic benefit <br />cost and economic impact analysis <br />supporting Syracuse Connective <br />Corridor's application to the US <br />Department of Transportation's TIGER <br />II Discretionary Grant program. Project <br />was selected to receive TIGER II funding. <br />Economic Analysis in Support of FRA <br />and TIGER Application for Intermodal <br />Rail/Transit Station, Ramsey, County, <br />MN. Project manager responsible for <br />economic benefit cost analysis and <br />economic impacts. Project was selected <br />to receive TIGER funding; only 51 of <br />1,300 projects received TIGER funding. <br />Application to Support Resilience <br />Projects in Response to Hurricane <br />Sandy (FTA), WMATA, Washington, <br />DC. Project manager for development <br />of application narrative and hazard <br />assessment of candidate projects. <br />Application is under review. <br />Solicitation of Project Proposals for <br />Innovative Safety, Resiliency, and All - <br />Hazards Emergency Response and <br />Recovery Research Demonstrations <br />WMATA, Washington, DC. Project <br />manager for development of application <br />narrative and benefit cost of candidate <br />projects. Application is under review. <br />