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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014 | MassTransitmag.com | Mass Transit | 43 Christina O'Claire, MPA Strategic Planning and Analysis Supervisor King County Metro CHRISTINA O'CLAIRE is helping King County Metro move into the future through an evolving array of strategic performance and planning initiatives. She is currently engaged in leading or providing key support in the follow- ing projects for Metro Transit: keeping the agency focused on a landmark new Strategic Plan and analyzing and reporting on progress toward the plan's goals and objectives; establishing performance metrics for the agency's $1.2 billion budget and business plan; developing a Community Mobility Con- tracts program in which local cities will partner with Metro to "buy back " service slated for reduction or new services; es- tablishing the agency's frst long-range plan since the mid-1990s; and leading Metro's technical team to develop and analyze data and business process improvements as part of the International Bus Benchmarking Group. As the Washington State Department of Trans- portation prepared to bore a tunnel along the Seattle waterfront to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, she facilitated discussions that contributed to the depart- ment paying Metro $32 million for transit services to mitigate the project's trafc impacts. When Metro faced a multimillion dollar decision to replace its ag- ing electric trolley feet, O'Claire played a key role. She led a team through vehicle main- tenance, power and facilities data to compare the benefts and costs of modern electric trolleys with diesel or diesel-electric hybrids. Based on the report's fndings, Metro is procuring a new feet of electric trolley buses that will begin service in 2015. Initially O'Claire worked as an intern in Metro's market development section and then moved into the King County Department of Transportation's director's ofce. She led a landmark study, Health- Scape, that promoted public health by demonstrat- ing linkages between land use, transportation, air quality and health. In the director's ofce she was a voice for transit, ensuring that major development projects considered impacts to transit riders during construction and design. www.MassTransitmag.com/11617583 For more information, visit www.MassTransitmag.com/10064967 "As a mom of two young kids, I am proud of the fact that I work for King County Metro and that I am planning the future. My hope is that years from now people in King County have even more access to the places they want to go and with more connected mobility options than today."

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