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Joaquin E. Vargas, P.E.
Transportation Engineer
Education
Master of Science in Civil Engineering
(Transportation Engineering) — Georgia Institute of
Technology, 1987
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering — Santo Domingo Institute of
Technology (INTEC), 1986
Registration
Professional Engineer — Florida (PE# 44174), 1991
Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE# 1262), 2003
Private Sector Experience
Joaquin Vargas is an accomplished transportation engineer specializing in traffic
engineering, parking studies, traffic impact studies, access, internal -site
circulation, traffic concurrency, Development of Regional Impacts (DRI),.
pedestrian mobility studies, safety evaluations, and signal warrant studies. He
has conducted over 1,000 traffic studies in Southeast Florida. His studies have
been reviewed and approved by the Florida Department of Transportation
(FDOT), numerous municipalities, counties, and other consulting firms acting as
consultants to public agencies.
Municipal Experience
Joaquin Vargas has reviewed hundreds of traffic studies and site plans on behalf
of municipalities, especially for the Cities of Sunrise and Coral Springs. He is
currently serving as traffic consultant to the cities of Pompano Beach, Sunrise,
Oakland Park, Deerfield Beach, Tamarac and Coral Springs. He has also
provided traffic engineering consulting services to the cities of Bay Harbor
Islands, Cooper City, Destin, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Homestead,
Lauderdale -By -The Sea, Miami, Miami Beach, Miami Springs, North Miami
Beach, Ocala, Pembroke Pines and Surfside.
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Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Experience
Between 1996 and 2006, Mr. Vargas served as traffic operations and safety
consultant to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). During this
period, he conducted over 200 traffic engineering assignments for the FDOT,
including the Florida Keys Hurricane Evacuation Study completed in 2001.
Mr. Vargas has also presented at the FDOT's scoping committee, attended
meetings, city commission meetings, and public workshops on behalf of the
FDOT. Furthermore, he conducted over 100 fatal crash studies throughout
Miami -Dade and Monroe Counties. He has also served as expert witness for the
public and private sectors. For the FDOT, Mr. Vargas served as expert witness
on several cases involving parking, access, and internal site circulation.
International Experience
Joaquin Vargas has also worked on overseas projects. He recently completed a
traffic evaluation associated with the expansion of the Port of Ghana, Africa. He
also evaluated transportation options for a resort development project in the
State of Quintana Roe, Mexico. Mr. Vargas also provided transportation and
planning assistance for the development of a major retail center in San Pedro
Sula in Honduras. Joaquin's firm has been recently selected to work on the
master transportation plan for the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Representative Projects
Traffic Engineering Services for the City of Coral Springs: Mr. Vargas has been
serving as traffic consultant to the City of Coral Springs since the late 1980's. In
this capacity, he has reviewed hundreds of applications from traffic and safety
standpoints. He has reviewed site plans prepared by others from access,
parking, stacking, and internal site circulation standpoints. Mr. Vargas has
reviewed numerous traffic studies prepared by others for new projects within the
City of Coral Springs.
Traffic Consultant for the City of Sunrise: Between 1996 and 2005, Mr. Vargas
served as traffic consultant to the City of Sunrise. In this capacity, he assisted
the city in convincing the developers of the Florida Panther's arena that the best
location for the arena was next to the Sawgrass Mills (its current location).
Furthermore, Mr. Vargas has been involved in reviewing most of the Sawgrass
Mills expansions (DRi's), including the previously -opened Wannado City and
Metropica projects. Mr. Vargas has been involved in the review process of
numerous applications submitted to the City of Sunrise. These reviews have
focused on traffic impacts created by the proposed projects, and site plan
reviews.
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Project Manager and Senior Traffic Engineer for the FDOT: Between 1996 and
2006, Mr. Vargas served as traffic operations and safety consultant to the Florida
Department of Transportation (FDOT). During this period, he conducted over
200 traffic engineering assignments for the FDOT, including the Florida Keys
Hurricane Evacuation Study completed in 2001. He has continuously provided
hurricane evacuation assistance to the FDOT to the present (2013).
Traffic Engineer for the Sistrunk Boulevard Streetscape Project: Mr. Vargas
served as traffic engineer on one of Fort Lauderdale's most challenging traffic
calming projects... Sistrunk Boulevard. Opposed by high-level Broward County
professionals, this CRA project consisted of reducing the number of through
lanes on Sistrunk Boulevard from four to two. Mr. Vargas had the difficult task of
ensuring that due to the reduction in vehicular capacity, neighborhood traffic
intrusion was not going to be a problem. Several creative traffic engineering
tactics were recommended in order to eliminate this political concern.
References:
Mr. Chris Suneson, Transportation Planner City of Coral Springs
(954) 344-1028
Mr. Mark. Lubeiski, City Manager— City of Sunrise
(954) 746-3430
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