- May 24, 2023
- In the Media
Parking & Mobility Features Six Kimley-Horn Experts
Parking & Mobility’s May 2023 issue is jam-packed with Kimley-Horn expertise on parking garages, technology, and electric vehicles (EV).
Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Article
Robert Ferrin, CAPP, and Jeffrey Sallee, PE, co-authored “How Vehicle-to-Grid Technology Creates Passive Income and Eases the Burden of EV Regulations” with Fermata Energy. The article explores the electrification of parking and transportation programs and new revenue opportunities from V2G bidirectional charging systems.
Parking and Expert Spotlights
The magazine’s “Parking Spotlight” featured our University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Tropicana Parking Garage expansion, led by Ken Ackeret, PE, PTOE, Ph.D.; Ben Henderson, PE, SE; and Thomas Ackeret, PE, PTOE. Kimley-Horn oversaw each phase of the expansion as the client’s trusted advisor, helping stakeholders manage timelines, budgets, and design and construction meetings to create the iconic parking garage.
Last but not least, Nick Mazzenga, PE, was featured in “Ask the Experts,” where he discussed the usage of smartphones in modern parking practices and how there is still a need to serve the 15% of Americans without smartphones.
About the Authors
Ken Ackeret, PE, PTOE, Ph.D.
Ken is a practicing principal with over 40+ years of transportation design and planning experience. He offers a unique blend of civil roadway design, conceptual planning, and academic knowledge to address today’s roadway design challenges of safety, stakeholder involvement, schedules, and budgets.
Thomas Ackeret, PE, PTOE
Thomas is a project engineer with over 25 years of experience designing and managing civil engineering projects for both municipal and private-sector clients. He has served as a project manager and project engineer for multiple large-scale institutional, hospitality, and commercial projects throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Robert Ferrin, CAPP
For nearly two decades, Robert has specialized in smart city solutions, urban and economic development, transportation planning, and asset management. Robert joined Kimley-Horn after nearly five years with the City of Columbus, where he led the Parking Services team as a Department of Public Service Assistant Director. Before his role in Columbus, he held parking and mobility leadership roles in Aurora and Denver, Colorado, and Charlotte, North Carolina. Robert currently sits on the International Parking & Mobility Institute (IPMI) Board, where he advances smart cities, research and innovation, and electrification.
Ben Henderson, PE, SE
Ben is a registered structural engineer with more than 15 years of experience in functional design of parking structures, parking access, and revenue control systems. He brings this unique skill set during the concept development and design phase of each project, leading to well-planned parking facilities tailored to clients’ needs. Ben specializes in structural rehabilitation, remediation, and durable structural design that provides clients additional assurance of parking facilities with lower life cycle costs and longer service lives.
Nick Mazzenga, PE
Nick has over a decade of experience as a researcher and engineer in state and regional transit and traffic management systems, transportation communication systems, traveler information systems, concept of operations development, and systems engineering. He served a leading role developing ITS system requirements for traveler information systems and Bluetooth vehicle detection systems.
Jeffrey Sallee, PE
Jeffrey has nearly two decades of experience as an electrical design engineer. His primary focus is the design of power, backup power, lighting, and communications systems for facilities. Jeffrey started as an electrical engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Since joining Kimley-Horn in 2013, Jeffrey has transitioned to project management and design for electric vehicle charging stations, pump stations, intelligent transportation systems, and telecommunications facilities and equipment. Jeffrey has designed more than 1,000 EV charging station sites for public and private clients nationwide.