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HDR Names New Transportation Program Delivery Services Director

With nearly 30 years of experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and delivering multimodal solutions, Jason McGlashan will develop and grow the firm's consulting and program delivery services.

by METRO Staff
April 27, 2021
HDR Names New Transportation Program Delivery Services Director

Jason McGlashan

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HDR’s Jason McGlashan, PE, has been promoted to transportation program delivery services director.

With nearly 30 years of experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and delivering multimodal solutions, McGlashan will develop and grow the firm's consulting services and program delivery services across all transportation markets, emphasizing how the firm can help serve clients throughout their projects’ life cycles. His responsibilities will include managing and coordinating program initiatives; supporting the development and implementation of strategic plans and budgets; and facilitating work-share opportunities.

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Most recently as transportation planning director, McGlashan has provided strategic and technical leadership for multimodal transportation planning and traffic engineering on a wide variety of projects nationally and internationally. His experience includes serving as project manager or project engineer for bus rapid transit and light rail transit planning; freight rail studies; airport master plans; city and county comprehensive policy plans; corridor and access management studies; transportation policy; and finance plans.

Encapsulating his full project life cycle outlook in addition to his detailed planning skills, McGlashan is a leader for the Al Madinah Region Development Authority’s bus rapid transit expansion program in Saudi Arabia. HDR is providing technical advisory services for a comprehensive public transport network, including the planning and management of two BRT corridors, 21 bus stations, three park-and-ride facilities, two depots, as well as all associated infrastructure and ITS.

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