Join us for a Policy Coffee Talk featuring Fels Distinguished Fellow Mike DiBerardinis and Michael A. Carroll, P.E., deputy managing director for Philadelphia’s Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (OTIS). Policy Coffee Talks are offered to MPA and EMPA students as a unique “off-record” opportunity to discuss current events and relevant policy issues with active practitioners.
About Michael A. Carroll, P.E.
As deputy managing director for Philadelphia’s Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (OTIS), Michael A. Carroll, P.E. is a creative and nationally respected leader with more than three decades of experience in transportation. In this role, Carroll leads OTIS staff in developing strategies and implementing policies to build a safe and equitable multi-modal system across Philadelphia’s diverse and vibrant neighborhoods.
Deputy Carroll coordinates and sets the policy direction for critical functions, including the Streets Department and Philadelphia Water Department, as well as the newly created Office of Multimodal Planning. His oversight includes infrastructure systems that are made up of more than 9,500 transit stops, 2,575 miles of streets, 320 bridge structures, 450 lanes miles of bike facilities, 2,000 Indego bikes and 240 Indego stations, and 6,500 miles of sewers and water mains. Deputy Carroll also coordinates with internal city departments, external agencies such as SEPTA, PennDOT, Amtrak, and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, as well as with policy makers on the local, state, and national levels.
Deputy Carroll graduated with a bachelor’s degree in urban and regional planning from Cornell University and proceeded to earn master’s degrees in transportation engineering and transportation planning from the University of California at Berkeley.
