paige West
Selected for Mass Transit’s
2017 Top 40 under 40
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On behalf of the Rogue Valley
Transportation District’s Board of
Director’s, staff and the community
we congratulate Paige for her
dedication and leadership to RVTD.
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PAIGE WEST STARTED LOOKING AT
energy conservation projects when in
college and started working in transit
when she took a position at the Rogue
Valley Transportation District as an intern
through the Resource Assistance
for Rural Environments program at
the University of Oregon. As the senior
planner and support services manager
at a small urban agency, she oversees a
diverse range of projects and programs.
West is the FTA liaison, overseeing
the grant funding and implementing the
federal policies and programs at the regional
level. She oversees the transportation
options programs, data collection
and analysis and is involved in all major
procurements and the lead on all project
management.
During West’s tenure, she has overseen
$2.4 million in American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds
completing all the projects on time and
within budget. She was successful in receiving
a Veterans Transportation and
Community Living Initiative grant, and
two State of Good Repair grants in the
last 5 years.
Recently West oversaw a major transition
in fi xed-route service. Her role as
short-range and long-range planner enabled
them to collect data on forecasted
ridership, do passenger surveys and work
with community leaders to gain support
for the measure’s service package.
She has been a part of confi guring the
One Bus Away open platform for an app
to provide real-time bus arrival; launching
an account-based electronic fare collection
system; and launching a veteran’s travel
training individual marketing program.
RVTD is currently working a bill in
the Oregon legislature to provide ongoing
funding for urban and rural transit
providers and West helped draft bill language
with ODTO to include transit development
plans and performance measures.
Fact:
When planning
new service,
West walks the
entire route to
see the physical
environment
they’re putting
the rider in.
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“I love that we are improving the quality of life for
passengers … the children that we work with to learn safe
pedestrian bicycle skills, the older adults that are still
able to have their freedom with mobility because they’ve
learned that they can use transit, the low-income individuals
who are still able to have access to work and play …”
Paige West
Planning and
Strategic Programs
Manager
Rogue Valley
Transportation
District