Work
Case studies and client projects in rail operations, public records, data analysis, and civic visualization, since the first regional rail research in 2014.
Case studies
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The Newport boardwalk and roller coaster of 1934 to 1938, rebuilt in 3D from state road plans, an aerial photograph, and postcards. The model shows the Newport Beach Association’s bath houses, Convention Hall, and salt-water pool at scale, and labels each structure by how well the record supports it.
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Concept renderings and an interactive 3D model for Off-Ramp NYC’s alternative to rebuilding the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in place, including the triple cantilever in Brooklyn Heights. The work covered financial-model review, corridor analysis, and transit-priority and freight visualization.
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3D aerial renderings translated the proposed 2D layout for a 15-acre town parcel, showing massing, parking footprints, and public space. Alternative arrangements concentrated development on built-up land and kept the existing athletic fields.
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The regional rail report Liam wrote as primary author, and the “Tri-State Solution” framework for turning the region’s separate commuter railroads into one through-running network.
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The June 2018 report “NJ Transit: An Agency in Need of Reform” and the governance reform that followed: board structure, rider representation, and transparency provisions in S630, signed as P.L. 2018, c. 162.
More client work
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Visualization
Greater New Yorker and Penn Station
Comparative regional maps and station-expansion visualizations that show station capacity options and track connections, including through-running platform and station-area layouts.
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Journey-to-work and American Community Survey data processed to profile commuting by legislative district, including transit reliance and driving into the central business district. The project produced 217 district fact sheets and a map interface; the current explorer covers 326 districts.
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Data
MTA vendor spending by district
Multi-year MTA vendor contract data (2014 to 2022) organized by legislative district, with 239 automated district fact sheets on where procurement dollars went.
Research this work builds on
Operating and platform capacity reports on through-running station designs.
Station capacity claims compared with stated operating agreements and technical parameters.
Penn Station’s terminal operation compared with through-running commuter networks elsewhere.
Regional job density mapped against transit access and travel times.
Sixteen common expansion claims checked against public records and operating models.
These studies, maps, and drawings are conceptual visualization and decision-support materials. They are not architectural services, engineering drawings, construction documents, environmental impact statements, or official agency plans. How the work is made.
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