DART EXECUTIVE STAFF BIOGRAPHIES
Vice President, Planning and Development
Todd Plesko brings more than three decades of experience in transportation planning and development to his position directing a broad range of program development functions for DART. He is responsible for the Planning and Development Department which includes the direction of two Divisions: Service Planning and Scheduling, and Mobility Programs Development.Specific functions of the department include:
- Planning and development
- Bus/rail service monitoring, planning and scheduling
- Planning and preliminary design for bus and HOV facilities
- Engineering and operation of the HOV system in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation
Experience
Chief, Planning and System Development, Metro, St. Louis, Missouri: 2001-2009
Director of Operations, Agency for Community Transit, Madison County, Illinois: 1989-2001
Director, Planning and Scheduling, Metro, St. Louis, Missouri: 1986-1989
Director of Service Development, CNYRTA, Syracuse, New York: 1976-1986
Planner, Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council: 1975-1976
Education
National Urban Mass Transit Seminar, Northwestern University
Master of Regional Planning, Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Public Administration. Emphasis in quantitative methods.
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana)
