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NASHVILLE
PW Spotlight: Diana Alarcon, CAPP

Director of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure

A transportation and mobility initiatives, connectivity. She plans to build
professional with more such as complete street partnerships with the private sector to
than 30 years of private designs and citywide create mobility hubs that connect all
and public sector greenways. modes, including new trending modes
leadership, Diana Alarcon, She formerly served as such as micromobility.
Certified Administrator director of transportation She’s an advocate in changing the
of Public Professional and mobility for three approach to transportation and actively
(CAPP), has been named years in Arizona for promotes that in corresponding
Nashville’s Director the City of Tucson, professional organizations such as
for the Department and before that, in Women in Transportation (WTS)
of Transportation same role for the City Seminar, American Society of Civil
and Multimodal of Fort Lauderdale, Engineer (ASCE), Urban Land Institute;
Infrastructure. Florida for more than American Planning Association; National
As head of Mayor John eight years. She has her Transit Institute; American Public Work
Cooper’s newly-created Department of B.S. in Quantative Management from Association; National Association of
Transportation, Alarcon is responsible the Warrington College of Business at City Transportation Officials, and the
for Nashville’s sustainable transportation University of Florida. International Parking and Mobility
policy, planning & programming, Alarcon is enthusiastic about the Institute.
street maintenance, traffic engineering, creation of multimodal transportation Earlier this spring she was a featured
engineering, parking, and litter networks for bicyclists, pedestrians, speaker at the Nashville Technology
beautification. She said she plans to transit and vehicles through reassignment Summit, discussing the city’s sustainability
serve as a champion for sustainability of existing rights-of-way and ensuring and e-mobility.

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