Mikel Murga vitae

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Mikel Murga Founder and Managing Director Leber Planificación e Ingenieria S.A.(EcoPlan)

Apartado 79 Las Arenas - Bizkaia, Spain Te. +34 4 464 3355 Fax: +34 4 464 3562 Email:100322.134@compuserve.com

As Founder and Managing Director of Leber, he leads the Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering activities of the firm, with strong background in computer modelling and systems engineering. The group is multi-disciplinary in nature, as it places great emphasis (and provides assistance) during the implementation phases of every project, and, retains an international perspective with active links with many European and American firms and institutions. Leber and Ecoplan have worked together in close collaboration in Spain and internationally since 1988 on a viariety of path-breaking assignments. Prior to his present position, he held engineering positions in France, the United States and Spain, where he gained wide experience in the design and construction of public infrastructure projects.

Murga and Leber's cooperation with EcoPlan began in the late eighties, when the two groups began to join forces to propose and execute what eventually turned into a whole stream of innovative projects and actions that have helped to reshape transportation performance, policy and perspectives in Bilbao, the Basque Country and in Spain. Some first background on this collaboration can be had by visiting Leber Web site (in process). Additional information on the jooint work can be had in the Access/Transportation section here. In addition, if you have a fast modem you may wish to look at several (very large!!!) PowerPoint presntations that are available in the Library of the new Leber/EcoPlan @Forum.

Academic Background

Master of Science in Civil Engineering (State Univ of New York at Buffalo) 1976
Civil Engineer (Roads, Canals and Ports) (University of Santander) 1987
Mechanical Engineer (University of Bilbao) 1969
Fellow at the Salzburg Seminar "Protecting the Environment in Urban Areas" 1992

Professional Affiliations

Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Union Internationale des Transports Publics (UITP)
American Concrete Institute (ACI)
Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)
P.E. - "Ingeniero de Caminos"
P.E.- "Ingeniero Industrial"

Representative Projects (partial listing)

ACCESS Master Planning in Bilbao. Phases I and II
Master Plan for the Basque Rail Network in the Basque Country
Master Transport Plan for the Greater Metropolitan San Sebastian
Traffic and Parking Studies in several towns and cities: Getxo, Barakaldo, Hernani,..
Transport by Taxi: Master Plan (and Implementation of new Regulations and Operating Procedures & advice on Buy-Back scheme & creation of Taxi Federation)
Reorganization of several Bus Networks: Donostialdea, Gipuzkoa, Itxasaldea,...
Impact Traffic Studies: Regional Shopping Centers, Marinas, etc
Network of new Bike Paths in Bizkaia: Criteria and Design, Construction and Implementation Guidelines

Languages

Basque, Spanish, English and French

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