Jim Bigelow to Chair Chamber's Transportation & Traffic Committee

Last week I announced the appointment of Jim Bigelow as the Chairman of the Belmont Chamber of Commerce's newly formed Transportation & Traffic Committee. Jim's selection is, in part, due to the solutions he has provided for transportation and traffic challenges encountered by Belmont businesses over the years.

During the CALTRAIN grade separations at Ralston, Harbor Boulevard and Holly Street, Jim Bigelow worked with the Belmont and San Carlos chambers attempting to mitigate the impact on businesses during construction.  He has worked closely with Pam Rianda, a former Belmont City Council member, and San Mateo County Transportation Authority (SamTrans) board member.   In addition, Jim was very involved with Belmont and Redwood City officials in the upgrade/reconstruction of the Ralston Avenue interchange at Highway 101

Jim Bigelow, principal at Bay Area Transportation and a 16-year resident of Belmont, has been participating in transportation issues impacting the Peninsula during much of that time. He is active in C/CAG, CMEQ, and SAMCEDA. He was very involved in the passage of the 1998 Measure A for transportation projects in San Mateo County and its renewal for 25 years in 2004.

The Transportation and Traffic Committee will work with the Belmont City Council, city staff, governmental agencies and local businesses. Other chamber members appointed to the committee are:

• Mary Morrissey Parden--chair of the Belmont Chamber of Commerce’s Governmental Affairs Committee and a 25-year Farmers Insurance Broker. Mary has also been appointed by the city council to the High Speed Rail sub-committee.  
• Adele Della Santina – independent real estate development and management consultant since 1981, past mayor of Belmont and a planning commissioner, former member of the boards of SAMTRANS and Caltrain. 
• Davina Hurt--local attorney, appointed by the Belmont City Council to the sub-committee on High Speed Rail and the committee studying new zoning requirements for the city’s four villages.  
• Robert Vernon – program manager of Shelter Network, member of Metropolitan Transportation Committee’s steering committee for low income populations.
• Raymond Brinson--assistant general counsel of SunEdison and a ten-year Belmont resident. Brinson is the former in-house attorney for Hewlett-Packard and Intel Corporation, and litigation partner at a major San Jose law firm and a former Santa Clara County assistant district attorney.