Yoav Hagler
Sr. Technical Specialist
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff
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Alma Mater: Wesleyan University and Columbia University
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Hobby: Hagler enjoys urban gardening. He lives in an apartment and gardens with his two little girls on their deck, they start their plants from seedlings and harvest in late summer.
Yoav Hagler brings a sharp-eyed analysis to his work as a Senior Technical Specialist in planning for WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff. With a background in finance and economics, and experience in quantitative analysis and modeling, Hagler has been an invaluable resource on large rail and transit projects for federal, state, and local governments. One of his main efforts has been work on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) rail system.
Hagler is currently working with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to develop a future service plan and infrastructure requirements for the entire NEC between Washington, DC and Boston, as part of a Tier I programmatic environmental impact statement and Service Development.
The future service plan includes a number of unique elements, such as introduction of a new class of service that fills the gap between existing Amtrak and commuter rail service, offering frequent and fast service to both intercity and major commuter stations along the corridor. Another innovative feature of the service plan he developed for the NEC is the “pulse hub,” which provides for coordinated transfers among different routes and types of trains.
Hagler has been an innovator in the development of analytic tools for rail network planning and operations analysis. For the FRA, he led a team that developed the CONNECT model, a tool kit that allows stakeholders to analyze the performance of high-speed and intercity passenger rail networks including costs, ridership and revenue. CONNECT has become the FRA’s standard tool for analyzing potential future intercity rail corridors and networks.
Hagler has also had a key role in the development of master plans for major railway stations.
"I like the challenge of working with complex rail networks and it's really an outlet for creativity. What I do specifically in the spectrum of rail planning is work a lot on service planning - and that impacts all other facets of rail operations from ridership to capital expenditures. I like that I have control on a central piece of rail planning."
