Gabriel J. Lopez-Bernal
Publisher/Editor
Gabriel J. Lopez-Bernal was born and raised in Miami, Florida. He graduated from the University of Florida in 2008 with a Bachelors of Science in Transportation Engineering. In September he will be attending Tufts University in Boston, MA, in pursuit of a Masters in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning. He currently works as a transportation planner with the Corradino Group in Doral, Fl.
He is the creator and author of TransitMiami.com, a local website dedicated to discussing the transportation and urban planning problems that face the Miami region and Congestion Pricing Central, a new website geared to introducing the policies of road pricing programs. He is also an active member in the United Citizens for South Link, a political action committee dedicated to educating citizens about the advantages of public transportation in the South Dade region and serves as an adviser to the city of Miami Bicycle Action Committee. In his spare time, Gabriel attends public seminars to address the upcoming public transit projects of the people’s transportation plan and is working with researchers to create a new method for analyzing congestion along Florida’s highways.
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Ryan Sharp
Publisher/Editor
Ryan Sharp has lived all over the Miami area, including places as diverse as North Beach, Coconut Grove, and West Miami-Dade. He is a recent graduate of Florida International University, where he studied public administration and geography. He now is in pursuit of a Master’s Degree in City and Regional Planning from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. He shares an intense passion for urban planning and takes great pleasure in civic involvement. It is his ultimate desire to see Miami realize its incredible potential, becoming a truly livable, sustainable, pedestrian-oriented city that thrives on great public spaces, a fantastic climate, and one-of-a-kind culture.
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JM Palacios
Writer
JM Palacios is currently the only person in his workplace of ~400 people that rides his bicycle to work regularly. After enjoying cycling the streets of Gainesville, he graduated from the University of Florida in December 2006 with a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering. He would like to get a Master’s degree in transportation engineering someday at a university that focuses on transit and alternative technologies. Unfortunately, that will require him to move out of state to attend school. He holds his EIT certificate and has been working as a roadway designer for over a year, on the 4 year trek to get his P.E. license. In the meantime he will do all he can to persuade people to choose transit over cars.
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Mike Lydon
Writer
Mike Lydon graduated from Bates College in 2004 with a B.A. in American Cultural Studies. After college Mike served as an intern for the Vermont Forum on Sprawl studying the effect of big box retail in small Vermont communities. In the fall of 2004 he moved to Boston and served as the Fundraising Director for the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition, volunteered with Northeastern University’s Center for Urban and Regional Policy (CURP) and was a founding member of the New England Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism, an organization that awarded him the 2005 Volunteer of the Year Award. Mike received his Masters in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan, concentrating in Physical Planning and Urban Design. While in Ann Arbor he worked for the City of Ann Arbor’s getDowntown alternative transit commuter program, began contributing regularly to Planetizen and won a national competition for his Detroit-based Transit-Oriented Development thesis research. Mike is currently an urban planner with Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company and a member of Miami’s Bicycle Advisory Committee. He encourages you to trade four wheels for two.
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Sean Bossinger
Writer/IT
Sean Bossinger is a graduate from the University of Florida, where he earned a B. A. 
in German Language and Literature in 1993. Unable to find a teaching position upon graduation, he has held help desk, systems engineering, and Information Technology management positions, building a successful career in the IT sector. Currently pursuing a combined M. A./Ph. D. in Public Management from the College of Arts and Sciences at Florida International University, he also serves as FIU’s Call Center Manager in University Technology Services.
Frequently a commuter on Miami-Dade Transit System’s Route 24, Sean enjoys his neighborhood of Coral Gables with his wife, Tracy, and his children, Donovan and Logan.
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Tony Garcia
Writer
A South Florida native, Tony graduated from New York University in 2002 with a B.A. in Urban Planning and Architecture Studies, and went on to get his Masters from the University of Miami School of Architecture. He is currently working as Project Director at Chael, Cooper & Associates Architects in Coral Gables, Florida where he is working toward becoming a registered architect. He has been involved in many exciting projects throughout Miami and all over the country, most recently completing the first LEED certified historic home in South Miami.
An ardent naturalist, Tony enjoys hiking and observing the native ecosystems of South Florida, pushing his friends and family to restore habitats and go native. He enjoys being active in Miami civic life, and hopes that through his work he is able to positively influence how Miami grows.
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Guillermo Gomez
Writer
Guillermo Gomez was born and raised in Bogota, Colombia, where he attended Universidad de los Andes, and obtained his B.S. in Civil Engineering. He became interested in transportation when he started witnessing the transformation his native city went through under two progressive mayors (Antanas Mockus and Enrique Peñalosa) towards the end nineties, when Transmilenio, a car-free day and an extensive bike network were implemented, among other major improvements. He has been living in Miami for the past six years and has been working in Transportation Engineering since 2006, where he has been involved in multiple roadway design, planning and transit projects. He recently joined BCC Engineering as a Project Engineer, and he is also on the 4 year trek towards the Professional Engineer license. He recently started riding the Coral Gables Trolley and the Metrorail to work.
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Gabrielle Redfern
Writer
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Rob Jordan
Writer
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