Andy Boenau is the Director of Transportation for the City of Richmond, VA, working to implement safe and healthy infrastructure for all ages and abilities. He brings a unique stack of abilities to the industry: storyteller, urban planner, and transportation engineer. His work is published at UrbanismSpeakeasy.com.

Andy has won awards for podcasts, photography, and films related to the built environment. The Federal Transit Administration gave him special recognition for two of his books: Emerging Trends in Transportation Planning and Bike Share. His industry contributions have also been recognized by Engineering News-Record, Style Weekly, and LinkedIn.

He previously served as Vice Chair of the American Planning Association’s New Urbanism Division, Chair of the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ Transportation Planning Council, and as a founding board member of MaaS America.