Brad Rawson serves the City of Somerville, MA as Director of Mobility within the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning & Community Development. He is a community planner by training, and has spent more than eighteen years in local and regional government. During twelve years of service in Somerville, Brad has worked in geographic information systems, economic development, long-range and regulatory planning, transportation, infrastructure, public space and urban forestry planning. Since 2015 his team has delivered Somerville’s first dedicated bus lanes, first protected bike facilities, inaugural Vision Zero Action Plan, and has served as primary staff support for the MBTA Green Line Extension light rail project.