Gary Toth is PPS Senior Director of Transportation Initiatives. He has helped lead a national movement to integrate land use and transportation issues as a means of creating more livable, walkable communities and streets. Prior to joining PPS in 2007, Gary spent 34 years in project management with the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), where he helped transform NJDOT to a stakeholder inclusive agency focused on the integration of transportation and land use planning.
As a transportation engineer, Gary possesses extensive knowledge of street and network design principles, and he is one of the leading U.S. experts on utilizing flexible design and design standards to create great streets and communities. At PPS, Gary has worked with dozens of communities to help them plan and create more sustainable streets and transportation networks with sound engineering principles. To that end, he has conducted hundreds of trainings and community engagement sessions.