Complete Streets + Pedestrian Connectivity

Ben Crawford, PE

VP / Transportation Practice Leader

Ben has more than 17 years of experience providing transportation solutions to improve safety and accessibility in communities across North Carolina. His depth of experience includes specialties in roadway design, Complete Streets, greenway design, traffic control, noise analysis, and signing and pavement marking.

Additionally, Ben has experience in utility conflict and relocation, site/civil design, storm drainage design, water distribution and sewer collection design, and traffic surveys. He is also certified by the FHWA for traffic noise models.

Ben’s responsibilities as Transportation Director include leading SEPI’s Hydraulic Design, Roadway Design, and Traffic Engineering groups and serving in an advisory role for a variety of complex transportation projects including traditional and design-build delivery methods.

Ben has also successfully managed numerous Federally-funded municipal projects and projects financed under the Locally Administered Projects Program (LAPP) for clients such as the City of Raleigh, City of Durham, and Town of Cary among others.

Ben holds a BS in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University and is a member of the American Society of Highway Engineers and the American Public Works Association – NC Chapter.

Rajit Ramkumar, PE, LEED AP

VP / Planning, Environmental, GIS Practice Leader

Rajit has 15 years of transportation planning and engineering experience and has managed more than 100 projects of varying complexity for clients statewide. He is proficient in state and federal policies and procedures and has completed numerous projects involving Complete Streets, multimodal design, streetscapes, and bicycle and pedestrian improvements utilizing AASHTO and NACTO guidelines.

Additionally, Rajit’s expertise spans greenway facilities, feasibility studies, SEPA/NEPA, urban planning, environmental screening, permitting, parking, traffic noise analysis, and grant assistance. A proven project engineer, he leads multi-disciplinary teams with a focus on planning, collaboration, and engaging project stakeholders effectively.

Rajit holds a MS in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University and a Bachelor of Technology Civil Engineering from the University of Kerala. He also holds a NCDOT Complete Streets Certification.

Steve Miller, PE

Associate / Traffic Design Manager

Steve has 16 years of experience and is highly skilled in the design and coordination of transportation management plans (TMPs), signing plans, work zone traffic control, and pavement markings. Steve is qualified in TMP work zone levels of significance 1-4 and has completed traffic control design for interstates, rural and urban road widenings, and bridge structures statewide.

Steve’s expertise spans traffic operations for multimodal facilities including detour design, temporary signing and delineation, and phased construction methods for maintaining traffic flow and pedestrian safety.

Prior to joining SEPI, Steve held civil engineering positions in the private sector and with the NCDOT’s Work Zone Traffic Control Unit.

Steve holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and is a member of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC).

Mike Taylor, PE, LEED AP

Roadway Department Manager

Mike is a civil engineering professional with over 22 years of experience in the North Carolina market. His experience in leading and designing public and private transportation projects includes design-build, interstate, roadway widening, intersection upgrades, multi-use paths, cycle tracks, protected bike lanes, and streetscape design.

He specializes in project management, technical design aspects, client support, complete bid packages, and LAPP project delivery. He also has experience with project design, scheduling, permitting, project estimating, QA/QC, bidding/contractor selection, constructability review, and construction support. Additionally, he has developed excellent working relationships with the NCDOT, USFWS, NCDEQ, and local governments.

Mike holds a BS of Civil Engineering (BCE), Construction Management from North Carolina State University and is a LEED Accredited Professional.