Alexandra Hallowell
About Alexandra Hallowell
Alexandra Hallowell is the Director of Transit Priority at MBTA, with extensive experience in transportation planning and performance analysis from her previous roles at SFMTA and other institutions.
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Alexandra Hallowell is currently the Director of Transit Priority at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).
Current Role at MBTA
Since 2022, Alexandra Hallowell has been serving as the Director of Transit Priority at the MBTA in Greater Boston. In this role, she is focused on optimizing transit services and improving the efficiency and reliability of the public transportation system.
Experience at San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)
Before joining the MBTA, Alexandra Hallowell had a significant tenure at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). She held multiple positions, including Manager of Transit Performance and Analysis from 2019 to 2022, Manager of Transit Capital Planning from 2018 to 2020, Senior Transportation Planner from 2017 to 2018, and Associate Transportation Planner from 2015 to 2017. In these roles, she gained extensive experience in transit performance, capital planning, and transportation planning.
Previous Work Experience
Alexandra Hallowell's career includes diverse roles in various organizations. She worked at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as a Performance-Based Planning Intern from 2014 to 2015, and at UC Berkeley as a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow from 2013 to 2015. She also served as a Staff Assistant at Harvard University from 2011 to 2013, a Fulbright Fellow at the Institute of International Education from 2010 to 2011, and an English Instructor at the University of Namik Kemal during the same period.
Education and Academic Background
Alexandra Hallowell holds a Master of City and Regional Planning from the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, which she achieved from 2013 to 2015. She studied Human Rights at Maastricht University in 2008. Additionally, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and French Language and Literature from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, completing her studies there from 2006 to 2010.