Kim E. Walton

Kim E. Walton is an accomplished urban planner with more than 25 years of experience
in public-sector transportation planning. She served as a Senior Transportation Planner
at the City of San Francisco’s Metropolitan Transportation Agency (SFMTA), where she
led initiatives in paratransit and accessibility, transit station design, school safety, and
the coordination of housing and transportation. Her work included collaboration with city
engineers and the Golden State Warriors on transit and pedestrian improvements
surrounding Chase Center, as well as partnerships with the Port of San Francisco and
Mission Rock Partners /SF Giants on the Mission Rock Development.
Originally from Chicago, Kim began her career with the City of Chicago designing park-
and-ride facilities near transit stations. She later worked for the City of New York, the
NYC Transit Authority, and Metro-North Commuter Railroad. Projects included capital
planning, implementation of Midtown bus lanes, and station modernization projects. At
the New York MTA, she led a rehabilitation study of the 168th Street Station in
Manhattan.
In addition to her public-sector work, Kim has served as a financial director for nonprofit
organizations in San Francisco and Minneapolis. She holds a B.A. in History and
Geography from Macalester College and an M.S. in Urban Planning from Columbia
University.
Now based in Berkeley, California, Kim serves on the Berkeley Transportation and
Infrastructure Commission and is active in the local chapter of the Council of Minority
Transportation Officials (COMTO). She also volunteers with the University of
Minnesota’s Mapping Prejudice Project and mentors emerging urban planning
professionals.