Tim Sullivan is an urban designer with a background in city planning and journalism. His educational and professional experience has emphasized:

Tim’s experience has engaged him with a wide array of ideas, challenges and opportunities in the fields of urban design and planning. At CD+A, he is working on the Grant Road Improvement Plan, the redesign of a five-mile arterial street in Tucson, Arizona, that aims to improve pedestrian, bicycle and transit amenities and manage stormwater while revitalizing districts and preserving businesses. He has also worked on the Eastridge Transit Center Improvement and Access Plan, which sought to improve walking and bicycling to a major transit hub in San Jose, California, and the Bayview Neighborhood Transportation Plan, which developed street design improvements to add parking, trees, stormwater collection, and traffic management to the streets in a San Francisco neighborhood. Other projects include land use plans and growth modeling efforts for communities in California’s Central Valley.

Prior to joining CD+A, Tim reported for a variety of newspapers and magazines, including The Salt Lake Tribune, The Oregonian and High Country News. His reporting work has mostly focused on urban neighborhoods, ethnic minority communities, and growth and development.