May 30, 2007
SvR Design
SvR Design Co. hired
Phil Miller as planner and
Sakaru Tsuchiya as civil designer. Miller has 20 years experience in bicycle and pedestrian planning, regional trail design and transit access. He is working with the city of Seattle on the Bicycle Master Plan and has worked on the Puget Sound Regional Council’s BNSF Rail Corridor Study and the city of Maple Valley’s Non-Motorized Transportation Plan. Tsuchiya has 20 years of experience in site development and utility system design. He is working on the Burke-Gilman Trail and various sidewalk improvement projects. Tsuchiya comes to Seattle from Tokyo, Japan, where he served as chief engineer for Kyosei Corp.