As deputy managing director for Philadelphia’s Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (OTIS), Michael A. Carroll, P.E., is a creative and nationally respected leader with 30 years of experience in transportation. In this role, Carroll leads OTIS staff in developing strategies and implementing policies to build safe and equitable multimodal systems across Philadelphia’s diverse and vibrant neighborhoods.

Deputy Carroll coordinates and sets the policy direction for critical functions, including the Department of Streets, the Philadelphia Water Department, and the Office of Multimodal Planning, which oversees the Complete Streets, Vision Zero, Safe Routes Philly, and Indego bikeshare programs. His oversight includes infrastructure systems that are made up of more than 9,500 transit stops, 2,575 miles of street, 320 bridge structures, 450 lanes miles of bike facilities, 1,000 Indego bikes and 100 Indego stations, and 6,500 miles of sewers and water mains. Deputy Carroll also coordinates with internal city departments, external agencies such as SEPTA, PennDOT, Amtrak, and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, as well as with policymakers on the local, state, and national levels.

Deputy Carroll graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Cornell University and proceeded to earn master’s degrees in Transportation Engineering and Transportation Planning from the University of Berkeley.