Born of Haitian parents and a dedicated Orlando resident, Kristof brings an invaluable multicultural lens to all his projects. He is highly respected for his work in safety and equity and comes to Fehr & Peers with over 16 years in transportation engineering and planning. His deep technical knowledge and keen understanding of the industry couple strongly with his demonstrated expertise in safety engineering, livable transportation, and complete streets. His passions for sharing his skills on the soccer field, exploring great eats, and love for social interaction also contribute to his abilities as a strong communicator and connector who can insightfully interpret his clients’ critical project points, elicit their needs, and engage effective dialogue early on in project pursuits.

A Proponent for Safety

Kristof’s focus on safety stems from his early days with the Florida Department of Transportation. Tracking with the shift from more reactive conventional safety practices, Kristof has evolved to become an adamant supporter of proactive strategies like the Safe System Approach and Vision Zero. Further compelled by Florida’s extended track record of leading the nation in pedestrian and bicycle deaths and pained that his own 9-year-old cannot safely walk or bike to school, Kristof is inspired to help change the culture of how we plan and design streets, how we strategize to incorporate safety measures, and who we’re taking into consideration as part of them.

A Passion for Modal Equity

Driven by this desire to achieve safety for all road users, Kristof approaches his work with layers of equity in mind. Age, gender, income, the underserved, and communities of concern are all brought into the mix as he creates plans to help people move about and get to their essential destinations. Striving to narrow gaps in fairness and accessibility, he supports and pursues methodologies that will increase access to affordable and reliable transportation options for everyone. Highlights in his work also include highway mitigation, reconnecting communities, and a landmark Texas case that involved a proposed highway expansion that would cut through a historically disadvantaged community displacing many of its residents. His team’s important analysis and critique of an existing environmental impact assessment pertaining to the project became part of a landmark lawsuit citing civil rights infringements for those in this community and ultimately stopped this detrimental highway expansion. Important equitable work like this inspires him and drives him to continue advocating for those who can’t advocate for themselves.

A Champion for Livable Transportation

While past transportation systems often resulted more as car conduits, Kristof champions planning that focuses on the place function of a roadway. He has led workshops and practitioner training in designing best practices for pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users in traditionally auto-oriented environments. As roadways and arterials tend to be the lifeblood of our cities, he believes that it’s not just about what lies between the curb lines, but also what lies outside the curb lines. Prioritizing the coexistence of land use and mobility has allowed him to advance multimodal strategies that are supportive of existing and future land use contexts. He focuses on improving safety and mobility for all modes of transportation (auto, transit, bicycle, pedestrian), promoting modal connectivity, and supporting the health and prosperity of current and future community needs. He avidly promotes context-sensitive thinking to help identify and address common challenges in implementing complete streets strategies and cost-feasible improvements to ensure the foundation of healthy, vibrant communities with long-term stability for residents, visitors, and businesses.

We warmly welcome Kristof to our Orlando office and nationwide safety team. We look forward to his important contributions to both safety and modal equity as we help improve how people move about as they work, play, and use their streets. Please join us in welcoming Kristof to Fehr & Peers!