1. Weining Liang
7350 Mooney Dr., Rosemead, CA91770
Tel: (213)-880-6750
E-mail: weinwinnie@gmail.com
EDUCATION
University of Southern California, Sol Price School of Public Policy 05/2014
Master of Urban Planning (Transportation and Infrastructure Planning)
South China Normal University, School of Geography 07/2012
Bachelor of Science, Urban and Rural Planning
RELEVANT COURSES
 Urban Transportation Planning and Management
 Institutional and Policy Issues in Transportation
 Land Use and Transportation
 Transportation Planning Studio: Metro Gold Line
 Application for ArcGIS
 Advanced ArcGIS
WORK EXPERIENCE
Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
—Assistant Regional Planner (Intern) 06/2014 - Present
 Assisted in preparation of the 2016 – 2040 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) / Sustainable Community Strategy
(SCS) for 191 cities by utilizing urban planning professions, ArcGIS skills, data processing, and SQL query
 Map, maintain, and update land use ArcGIS database of 191 local jurisdictions within SCAG region
 Archived Specific Plan land use data (zoning, designation, density) of SCAG’s member cities (completed 40 cities):
using ArcGIS
 Performed project quality control (QC) by using Python script, ArcGIS, SQL, and Excel.
 Conducted research on topics related to environmental justice, assisted in preparing environmental assessment
chapter in SCAG’s report
Urban Planning Information and Research Center of Guangzhou Development District
—Intern 09/ 2011- 12/2011
 Reviewed and wrote planning documents for community development
 Conducted GIS mapping and GIS spatial analysis for the Twin Island City, by utilizing: Digital Elevation Modal (DEM),
Buffer Analysis, Hot spot Analysis
Guangdong Urban & Rural Planning and Design Institute
—Intern 05/2010 – 11/2010
 Participated in the project of Urban Planning of Nanxiong City, by obtaining, processing, and analyzing economic
data, demographics data, transportation and infrastructure condition, etc., by utilizing SPSS
 Assisted in Land Use Map, Conceptual Plan Map, Phasing map, etc., by utilizing Photoshop, Illustrator, and
AutoCAD
RESEARCH AND DESIGN EXPERIENCE
 City of Rialto Traffic Impact Analysis Project – Used Synchro to conduct Traffic Impact Analysis: traffic demand
management, trip generation, trip balancing, trip distribution, etc.
 Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension – Developed Comprehensive Transportation Plan for Metro Gold Line
Irwindale Station, by using ArcGIS and statistics analysis to conduct comprehensive transportation planning project
 The Construction of 3D City Model – Base on Regular Geometry and 2DGIS Approaches ：Model and Construct
the simple 3D city model of TianHe District, Guangzhou, by using ArcGIS 3D Modeling.
 Valley Glen Community Action Plan – Performed community analysis for Valley Glen, and designed an unban
intervention for the community, by using Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
SKILLS
Data Processing/Analysis: ArcGIS (Data Visualization, Spatial Analysis, and Network Analysis), SPSS (Quantitive
Analysis)
Design: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, SketchUp, AutoCAD
Programming: Building SQL query in ArcGIS; Using Python in ArcGIS
Traffic Modeling: Synchro (Traffic Impact Analysis); TransCAD
LANGUAGE: Fluent in English and Chinese (Both Mandarin and Cantonese)