Jim Gravesande

A senior program manager with almost 40 years of experience overseeing complex transit programs all over the world, Jim joined AECOM’s project management team in 2020. He is currently the program chief executive for the communications-based train control (CBTC) program for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority-New York City Transit (MTA-NYCT) that is modernizing the signaling system on the Eighth Avenue subway line. In this role, Jim is overseeing design, installation, testing and commissioning of the wireless computerized CBTC network that will replace NYCT’s 1930s-era mechanical signal system.