Systems Planning

Some of the responsibilities include:

• Urban travel demand modeling.
• Geographic information systems.
• Traffic simulation modeling.
• Traffic estimation and forecasting.
• Interchange justification studies.
• Airport pavement condition analyses.
• Research project manager.
• Federal Functional Classification System.
• Farm-to-Market System.

• Urban travel demand modeling
• Traffic Safety Planning
• Corridor Studies
• Transit Development Planning
• Geographic Information Systems

Alghalibi began her career with the Iowa DOT in July of 2018. She is a 2018 graduate of Iowa State University with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. Prior to joining the Planning Team in June 2023, Alghalibi served on the Final 2 section Team in the Bridges and Structure Bureau.

Her current responsibilities include coordinating freight planning activities such as the collection of freight data, development of the state freight plan, and working with the Freight Advisory Council. She is also responsible for coordinating all waterway planning activities.

Halm began his career with the Iowa DOT in December 2023. Halm is a 2012 graduate of Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science in Community and Regional Planning. Prior to joining the Systems Planning team, Halm served as a Transportation Planner at the Metropolitan Area Planning Agency (MAPA) in Omaha, Nebraska, where Travis served as the primary planner for Regional Planning Affiliation (RPA) 18 in Southwest Iowa. Prior to MAPA, Halm worked as a Transportation Planner at the Brazos Valley Council of Governments in Texas, and as a Planner with the City of Lawrence, Kansas.

His current responsibilities focus on coordination of Regional Planning Affiliation (RPA) and Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) functions statewide, including Transportation Planning Work Programs, Long Range Transportation Plans and Public Participation Plans.

Thompson began his career with the Iowa DOT in June 2023. He is a 2022 graduate of Iowa State University with a Bachelor's in Community and Regional Planning with an emphasis in GIS.

His current responsibilities include assisting with passenger planning activities such as the implementation of the state park and ride system plan and coordinating with Iowa’s Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Regional Planning Affiliations on their passenger planning activities. Thompson also assists with the state’s long-range planning efforts.

White began her career with the Iowa DOT in April 2014. She is a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in Geography with a GIS emphasis. Prior to joining the Iowa DOT, White was employed as the Director of Transportation at the Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments in Waterloo.

Her current responsibilities include leading the state long-range transportation plan update as well as activities related to performance management, asset management, and other state planning efforts.

Whitehouse began his career with the Iowa DOT in December of 2021. He is a 2021 graduate of Kansas State University with a Master’s in Regional & Community Planning. Prior to joining the Iowa DOT, Whitehouse worked at the Southern Iowa Council of Governments in Creston and the Kansas Department of Transportation in the Transportation Planning Bureau.

His current responsibilities include various freight planning activities such as assisting with the development of the state freight plan, Infrastructure Condition Evaluation (ICE), and other analytical efforts.