John (Tad) Read

John (Tad) Read is Senior Deputy Director for Transportation & Infrastructure Planning at the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) where he oversees the Agency’s transportation and infrastructure planning and policy development teams, focusing on the intersection between transportation, infrastructure, sustainability and placemaking. The work includes both development review and long term planning. Recent projects include work on Imagine Boston 2030 (the new Citywide Plan), Go Boston 2030, the Allston I-90 Interchange design, the Rutherford Avenue Design, the Fairmount Line, the Smart Utilities Vision, and the Lower Mystic River Transportation Study. In 2015/2016, Tad served as Acting Director of Planning at the BPDA. Tad began his career leading neighborhood and transportation planning projects in southern California. Later he became the Housing Administrator in the City of Santa Monica where he oversaw citywide housing policy and underwriting for affordable housing. After coming to Boston to complete a Masters in Design Studies program at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard, Tad served as TOD Planning Manager for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 2004 until 2007. He holds a B.A. from Williams College and M.A. in Architecture and Urban Planning from UCLA.