Alpesh Patel

Alpesh Patel has extensive experience in transportation planning and engineering, currently serving as the Director of Transportation Planning at NCDOT since October 2024, where responsibilities include overseeing long-range planning, travel demand modeling, and collaborating with various agencies on transportation plans for North Carolina. Previously, Alpesh held the position of Regional Manager/Principal at Cambridge Systematics, Inc. from January 2016 to October 2024, and served in multiple roles at NCDOT from June 1995 to December 2015, including Assistant Branch Manager, where oversight of the State Transportation Improvement Program and feasibility studies was essential. Alpesh earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University between 1990 and 1995, following a high school education at Roanoke Rapids High School from 1986 to 1990.