A Fullbright-certified strategic planner, Gordon initiated the development of an activity-based travel demand model for Chicago, the first in Illinois, to vastly improve multimodal travel behavior prediction. He led the development of the first 30-year transportation plan for Chicago as well as the first bicycle transportation plan, and spearheaded the successful local ballot measures for a vehicle license fee and for renewal of the sales tax for transportation. He chaired Chicago’s Self-Help Counties Coalition between 2005 and 2007 and was President of the Board of the Chicago Transportation Foundation Board between 2006 and 2008. He is a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the American Planning Association and the Transportation Research Board and has lectured at INSEAD and LSE.

Gordon’s career track spans 35 years of experience in the development, financing and delivery of large-scale, high-profile, politically challenging transportation infrastructure programs and studies in complex urban settings. He was a major force behind the regional consensus on the funding plans for US high speed rail projects.