Deep Shah

Deep Shah is a senior consultant with expertise at the intersection of transportation and climate change, working across South Asia and the United States. He specializes in transport planning, operations, and decarbonization, with a focus on enhancing public, freight, and non-motorized transport; advancing electric mobility and EV infrastructure planning; and integrating renewable energy and greenhouse gas inventories to support decarbonization.

Beyond the transport sector, Deep supports broader sustainability initiatives, including subnational and local net-zero pathways. He also conducts research and provides techno-commercial advisory on carbon markets as a tool to finance and promote cross-sector decarbonization strategies.

Deep has expertise in statistical, quantitative, and geospatial analysis, as well as data visualization and decision-support tools. He develops planning studies, white papers, technical research, and guidebooks. His work spans Indian cities including Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Pune, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Shimla, and Guwahati, as well as Bangladesh and Nepal. He has collaborated with major donor agencies, including the World Bank, USAID, FCDO, and GIZ.

Previously, he supported NITI Aayog in shaping India's National Metro Rail Policy and assisted the Gujarat government in planning and implementing the Ahmedabad Metro Rail project.

In the U.S., Deep has worked with federal, state, and local governments on transportation planning, policy, and operations. He has led emissions modeling efforts for the transport sector, including multiple cycles of the official U.S. greenhouse gas inventory. His experience includes projects ranging from personal rapid transit technologies and bike-share demand estimation to public transit fare studies. He has worked extensively in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, California, and Colorado, bringing deep local insights to his work.