About
Mike Christensen
Mike Christensen
MCMP, CNU-A, AICP
Mike joined the Rail Passengers Association’s Board of Directors in 2019.
He has been employed as Executive Director of the Utah Rail Passengers Association since its creation in 2018.
He holds a Master of City and Metropolitan Planning from the University of Utah.
Mike is a member of the American Planning Association, the Congress for the New Urbanism, Strong Towns, and the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals. He currently serves on the board of the Utah Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism, and on the board of the Utah Transit Riders Union.
In September 2021, Mike was appointed to Salt Lake City's Planning Commission.
Mike claims Malad City, Idaho, as his hometown and has lived in Utah since 1999 and in Salt Lake City’s Rose Park neighborhood since 2003. An avid transit user and bicycle rider, Mike got rid of his car in 2017 and hasn’t looked back.
"The COVID Pandemic has been and continues to be the biggest challenge faced by Americans as it has taken a deadly toll on the world and on the world’s economies. During COVID Locomotive Engineers at Amtrak and other Passenger and Freight Railroads have embodied the definition of essential workers. This dedication by our members is not new. We applaud the Rail Passenger’s Association for recognizing the vital contributions of our members and their hard work moving Americans and freight during the COVID pandemic."
Dennis Pierce, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) National President
December 21, 2021, on the Association awarding its 2021 Golden Spike Award to the Frontline Amtrak Employees.