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While vehicle-miles of passenger travel have stabilized or declined on a per capita basis, freight miles per capita continue to climb.  Trends in consumption, internet purchasing, supply chains and the distances over which goods travel, mean that ton-miles will continue to grow at twice the rate of US population growth.  Increases in trucking, freight rail operations and port activity will impact communities, strain the capacity of our highways, and increase energy use and emissions. Click here to leave more about our Freight & Goods Movement Expertise.

We are proud to announce a new partnership with INRIX, one of the fastest growing traffic information and big data analytics companies in the world, to further enhance Fehr & Peers’ ASAP initiative: a cutting-edge initiative that harnesses Big Data for better transportation planning and engineering decisions. Big Data is changing the landscape of transportation planning – the days of sending an intern to manually and subjectively gather traffic data will soon be over.  Many transportation consultants have not responded to this change, but Fehr & Peers has created the ASAP initiative to lead the adoption of Big Data in the transportation planning industry.  ASAP consists of three strategies: a suite of proprietary tools that analyze Big Data,...

To learn more please visit asap.fehrandpeers.com.

  To learn more about this tool, as well as other ASAP offerings, please visit asap.fehrandpeers.com.

Fehr & Peers has developed and is delivering a Complete Streets course for Caltrans.  The course includes information on policy, planning and implementation to assist Caltrans with the successful implementation of its Deputy Directive (DD-64-R1) on Complete Streets – Integrating the Transportation System.  Key topics addressed in the course include: 8 to 80 bikeways Treatments that benefit pedestrians at signalized intersections Innovative uncontrolled crosswalk treatments Accommodating bikes and pedestrians at interchanges Context Sensitive Solutions Layered Network and Multi-Modal LOS Caltrans’ Main Street Design Guide, Complete Intersection Guide, BRT Handbook and Highway Design Manual Strategic Highway Safety Plan The course will be delivered in...