Now with a permanent home in Phoenix, we are deepening our partnerships with communities across the state while continuing to deliver our full range of innovative and creative transportation planning and engineering services.

David Robinson, PE, a Principal and Shareholder in Fehr & Peers, will lead our new Phoenix office, bringing three decades of experience developing multimodal transportation options and solving complex travel behavior forecasting questions. Dave’s knowledge will help Arizona communities plan for growth and future mobility needs.

Our Team in Arizona

Dave will be supported by several team members with strong experience in Arizona working with communities across the state:

Charlie Alexander—Multimodal Planning & Design

Charlie is a licensed Civil Engineer in Arizona and serves as one of our national Complete Streets experts. He oversees our research and development in multimodal safety, Complete Streets, and transportation economics, and approaches design with a holistic lens to make communities safer for everyone, regardless of travel mode.

Steve Brown—Transportation Planning & Engineering

Steve’s transportation planning and engineering experience is broad, developed over the course of his 38-year career, including serving as the Director of Transportation Planning/Engineering for the City of Sacramento. He has managed projects across a dozen states and has experience developing tools for practitioners, such as the Strategy Implementation Assessment Tool (SIAT), created as part of the NCHRP 08-106 Metropolitan Freight Transportation project. Steve’s expertise guides evaluation of projects against clear benchmarks and guidelines.

Emily Finkel—Transportation Safety & Planning

Emily is a senior leader in our Safety Discipline Group and has managed more than a dozen recent safety planning projects throughout the Southwest, including Vision Zero, Local Road Safety Plans, and Systemic Safety Analysis Reports. Emily was the lead author for the recent FHWA report Integrating the Safe System Approach with the Highway Safety Improvement Program.

Donna Lewandowski—Transportation Safety & Planning

Donna has over two decades of experience working at the intersection of transportation and public health. She is a certified Level 2 Road Safety Professional in the behavioral discipline, and she brings perspectives from public health, sustainability, and human behavior to her transportation planning projects.

Our Work in Arizona

Here are a few highlights:

Arizona Cardinals Stadium Transportation Plan

We designed traffic, parking, and pedestrian circulation plans that help more than 70,000 fans move safely during Cardinals games, the Fiesta Bowl, and the Super Bowl.

State Farm Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals

Photo credit: “State Farm Stadium 2022” by Troutfarm27. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped from original.

Mesa Comprehensive Safety Plan

We partnered with the City of Mesa to identify the streets where people are most at risk. The plan gives city leaders a clear roadmap to target improvements where they’re needed most and make travel safer for everyone.

Map of high-injury networks in Mesa, AZ

Flagstaff Area 2045 Long-Range Transportation Plan

For northern Arizona, we updated the regional travel demand model and explored new transit options to help guide land use and transportation choices for the future.

People riding a bus, just one of many options that encourages less driving

Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) High-Capacity Transit Corridors Sustainability Study

We evaluated the benefits of providing transit-oriented development and high-capacity transit in greater Phoenix, calibrating a Direct Ridership Model for more sensitive forecasts and working with MAG staff to integrate the enhanced estimates into the regional model.

Aerial view of Maricopa County, AZ

Maricopa County Microtransit Study Transportation Plan

We partnered with MAG to seek a better understanding of the role of on-demand microtransit service in local mobility and access.

Portion of Maricopa County funding fact sheet

Tempe Parking Management Plan

We helped develop a curb management framework for the City and Downtown Tempe Authority that assessed current and future curb demands, drew from best practices from peer communities, and defined policies and practices that aligned with Tempe’s community needs.

Aerial view of downtown Tempe, AZ

In addition to delivering projects, we also share knowledge. Our training programs give agencies practical tools in safety, multimodal design, forecasting, and transit planning. These sessions can help Arizona communities put solutions in place today and prepare for tomorrow’s challenges.

Connect With Us

We’d love to hear from you. Let’s shape Arizona’s future together.

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(480) 757-7806