Solutions that put people first.

Transit Planning

Great transit planning needs more than just technical expertise—it requires understanding the whole community. Our team combines expertise in transportation planning, engineering, forecasting, market analysis, equity, and public engagement to create solutions that match each community’s needs.

We connect technical knowledge with real community experiences, making sure plans truly reflect the people they serve.

Our Expertise

Our experts:

• Improve Equity and Engagement: Motivate community engagement, equity, and interjurisdictional collaboration to improve transit efficiency and quality of life.
• Assess Broader Impacts: Analyze the effects of transit service and system planning on ridership, land use, Complete Streets, and network integration.
• Integrate Micromobility: Enhance first/last mile connectivity and accessibility.
• Develop Actionable Plans: Create plans for shuttles, bus reliability, new routes, fleet electrification, hubs and terminals, and rail systems.
• Leverage Data for Strategy: Turn data into strategies for forecasting ridership and analyzing travel markets.
• Evaluate Emerging Tech: Assess the impact of new technologies to inform infrastructure investments in connected, automated, and sustainable mobility.
• Guide Funding Applications: Advise on regional, state, and federal funding applications to maximize opportunity and resources.
• Analyze Quality of Life and Economic Impact: Assess transit’s effect to help clients influence potential policies and advocate for investments.

Why We’re Trusted

With decades of firsthand experience in transit agencies across the US, including leadership roles in some of the country’s most prominent transit operations, we base our solutions on real-world challenges and opportunities. Some highlights include:

• Gender Equity in Transit: We led a team studying transit experiences of women in Los Angeles County—over 50% of riders—capturing insights from hard-to-reach groups like immigrant women, women experiencing homelessness, and women with disabilities.
• Connecting Major Destinations: We created a detailed improvement plan and implementation playbook for Silicon Valley’s Orange Line, enhancing transit service and reliability between key hubs in one of California’s fastest-growing destinations.
• On-Demand and Fixed-Route Solutions: In partnership with Uber and regional agencies in Cincinnati, Ohio, we integrated on-demand and fixed-route transit for better service and efficiency.
• Policy and Transit Optimization: We’ve influenced transit policies and optimized resource allocation in communities of all sizes—from small rural and urban cities to major metropolitan regions, including Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles—to enhance residents’ quality of life.
• System Expansion and Evolution: In communities ranging from Lubbock, Texas to the Puget Sound Region of Washington, we have prepared dozens of system expansion alternative analyses, route optimization plans, long range plans, and fleet electrification plans to enable transit agencies to respond to growth, changing rider expectations, and evolving technology.

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