TRANSPORTATION MATTERS

TRANSPORTATION
MATTERS
Creating solutions
for sustainable and
accessible places
WE PUT PEOPLE FIRST
Nelson\Nygaard solves livability challenges through transportation planning. We integrate all modes
of travel to produce practical and doable plans that create great places. We see transportation as a
platform for achieving broader community goals.
Our approach is comprehensive, collaborative, and creative. We excel at building consensus around
controversial and technical problems in close conversation with communities, and we develop
solutions that best match local desires and values.
LANCASTER
Citywide Mobility Plan
VCTC Short Range Transit Plan
VCTC and Gold Coast Transit Triennial Performance Audits
Ventura Community Memorial Hospital District Master Plan
Westside Parking Plan
ANTELOPE
VALLEY
AVTA Fare Analysis
AVTA Comprehensive Operational
Analysis and Ten-Year Service Plan
PALMDALE
General Plan Update Phase II
OXNARD
Traffic/Trip Demand Management Program
In-Lieu Parking Study
Taxi Franchise Plan
Bergamot Area Plan
Borderline Neighborhood Shared Street Final Design
Expo Integration Study
General Plan Circulation Element
Downtown Specific Plan
Downtown, Civic Center and Pier parking studies
Palmdale Avenue Q Feasibility Study
Bike and Pedestrian Counts
Long-Distance Commuter
Needs Assessment Study
Downtown Mobility Study
Safe & Healthy Streets
Tropico Station Area TOD
Street Typology Development
Traffic Reduction Strategies
TDM and Trip Generation Review
VENTURA
Downtown Parking Plan
VICTOR VALLEY
BURBANK
Las Tunas Drive Streetscape
GLENDALE
PASADENA
Safe Routes to School Plan
WEST
TEMPLE
HOLLYWOOD
Foothill Transit Comprehensive Analysis
CITY BALDWIN WEST
BEVERLY HILLS
PARK COVINA
LOS
Corridor Specific Plans
POMONA
ANGELES
EL MONTE
SANTA MONICA
CULVER CITY
Los Angeles Parents with
RIVERSIDE
UCR Long Range Development Plan
Line-by-Line Analysis of Transit Service
Disabilities Program
REDONDO BEACH
ANAHEIM Taxi Franchises RFP
LONG BEACH
IRVINE
CSU Long Beach TDM Plan
Aviation Blvd. Bicycle Lane Preliminary Engineering Study
NEWPORT
BEACH
Balboa Village Parking Implementation Plan
Corona del Mar Parking Study
Doheny Village Master Plan
Town Center Parking Management Plan
First Mile/Last Mile in LA
From Orange to Green Zoning Code Update Study
LAX Shuttle Accessibility Monitoring
Mobility Hubs Project
SCAG Orange Line TOD
Taxicab Refranchising Plan
Feasibility and Implementation Strategies
DANA POINT
SAN
CLEMENTE
North Beach Parking
Master Plan
GIS Data: SCAG,CASIL,ESRI
OUR APPROACH
Our plans get
implemented
Our plans get
results
COMPREHENSIVE
We’ve worked at
transportation
agencies
We use data
in innovative
ways
We listen to
what’s best
for your
community
We make
outreach
engaging and
playful
COLLABORATIVE
CREATIVE
OUR LA EXPERIENCE
In Glendale, our award-winning
Downtown Mobility Plan addressed
the challenge of how to both
accommodate residential and retail
growth and enhance quality of life. We
developed citywide street types and
performance measures that continue
to help the city broaden transportation
choices and support walking in a “park
once” downtown.
Glendale
In Newport Beach, we created a
parking plan to help Balboa Village
cope with large surges of summer
visitors. Our solutions, which were
integrated into the master plan,
including demand-based pricing,
parking benefit districts, and shared
parking. The city then asked us to
develop a parking management plan
for its Corona del Mar district.
To maximize mobility options in Los
Angeles, we led a multidisciplinary
team to improve access to transit. Our
recommendations were embraced and
the city asked us to develop a plan and
implementation strategy to provide
new first mile/last mile services
between Metro Rail stations and key
destinations.
Los Angeles
We created a transportation demand
management plan for Cal State Long
Beach to help the campus shift away
from a commuter school, reduce
its carbon footprint, and invest in a
system that supports all modes of
travel. Measures included enhanced
bicycle infrastructure, improved
parking management and technology
solutions, and transit incentives.
We crafted Santa Monica’s
Circulation Element, steering it
through an intense public process.
We used new development to fund
a package of community benefits,
including new bicycle lanes, more
sidewalks, more frequent transit, and
stringent transportation demand
management programs. We were
brought back to develop parking, bike
action, and area plans.
Santa Monica
The Orange Line bus rapid
transitway in LA, although a
groundbreaking success, is hampered
by mixed access. As part of a larger
team, Nelson\Nygaard identified and
prioritized improvements to station
access and station-area circulation for
all 14 existing Orange Line stations.
We also provided high-level concepts
for expansion and extension of the
Orange Line.
Hello,
LA
MOBILITY
ACCESSIBILITY
SUSTAINABILITY
NELSON\NYGAARD CONSULTING ASSOCIATES
Nelson\Nygaard, with seven offices
across the U.S., has opened our
eighth in downtown Los Angeles. But
we’re not newcomers; since the firm’s
founding in 1987 by two women, we’ve
been working in Southern California.
PAUL moore
Paul Moore, Principal, is
one of Nelson\Nygaard’s
most charismatic project
directors. He has managed
many ground-breaking
projects including major,
citywide transportation
plans for Pittsburgh,
Atlanta, Louisville, and
Omaha. He has 25
years of experience and
specializes in working with
communities that want to
use transportation spending
as a tool to make broad
community improvements.
Throughout his career,
Paul has led engaging
and meaningful public
involvement processes
as an integral part of his
technical work. He builds
strong relationships with
local leaders who have
become champions for
positive change in their
communities.
ADINA ringler
Adina Ringler, Senior
Associate, specializes
in multimodal and
transportation demand
management planning as
well as outreach and data
analysis. Adina, who has
been based in Los Angeles
since 2010, has served
as a lead transportation
planner on several projects
in Southern California.
She is working as a lead
planner on an “Integrated
Mobility Hubs” study in Los
Angeles and Long Beach,
and is helping create a
comprehensive package of
multimodal transportation
policies and programs
with the goal of increasing
transit ridership. Adina
has significant experience
developing TDM and First
Mile/Last Mile strategies
that are tailored to
community goals.
STEVE boland
Steve Boland, Senior
Associate, works to improve
circulation and access for
all modes simultaneously,
focusing on pedestrian and
bicycle access to transit
stops and stations and on
complete streets redesigns.
He has helped redesign
multiple corridors in the San
Francisco Bay Area and Los
Angeles, including the main
streets of San Francisco
and Oakland, Market Street
and International Boulevard,
as well as the Metro
Orange Line bus rapid
transit corridor in the San
Fernando Valley. Steve is a
firm believer in strategies
to introduce transformative
change over time using
practical, implementable
interim steps.
HAZEL scher
Hazel Scher, Associate,
specializes in multimodal
planning with skills in
stakeholder and community
outreach, data collection,
and mapping. She has
played key roles in shuttle
design studies, campus
plans, and parking studies.
She used census origin and
destination data to inform
the design of last-mile
shuttle services along the
FrontRunner commuter
rail corridor outside of Salt
Lake City. Her data-driven
approach is paired with a
focus on communicating
technical concepts to a
wide range of audiences
to foster a planning
process with well-informed
participants.
Nelson\Nygaard
Consulting Associates
529 S Broadway
4th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90013
OURTEAM
A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRANSPORTATION FIRM
Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. is an internationally recognized firm committed to developing
transportation systems that promote vibrant, sustainable, and accessible communities. Founded by two women in
1987, Nelson\Nygaard has grown from its roots in transit planning to a 120-person, full-service transportation firm with
offices across the United States.
In keeping with the values set by our founders, Nelson\Nygaard puts people first. We recognize that transportation is
not an end by itself but a platform for achieving broader community goals of mobility, equity, economic development,
and healthy living. Our hands-on, national experience informs but doesn’t dictate local solutions. Built on consensus
and a multimodal approach, our plans are renowned as practical and implementable.
Recognized for projects around the world, Nelson\Nygaard has received awards and honors from professional
organizations and government agencies including the American Planning Association, the Federal Transit
Administration, the Association of Environmental Professionals, the American Society of Landscape Architects, the
Congress for the New Urbanism, and the Canadian Institute of Planners.
TRANSIT
SYSTEMS
Feasibility and fare studies,
corridor studies, new services and
facilities, redesign services for bus
rapid transit, streetcar, rail, bus,
and ferry
PARATRANSIT
AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT
Human services coordination,
paratransit and rural transportation
plans, mobility manager training,
accessibility evaluations
WALKING
AND BICYCLING
Facilities and network design, bike
sharing, safe routes to school and
transit, calmed streets, walk audits
PARKING MANAGEMENT
Regulations, pricing strategies, shared
parking, governance, technology
selection, travel demand management
MULTIMODAL
CAMPUS
ACCESS
Commute and trip reduction, employee
and student incentives, marketing
campaigns, financial analyses for
universities, tech companies, and hospitals
TAXI AND
ON-DEMAND SERVICES
Regulations, entry control, rate
setting for taxi, livery, peer-to-peer,
and private-for-hire
TRAFFIC
ANALYSIS
Road diets and traffic calming, traffic impact
simulation, trip reduction, greenhouse gas
analysis, climate action plans
Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc.
529 S. Broadway, 4th Floor (until 2015)
Los Angeles, CA 90013
213-884-3026
MOBILITY ACCESSIBILITY SUSTAINABILITY
www.nelsonnygaard.com
NETWORKS
Complete streets, downtown and regional
mobility, transit-oriented development,
transportation demand management,
healthy communities