Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc.116 New Montgomery Street, Suite 500San Francisco, CA 94105415- 284-1544www.nelsonnygaard.com | info@nelsonnygaard

At Nelson\Nygaard, we take pride in leading the field. Our experts have written hundreds of books, reports, and articles laying out innovative transportation solutions and setting national standards in complete streets, public transit, parking policy, transportation demand management programs, and more.

TRANSIT MASTER PLAN FINAL SUMMARY REPORT

City of Seattle Department of Transportation

APRIL 2012

Mobility | Accessibility | Sustainability

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Transportation Solutions for Livable Places

BUS RAPIDTRANSIT

A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRANSPORTATION FIRMNelson\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 award-winning plans are renowned as practical and implementable.

Feasibility and fare studies, corridor studies, new services and facilities, redesign services for bus rapid transit, streetcar, rail, bus, and ferry

TRANSIT SYSTEMSComplete streets, downtown and regional mobility, transit-oriented development, transportation demand management, healthy communities

MULTIMODAL NETWORKS

Human services coordination, paratransit and rural transportation plans, mobility manager training, accessibility evaluations

PARATRANSIT AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT Commute and trip reduction, employee

and student incentives, marketing campaigns, financial analyses for universities, tech companies, and hospitals

CAMPUS ACCESS

Regulations, entry control, rate setting for taxi, livery, peer-to-peer, and private-for-hire

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ON-DEMAND SERVICESFacilities and network design, bike sharing, safe routes to school and transit, calmed streets, walk audits

WALKING AND BICYCLING

Road diets and traffic calming, traffic impact simulation, trip reduction, greenhouse gas analysis, climate action plans

TRAFFIC ANALYSISRegulations, pricing strategies, shared parking, governance, technology selection, travel demand management

PARKING MANAGEMENT

OUR EXPERIENCE

Jacksonville Bus Rapid Transit — To move commuters in this Florida city, Nelson\Nygaard staff led the first FTA-approved Tiered BRT System EIS and operations plan in the north and southeast corridors.

Boston Silver Line — Geoff Slater, while Director of Planning at Boston’s MBTA, was responsible for development of the Silver Line along Washington Street, which was one of the country’s first arterial BRT lines.

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East Bay BRT — On two of the busiest boulevards in the San Francisco Bay Area, we helped AC Transit develop on-street rapid bus service. BRT operating in a median transitway is scheduled to begin in 2016.

THE ELEGANT SOLUTIONBus rapid transit (BRT) projects can be transformative—moving

people efficiently and reliably between the places they live, work, and shop. The right BRT project can quickly and economically advance a city toward its sustainability, safety, and quality-of-life goals. To succeed, though, BRT must be integrated into a city’s whole transportation network.

At Nelson\Nygaard, we believe transit is an important component of complete streets. We unite service planning and street design to deliver the best rubber-tired transit solution for a street, neighborhood, or city.

Our approach is comprehensive, collaborative, and creative. We will take your BRT project from vision to reality, through the federal process and conceptual design. We look holistically at transportation needs and develop elegant, context-sensitive solutions to connect people to places.

A sampling of our bus rapid transit projects include:

“We appreciate that Nelson\Nygaard took the time to thoroughly understand our agency’s needs, demonstrated genuine concern and commitment towards our staff, policymakers, and users of our transit system, and effectively communicated their findings. Nelson\Nygaard continuously met and exceeded our expectations.”

— Amy Pettine, Director of Planning, Rhode Island Public Transit Authority

MOBILIZE YOUR CITY WITH BUS RAPID TRANSIT

Ready for Bus Rapid Transit?

We can develop the right transit system for your community. Contact Tim Payne at tpayne@nelsonnygaard.com or Geoff Slater at gslater@nelsonnygaard.com.

Seattle Madison Street BRT — Nelson\Nygaard led a multidisciplinary effort to develop a 10% design for the region’s first full-featured BRT line. The FTA accepted the plan into Small Starts Project Development.