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Technical
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Transportation Planning and Highway Corridor Planning
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Traffic Impact Analysis for Environmental Impact Reports and Statements
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Traffic Engineering and Operations
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Development Planning Traffic Evaluation
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Travel Demand Forecasting and Model Development
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Micro-simulation Studies
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Synthesis of GIS database framework for transportation
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General Plan Circulation Elements
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Transit Corridor and Systems Planning
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Intermodal Transportation Planning
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Parking Studies (Regional & Shared)
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Neighborhood Traffic Management Studies 
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Transportation Planning and Highway Corridor Planning. These studies
included defining goals
and objectives, developing travel demand
forecasting models and other tools,
using the same and identifying problems,
generating alternatives, testing and evaluating
alternatives, and developing a balanced
and feasible plan.
All the while, the communities and lands
through which the improved streets, roads, highways
and transit infrastructure pass through are taken into
consideration - known as context
sensitive solutions. A balance is sought
between the need to move people and
goods efficiently and safely, with ideas
such as environmental sustainability,
historic preservation, the creation of
vital public spaces, and other local
concerns.
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Traffic Impact Analysis for Environmental Impact Reports and Statements (EIRs & EISs).
Determining if and/or how much a
proposed project will impact the
surrounding transportation system. If
there is an impact, then mitigation
measures are developed and recommended.
Traffic analysis and documentation of
the transportation section of these
EIR's and EIS's are also prepared.
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Traffic Engineering and Operations.
The study and creation of the
infrastructure necessary for the safe
and efficient movement of people and
goods. Various tools to evaluate the
performance of various components of the
transportation system are developed and
utilized in the preparation of these
studies and the design of feasible
improvement measures at specific
locations as well as along various
corridors and within sub-regional areas
are also prepared.
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Development Planning Traffic Evaluation.
Evaluating a project and estimating
how many new trips will be created by
it, and then assigning those trips to
the surrounding infrastructure to
determine if and/or where there may be
impacts. Strategic planning services
including optimization of development
uses to achieve the goals of the project
on one side, with minimal effect or
impact on transportation infrastructure
are also offered.
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Travel Demand Forecasting and Model Development. The process of
estimating the number of vehicles or
travelers that will use a specific
transportation facility in the future.
Data on current traffic infrastructure is combined with
population, employment, housing and
other land-use/socioeconomic data, to
formulate a chain of mathematical
relationships or models to create a travel demand model,
which is then fed estimated future
land-use and socioeconomic data
to produce the future traffic demand.
Raju has been involved in model
development, calibration, validation,
and application of more than fifty
different travel demand forecasting
models around the continental US and
China.
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Micro-simulation Studies. The study
of traffic on a small scale, such as a
single corridor, or a small region
around a specific location or project,
and simulation of movement of individual
vehicles to determine performance of the
transportation system components are
conducted.
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Synthesis of GIS database framework for transportation. The creation and use
of the TAZ system, development of
highway networks including connectivity,
verification of network attributes
including link lengths and number of
lanes, etc. (depending upon availability
of that information in a database), and
preparation of various exhibits showing
proposed land-use growth or development
growth overlaid on transportation system
performance exhibit. Numerous
other revealing exhibits with growth in
development overlaid on growth in
traffic are also prepared in this
supporting planning study.
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General Plan Circulation Elements.
Given a general plan land-use scenario
for a horizon year, development of a
balanced transportation infrastructure
system including improvements to
highways, transit, and transportation
demand management measures. All the
proposed improvements would be feasible
and the transportation plan would be
fiscally constrained and prioritized.
Upgrade and update of the functional
classification system and identification
of corridors where potential future very
long-term improvements may occur in
order to preserve rights-of-way (ROW)
are all components of a circulation plan
developed for Cities, Counties, and
Metropolitan Planning Areas.
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Transit Corridor and Systems Planning.
The evaluation and planning of current
transit operations, and the
identification of opportunities for
increased and optimized service. As well, ways to
improve efficiency and effectiveness of
the current system are determined.
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Intermodal Transportation Planning.
The formulating of a transportation
system that encourages and simplifies
the use of more than one mode of
transportation, such as taking the
Metrorail and then transferring to bus
for the last leg
of your journey. This is usually part of
an effort to reduce the amount of cars
on the road, as well as their trip
lengths. Additionally, design and
development of a network of
park-and-ride lots, coordinated
transfers between several mass transit
modes, and facilities for movement of
goods using various modes are all
developed as part of these studies.
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Parking Studies (Regional & Shared).
Analyzing the available parking for a
project or certain area; determining how
many parking spaces are required.
Evaluation of parking supply and future
demand, and use of shared parking
principles based on ULI's Shared Parking
guidelines in assessment of adequacy of
parking provisions. Development of
parking management plans.
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Neighborhood Traffic Management Studies.
The creating and evaluating of plans to
improve neighborhood livability by
mitigating the impact of vehicular
traffic on that particular neighborhood.
This includes focusing on safety for
pedestrians, bicyclists, and residents,
as well as motorists; reduction of
speeds, improvement of major arterials
and other facilities to keep regional
traffic along these facilities and not
filter through neighborhoods on local
streets, and development of neighborhood
traffic management plans (NTMPs) to
control and mitigate neighborhood
intrusion.
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