RFQ 24-002 City of Hermosa Beach
6.4 Acknowledgement of Professional Services Agreement
RFQ #: _________
The selected consultant will be expected to comply with and sign the City s Professional Services Agreement. Proposers shall identify and/or indicate any exceptions to the Sample Professional Services Agreement included as Attachment 1. The City Attorney or their designee retains the discretion to accept or reject proposed exceptions or modifications to the City s Professional Services Agreement.
1. Proposer agrees, acknowledges and is fully aware of the conditions specified in the City’s Sample Professional Services Agreement.
2. Proposer agrees to accept all conditions and requirements as contained therein with exceptions noted as follows:
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Signature of Authorized Representative:
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Printed Name and Title:
Dawn Wilson, PE, TE, Office Executive
____________________________________________
Dawn Wilson, PE, TE, Office Executive
5050 Avenida Encinas, Suite 260, Carlsbad, CA 92008
August 30, 2024
Suja Lowenthal, City Manager City of
Hermosa Beach
1315 Valley Drive Hermosa Beach, CA
90254
RE: Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination for City of Hermosa Beach Consultants Dear Ms. Lowenthal:
Per this letter, Michael Baker International certifies that all of its officers, agents, employees, subcontractors, representatives and volunteers servicing the City of Hermosa Beach on-site within the City pursuant to the RFQ 24-002 ON-CALL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SERVICES dated August 13, 2024, are or will be fully vaccinated or covered by an approved medical or religious exemption prior to the implementation of the scope of work located within the above referenced agreement.
Respectfully,
MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
5050 Avenida Encinas Suite 260,
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Department of Public Works
1315 Valley Drive
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
100 Oceangate, Suite 1425
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 294-5848
On-Call
Transportation
Planning and
Traffic Engineering
Services
City of Hermosa Beach
TECHNICAL PROPOSAL
AUGUST 30, 2024
SUBMITTED TO:
SUBMITTED BY:
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS NO. 24-002
2 Fehr & Peers is pleased to submit this proposal for on-call transportation planning and traffic engineering services for the City of Hermosa Beach Department of Public Works. We have sincerely appreciated the opportunity to serve the City of Hermosa Beach over the most recent on-call contract cycle and are thrilled with the opportunity to continue our service to the City.
While Fehr & Peers is not submitting on the separate portion of the RFP requesting an in-house part-time contract traffic engineer role, we can provide traffic engineering staff augmentation services as needed for specific task orders.
Based on the anticipated services described in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ), we have enlisted a team of our internal expert task leads with extensive experience in the City of Hermosa Beach and Southern California to provide the full range of transportation planning and traffic engineering services requested.
FEHR & PEERS OFFERS SEVERAL DISTINCT ADVANTAGES FOR FULFILLING THE ONCALL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING & ENGINEERING NEEDS OF THE CITY:
• Experienced project leadership team to support Hermosa Beach Public Works. Michael Kennedy, Principal and Office Leader for our Long Beach office will continue to serve as overall contract manager as he has under the most recent contract cycle. Michael has worked on projects in the South Bay, including Hermosa Beach and the other Beach Cities, for nearly two decades. His work spans General Plans, CEQA transportation impact analyses, parking studies, and traffic engineering design. He has served in similar roles for other local clients, such as the City of Long Beach and LA Metro. Working with Michael, Sean Reseigh will continue to serve the City of Hermosa Beach as project manager for multiple task orders, spanning data analytics, transportation planning and design. Claude Strayer, PE, will continue to serve the City as engineer of record for any projects affecting the design of roadways, spanning conceptual design, through to construction documents.
As the largest firm in California exclusively focused on transportation planning and engineering, we have the staff capacity locally, including 14 in Long Beach 35 in Los Angeles, and nearly 400 employees nationwide to meet the City’s on-call needs as they are released. We have served in an on-call capacity for a variety of cities in Los Angeles County, including the Cities of Hermosa Beach, Santa Monica, Long Beach, Beverly Hills, Rancho Palos Verdes and several others and have the technical capabilities to handle all transportation planning and traffic engineer tasks effectively and efficiently.
• Local relationships and experience. Fehr & Peers has extensive experience working in the City of Hermosa Beach, including on 15 projects over the last 10 years. Beyond the city, we have worked extensively with other Beach Cities, including Redondo and Manhattan Beach, the South Bay Cities COG, Carson, and Metro on multiple projects affecting transportation choices in the South Bay. This experience lends itself to a deep understanding of the local community context and values. Based on longstanding relationships within the community, we are committed and qualified to help the City achieve its mobility goals. • National safety experts. We have partnered with over 90 cities and counties across California to develop multimodal safety plans and grant applications (including Vision Zero Plans, Local Road Safety Plans, and Systemic Safety Analysis Reports) and have been trained by FHWA in the LRSP and Safe Streets For All (SS4A) processes. We worked with the FHWA Office of Safety as they established policies and a national brand for the Safe System Approach and an associated revamp of Highway Safety Improvement Programs (HSIP). Fehr & Peers is currently supporting over 15 public agencies to complete Comprehensive Safety Action Plans (CSAP), and we have firsthand experience working with several national, state, and neighboring jurisdictions on datadriven, systemic safety efforts.
1. Cover Letter
3 Michael Kennedy, AICP, LEED AP
Principal & Authorized Representative
Primary Point of Contact
100 Oceangate, Suite 1425
Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 304-9277
[email protected]
Sean Reseigh
Task Order Manager
(562) 294-5295
[email protected]
Claude Strayer, PE, RSP1
Engineer of Record
(619) 758-3015
[email protected]
SUBMITTING
ORGANIZATION
Fehr & Peers
100 Oceangate, Suite 1425
Long Beach, CA 90802
SUBMITTAL FOR
City of Hermosa Beach
Request for Qualifications
Transportation Planning and
Traffic Engineering Services
ADDENDA
We acknowledge receipt of
Addendum 1.
PRIMARY CONTACT
& AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE
Michael Kennedy, AICP
Principal & Authorized
Representative
(562) 304-9277
[email protected]
• Companywide research & development groups focused on
Complete Streets and Engineering. We have a dedicated Complete Streets Discipline Group, led by Kendra Rowley, and an Engineering Discipline Group, led by Claude Strayer, which oversees internal research and development on guidance for multimodal corridor design, including tradeoffs and considerations for Class IV design, bicycle signal and intersection modifications, bus boarding islands, and protected intersections. Additionally, our Southern California Engineering Design Team meets regularly to host design charettes and share best practices.
We have reviewed the Professional Services Agreement and are including our requested contract modifications. We look forward to discussing this proposal and refining our approach to ensure it meets the City’s needs. Please contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
FEHR & PEERS
4 ABOUT FEHR & PEERS
At Fehr & Peers, we are passionate about transforming
transportation consulting through innovation and creativity. We derive inspiration by partnering with communities to understand and shape local transportation futures objectively tailored to diverse needs. Since 1985, clients have trusted us to help them overcome barriers and uncertainty by combining our advanced expertise with curiosity, humility, and initiative to deliver implementable, data-driven solutions that reinforce community values. From the most straightforward to the most complex, we actively listen to client and community needs and handle every project with diligence and focus.
We differentiate ourselves by investing in research and development, including emerging data sources and analysis methodologies, to anticipate needs, explore the unknown, and collaboratively imagine a better future. Our culture of applied innovation generates an appetite for new and better ways of approaching problems, motivates us to explore emerging transportation concepts and mobility trends, and inspires us to develop new analytical tools and techniques.
We purposefully maintain a focus on transportation
consulting, serving client needs including the following:
› Active Transportation
› Communications & Engagement
› Safety
› Transportation Engineering
› Land Use & Transportation
› Climate & Resilience
› Parking
› Data Science
› Transit Planning
› Emerging Technologies
› Equity in Transportation
› Transportation Forecasting & Operations
› Freight
Primary Point of Contact
Official Name: Michael Kennedy
Address: 100 Oceangate, Suite 1425,
Long Beach, CA 90802
Email: [email protected]
Telephone Number: (562) 304-9277
Firm Information
Type of Business Entity: S-Corporation
Federal Employer ID No.: 68-0065540
Ownership: Fehr & Peers is the parent
company of Left Lane Advisors.
Number of years in business under
present business name: 38 years
Number of years of experience Fehr
& Peers has had in providing required
services for the City of Hermosa Beach
On-Call: 38 years
2. Firm Profile
Failures or refusals to
complete a contract
If the term “failure” in this context means
failure to complete any work due to a
termination of a contract for cause, or due
to our faults, Fehr & Peers has not had
a client terminate a contract with us for
cause or due to our faults, and we have
not refused to complete our services
under a contract. Fehr & Peers has not
completed our work under a contract for
several different clients’ projects in which
the client terminated our contract for
convenience prior to completion of our
services because the client lost funding,
or the client pursued a different approach
or methodology for the client’s project.
5 3. Organizational Chart
Our dedicated team has been carefully selected to offer the City of Hermosa Beach high-quality solutions and project deliverables.
After contract execution, Fehr & Peers
will not substitute key personnel or
subconsultants without prior written
approval by the City
Michael Kennedy, AICP, LEED AP
Principal-in-charge
Sean Reseigh
Task Order Manager
Kendra Rowley, PE
Complete Streets Planning
and Design Lead
Emily Finkel, RSP1
Safety Lead
Claude Strayer, PE, RSP1
Engineer of Record
PS&E
Miguel Nunez, AICP
Parking Lead
Diwu Zhou, PE, RSP1
Traffic Operations Lead
6 Michael Kennedy is a Principal with Fehr & Peers
and Office Leader for our Long Beach office that
serves clients in the South Bay and Gateway Cities
regions. Michael’s practice areas include project
management for CEQA transportation impact analyses,
General Plans, parking studies, and transit and active
transportation planning and design. He has worked
in the South Bay for nearly two decades with work
spanning these practice areas. Michael is Fehr & Peers’ Principal in Charge for our on-call contract with the City of Hermosa Beach, our on-call contract with the City
of Long Beach, focusing on the delivery of PS&E for
multiple bikeway corridors, developing a data strategy
for the Department of Public Works, and updating the
City’s collision analysis/roadway safety planning. He has worked on mobility planning / traffic engineering design projects across many coastal communities including
the Cities of Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach,
Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles, Dana Point, and Marina
del Rey (County of Los Angeles).
Sean Reseigh is a transportation planner in the Long
Beach office who specializes in geospatial analysis,
data science, and data visualization, with a focus on
safety. He has worked on over a dozen Local Road
Safety Plans, Vision Zero Plans, and Systemic Safety
Analysis Reports across California and in the South
and lead multiple county- and citywide data inventory
projects with the goal of enhancing access to accurate
location-based bike and pedestrian infrastructure, and
traffic signal assets. Although his abilities are technical in nature and revolve around data science, he also
has a refined proficiency in engaging with project and
community stakeholders on how data-driven decision
making is vital to improving a connected, safe, dynamic, equitable, and accessible transportation system.
Kendra Rowley is an associate transportation engineer
with over fourteen years of transportation planning and engineering experience in the state of California. Kendra manages a diverse range of projects from the design
of multimodal safety improvements along complex
corridors to the preparation of signal design plans for development projects. Specializing in complete streets
planning and design, Kendra leads the Fehr & Peers
Complete Streets Design companywide practice area.
She recently led the firm’s efforts to research the safety efficacy of the innovative bicycle design tools in many of the national design manuals and guidebooks, including
the NACTO Bicycle Design Guide.
Claude Strayer has a range of transportation
experience with the design of traffic signals, bicycle
facilities, signing and striping plans, safe routes to
school improvements, pedestrian facilities, wayfinding
and the public involvement process. He has led teams
of designers on a variety of other transportation
engineering projects such as temporary traffic control, roadway and sidewalk design, and lighting. He also has
experience performing traffic analysis as well as studies with respect to parking, circulation and school zone
safety.
Michael Kennedy, AICP, LEED AP
Principal-in-Charge/Contract
Manager
CEQA Lead
» 17 years of experience
» MA, Urban and
Regional Planning
» BA, Music
Sean Reseigh
Project Manager/Data Analytics
» 6 years of experience
» MS, Geographic
Information Science
» BA, Natural Resources
Kendra Rowley, PE
Complete Streets Lead
» 14 years of experience
Claude Strayer, » BS, Civil Engineering PE, RSP1
Engineer-of-Record/PS&E
» 14 years of experience
» BS, Civil Engineering
4. Bios of Key Staff
7 Emily Finkel is a Senior Associate in the Long Beach
office of Fehr & Peers and a senior leader of the Fehr
& Peers Safety Discipline Group. She has managed
more than a dozen recent safety planning projects
throughout California and the Southwest, including
Vision Zero, Local Road Safety Plans, and Systemic
Safety Analysis Reports. Emily has supported several
safety planning clients in successfully securing millions of dollars for safety improvements through the Caltrans HSIP and USDOT SS4A grant programs. Emily has
worked throughout the South Bay, including projects
in Carson, Gardena and El Segundo, and for the South
Bay Cities COG. She teaches transportation planning
analysis in the graduate Urban Planning program at
USC.
Miguel Núñez is a Principal in the Fehr & Peers Long
Beach office. He has over 17 years of experience
in transportation planning, specializing in areas of
expertise in pedestrian and bicycle planning, complete
streets, and multimodal planning. Miguel managed
Fehr & Peers efforts on the I-710 Livability Initiative, the Downey Active Transportation Plan, the People
St Evaluation effort, the Huntington Park Complete
Streets Plan, and General Plans for the Cities of Cudahy, Whittier, and Carson, all focused on implementable
improvements and strategies for enhancing mobility
and safety for all road users. Through his experience
working on projects with a multimodal emphasis,
complex and controversial traffic impact studies, and
numerous regional transportation plans, Miguel has
helped a wide range of communities expand transport
options for their stakeholders. He has managed
pedestrian safety assessments throughout California
and presents at industry conferences on emerging and
innovative multimodal practices.
Diwu Zhou is a transportation engineer in the Fehr
& Peers Long Beach office who specializes in safety
planning, big data, and traffic operations analysis. Diwu is passionate about balancing the often-conflicting
needs of mobility and safety and is well suited to
provide clients with advice and recommendations
backed by research, data, and analysis through his
intimate knowledge of traffic operations and design,
safety best practices, and big data. Diwu is committed
to being at the forefront of safety best practices and
innovations and serves as a key member of the firm’s
Traffic Operations and Transportation Equity Technical
Initiatives. Diwu also has a broad background in
transportation planning through his experience with
transportation impact studies, safe routes to school
assessments, citywide and countywide planning
studies, multimodal traffic simulations, and community
outreach.
Emily Finkel, RSP1
Safety Lead
» 10 years of experience
» MA, Planning
» BS, Business Administration
Miguel Núñez, AICP
Parking Lead
» 17 years of experience
» MA, Planning
» BS, Political Science
Diwu Zhou, PE, RSP1
Traffic Operations Lead
» 8 years of experience
» MS, Transportation
Engineering
» BS, Civil Engineering
Full staff resumes provided in Appendix.
8 Key Hermosa Beach Experience
PLAN Hermosa EIR, Addendum EIR &
LCP
Fehr & Peers assisted the City of Hermosa Beach
with the development and environmental analysis
of the General Plan and Coastal Land Use Plan.
We were responsible for transportation policy and
multi-modal transportation modeling. Fehr & Peers
prepared a background report summarizing existing
mobility conditions, which included an inventory of
transportation facilities (roadway, parking, transit,
pedestrian, bicycle), and a summary of their current
operation. Because mobile source greenhouse gas
emissions (GHG) make up a large portion of the City’s
total GHG output, innovative mobility policies are a vital component of the General Plan Update. The goals,
objectives, and policies of the Mobility Element reflect the requirements of the 2008 California Complete
Streets Act (AB 1358), as well as the City’s growing
interest in transportation mode alternatives. We
provided input to the project team on transportation
goals, policies, and standards and developed a roadway
classification system and prototypical street cross
sections that support the City’s mobility goals and
policies. Fehr & Peers also identified enhancements to
the bicycle, pedestrian, and alternative vehicle network for inclusion in the Mobility Element. Our tasks included developing strategies and policies to address the
management of parking resources in the City, the need
to increase parking supply to support economic vitality, and methods to efficiently increase parking supply.
Fehr & Peers prepared a transportation impact study in
support of the preparation of the Environmental Impact
Report (EIR) for the General Plan Update. We gathered
parking utilization rates and analyzing parking operations in the coastal zone as part of the Local Coastal Plan
update, including using cellphone based “Big Data”
sources to understand travel patterns to and from the
coastal zone.
5. Relevant Experience and References
PLAN Hermosa Addendum EIR
To support the implementation of zoning changes for
the City’s Housing Element, Fehr & Peers prepared an
updated transportation impact analysis following the
methodologies of the PLAN Hermosa EIR, including
updating the travel demand model to account for the
Housing Element associated zoning changes. We
prepared vehicle miles traveled and segment volume
forecasts to make a consistency finding for the Housing Element and the PLAN Hermosa EIR.
Traffic Count Monitoring for Mobility/
Outdoor Dining Pilots
Using a combination of roadway traffic, pedestrian and
bicycle counts, and cellphone based big data travel
data, Fehr & Peers has conducted multiple years of
annual monitoring of the City’s pilot mobility projects and outdoor dining program. In addition to evaluating
how travel patterns in and out of Downtown Hermosa
Beach changed related to these pilot projects, we
also evaluated how established travel patterns were
disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fehr &
Peers prepared CEQA related evaluations of the pilot
projects to support their continued implementation.
Wayfinding Design
Fehr & Peers is supporting the design and
implementation of wayfinding signage in the City of
Hermosa Beach for gateway, wayfinding and marquee
signs. Fehr & Peers developed design alternatives
using the City’s branding guidelines and prepared
engineering plans for sign siting and cost estimates.
9 PLAN Hermosa
Hermosa Wayfinding Design
Downtown Hermosa Beach Traffic Counts
10 City of Long Beach
Public Works
Transportation On-Call
(2021-Ongoing)
Fehr & Peers is prime for the City of Long Beach
Public Works Transportation & Mobility on-call
contract.
We are providing a wide range of services
spanning PS&E complete streets design work,
staff augmentation support services detailed traffic
operations & simulation, citywide safety analyses, and
the development of a data management strategy for the
Public Works Department. Key projects led under this
contract include:
Clark Avenue Complete Streets PS&E
Fehr & Peers is leading the preparation of construction documents for signing, striping, and signal modification plans for the construction of a 2.7 mile multi-modal
connection linking Cal State Long Beach’s Beachside
Campus housing and other student housing in the area
to both Long Beach City College on Clark Avenue,
and Cal State Long Beach’s main campus via Atherton
Street.
Fehr & Peers’s services include conceptual design
for civil related complete streets elements such as
curb extensions, bus boarding islands, and protected
intersection medians. The civil design elements will be taken into full PS&E by City staff.
The proposed protected bike facility includes a mix of
two way and one way facilities, with the crossover using bike signals at a protected intersection at Willow Street and Clark Avenue. Beyond the two-way section, which
will feature raised medians, the facility will use the City’s quick-build concrete raised separators.
As part of our evaluation of design options for the
corridor, Fehr & Peers advanced multiple concepts for
complex six-legged intersection at the Clark/Stearns/
Los Coyotes intersection including the development of
a “peanut” roundabout concept.
Fehr & Peers conducted a traffic operational analysis
to determine how lane repurposing will affect travel
time on the corridor. As part of the evaluation of the
roundabout, Fehr & Peers is developing a Vissim
simulation model to test configuration options including the roundabout and protected intersection options
using signal phasing. Fehr & Peers will prepare a project fact sheet with renderings and operations data to
highlight the benefits and tradeoffs associated with the project for use in community outreach.
Cherry Avenue Protected Bicycle
Facility Design PS&E (Long Beach)
To support the implementation of protected bikeways
in the City of Long Beach per the City’s Bicycle Master Plan, Fehr & Peers is leading the preparation of signing, striping, and signal modification plans for a 1.5 mile
protected bikeway on Cherry Avenue between Spring
Street and Carson Street. While Cherry Avenue is
identified as an 8 to 80s corridor in the Bicycle Master Plan, it is also a truck corridor and provides important access to a major logistics/aerospace manufacturing
facilities. Fehr & Peers’ design balances the need for
cyclists and trucks on the same corridor.
Orange Ave Backbone Bikeway and
Street Improvement Project PS&E
Public Works Plan Check Staff
Augmentation Services
Fehr & Peers served as extension of staff on behalf
of Long Beach Public Works to conduct plan check
review for the Orange Avenue Bikeway and Street
Improvement Project PS&E. We reviewed the
signing, striping, and signal modification plans and
corresponding specifications and cost estimates
in accordance with City of Long Beach standard
plans, the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices,
and relevant guidelines and best practices for the
implementation of protected bicycle facilities.
11 Safer Streets Long Beach High Injury
Network Update
Fehr & Peers updated the City of Long Beach high
injury network and collision trend summaries from the
Safe Streets Long Beach plan using the most recently
available collision data. Fehr & Peers incorporated
a proactive approach to safety by performing a
systemic risk analysis to understand key roadway and
contextual factors present in the most common and
severe collision types in the city. The results of the
analysis were summarized in an online interactive data
dashboard to allow the City of Long Beach to visually
display and summarize collisions based on roadway
and contextual factors in order to proactively plan and prioritize safety counter measures.
Long Beach Public Works Data
Strategy
Fehr & Peers is supporting Long Beach Public
Works in developing a data strategy document for
recommending strategic approaches and guidance
for collecting, managing, visualizing, and deploying
data. Fehr & Peers conducted a data inventory to
source metadata about commonly used transportation
datasets within Public Works, and developed a data
catalog that is designed to convey a one-page snapshot
of the data’s use cases, type, and who to contact
for additional guidance. Additionally, Fehr & Peers
developed a Living Strategy document that outlines
key actions for the Public Works to monitor progress
towards sustainable data strategy and management.
12 City of Santa Monica
On-Call
(2019-Ongoing)
Fehr & Peers has served as a transportation
consultant for the City for over 20 years.
Fehr & Peers has a 20-year history working with the
City of Santa Monica and has been part of significant
planning and engineering efforts, such as the Land Use
& Transportation Element (LUCE) and the Colorado
Esplanade. We also prepared the transportation study
for the recent Housing Element Update that utilized
the City’s travel demand forecasting model that was
originally developed by Fehr & Peers as part of the
LUCE and are part of the team working with Big Blue
Bus on updating transit service routes and frequencies.
Most recently, Fehr & Peers has had a contract for asneeded professional design services with the City of Santa Monica since 2020. As part of this contract, we
have been issued the following work orders:
Project Management Support
Fehr & Peers assisted SaMoDOT in overseeing the
following capital improvement projects: Olympic
Boulevard and 26th Street and Wilshire Boulevard
Safety Study Phase II. Each of these projects required
a 100% PSE design package that was being completed
by a consultant team and Fehr & Peers assisted the City in the initial phases of these efforts by providing project management support.
Traffic Assessment
Fehr & Peers prepared a traffic assessment for
SaMoDOT to provide transportation data for multiple
corridors in the City in support of the following
transportation projects: Wilshire Safety Improvements
Phase 1; Ocean Avenue Repaving; MANGo: Michigan
Avenue – 20th Street Connector Bike Path. We
retained AimTD to collect the requested traffic count
data at 21 roadway segments and 23 intersections in
Fall 2022. We then compiled the traffic count data into two deliverables including tables, charts, and figures
that presented the 2022 data collection results and
compared traffic volumes to historic levels on Ocean
Avenue and Michigan Avenue.
Broadway Protected Bikeway
Fehr & Peers is currently preparing the engineering
design plans for new protected bikeways on Broadway.
The design will include development of red curb
guidance at driveways and intersections, material
selection for the vertical protection, low-cost signal
timing adjustments to achieve a more comfortable
experience for bicyclists, and elements of protected
intersections where feasible. Multiple RRFBs will also be included in the design to enhance pedestrian access
along the corridor.
Harvard Street Preferential Parking
Study
Fehr & Peers prepared the Harvard Street Preferential
Parking Study for SaMoDOT. This study required a
substantial parking data collection effort and our team collected the required parking data including the
parking inventory for each block of the study area and
a detailed parking occupancy survey for a weekday
and weekend day. The data collected was presented
through tables, charts, and figures for use by the City.
Michigan Avenue Neighborhood
Greenway Traffic Assessment
Fehr & Peers prepared a traffic assessment for
SaMoDOT to provide transportation data for two
corridors in the City in support of the following
transportation projects: Michigan Avenue
Neighborhood Greenway and Safe Routes to Santa
Monica High School. Our team collected traffic count
and speed data in May and June 2023, compiled the
traffic count data, and completed a historic comparative analysis.
Santa Monica WOR Engineering &
Traffic Survey
Fehr & Peers is currently preparing an Engineering
and Traffic Survey (E&TS). The goal of this study is to establish enforceable speed limits throughout the City
pursuant to Section 22358 of the California Vehicle
Code (CVC). This study will allow the City to enforce
speed limits and account for recent legislation changes under California Assembly Bill (AB) 321 and AB 43. An
extensive data collection effort was conducted for over 200 roadway segments in the City to obtain speed
data and daily traffic volumes. The data collection
findings will be used to recommend potential speed
limits through data analysis as defined by CVC Section
627 and the 2014 California Manual on Uniform Traffic
Control Devices (CA MUTCD).
13 We Are Making Changes
to the Broadway Corridor FROM
5th to 26th
Creates comfortable, connected networks to make
bicycling more attractive and accessible to people of all ages and abilities.
Provides a dedicated space for bikes to wait in front of vehicles, giving them a “head start” while waiting to make a left turn at a red light.
Increases driver awareness of the presence of bicyclists and pedestrians.
Reduces conflicts and improves visibility of pedestrians crossing the street by giving them a “head start” when
crossing at a signal.
Separated Bike Lanes with Concrete Buffers
Bike Boxes
Yield Signage
Leading Pedestrian Intervals
To learn more, visit
santamonica.gov/broadway-safety-project
Funded in part by Metro, a partner in the community.
Visibility and
Comfort at
Intersections
Mobility for
Bikes and
Scooters
Reduce
Speed
PROJECT GOALS
We Are Making Changes
to the Broadway Corridor FROM
5th to 26th Visibility and
Comfort at
Intersections
Mobility for
Bikes and
Scooters
Reduce
Speed
PROJECT GOALS
1 2
3 4
5 4
1 5
2 3
4 Longer red curbs, also known
as “daylighting”will be added to
remove obstructions and improve
visibility for vehicles exiting side
streets, alleys, and driveways.
Creates comfortable, connected
networks to make bicycling more
attractive and accessible to people
of all ages and abilities.
Several new crossings will be
added, using a high-visibility
striping pattern, to improve
visibility for people crossing the
street and improve access
to destinations.
Narrows the street at intersections
to encourage slower, more careful
turning movements when crossing
the bikeway. This will also shorten
crossing distances for pedestrians.
Enhances the visibility of a marked
crosswalk and alerts drivers to
where pedestrians are crossing
the street.
Daylighting
(Red Curb)
Separated Bike Lanes
with Concrete Buffers
High Visibility
Crosswalks
Corner Traffic
Calming Wedges
Pedestrian
Beacons
To learn more, visit
santamonica.gov/Broadway-Safety-Project
Funded in part by Metro, a partner in the community.
14 City of Beverly Hills
On-Call Traffic
Engineering Services
(2012-Ongoing)
Fehr & Peers has served all aspects of the
transportation needs for the City of Beverly Hills
as their on-call traffic engineering consultant for
multiple contract terms, spanning over 15 years.
We have directly prepared dozens of transportation
impact studies for a wide variety of projects in the City, including mixed use, hotel, office, and retail projects, and have peer review studies prepared by other
consultants.
We assist the City in a wide range of studies, including an in-depth assessment of safety and operations
at complex intersections, the development of a
Transportation Division Procedures Manual for
internal use, and have provided numerous conceptual
design drawings, signing & striping plans, and traffic
signal plans for construction. Other assignments
included reviewing development project site plans,
developing locations for the new bikeshare stations,
assessment and implementation of a pilot project to
convert traditional crosswalks to continental crossings, evaluated existing and proposed crosswalks to identify
appropriate treatments/enhancements, and studied
traffic-related concerns submitted by residents and
business owners.
We have also prepared plan check comments for
temporary traffic control plans associated with
the Metro Purple Line Extension Subway Project.
Additionally, we prepared neighborhood traffic
management plans, and detailed studies to enhance
safety on a residential street that suffered from truck collisions and speeding. We frequently present our
findings at transportation commission, planning
commission, and city council, and are savvy to the
political dynamics that staff face as they seek to
implement projects in the City. Recently, we have
designed and implemented the following projects:
• Enhanced Pedestrian Crossing at South Santa
Monica Boulevard and Lasky Drive, which
incorporated rectangular-rapid flashing beacons
(RRFB), a curb extension to shorten crossing
distances and new high visibility crosswalk striping.
• A midblock crosswalk on 3rd Street between Foothill
Road and Maple Drive. This newly installed crosswalk
connects street parking and office uses to a post
office, providing a safe and convenient crossing for
patrons.
• The conversion of Canon Drive to a cul-de-sac
at Wilshire Boulevard due to Metro Purple Line
construction. This cul-de-sac allowed for subway
construction access while accommodating various
parking and loading needs for businesses along
Canon Drive.
• Subsequent pandemic-related modifications to the
Canon Drive cul-de-sac to accommodate in-street
outdoor dining. The cul-de-sac was reduced to allow
for limited loading access, while repurposing the
remaining space to accommodate outdoor seating for
area restaurants.
• The restriping of Dayton Way for two-way traffic flow in Downtown Beverly Hills in response to Metro Purple
Line construction street closures. Two-way operations
on Dayton Way allowed for increased access to
businesses and parking without needing to circle
other streets.
• A new traffic signal at Crescent Drive and Clifton
Way to accommodate the diversion of traffic due
to the Canon Drive closure. This converted an
existing all-way stop-controlled intersection to a
fully signalized, four-way traffic signal and provided
signalized pedestrian crossings.
• Traffic circles and narrowing treatments along Loma
Vista Drive in the Trousdale Estates neighborhood
to calm traffic and slow speeds in an area with steep
grades.
• A traffic signal modification at Olympic Blvd./S.
Beverly Drive/S Beverwil Drive which incorporated
new poles with longer mast arms to allow for flashing
yellow left-turn arrows for vehicles on Olympic
Boulevard. This project also included an upgrade to
the existing signal controller.
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16 Development of conceptual plans and
alternatives for corridor revitalization projects,
neighborhood traffic management, bikeway
improvements, and other long-term capital
improvements.
Fehr & Peers has conducted planning and design
for hundreds of corridors in California and has
navigated conversations on detailed design
decisions, priorities, and tradeoffs on each of
them.
Fehr & Peers staff currently serve as the chair of the ITE Complete Streets Council, and in board and committee
roles on the TRB Pedestrian and Bicycle Research
Committees, and the Association of Pedestrian and
Bicycle Professionals (APBP). Complete streets have
become a major area of our practice, and as standards
for the design of pedestrian-and bicycle friendly
intersections and streets evolve, the need for evaluating new complete streets in a consistent manner grows.
To support our clients by delivering best practices and innovations on complete streets design projects, we
have a dedicated internally funded Complete Streets
Discipline Group, that oversees internal research and
development on guidance for multimodal corridor
design, including tradeoffs and considerations for
Class IV design, bicycle facility signal and intersection modifications, bus boarding islands, and protected
intersections. Additionally, our Southern California
engineering design team meets regularly to host design
charettes and share best practices.
Fehr & Peers is a nationally recognized leader in the
areas of traffic calming and neighborhood traffic
management. Implementing traffic calming often
begins with stakeholder engagement to understand
priorities and balance input from affected residents,
agency staff, and the wider public interests represented by elected officials. Other major components can
include developing traffic calming policies and guides, including pilot programs; applying policies or best
practices to specific corridors; and developing designs for traffic calming implementation. Key to developing
plans to manage neighborhood traffic management
is consensus building within the community. Our
outreach, engagement, and education strategies are
detailed in a section that follows.
Underlying all of our conceptual planning and studies,
is our expertise and focus on multi-modal safety.
Our plans directly respond to the unique needs of
each community we serve, moving best practices
forward with technical innovation and an inclusive
approach. An actionable plan with clear goals, time
frame, and leadership is key to achieving measurable
improvements to safety outcomes. Fehr & Peers has
worked with communities to develop implementationoriented safety programs that focus on translating safety analysis and planning into action through
designing feasible and effective projects, building local support, developing citywide policies that promote
safety in all roadway design decisions, and identifying funding for implementation. To help cities achieve their safety goals, Fehr & Peers developed a critical resource in partnership with the Institute of Transportation
Engineers (ITE), “Core Elements for Vision Zero
Communities.” This resource helps communities set
priorities, work toward tangible results in promoting
safety, and benchmark their progress relative to
best practices through all of their long-term capital
investments in transportation and mobility.
17 SBCCOG Local Travel Network
Implementation
2022-Ongoing
Fehr & Peers has supported SBCCOG for several years in the development of their “Local Travel Network,” (LTN) a comprehensive travel network throughout the South Bay region for low-speed zero emission modes.
This project focuses on development of branding, wayfinding signage, pavement markings, and other supportive amenities, for implementation of the network in several South Bay cities. Through a collaborative process with each of the local jurisdictions, Fehr & Peers is developing a unique visual identity for the LTN. We are also developing design guidance and cost estimates for implementation of signage and markings along the network. These materials will be used by each jurisdiction in Measure M grant applications to secure funding for implementation of the network.
This project also focuses on a data-driven approach to identifying safety improvements, as well as parking-related amenities along the network. We are also developing a master NEV Plan that can be adopted by each local jurisdiction to meet state requirements. Fehr & Peers also supported the City of El Segundo with pilot LTN implementation in late 2023.
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Alameda
Complete
Streets
2018-2021
Fehr & Peers prepared the plans,
specifications and cost estimates
(PS&E) for signal modifications,
traffic signal interconnect, and
signing and striping for the
Alameda Esplanade and Los
Angeles Crossing in front of Union
Station in LA, a project funded
by two separate ATP grants. The
project includes a substantial
reconfiguration of the driveway
at Union Station, as well as lane
repurposing on Alameda Street
to provide wider sidewalks, and
off-street bike paths and shared
use paths. The bike path crossings
include signal protection to
enhance pedestrian and bicycle
safety, as well as a raised crossing
on Alameda Street, a first for the
City of Los Angeles on a busy
arterial and truck corridor. The
engineering design plans for traffic
signals, signal interconnect, and
signing and striping were prepared
for LA Metro for submittal to
the Los Angeles Department of
Transportation, who approved
the construction drawings. The
project also included a separate
Caltrans plan submittal and a
Design Standard Design Document
(DSDD) for non standard elements
that were ultimately approved by
Caltrans.
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and cost estimates for transportation-related
projects and assist the City during construction
as required.
Fehr & Peers has unique expertise in providing
transportation engineering services from
early conceptual design through construction
documents and field implementation. We
integrate our design and construction experience
with our knowledge of planning and operations
to provide clients with a unique combination of
creative, yet practical solutions that address the
needs of all travel modes.
This comprehensive approach to transportation
engineering is an obvious benefit to clients looking to make cost-effective decisions and develop biddable
projects with minimal questions during construction.
We are experts in applying the California Manual on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), are well
versed in the latest updates to the Federal MUTCD that
will affect the CA MUTCD within the next two years,
as well as the latest Public Right-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG). We have completed PS&E
plans for many cities throughout Los Angeles County,
as well as directly for Caltrans. We know the challenges of gaining approvals from Caltrans and are well versed
in preparing plans to minimize non-standard elements
to reduce or eliminate the need for a Design Decision
process with Caltrans in the Encroachment Permit
phase.
Our engineering design services include:
• Signing, Striping, Signal & Street Lighting Design
- Fehr & Peers delivers street designs that range
from concept plans to construction documents.
We provide designs addressing geometric design,
traffic controls, lighting and more. We have extensive
experience designing innovative bikeways and safetyfocus pedestrian facilities that address the needs and context of the community. We ensure when
infrastructure is designed that all users are in mind.
• Intelligent Transportation Systems - We have design
numerous traffic signal systems throughout California
with ITS elements, transit signal priority, emergency
vehicle preemption, complex signal interconnects,
and other aspects of sophisticated signal design.
• Intersection Reconfiguration - When planning
intersection reconfigurations, Fehr & Peers’s inhouse expertise in multimodal operations and design addresses the needs and safety of all users. We pay
special attention to preventing conflicts between
motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists at complex
intersections. We use multi-modal transportation
simulations to operationally test the design options
and understand the benefits and the tradeoffs to all
transportation modes.
• Bicycle Facility Design - Fehr & Peers frequently
prepares conceptual and construction documents
for bicycle facility design ranging from Class I to Class IV facilities. Our design prioritizes safety, ease of use and comfort for people of all ages and abilities. Fehr
& Peers has helped plan and design projects for
protected bikeways, bicycle boulevards, protected
bicycle lanes, separated bikeways, raised cycle
tracks, recreational paths, protected intersections and more.
• Pedestrian Crossing & Facility Design - Fehr & Peers
has extensive experience in pedestrian crossing
and facility design. We understand the evolution of
crossing treatments, guidance and travel behavior
and their impact on pedestrian interaction with the
built environment is critical to addressing quality of life challenges and meeting expectations for those who
walk. We offer crossing solutions and design for largescale projects with variable roadway characteristics, controls, and contexts to smaller local areas.
• Roundabout Layout & Design - From geometric
layout, signage and striping, operational analysis
and construction staging we help create the
right roundabout. We add significant value when
completing a roundabout design where we can
utilize our expertise in complete streets to implement
solutions that accommodate all modes. Fehr & Peers
also offers services to peer review a roundabout
design.
21 • Traffic Control Plans / Construction Support – Fehr & Peers has prepared numerous traffic control plans
from private development projects to complex transit
corridor and roadway and active transportation
improvement projects requiring multiple phases of
construction. We also provide bid support services
and field supervision during construction for
elements of projects that Fehr & Peers designs.
Fehr & Peers Built Examples
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Mission Valley Campus PS&E
2019-Ongoing
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Fehr & Peers handled the
transportation planning analysis
and design services for the SDSU
Mission Valley campus at the
SDCCU (formerly Qualcomm)
Stadium site. Our work included
assisting with the site planning
and development of the overall
mobility network, which involved
multimodal facilities and design of
two multilane roundabouts. This
included the preparation of the
Transportation Impact Analysis
(TIA) for the environmental
document that included the
traffic operations analysis (i.e.,
level of service at intersections,
on roadways, and on freeway
facilities). We are currently working
at the final design level of the
design including roadway signing
and striping and traffic signals
PS&E for both on and off-site traffic
engineering improvements.
23 San Fernando
Boulevard
Reconfiguration
Pilot Project
2022-Ongoing
Fehr & Peers worked with the City of
Burbank to develop 100% PS&E and
a before/after study for a complete
streets pilot in the downtown segment
of San Fernando Boulevard. The
project’s objectives are to improve
pedestrian safety, implement dynamic
curbspace management strategies to
manage commercial and passenger
loading, and provide additional spaces
for landscaping and public art. Fehr &
Peers helped the City develop several
alternatives for the corridor, including
a full closure and several variations of
a one-way configuration. As part of
alternatives development, Fehr & Peers
developed and applied an evaluation
framework inclusive of metrics such
as yield compliance at midblock
crosswalks, auto speeds, pedestrian
and bicycle use, and loading activity.
24 Preparation of studies, recommendations, and
regulatory changes to assist in the expansion of
transportation choices.
Fehr & Peers specializes in providing multimodal
transportation planning and engineering
services. We emphasize the development of
creative, cost-effective, and implementationoriented solutions to planning and design challenges associated with all modes of
transportation, including bicycling, walking,
transit, and cars.
From active transportation plans to complete
streets planning to innovative bicycle design,
bikeshare business models, and multi-modal safety
implementation, Fehr & Peers strives to enhance
circulation, increase safety, and provide feasible and
fundable solutions for our clients. We are passionate
about transportation because we know how solid
planning and innovative transportation solutions can
benefit people where they live and work.
As a full-service multimodal transportation planning
and engineering firm, Fehr & Peers offers clients insight and expertise with all matters relating to transportation, including land use and transportation planning, travel
demand forecasting, multimodal operations and
simulation, bicycle and pedestrian planning, and much
more. Our deep bench of internal experts provides a full suite of in-house services on each project.
We employ our experience in using a wide range of
advanced tools, data sources, and vendors to provide
accurate, data-driven performance metrics that are
subsequently transformed into visually compelling
summaries for clients. Using our own internally
developed innovative tools and other cutting-edge
resources, we can customize approaches and answers
to even the most unique and challenging questions.
Fehr & Peers began helping early-adopter Vision Zero
cities develop their action plans in 2013, building on
prior decades of safety experience. Over the past
decade, we have worked with nearly 100 jurisdictions
in California alone on multi-modal safety planning. Most recently, we have been pioneering work with both
Caltrans and FHWA in their adoption of the Safe System
Approach. Fehr & Peers has also worked with dozens
of clients on corridor and intersection design efforts to implement countermeasures at high-priority locations.
Additionally, we have worked extensively on safety plan education and outreach efforts, including those with
a focus on connecting with underserved communities
through Community Based Organizations (CBOs).
Fehr & Peers has worked on the design of complete
streets and active transportation facilities in many
challenging locations, where all modes come together
and need to be accommodated. Our planning and
design process starts with close coordination with
agency partners to understand the end goals of
the project and the agency’s design standards and
requirements. We often conduct design charrettes
with our team to develop possible concepts, followed
by thorough engineering analysis to evaluate curb radii, lane widths, and other important design elements.
When appropriate, we use multimodal transportation
simulation to operationally test the design options
and understand the benefits and the tradeoffs to all
transportation modes. We share these multimodal
findings with our agency partners and discuss how to
engage in meaningful conversations with community
stakeholders to solicit their ideas and responses to
design options. Our team is well versed in the state
of the practice designs for complete streets and
pedestrian and bicycle facilities both nationally and
internationally, but our approach is deeply grounded
in understanding the specific community context and
using that knowledge to craft tailored solutions that are constructible and implementable.
25 Metro MAT
2023-Ongoing
Fehr & Peers, as a subconsultant,
worked to complete First/Last Mile
(FLM) conceptual plans for the
Aviation/LAX C-Line Station, Culver
City E-Line Station, and high bus
ridership intersection at Western
Avenue & Slauson Avenue. Our
staff were responsible for existing
conditions data collection, developing
public engagement materials,
supporting public engagement events,
and developing 15% conceptual
designs. The development of existing
conditions included evaluating highspeed corridors, existing and planned bicycle facilities, collision locations, and
identification of existing challenges and
opportunities. The project includes
application of Metro’s FLM which
provides approaches for identifying
the primary and secondary pathway
networks and an improvement toolbox
for enhancing station area access. The
identification of challenges and project
ideas was a combination of technical
analysis, application of Metro’s FLM
toolbox, and extensive stakeholder
engagement. In particular, walk audits,
community charrettes, pop-ups, and
presentations at existing community
meeting occurred for each station
area. Activities included pop-ups at
the stations or nearby farmers markets,
walks with stakeholders to observe
and identify local conditions and
behavior, and community charrettes
that allowed participants to identify
desired improvements for improved
station access. Through an iterative
and community-based approach to
soliciting input, the project developed
15% plans that have community and
agency support and can seamlessly
move into the implementation process
with the City of Los Angeles.
METRO ACTIVE TRANSPORT PROJECT
MAT FLM Culver City
Community Meeting #1: Activity Overview
Thursday July 13th, 2023
Corridor Assignments
> Participants will start at one of seven tables, organized by routes A-G, shown below:
What is your corridor priority for National Boulevard?
Due to funding, right-of-way, and other constraints, a subset of projects can be selected for design and implementation.
Slower, Calmer Streets Improve Multimodal
Crossings
Improve multimodal
connectivity
Enhance streetscape
• Add curb extensions
or reduce curb radii
with ADA-compliant
curb ramps
• Stripe crosswalk
across minor leg
• Raised median
• Pedestrian refuge
island at intersections
• Class IV protected bike
lane
• Add/upgrade shelters,
benches, pedestrianscale lighting,
wayfinding and trash
cans at bus stops
Activity 2: Prioritize Set of Improvements & Corridors
Participants will vote on
their top corridor priority
These priorities will generally be
the same across all corridors, but
the specific FLM toolkit
improvements will vary by
corridor
Icons and description of which
FLM toolkit improvements have
been identified to achieve the Page 1206 of 1407 corridor priority 26 Downtown (PD-30)
and Shoreline (PD6) Specific/Visioning
Plans
2023-Ongoing
Fehr & Peers, as part of two multidisciplinary teams,
is leading the development of mobility and parking
policies, strategies, and project concepts for both the Downtown Specific Plan (PD-30) and the Shoreline
(PD-6) Visioning Plan. We are also leading the CEQA
transportation impact studies for both plans. The
Downtown Specific Plan update and its accompanying
environmental impact report (EIR), will plan for and
environmentally clear the next phase of Downtown’s
growth. Fehr & Peers’ mobility and transportation
work will support continued growth of Downtown,
multi-modal safety (leveraging Fehr & Peers’ recent
work documenting the City’s collision history), improve connections from Downtown and the Metro A Line to
the ocean, and evolve parking management strategies
in light of statewide legislation. Fehr & Peers will lead the EIR transportation impact study, leverage the latest generation SCAG activity-base travel demand model
for the analysis.
Similarly, the Downtown Shoreline Village Plan update
will adapt the plan to the next decade+ of growth.
Fehr & Peers will play the same role as under PD-30,
including mobility concept development and CEQA
clearance, with particular emphasis on mobility and
transportation connections between the two plan
areas, and enhancing flexibility and adaptability within the street network to serve important events (e.g.
Olympics, Grand Prix) while better serving day to day
mobility needs.
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28 Preparation of studies, recommendation, and
regulatory changes to provide for the effective
management of the City’s parking resources and
implementation of parking programs.
Fehr & Peers has prepared hundreds of parking
studies for public and private sector clients
with the goal of providing the best empirically
grounded data to make the best decisions about
allocating finite resources, be it financial or land
resources to parking.
We are continually conducting research to better
understand how changing travel behavior has affected
parking demand to provide our clients with the best
advice on parking capacity targets and rates, to “rightsize” the amount of parking. We prepare Parking Management Plans (PMPs) to maximize the efficiency
of scarce parking resources. We are well-versed in the
latest parking technologies regarding revenue control
and mechanical systems.
Our parking designs including signing and striping
plans for surface parking lots, structures, and garages, including pedestrian and bicycle pathways through
parking facilities, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) parking and access considerations, and driveway and
loading considerations including testing with multiple
design vehicles.
For complex parking areas with heavy pedestrian
activity or other multi-modal conflicts, such as
transit station areas, Fehr & Peers will employ Vissim
microsimulation to understand the considerations
needed to plan and design parking facilities that
minimize safety and operational concerns.
We also stay current on the evolving regulatory
framework for parking within the State of California, as multiple state bills influence how much control local
cities may influence required off-street parking ratios based on given land uses such as affordable housing,
development projects near high-capacity transit,
residential in commercial zones and more.
Further discussion of our approach to parking studies
for private development projects is detailed below in
the section on our private development and CEQA
practice areas.
Artesia-Aviation
Corridor Area Plan
2021-2023
As a component of Fehr & Peers’s work on PLAN
Redondo (General Plan Update), Fehr & Peers led the
development of mobility and parking management
strategies for the Artesia-Aviation Corridors. Building on prior parking data collection, Fehr & Peers
developed a shared-parking model to be used to
estimate future parking needs on the corridor and to
develop off-street parking ratios appropriate to the
City’s organic development vision. Because of narrow
parcel depth on the corridor, off-street parking
ratios have hindered investment in the corridor.
Fehr & Peers developed and evaluated mobility
strategies for the corridor to enhance pedestrian,
bicycle, e-scooter, and transit connections, as well
as curbspace management while being sensitive to
the needs of adjacent residential neighborhoods.
Given the long-term timeline for the corridor area
plan, the mobility strategies and corresponding
parking implementation will balance current needs
with expected future changes that will occur from
the construction of the Metro Green Line Extension,
growing usage of shared ride hailing services, and
a future with autonomous vehicles. Fehr & Peers
conducted an evaluation of optimal parcels that
can provide the most efficient parking structure
layouts and best serve the district. The Parking
implementation Plan details the policy framework
for administering a district parking management
strategy and flexible parking standards to facilitate
the City’s vision for the corridor. Fehr & Peers led
multiple community workshops and public hearings
to gather input on the process, culminating in
a transportation impact analysis as part of the
environmental clearance for the AACAP and parking
implementation plan.
29 Manhattan Beach Outdoor
Dining Parking Study
2023-Ongoing
Fehr & Peers is leading the analysis needed to support the City of Manhattan Beach’s Outdoor Dining Program Development Study. Fehr & Peers is conducting an existing conditions parking study to understand parking utilization patterns in Downtown Manhattan Beach and its adjacent residential neighborhoods. We have collected over 48 hours of parking occupancy and utilization data across dozens of on-street segments and over ten off-street garages—in addition to this, we analyzed and distilled the data in an ArcGIS StoryMap to clearly summarize and display the most important findings and time-of-day patterns. We also engaged with stakeholders and residents to ensure our findings were accurate based on their local knowledge and experiences. With these findings, we will project future conditions with the increase of permanent outdoor dining, and recommend strategies to balance parking demand with parking management strategies to achieve the goals of increasing outdoor dining while minimizing impacts to parking in the coastal zone and in local neighborhoods.
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Development and implementation of
transportation education, engagement, and
other awareness initiatives (i.e. Safe Routes to
School, Bike Safety, Distracted Driving, etc.).
Fehr & Peers has extensive experience developing
and leading transportation engagement,
education and awareness initiatives, spanning
all types of outreach efforts, including print
and digital material development, social media
outreach and all types of in-person engagement
activities.
Relationships, communications, and events that
foster input and collaboration with all stakeholders in a planning process are critical to the success of any
transportation project. Engagement can and should
happen at every stage of the transportation planning
process, from visioning to construction and operation.
It helps planners and engineers understand what
everyday street and system users experience, what
they would like to see, and where to invest resources.
It ensures we are planning with - not around - the
community. When done right, it can generate greater
project acceptance and a sense of local pride.
Community engagement is also an opportunity to
collaborate with community members who have been
historically excluded from, or remained on the margins
of, decision-making in the past.
Key elements of Fehr & Peers’ recommended
strategies include:
• Safety education—This is an effective strategy went
implementing new transportation programs and
infrastructure. Public messaging campaigns can
incorporate reminders about how to safely share the
roadway with other modes and educate motorists
on best practices for driving in the presence of
pedestrians, bicyclists, and people on micromobility
devices. Other strategies to consider include
micromobility-oriented safety classes, especially
those geared towards new riders, “rodeos,” and
community informational sessions. Fehr & Peers
has developed community-oriented flyers, guides,
fact sheets and educational courses for adults and
children, including for use within school settings.
The Manhattan Beach Police Department and
the nonprofit Bike LA conducted a successful
micromobility oriented safety programs geared
towards new riders of e-bike safety which represents
a proactive approach to improving traffic safety.
• Walk audits—Engaging City staff and/or
neighborhood volunteers to conduct a walk audit
can supplement transportation data and analysis
with more detailed assessments of conditions along
streets where infrastructure is planned. ArcGIS Quick
Capture and Survey123 are commonly used mobile
survey tools that Fehr & Peers implements that can
be used to document observations from the walk
audit.
• Social Media—Project related social media accounts
(Tik Tok, Instagram, Facebook, X) dedicated to
documenting and sharing updates about projects
are important ways to communicate with community
members both sharing information and receiving
feedback. Fehr & Peers has prepared social media
content and compiled and summarized community
responses for multiple projects.
• Bike audits/community rides—Opportunities to
ride on streets where projects are planned with
a community group can make first-time riders or
micromobility users feel more comfortable and spark
interest among non-micromobility users. Organized
tours and scavenger hunts can promote awareness
of destinations that can be reached via streets with
key transportation infrastructure projects. Partnering
with schools to set up a bike bus is another effective
strategy to engage with local schools to gain
feedback and educate riders about safety.
• Partnering with businesses—Engaging with local
businesses on streets where projects are planned,
is another effective strategy to communicate and
educate the community about upcoming projects,
whether through storefront signage and resources
such as pamphlets. These efforts can raise
awareness of key projects and can be framed to
businesses as a way to attract more customers. Fehr
& Peers’s creative studio has designed numerous
project fact sheets, pamphlets and posters that are
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Fehr & Peers has been working
with LADOT since 2016 to
implement Mayor Garcetti’s
Executive Directive 10: Vision Zero,
to eliminate traffic fatalities and
severe injuries among all roadway
users.
Technical Analysis. We led
a robust, data-driven effort to
identify the driving causes of
traffic injuries and match efficient
and cost-effective engineering
countermeasures to address the
safety challenges. We analyzed the
collision data and environmental
factors to create “collision profiles”
which describe the “who, where,
when, and how” of collisions. Fehr
& Peers conducted an extensive
review of pedestrian and bicycle
safety treatments to determine
what countermeasures would be
most effective at addressing the
collision profiles.
Action Plan Building. On our work
for the Technical Analysis, Fehr
& Peers supported the team to
create the City’s first Vision Zero
Action Plan. Next, LADOT enlisted
Fehr & Peers to support the
City’s first large-scale Vision Zero
initiative to engage and inform the
public. Our thorough review of the
conceptual designs synthesized
emerging best practices with
LADOT standards, and our
recommendations highlighted
operational considerations, tradeoffs among road users, and the
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Healing Space
Green Meadow Recreation Center
431 East 89th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90003
Thursday, February 28, 2019
6PM - 8PM
In light of the recent traffic-related
losses of life in South L.A.,
we are holding space for community
healing and dialogue with City Staff.
95 collisions occur per day on our streets. That is more than 30,000 per year.
200+ people die every year from collisions.
950+ people sustained severe injuries in 2013 from collisions. 44% of all deaths and severe injuries involve people walking or bicycling.
30% of all people killed or severely injured while walking or bicycling are youth and older adults.
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Vision
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Community
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Collision Landscape in Los Angeles
Our Vision Zero Goals
visionzero.lacity.org
[email protected]
@VisionZeroLA
People walking
and bicycling are
over-represented
among traffic
deaths compared
to their total mode
share.
People walking
and bicycling are
involved in only 14%
of all collisions, but
account for
almost half of all
traffic deaths.
Primary travel mode for all trips
(Los Angeles County)
Collisions by mode
People killed or severely injured
by mode
People killed by mode
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44%
86% 5%
8% 6%
76% 56%
18%
5%
33%
1%
11%
What is Vision Zero
› Vision Zero is a traffic safety
policy that ensures mistakes
on our roadway do not result in
severe injury or death.
› Strategies for achieving our
Vision Zero goals center on
engineering, enforcement,
education, evaluation, and equity.
› The Vision Zero concept
originated in Sweden, where
it was adopted as a national
strategy in 1997. Since then,
despite increased traffic volumes,
the number of traffic deaths has
dropped over 30 percent.
Los Angeles Needs
Vision Zero
› Los Angeles has one of the
highest rates of traffic death
among large U.S. cities. Many
of our peer cities have been
adopting street designs proven
to increase safety.
› In Los Angeles, traffic collisions
are the leading cause of death for
those between 2 and 14 years of
age and the number two cause of
death for those between 15 and 25
years of age.1
1. Los Angeles County Department of Public Health,
Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology. Linked
2012 California DPH Death Statistical Master File for Los Angeles city residents, compiled 7/31/15, L. Lieb.
reduction in traffic deaths
by 2017.
traffic deaths citywide
by 2025.
CITY OF LA
COUNTY OF LA
Adams Blvd
Normandie Ave
Crenshaw Blvd
Crenshaw Blvd
Vermont Ave
Hoover St
Western Ave
Figueroa Blvd Figueroa Blvd
Broadway
Main St Main St
Avalon Blvd Avalon Blvd
Manchester Ave
Imperial Ave
Central Ave
Vernon Ave
Florence Ave
La Brea Ave
Jefferson Blvd
Central Ave
Central Ave
McKinley Ave
Broadway Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Manchester Ave
Century Blvd
79th St
Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
120th St
Century Blvd
79th St
Ve mr ont Ave
3rd St
Coliseum St
Pico Blvd
Pico Blvd
Fairfax Ave
17th St
Arlington Ave
Washington Blvd Washington Blvd
Rodeo Rd
Buckingham Rd
Imperial Hwy
Crenshaw
INGLEWOOD
Lennox
HAWTHORNE
GARDENA
COMPTON
Harbor
Gateway
North
Florence
South
Park
Central
Alameda
Historic
South Central
DOWNTOWN Pico-Union Arlington
Heights
University
Park
Exposition
Park
Westlake
Rampart
Village
Watts
Hyde Park
VermontSlauson
Leimert Park
Park Mesa
Heights
Jefferson
Baldwin Hills
Pico-Robertson
Little Ethiopia
La Brea Koreatown
Fairfax
Beverly Grove
Mid-Wilshire
Ladera
Heights
View ParkWindsor Hill CULVER
CITY
Harbor
Gateway
Gramercy
Park
CENTRAL LA
SOUTH LA
101
10 110
110
10 105
405
105
405
10 110
105
0 0.5 1 2 mi
Vision
Zero
Priority Corridors &
Intersections in
South LA
Corredores &
Intersecciones
Prioritarios en
el Sur de LA
Priority Corridors
Corredores Prioritarios
Priority Intersections Intersecciones Prioritarios
MARCH 14 & 15, 2019
10AM - 4PM
MARCH 14 & 15, 2019
10AM - 4PM
Capacity-Building
Institute
Capacity-Building
Institute
We are honored to provide a
training program for Community
Based Organizations (CBOs) and
Resident Leaders participating in the
LADOT Vision Zero Dignity-Infused
Community Engagement project.
This two-day program will provide
an opportunity for us to create
alignment and ensure equitable
access to participation as we strive
toward the goals of Vision Zero
and Dignity-Infused Community
Engagement.
Our 2019 effort starts with our
Deployment Orientation and
Development Training; a fun and
informative 2-day session designed
to share key project details,
identify common values, increase
accessibility to City staff and
processes, increase LADOT staff
capacity to serve and include CBOs
and resident leaders, share ideas,
and celebrate our new citywide team
and partners.
We are honored to provide a
training program for Community
Based Organizations (CBOs) and
Resident Leaders participating in the
LADOT Vision Zero Dignity-Infused
Community Engagement project.
This two-day program will provide
an opportunity for us to create
alignment and ensure equitable
access to participation as we strive
toward the goals of Vision Zero
and Dignity-Infused Community
Engagement.
Our 2019 effort starts with our
Deployment Orientation and
Development Training; a fun and
informative 2-day session designed
to share key project details,
identify common values, increase
accessibility to City staff and
processes, increase LADOT staff
capacity to serve and include CBOs
and resident leaders, share ideas,
and celebrate our new citywide team
and partners.
Agenda Agenda Vision Zero Dignity-Infused
Community Engagement
Approach
3PM-3:25PM
Let’s Mingle
3:25PM-4:15PM
Call to Action
4:15PM-4:30PM
Meet & Greet
4:30PM-5PM
Vision Zero Dignity-Infused
Community Engagement
Approach
3PM-3:25PM
Let’s Mingle
3:25PM-4:15PM
Call to Action
4:15PM-4:30PM
Meet & Greet
4:30PM-5PM
M M
X X
E E
R R
I I
FEBRUARY 19, 2019 FEBRUARY 19, 2019
CITYWIDE TRAFFIC SAFETY & EQUITY
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation is
launching a Vision Zero Resident Advisory Council (RAC) to ensure residents are centered in efforts to eradicate traffic fatalities by 2025.
Resident
Advisory Council
Los
Angeles
Vision
Zero
Dignity-Infused
Community
Engagement
visionzero.lacity.org
[email protected]
@VisionZeroLA
Resident Advisory Council Roles
RAC members will have the power to:
› IDENTIFY the best ways to conduct engagement in their communities › ADVOCATE in the spirit of partnership, for traffic safety improvements in their community
› EVALUATE the effectiveness and success of Vision Zero community engagement efforts
› INFORM the development of public-facing advertisements, resources, and educational materials in their neighborhood
Time commitment: RAC members are asked to commit 5-10 hours a month for 18 months beginning in April 2019.
Structure: The RAC will include two to five resident leaders from each Vision Zero project area. These resident-leader representatives from Vision Zero project areas will meet regularly to identify key opportunities for Vision Zerospecific collaboration, education, and advocacy and to ensure transparency, continuity, and equitable engagement and planning practices citywide.
Established Los Angeles civic engagement groups such as the Neighborhood Councils and the Pedestrian Advisory Committee will serve as primary RAC recruitment and outreach sources. These groups will also provide invaluable feedback on Vision Zero activities and strategies.
The Approach to Embracing: To ensure cultural and socio-economic representation across project areas, the RAC will have designated seats for people who make up the diversity of communities including people living with disabilities, youth, people experiencing houselessness, business owners, renters, and users of various modes of transportation. All RAC convenings will include ADA accessibility, access to transportation, childcare, food, and interpretation. A special effort will be made to provide economic incentives to youth and students of the RAC.
Resident Advisory Council
Guiding Principles
ACCESS
Uplifting the power and
voice of those traditionally
alienated from public
processes while
connecting them to key
resources for housing and
economic development
INVEST
Adequately staffing and
committing resources to
meaningful engagement
across the project
TRANSPARENCY
Including and educating
RAC members so that
project decision-making
is sustainable and
community-informed
EMBRACE
Holding space for RAC
members and their
insights across all project
components
REPRESENTATION
Ensuring RAC participation
is culturally proportionate
to residents within project
areas and that their lived
experiences and views
are reflected in project
decisions
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03 04
05 Learn more or apply for the LADOT Vision Zero Resident Advisory Council at [email protected]
LA BUREAU OF STREET
SERVICES URBAN
FORESTRY DIVISION
Street Tree
Trimming
MyLA311
(800) 996-2489
LA SANITATION
Bulky Trash
Pick-Up
MyLA311
(800) 773-2489
LA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Traffic Crash
911
LA BUREAU OF
STREET LIGHTING
Street Lights
MyLA311
(213) 847-1400
LA BUREAU OF STREET
SERVICES RESURFACING AND RECONSTRUCTION DIVISION
Potholes
MyLA311
(800) 996-2489
LA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
Traffic Signals
& Signs
MyLADOT
myladot.lacity.org
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Cedillo
Paul
Krekorian
Bob
Blumenfield
David E.
Ryu
Paul
Koretz
Nury
Martinez
Monica
Rodriguez
Marqueece
HarrisDawson
Curren D.
Price, Jr.
Herb J. Wesson,
Jr.
Mike
Bonin
Mitchell
Englander
Mitch
O'Farrell
Jose
Huizar
Joe
Buscaino
(213)
473-7001
(213)
473-7002
(213)
473-7003
(213)
473-7004
(213)
473-7005
(213)
473-7006
(213)
473-7007
(213)
473-7008
(213)
473-7009
(213)
473-7010
(213)
473-7011
(213)
473-7012
(213)
473-7013
(213)
473-7014
(213)
473-7015
LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCILMEMBERS
TO FIND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, VISIT NEIGHBORHOODINFO.LACITY.ORG
FOR LOS ANGELES NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES
IN EMERGENCY
CALL 911
LA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bike Lanes/Parking
MyLA311
LA BUREAU OF STREET SERVICES
Bus Benches & Shelters
(310) 672-1600
BSS & LADOT
Curb Ramps
MyLA311
LA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Dockless Mobility
Parking
Report improperly parked
e-bikes and scooters to MyLA311
Graffiti Removal
MyLA311
LA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
& PROPERTY OWNERS
Parklets & Plazas
[email protected]
(E-bikes, Scooters)
benefits and drawbacks of project
alternatives. Fehr & Peers worked
as an extension of LADOT staff to
coordinate, promote, and deliver
public workshops and presentations
to community groups.
DICE. The Dignity-Infused Planning
approach shifts the traditional
transportation planning process
into one that integrates the voices
and experiences of community
residents at every stage of a
project’s life cycle. The two-year
scope of work marks important
progress toward integrating
community residents into LADOT’s
implementation of Vision Zero. Fehr
& Peers strategizes to employ an
intentional, holistic, and dignityinfused process that not only engages residents at every step,
but creates formal avenues for
participation in the Vision Zero
process. Through community
street teams, the formation of
Resident Advisory Councils, and
innovative business and faith-based
engagement strategies, the project
team works to shift how the City
engages everyday residents. Fehr &
Peers, project partners, communitybased organizations, and even the local elotero (corn vendor) teamed
up to talk to residents, listen to their
needs along Avalon, and invite them
to engage with us and provide their
feedback regarding potential safety
improvements to South LA.
Photos from Vision Zero Dignity-Infused Community Engagement
33 Oxnard Safe Routes to School
2022-Ongoing
Fehr & Peers is developing Safe Routes to School (SRTS) plans for 25 schools in Oxnard. This effort builds on the first phase of the City’s SRTS program, which covered 26 schools. The SRTS program includes walkability assessments, educational programming, and coordination with stakeholders, such as school districts, principals, school outreach specialists, campus supervisors, City of Oxnard Public Information Office, and City of Oxnard Police Department. Each school’s SRTS plan will include key issues and walk audit observations, collision and citation trends, infrastructure and programmatic recommendations, suggested key routes to school, and before/after project counts.
Our Safe Routes to School work for Oxnard builds on recent collaborations with the City on their Sustainable Transportation Plan and their Local Road Safety Plan (managed by Emily Finkel).
Marshall School (TK-8)
Marshall is a school in a residential area of Oxnard. Large arterials and a disconnected street grid limit walking mode share. Recommendations focus on reducing vehicle speeds at school hours and improving crosswalk connections to nearby neighborhoods.
• SCHOOL STAFF: Instruct students to avoid wrong-way biking, especially on higher-speed arterials such as Patterson Road and Gonzales Road.
• PARENTS/GUARDIANS/STUDENTS: Avoid double-parking on Marshall. Try shifting your drop-off arrival time by 5 minutes in each direction to avoid peak congestion periods.
QUICK ACTION
LOCATION KEY FINDING ACTION LEAD
A
This curve is very tight and the
road is narrow, leading to potential
head-on conflicts if vehicles turn too
sharp and/or wide
SLOW
Add “SLOW - Curve” pavement
markings and signage to improve
visibility of curve to motorists.
City of Oxnard
Marshall
School
Thurgood Marshall Dr
Gonzales Rd B
C
D
E
F
Patterson Rd
Bermuda
Dunes Dr
SLOW
SPEED
LIMIT
25 SCHOOL
P
SPEED
LIMIT
25 SCHOOL
A
Safety Planning
for
School Sites
51
34 Plan/project review of private development
projects and prepare or peer review traffic and/
or parking studies for California Environmental
Quality Act documents.
Preparation of Traffic Studies
Fehr & Peers has conducted thousands of
transportation impact analyses for CEQA documents
spanning most communities throughout Los Angeles
County, California and beyond. We have prepared
or peer reviewed 10+ CEQA transportation impact
analyses (TIAs) in Hermosa Beach alone. Our studies
span all types of planning projects such as general plan updates (PLAN Hermosa, PLAN Redondo EIR) land
use projects including residential complexes, large
tech-company campuses, mixed-use developments,
hospitals, universities, schools, retail centers, office developments and many more. Our work can include
both level of service (LOS) analyses and vehicle
miles traveled (VMT), adhering to the evolution of
CEQA practice that occurred as a result of Senate
Bill 743 and the shift to VMT impact analyses. Our
TIAs are multimodal, emphasize site plan and access
review, and consider safety, as well as trip generation calculations, travel demand or traffic forecasting of
proposed roadways; VMT calculations and TDM
strategies, roadway improvements or intersection
improvement projects; consideration of multimodal
safety; active transportation access; site plan review
and access considerations; and diversion of traffic due to substantial long-term construction projects. Our
motivation to be the best transportation planning and
engineering firm results in our extensive involvement
in the development and interpretation of legal and
policy thresholds that establish the defensibility of
environmental documents.
Instrumental to Fehr & Peers’s practice for CEQA
documents is to get trip generation right. For years,
typical practice in the field would underestimate the trip reduction benefit of mixed-use developments, as well
as urbanized areas such as Los Angeles County. Unlike
other firms, we internally finance our own leadingedge research on key topics related to land use and transportation integration to give our clients the best possible information and recommendations. Much of
this research centers around quantifying the effects of various built environment factors on trip generation and mode choice. This work has been assembled into our
web-based MainStreet tool, which provides an accurate
and comprehensive estimate of trip generation for both
suburban and urban conditions. MainStreet implements
the latest MXD methodology that we have validated
through direct data collection at many mixed-use
developments throughout the nation.
When it comes to CEQA transportation impact
mitigation, TDM strategies have been used for over 30
years to reduce commute trips, but the field has long
struggled with having enough reliable data to allow
planners to confidently answer questions about the
real-world effectiveness of most measures. Quantifying
the efficacy of individual and combined vehicle trip
reduction measures has never been more critical as
CEQA-based transportation analyses in California
move away from an operations-based (i.e., level of
service) approach to one that is focused on vehicle
miles of travel (VMT) per SB 743 legislation. Even
before this paradigm shift became law, Fehr & Peers
was developing the TDM+ quick-response tool that
evolved out of our technical analysis of greenhouse
gas mitigation measures for the California Air Resource Board (CARB) Zero Carbon Buildings Study, and prior
work for the California Air Pollution Control Officers
Association (CAPCOA).
Preparation of Parking Studies for
Development Projects
Major components of this work include existing
conditions data collection; analysis of peak parking
demand and demand rates, hourly variation in demand,
parking turnover rates, and other relevant metrics;
and recommended solutions for parking demand
management.
We were among the early firms involved in the
development of the Urban Land Institute Shared
Parking model, and regularly employ the shared parking
analysis tool to ensure that parking is provided to serve expected demand and not oversupplied, which can
encourage driving, leading to environmental impacts
and negative quality of life outcomes.
35 Our parking studies provide recommendations for the
appropriate level of parking supply to serve expected
parking demand from development projects to minimize
spillover parking into neighborhoods will not over
supplying parking that can induce additional VMT.
Peer Reviews for Traffic & Parking
Studies
As a peer reviewer to support City of Hermosa
Beach staff, we bring the latest practices and deep
understanding of the regulatory framework to our
review of studies. We have been instrumental in
developing CEQA transportation impact study
guidelines for many local cities, such as the City of
Redondo Beach, Gardena, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, and many others, as they implemented VMT
impact analysis approaches to comply with SB 743.
Few firms have Fehr & Peers’s expertise in travel
demand forecasting models, including the Southern
California Association of Government’s (SCAG) latest
Activity Based Model (ABM) which is the appropriate
tool for analyzing VMT impact analysis for most citywide plans and large-scale development projects. We are
well versed in all of the technical analyses needed to
review applicant transportation impact studies in the
appropriate technical depth.
As we discuss above under our parking experience, we
have prepared numerous parking studies of all types,
so have the technical depth to review any parking
study from demand estimation to parking layout.
We supported the City of Hermosa Beach by peer
reviewing the Strand Hotel EIR and parking study.
Beach Cities Health
District EIR
2020 - Ongoing
6500, 6615, 6700 Pacific
Coast Highway
2021 - Ongoing
The Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) developed a
new campus plan for their Redondo Beach campus.
The Healthy Living Campus Plan will help BCHD
support their broader mission of providing services that enhance the health and wellbeing of the communities
they serve, including assisted living, fitness, aquatics, a wellness center, and other educational and health
facilities. Our work to support the campus plan
included an evaluation of the parking needed to serve
the site, the design of new vehicle access points to
the campus and the interface with pedestrian and
bicycle facilities, and the evaluation of transportation impacts for the project’s environmental impact report.
Our work on the EIR, included the evaluation of vehicle miles traveled and safety. Separately from the EIR, we
prepared an evaluation of the project’s effects on the
operations of intersections and roadways adjacent to
campus.
Fehr & Peers led the development of the mobility
strategies and the CEQA transportation impact
analysis for the Southeast Area Specific Plan (SEASP).
Through that work, Fehr & Peers developed a trip
budget methodology for the City to utilize to tier
future development projects off of the specific plan’s
environmental document.
Fehr & Peers recently conducted analyses for three
mixed use development projects in the SEASP area.
We applied our Main Street Trip Generation Tool to
quantify the external vehicle trips of the proposed
projects, reflecting the mixed-use nature of the district and the methodology laid out in the SEASP.
Fehr & Peers is also preparing design plans for
protected bicycle facilities and construction period
traffic control plans for the 6500 PCH project, with
submittals to the City of Long Beach Public Works and
Caltrans.
36 AGENCY CONTACT SERVICES PROVIDED & CONTRACT VALUE FIRM PERSONNEL City of Long Beach
Paul van Dyk
City Traffic Engineer
City of Long Beach Public Works
(562) 570-6675
[email protected]
Public Works Transportation On-Call
› Clark Avenue Complete Streets PS&E
› Cherry Ave Class IV PS&E
› Atlantic Ave Class IV PS&E
› High Injury Network Update
› Public Works Data Strategy
Contract Value: $500,000
Fehr & Peers, Prime Consultant
› Michael Kennedy, Principal in Charge
› Claude Strayer, Engineer of Record
› Emily Finkel, Senior Associate, Contract
Manager
› Diwu Zhou, Associate & Traffic
Operations Lead
› Sean Reseigh, Senior Planner & Data
Analytics Lead
City of Santa Monica
Jacqui Swartz
Senior Transportation Planner
City of Santa Monica
(310) 458-2201
Jacqui.Swartz@santamonica.
gov
On-Call Transportation Planning &
Engineering
› Olympic Boulevard and 26th Street
› Wilshire Boulevard Safety Study Phase II
› Wilshire Safety Improvements Phase 1
› Ocean Avenue Repaving
› MANGo: Michigan Avenue – 20th Street
Connector Bike Path
› Broadway Protected Bikeway
› Harvard Street Preferential Parking Study
› Michigan Avenue Neighborhood Greenway
Traffic Assessment
› Santa Monica WOR Engineering & Traffic
Survey
Contract Value: $450,000
Fehr & Peers, Prime Consultant
› Claude Strayer PE, Engineer of Record
› Kendra Rowley PE, Engineer
City of Beverly Hills
Daren Grilley, PE, PTOE
City Engineer
310.285.2557
[email protected]
On-Call Traffic Engineering Services
› Pedestrian Crossing Design Enhancements
› Transportation Division Procedures Manual
› Dayton Way Restriping
› Canon Drive cul-de-sac conversion
› Crescent Drive and Clifton Way Traffic Signal
› Olympic Blvd./S. Beverly Drive/S. Beverwil Dr.
Contract Value: $800,000
Fehr & Peers, Prime Consultant
› Claude Strayer PE, Engineer of Record
› Kendra Rowley PE, Engineer
References
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38 6. Project Management Plan
Fehr & Peers’s project management tools and
techniques ensure that assignments under the
on-call contract will be completed on schedule
and on budget.
Fehr & Peers has the management and technical
resources that are necessary to successfully provide
on-call services as outlined in the RFP.
• A broad range of traffic engineering expertise and
experience so that virtually any traffic engineering
design or planning issue can be addressed
• Adequate staffing and redundancy in skills so that
projects can be initiated and completed in a timely
manner
• Knowledge of City standards that ensures
consistency with other projects and facilitates
internal review and bidding
• Established procedures for developing scopes of
work, schedules, budgets, and quality control for oncall tasks • Internal management controls, including
accounting, project management, and quality
assurance that provide timely information to clients
on schedule and budget and ensure the highest
quality of products
• Availability of state-of-the-art software tools for the design, analysis, and presentation of projects.
CLEAR & ONGOING COMMUNICATION
Our team meets with the client early in the planning or design process to review and discuss desired project
outcomes, critical design issues (e.g., utility conflicts, service requirements, etc.), and other key insights that could influence the process. This close coordination
with the client enables us to develop deliverables that are consistent with client expectations, minimizing
comments and rework.
EXPERIENCED PROJECT TEAM
Fehr & Peers contract manager, Michael Kennedy,
brings a depth of experience to ensure that tasks
are being initiated and completed at the right times
throughout the project. Michael will check-in with
the internal and external project team frequently to
ensure that all of the project partners are able to meet reasonable deadlines throughout the project.
ABILITY TO RESPOND & ADAPT
We know that projects can encounter challenges,
including changes in scope of work, delays in reviews,
and data collection. Our philosophy is that it is
essential to the success of the project to raise issues immediately, regardless of the complexity. We will
develop a method of resolution with the City and work
toward that resolution as quickly as possible. Deep
listening and effective communication, be it visual,
written, digital, or in a mix of languages, infuses all our work within the consulting team, with City of Hermosa
Beach staff and partner agencies, and during all
project activities.
39 ON-SCHEDULE & ON-BUDGET PERFORMANCE
Fehr & Peers employs staff loading procedures on a
weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis to ensure that
demand for staff time does not exceed supply. We can
host regular check-in meetings throughout the project,
to ensure that relevant staff have the opportunity to
voice their input and contribute to the process. This is an effective approach to gain internal support, ensure
alignment with existing work, and daylight opportunities to improve the approach before continuing with the
scope of work. These meetings also help to keep
the project on schedule, punctuating the work with
intentional status updates, key moments for soliciting
feedback, and presentation of findings internally with
the client.
STAFF CAPACITY
With 47 transportation planning and engineering staff
in the Los Angeles region and 382 staff firm-wide, we
are able to share staff across offices, where necessary, to apply specific expertise or to address staff demand/ supply imbalances.
QUALITY AND COST CONTROL
Fehr & Peers uses state-of-the- industry accounting
software to track project budgets. Using Deltek
VantagePoint, our project manager can instantly
generate project budget reports. We check these
weekly to ensure that project tasks are being
completed efficiently and that the budget will be met
for each task and at the end of the project.
All work products will be reviewed by Fehr & Peers QA/
QC personnel that already review our deliverables for
other similar projects, ensuring all deliverables meet
our high standard for quality.
CONTRACT MANAGER
Michael Kennedy, AICP, LEED AP
will serve as the Principal-inCharge and contract manager for the City throughout project
duration, and will oversee all tasks
and subconsultants and ensure
responsiveness and quality.
Michael brings over 17 years of
successful project management
experience, including several
recent local on-call contracts.
“ Michael is very
helpful when
responding to
client needs.
He is also
very accurate
providing
scope/cost
and project
timeframes”
Gino Ruzi, ICF
LA Metro CEQA/NEPA On-Call
40 7. Required Forms
RFQ 24-002 City of Hermosa Beach
6. Required Forms
6.1 Certification of Qualifications
RFQ #: _________
The undersigned hereby submits its statement of qualifications and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”).
1. Proposer declares and warrants that no elected or appointed official, officer or employee of the City has been or shall be compensated, directly or indirectly, in connection with this statement of qualifications or any work connected with this statement of qualifications. Should any agreement be approved in connection with this RFQ, Proposer declares and warrants that no elected or appointed official, officer or employee of the City, during the term of his/her service with the City shall have any direct interest in that agreement, or obtain any present, anticipated or future material benefit arising therefrom.
2. By submitting the response to this request, Proposer agrees, if selected to furnish services to the City in accordance with this RFQ.
3. Proposer has carefully reviewed its statement of qualifications and understands and agrees that the City is not responsible for any errors or omissions on the part of the Proposer and that the Proposer is responsible for them.
4. It is understood and agreed that the City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all statement of qualifications and to waive any informality or irregularity in any statement of qualifications received by the City.
5. The statement of qualifications response includes all of the commentary, figures and data required by the RFQ.
6. The statement of qualifications shall be valid for 90 days from the date of submittal.
7. Proposer acknowledges that the City may issue addendums related to this RFQ and that the proposer has reviewed the following addendums which have been issued:
Addendum: _____________________________
Addendum: _____________________________
Addendum: _____________________________
Addendum: _____________________________
8. Proposer further acknowledges the provisions of any addendums issued have been incorporated into their statement of qualifications. 24-002
1 - Deadline Extended
41 RFQ 24-002 City of Hermosa Beach
Signature of Authorized Representative:
____________________________________________
Printed Name and Title:
____________________________________________ Michael Kennedy, Principal-in-Charge
42 RFQ 24-002 City of Hermosa Beach
6.2 Non-Collusion Affidavit
RFQ #: _________
The undersigned declares states and certifies that:
1. This statement of qualifications is not made in the interest of or on behalf of any undisclosed person, partnership, company, association, organization or corporation.
2. This statement of qualifications is genuine and not collusive or sham.
3. I have not directly or indirectly induced or solicited any other Proposer to put in a false or sham statement of qualifications and I have not directly or indirectly colluded, conspired, connived, or agreed with any other Proposer or anyone else to put in a sham statement of qualifications or to refrain from submitting to this RFQ.
4. I have not in any manner, directly or indirectly, sought by agreement, communication, or conference with anyone to fix the rate schedule price or to fix any overhead, profit or cost element of the rate schedule price or to secure any advantage against the City of Hermosa Beach or of anyone interested in the proposed contract.
5. All statements contained in the statement of qualifications and related documents are true.
6. I have not directly or indirectly submitted the rate schedule price or any breakdown thereof, or the contents thereof, or divulged information or data relative thereto, or paid, and will not pay, any fee to any person, corporation, partnership, company, association, organization, RFQ depository, or to any member or agent thereof, to effectuate a collusive or sham statement of qualifications.
7. I have not entered into any arrangement or agreement with any City of Hermosa Beach public officer in connection with this statement of qualifications .
8. I understand collusive bidding is a violation of State and Federal law and can result in fines, prison sentences, and civil damage awards.
Signature of Authorized Representative:
____________________________________________
Printed Name and Title:
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Michael Kennedy, Principal-in-Charge
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6.3 Compliance with Insurance Requirements
RFQ #: _________
The selected consultant will be expected to comply with the City s insurance requirements contained within this Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”).
The undersigned declares states and certifies that:
1. Proposer agrees, acknowledges and is fully aware of the insurance requirements as specified in the RFQ.
2. If selected, proposer agrees to accept all conditions and requirements as contained therein.
Signature of Authorized Representative:
____________________________________________
Printed Name and Title:
____________________________________________
24-002
Michael Kennedy, Principal-in-Charge
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RFQ 24-002 City of Hermosa Beach
6.4 Acknowledgement of Professional Services Agreement
RFQ #: _________
The selected consultant will be expected to comply with and sign the City s Professional Services Agreement. Proposers shall identify and/or indicate any exceptions to the Sample Professional Services Agreement included as Attachment 1. The City Attorney or their designee retains the discretion to accept or reject proposed exceptions or modifications to the City s Professional Services Agreement.
1. Proposer agrees, acknowledges and is fully aware of the conditions specified in the City’s Sample Professional Services Agreement.
2. Proposer agrees to accept all conditions and requirements as contained therein with exceptions noted as follows:
______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________
Signature of Authorized Representative:
____________________________________________
Printed Name and Title:
____________________________________________
24-002
Please see appendix for Fehr & Peers requested contract exceptions to the City of Hermosa Beach Professional Services Agreement
Michael Kennedy, Principal-in-Charge
45 100 Oceangate | Suite 1425 | Long Beach, CA 90802 | (562) 294-5848 | www.fehrandpeers.com August 30, 2024
Suja Lowenthal, City Manager
City of Hermosa Beach
1315 Valley Drive
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
Subject: Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination for City of Hermosa Beach Consultants Dear Ms. Lowenthal:
Per this letter, Fehr & Peers certifies that all of its officers, agents, employees, subcontractors, representatives and volunteers servicing the City of Hermosa Beach on-site within the City pursuant to the City of Hermosa Beach On-Call dated August 30th, 2024, are or will be fully vaccinated or covered by an approved medical or religious exemption prior to the implementation of the scope of work located within the above referenced agreement.
Respectfully,
FEHR & PEERS
Michael Kennedy, AICP, LEED AP
Principal-in-Charge
46 Appendix
Requested Contract Exceptions
Resumes
47 1. RECITALS. Section D.
Changes Requested: “The City desires to contract with the Consultant to perform the services as described in Exhibit A, Request for Qualifications, and Exhibit B, Statement of Qualifications of attached hereto and incorporated hereby into this Agreement.”
Reason for Changes: After the award of the contract, it is possible that the Consultant’s scope of work may be further refined and modified during the contract negotiation stage and may not be in perfect alignment with the scope of work information in the City’s RFQ or the Consultant’s Statement of Qualifications submitted in response to the City’s RFQ. Furthermore, the stricken language does not explain whether Exhibit A (the City’s RFQ) or Exhibit B (the Consultant’s Statement of Qualifications) prevails in the event of a conflict. This could make the overall scope unclear if the Consultant is responsible for performing the services as described in both Exhibits A and B.
It would be far clearer if there is just one Exhibit that defines the Consultant’s scope overall and reflects the final agreement between the parties as to what that scope entails after all discussions, adjustments, and refinements to the scope have taken place.
2. CONSIDERATION AND COMPENSATION. Section 1, Paragraph 1 Changes Requested: “As partial consideration, CONSULTANT agrees to perform the work listed in the SCOPE OF SERVICES, attached and described in Exhibit A and Exhibit B.” Reason for Changes: Please see our changes and reasoning above for Section D of the Recitals.
3. SCOPE OF SERVICES. Section 2
Changes Requested:
“CONSULTANT will perform the services and activities set forth in the SCOPE OF SERVICE attached hereto as Exhibit A and Exhibit B and incorporated herein by this reference.
Except as herein otherwise expressly specified to be furnished by CITY, CONSULTANT will, in a professional manner, furnish all of the labor, technical, administrative, professional and other personnel, all supplies and materials, equipment, printing, vehicles, transportation, office space, and facilities necessary or proper to perform and complete the work and provide the professional services required of CONSULTANT by this Agreement.
CONSULTANT will perform its services exercising that degree of care, skill, and diligence ordinarily exercised by professionals performing similar services in the same or similar locale and under similar circumstances to that of CONSULTANT under this Agreement.”
Reason for Changes: We are providing the legal definition of the prevailing, professional standard of care consultants are supposed to meet in their professional services.
REQUESTED CONTRACT EXCEPTIONS
If selected, Fehr & Peers requests consideration of the following contract modifications.
48 4. FAMILIARITY WITH WORK. Section 5
Changes Requested: “By executing this Agreement, and consistent with the standard of care set forth in Section 2 above, CONSULTANT represents that CONSULTANT has (a) thoroughly investigated and reasonably considered the scope of services to be performed; (b) carefully reasonably considered how the services should be performed; and (c) reasonably understands the facilities, difficulties, and restrictions attending performance of the services under this Agreement.”
Reason for Changes: It is, of course, impossible for any consultant to thoroughly investigate and fully understand the work and the existing conditions, especially at the initial contract stage prior to the start of performance of services.
5. INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS. Section 17.B., Paragraph 1
Changes Requested:
“Endorsements. Each general liability, automobile liability and professional liability insurance policy shall be issued by a financially responsible insurance company or companies admitted and authorized to do business in the State of California, or which is approved in writing by City, and shall be endorsed as follows. CONSULTANT also agrees to require all contractors, and subcontractors to do likewise.
1. The CITY, its elected or appointed officers, officials, employees, agents, and volunteers are to be covered as additional insureds as to CONSULTANT’s general liability and automobile liability insurance policies with respect to liability arising out of work performed by or on behalf of the CONSULTANT, including materials, parts, or equipment furnished in connection with such work or operations.
2. CONSULTANT’s general liability and automobile liability insurance policies This policy shall be considered primary insurance as respects the CITY, its elected or appointed officers, officials, employees, agents, and volunteers. Any insurance maintained by the CITY, including any self-insured retention the CITY may have, shall be considered excess insurance only and shall not contribute with this policy.
3. CONSULTANT’s general liability and automobile liability insurance policies This insurance shall act for each insured and additional insured as though a separate policy had been written for each, except with respect to the limits of liability of the insuring company.
4. The insurer waives all rights of subrogation against the CITY, its elected or appointed officers, officials, employees, or agents, except as to CONSULTANT’s professional liability insurance policy.
5. aAny failure to comply with reporting provisions of the CONSULTANT’s general liability and automobile liability insurance policies shall not affect coverage provided to the City, its elected or appointed officers, officials, employees, agents, or volunteers.
6. The insurance provided by this policy shall not be suspended, voided, canceled, or reduced in coverage or in limits except after thirty (30) days written notice has been received by the CITY.” Reason for Changes: Some of the Subsections in Section 17.B. of the Agreement only apply to certain types of insurance policies. The edits above are to clarify which policies are applicable for each requirement.
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6. OWNERSHIP OF DOCUMENTS. Section 28
Changes Requested: “It is understood and agreed that the City shall own all documents and other work product of the Consultant, except the Consultant’s notes and workpapers, which pertain to the work performed under this Agreement (“Work Product”). The City shall have the sole right to use such materials in its discretion and without further compensation to the Consultant, but any re-use of such documents by the City on any other project without prior written consent of the Consultant shall be at the sole risk of the City. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, or any provision to the contrary herein, intellectual property owned or created by any third party other than CONSULTANT, its subconsultants, or City (“Third-Party Content”), and inventions, improvements, discoveries, methodologies, models, formats, software, algorithms, processes, procedures, designs, specifications, findings, and other intellectual properties developed, gathered, compiled or produced by CONSULTANT or its subconsultants prior to or independently of their performance of this Agreement (“Background IP”), including such Third-Party Content or Background IP that CONSULTANT or its subconsultants may employ in their performance of this Agreement, or may incorporate into any part of the Work Product, shall not be the property of City. CONSULTANT, or its subconsultants as applicable, shall retain all rights, titles, and interests, including but not limited to all ownership and intellectual property rights, in all such Background IP. CONSULTANT, and its subconsultants as applicable, grant City an irrevocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license in perpetuity to use, reproduce, prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, disclose, derive from, perform, and display such Background IP, but only as an inseparable part of, and only for the purpose intended by creation of, the Work Product. In the event the Work Product contains, or incorporates, any Third-Party Content, or derivative work based on such Third-Party Content, or any compilation that includes such Third-Party Content, CONSULTANT shall secure all licenses to any such Third-Party Content, but only as an inseparable part of the Work Product, where such licenses are necessary for City to utilize and enjoy CONSULTANT’s services and the Work Product for their intended purposes. Any use of CONSULTANT’s Work Product for any other project or purpose not authorized in writing by CONSULTANT, any modifications to the Work Product made by anyone other than CONSULTANT, and any use of incomplete Work Product (“Unauthorized Uses”) shall be at City’s sole risk, and CONSULTANT shall bear no liability for City’s Unauthorized Uses of the Work Product. City agrees to indemnify, defend and hold CONSULTANT and its officers, agents and employees harmless from any claims, losses, damages, costs, including without limitation attorneys’ fees, arising out of any such Unauthorized Uses of the Work Product by City.”
Reasons for Changes: First, we may use or integrate some of our own pre-existing intellectual properties into our work product, which we believe will enhance our services and further the goals of our clients’ projects. However, we cannot take the risk of losing our rights to our intellectual properties. The only alternative would be to not use any of them. Second, we may have to use third-party content, such as big data provided by third-party data providers, for which we may receive only a limited-use license and not ownership. It is often necessary for such third-party providers to retain ownership of such data for the uses of other clients or purposes. In such cases, we will secure a license for the City to such content if it is incorporated into our deliverables.
50 Michael Kennedy, AICP, LEED AP
Principal-in-Charge
Principal | 17 Years of Experience
Michael Kennedy is a Principal with Fehr & Peers and Office Leader for our Long Beach office that serves clients in the South Bay and Gateway Cities regions.
Michael’s practice areas include project management for CEQA transportation impact analyses, General Plans, parking studies, and transit and active transportation planning and design. He has worked in the South Bay for nearly two decades with work spanning these practice areas. Michael is Fehr & Peers’ Principal in Charge for our on-call contract with the City of Hermosa Beach, our on-call contract with the City of Long Beach, focusing on the delivery of PS&E for multiple bikeway corridors, developing a data strategy for the Department of Public Works, and updating the City’s collision analysis/roadway safety planning. He has worked on mobility planning / traffic engineering design projects across many coastal communities including the Cities of Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles, Dana Point, and Marina del Rey (County of Los Angeles).
On-Call Contract Project Management Experience
On-Call Transportation Planning & Traffic Engineering Services (Hermosa Beach, CA)
Fehr & Peers is serving the City of Hermosa Beach on multiple on-call transportation planning & traffic engineering task orders spanning CEQA transportation impact analyses, monitoring evolving travel demand patterns in the City, and traffic engineering design. Michael is Principal in Charge of the on-call contract. In this current on-call cycle, we have completed the following task orders:
• PLAN Hermosa Addendum EIR - To support the implementation of zoning changes for the City’s Housing Element, Fehr & Peers prepared an updated transportation impact analysis following the methodologies of the PLAN Hermosa EIR, including updating the travel demand model to account for the Housing Element associated zoning changes. We prepared vehicle miles traveled and segment volume forecasts to make a consistency finding for the Housing Element and the PLAN Hermosa EIR.
• Wayfinding Design - Fehr & Peers is supporting the design and implementation of wayfinding signage in the City of Hermosa Beach for gateway, wayfinding and marquee signs. Fehr & Peers developed design alternatives using the City’s branding guidelines and prepared engineering plans for sign siting and cost estimates
• Traffic Count Monitoring for Mobility/Outdoor Dining Pilots – Using a combination of roadway traffic, pedestrian and bicycle counts, and cellphone based big data travel data, Fehr & Peers has conducted multiple years of annual monitoring of the City’s pilot mobility projects and outdoor dining program. In addition to evaluating how travel patterns in and out of Downtown Hermosa Beach changed related to these pilot projects, we also evaluated how established travel patterns were disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fehr & Peers prepared CEQA related evaluations of the pilot projects to support their continued implementation.
EDUCATION
› Leadership Long Beach
Institute Class of 2022
› Master of Urban & Regional
Planning California State
Polytechnic University
› Bachelor of Arts, Music,
Wesleyan University
REGISTRATIONS
› American Institute of Certified
Planners (AICP)
AFFILIATIONS
› American Institute of Certified
Planners
› Leadership in Energy &
Environmental Design
Accredited Professional (LEED
AP
EXPERTISE
› Transportation Impact Analysis
› Long Range Planning
› Travel Models and Demand
Forecasting
› Traffic Simulation/Operations
› Shared Parking / Parking Data
Analysis
› Parking Management
› Active Transportation Planning
& Design
› Campus and Institutional
Planning
› Traffic Calming
51 Public Works Transportation On-Call Contract
(Long Beach, CA)
Fehr & Peers is prime for the City of Long Beach Public Works Transportation & Mobility on-call contract. We are preparing construction documents for complete streets
projects on three major arterial corridors in the City (Clark Avenue, Atlantic Avenue and Cherry Avenue). Other task
orders include updating the City’s collision database to reflect the most recent five-year data set of collisions. Our analysis identifies the key corridors and intersections in the City with a high number of collisions, and summarizes collision types, victims, and other metrics in an interactive data dashboard that can be used to target crash reduction factors and infrastructure projects to enhance safety.
Fehr & Peers is also developing a data strategy for the Public Works department to help them make use of all
of the City’s data sources to enhance project planning, development and delivery. Michael is overall contract
manager, and project manager for all PS&E task orders.
CEQA/NEPA On-Call Contract (Los Angeles
Metro)
Fehr & Peers is serving as a traffic task lead as a
subconsultant on multiple cycles of LA Metro’s CEQA/
NEPA On-Call Contract. Fehr & Peers’ work includes
preparation of transportation impact studies for addendum EIRs, construction period traffic handling analysis, and other services. Our recent work on this contract includes CEQA/NEPA clearance for multiple LA2028 Olympics
related transportation projects, addendum EIR work for
the Union Station Forecourt and Esplanade project, and
multiple construction related task orders for the Purple Line Extension. Michael is Project Manager.
Select South Bay Experience
Artesia Aviation Corridor Area Plan Parking
Implementation Plan (Redondo Beach, CA)
As a component of Fehr & Peers’ work on PLAN Redondo
(General Plan Update) Fehr & Peers led the development
of mobility and parking management strategies for the
Artesia-Aviation Corridors. Building on existing parking data collection and analysis, Fehr & Peers developed
a shared-parking model to be used to estimate future
parking needs on the corridor and to develop offstreet parking ratios appropriate to the City’s organic development vision. Because of narrow parcel depth on
the corridor, off-street parking ratios may act to hinder investment in the corridor, so this will be a key strategy to balance mobility needs and redevelopment. Fehr &
Peers developed and evaluated mobility strategies for the corridor to enhance pedestrian, bicycle, e-scooter, transit connections, as well as curbspace management. The
Parking implementation plan detailed the policy framework for administering a district parking management strategy and flexible parking standards to facilitate the city’s vision for the corridor. Fehr & Peers led multiple community
workshops and public hearings to gather inputs on the
process, and our work will culminate in a transportation impact analysis as part of the environmental clearance for the AACAP and parking implementation plan. Michael was
project manager / Principal in Charge.
PLAN Redondo General Plan Update & EIR
(Redondo Beach, CA)
A community’s land use pattern can have a dramatic
effect on how people travel. Are services like shopping, restaurants, and open space close to residential areas, or do they require a longer drive? As a subconsultant,
Fehr & Peers is working with the City of Redondo Beach
on the update to the City’s Land Use Element to analyze how transportation performance will be affected by
the City’s land use vision, in order to identify how land use decisions can help reduce vehicle trips and limit
increases to traffic congestion. Fehr & Peers prepared the transportation impact analysis for the EIR including the VMT impact analysis and we developed a citywide traffic model to analyze nearly every intersection in the City for level of service and vehicle queueing associated with
different land use scenarios. Fehr & Peers also prepared a transportation evaluation of the potential effects of the City’s Accessory Dwelling Unit ordinance update. Michael is the Project Manager.
Beach Cities Health District Campus Plan & EIR
(Redondo Beach, CA)
The Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) developed a new plan for their Redondo Beach campus to support their
broader mission of enhancing the health and wellbeing of the communities they serve. Fehr & Peers’ work included an evaluation of the parking needed to serve the site, the design of new vehicle access points to the campus and
the interface with pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and the evaluation of transportation impacts for the project’s environmental impact report, including the evaluation of vehicle miles traveled and safety. We also evaluated the operations of intersections and roadways adjacent to
campus. Michael was the Project Manager.
52 Sean Reseigh
Project Manager
Senior Planner | 6 Years of Experience
Sean is a transportation planner in the Long Beach office who specializes in geospatial analysis, data science, and data visualization, with a focus on safety.
He has worked on over a dozen Local Road Safety Plans, Vision Zero Plans, and Systemic Safety Analysis Reports across California and in the South and lead multiple county- and citywide data inventory projects with the goal of enhancing access to accurate location-based bike and pedestrian infrastructure, and traffic signal assets.
Although his abilities are technical in nature and revolve around data science, he also has a refined proficiency in engaging with project and community stakeholders on how data-driven decision making is vital to improving a connected, safe, dynamic, equitable, and accessible transportation system.
Project Experience
Hermosa Beach Traffic Count Monitoring for Mobility/Outdoor Dining Pilots (Hermosa Beach, CA)
Fehr & Peers supported the City in assessing vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle volume and speed data to compare pre- and post-mobility pilot implementation in Downtown Hermosa Beach. Multiple data sources and methodologies were used to assess changes in data, particularly because the COVID 19 pandemic occurred during this data monitoring and pilot project implementation. Cell-phone based big data from StreetLight Data and Replica Data, and traditional counts were used in conjunction to understand the level of mobility impact from 2019 to 2023 in the Downtown and the Vista School areas. Impact involved assessment of potential changes in overall activity in the two areas, volume and speed on key roadways, and traffic diversion and trip distribution for visitors of the Downtown areas. Sean was the Project Manager on this effort.
Hermosa Beach Wayfinding, Gateway, and Marquee Signage (Hermosa Beach, CA)
Fehr & Peers is supporting the City in designing updated sign design alternatives for the City’s gateway, wayfinding, and marquee signs. Each design alternative was designed to scale, conveyed standards for colors, topography, iconography, materials, and mounting, and adopted the City’s style guide. Each design alternative drew inspiration from the current sign branding across the City, as well as from neighboring cities. Additionally, Fehr & Peers determined engineering-level sign siting locations, and developed plan-view aerial image overlays for each location. To supplement this effort, a sign inventory was also conducted to develop a GIS-based database of wayfinding sign locations and attributes across the City. Sean was the Project Manager on this effort.
Long Beach Public Works Data Strategy (Long Beach, CA)
Fehr & Peers is supporting Long Beach Public Works in developing a data strategy document for recommending strategic approaches and guidance for collecting, managing, visualizing, and deploying data. For this project, data is classified as any document or file containing useful information for transportation decision making.
Fehr & Peers conducted a data inventory to source metadata about commonly used transportation datasets within Public Works, and developed a data catalog that is designed to convey a one-page snapshot of the data’s use cases, type, and who to contact for additional guidance. Additionally, Fehr & Peers developed a Living
EDUCATION
› Master of Geographic
Information Science, California
State University Long Beach
› Bachelor of Arts, Natural
Resources and Environmental
Management, University of
Hawai`i at Manoa
EXPERTISE
› Active Transportation Planning
› Bicycle and Pedestrian
Planning
› First-Last mile planning
› Field Inventory projects
› Systemic Safety Planning
› Safe Routes to School Planning
› GIS database procurement and
management
› Big Data Analysis
PRESENTATIONS
› Ensuring ADA Compliance
of Sidewalks, 2022 Esri User
Conference
53 Strategy document that outlines key actions for the Public Works to monitor progress towards sustainable data
strategy and management. Sean is the Project Manager on this effort.
Los Angeles County Traffic Safety Guidelines
Update (Los Angeles County, CA)
Fehr & Peers is supporting Los Angeles County
Public Works in updating guidelines and policies for
recommending traffic safety infrastructure, and provide resources to staff, including standard drawings and
plans, to incorporate traffic safety improvements in
future projects. The resulting guidelines will utilize and institutionalize the principles of the Safe System approach with the goal proactively eliminating traffic-related fatalities and severe injuries on County-maintained roadways. Fehr & Peers is developing a visually compelling design guide with updated roadway treatment guidelines and standards, safety benefits, application guidance, and treatment
renderings. Sean is the Project Manager for this effort.
Los Angeles Vision Zero 2.0 Technical Analysis
(Los Angeles, CA)
Fehr & Peers supported LADOT in a comprehensive
update to their initial Vision Zero technical analysis, originally completed 2015-2017. With several Vision Zero projects having been implemented five or more years
ago, LADOT and Fehr & Peers will partner to evaluate
successes and failures, reestablish priorities, and double down on what is proven to work best in improving road
safety. The state of the practice has evolved since Los Angeles adopted Vision Zero in 2015, and Fehr & Peers
will bring new industry innovations and best practices, such as systemic safe analysis, big data and near-miss
analysis, and the Safe System approach, to the forefront of LA’s Vision Zero program. This project provides an
opportunity to assess LA’s progress, and once again
provide a national best practice model in Vision Zero
analysis methods based on a systemic approach. Sean
was the Data Science lead on this project and has led the development and deployment of the high injury network
(HIN) and prioritization methodologies used to update and expand on the technical analysis completed in 2017.
El Paso Vision Zero Plan (El Paso, TX)
Fehr & Peers led the systemic safety analysis for El Paso’s first Vision Zero Plan. Fehr & Peers’s role on the team was to conduct the data discovery and data collection, perform crash data analysis and develop the High-Injury Network (HIN), prepare collision profiles with crash reduction
costs, prioritize locations for immediate attention, as well as prepare a predictive safety model that would help
identify risky locations based on crash history, land use and roadway characteristics. Fehr & Peers also prepared the web-based Data Dashboard on the Esri Enterprise
GIS Platform. Sean was the technical analysis lead on this effort.
OCTA Mobility Hubs (Orange County, CA)
Fehr & Peers was hired as part of a larger team to lead the technical tasks associated with the Regional Mobility Hubs Study for OCTA. As a first step, we helped provide various definitions of mobility hubs in order to help OCTA pinpoint the most appropriate strategies for Orange County. We
then developed a suitability web map that incorporated
five mobility hub demand profiles to help capture demand potential from commuters, tourists, students, and
entertainment seekers. Our final step was to develop and execute a methodology for estimating potential mode
shift using regional travel demand model outputs and
unique time/cost calculations for the different mobility hub services provided within proposed service areas. Sean
was an analyst on this project.
Los Angeles Metro Green Line Extension (Los
Angeles, CA)
Fehr & Peers is leading the preparation of the
transportation impacts chapter of the project’s EIR. In support of alignment design, Fehr & Peers is evaluating roadway operations and the effect of Light Rail Transit operations on grade crossings through the development
and analysis of a Vissim microsimulation model.
Additionally, Fehr & Peers conducted an emergency
response assessment to analyze potential travel time
effects on emergency vehicle response times with the
proposed at-grade crossings. Sean was an analyst on this project.
54 Claude Strayer, PE, RSP1
Engineer-of-Record
Principal | 14 Years of Experience
Claude has a range of transportation experience with the design of traffic signals, bicycle facilities, signing and striping plans, safe routes to school improvements, pedestrian facilities, wayfinding and the public involvement process. He has led teams of designers on a variety of other transportation engineering projects such as temporary traffic control, roadway and sidewalk design, and lighting. He also has experience performing traffic analysis as well as studies with respect to parking, circulation and school zone safety.
Project Experience
Clark Avenue Separated Bikeway Design PS&E (Long Beach) Fehr & Peers is leading the preparation of signing, striping, and signal modification plans for the construction of a 2.7 mile separated bikeway on Clark Avenue between Anaheim Street and Monlaco Road. The design includes complete streets elements such as bus boarding islands and protected intersections, and a roundabout is being studied at a complex six-legged intersection. Clark Avenue will provide a multi-modal connection between Cal State Long Beach’s Beachside Campus housing and other student housing in the area, to both Long Beach City College on Clark Avenue, and Cal State Long Beach’s main campus via Atherton Street. The protected bike facility includes a mix of two way and one-way facilities, with the crossover using bike signals at a protected intersection at Willow Street and Clark Avenue. Beyond the two-way section, which will feature raised medians, the facility will use the City’s quick-build concrete raised separators. Fehr & Peers conducted a traffic operational analysis to determine how lane repurposing will affect travel time on the corridor. As part of the evaluation of the roundabout, Fehr & Peers is developing a Vissim simulation model to test configuration options. Fehr & Peers will prepare a project fact sheet with renderings and operations data to highlight the benefits and tradeoffs associated with the project for use in community outreach. Claude is the Engineer of Record.
Cherry Avenue Separated Bikeway Design (Long Beach)
To support the implementation of protected bikeways in the City of Long Beach per the City’s Bicycle Master Plan, Fehr & Peers is leading the preparation of signing, striping, and signal modification plans for a 1.5 mile protected bikeway on Cherry Avenue between Spring Street and Carson Street. While Cherry Avenue is identified as an 8 to 80s corridor in the Bicycle Master Plan, it is also a truck corridor and provides important access to a major logistics/aerospace manufacturing facilities developed by Goodman. Fehr & Peers’ design will balance the need for cyclists and trucks on the same corridor. Particular design focus will be paid to the connections between the Class IV bicycle facility on Cherry Avenue with the Wardlow Road protected bicycle facility developed as part of the Goodman project, while still maintaining primary access for large trucks on Wardlow Road. Fehr & Peers will also leverage the best practice guide that we authored for ITE Recommended Design Guidelines to Accommodate Pedestrians and Bicycles at Interchanges to guide the design of the protected bicycle facility at the Cherry Avenue ramps of the I-405 freeway. Claude is the Engineer of Record.
EDUCATION
› Bachelor of Science in Civil
Engineering, Northeastern
University
REGISTRATIONS
› Civil Engineer, California
(#86774)
› Road Safety Professional 1
AFFILIATIONS
› Institute of Transportation
Engineers (ITE), Member
› ITE Pedestrian & Bicycle
Standing Committee,
Executive Committee Member
EXPERTISE
› Bikeway Design
› Complete Streets Planning &
Design
› Signing & Striping
› Street Lighting
› Traffic Calming
› Traffic Signal Modification
55 3rd and Broadway Class IV Bikeway Upgrades
(Long Beach)
Fehr & Peers was brought on to assist with the permanent buildout of protected bicycle lanes along Broadway and
3rd Street in Downtown Long Beach associated with the
Broadway Block development project. Tasks include a
signing & striping plan and a signal modification plan. This project provides an opportunity to upgrade existing Class IV bikeways with curbs and a bicycle signal at an at-grade intersection with the LA Metro A Line. Claude was the
Engineer of Record.
Alameda Complete Streets Project (Union Station
Esplanade) (Los Angeles)
Fehr & Peers prepared the plans, specifications and cost estimates (PS&E) for signal modifications, traffic signal interconnect, and signing and striping for the Alameda
Esplanade and Los Angeles Crossing in front of Union
Station in LA, a project funded by two separate ATP grants.
The project includes a substantial reconfiguration of the driveway at Union Station, as well as lane repurposing on Alameda Street to provide wider sidewalks, and off-street bike paths and shared use paths. The bike path crossings include signal protection to enhance pedestrian and
bicycle safety, as well as a raised crossing on Alameda Street, a first for the City of Los Angeles on a busy arterial and truck corridor. The engineering design plans for traffic signals, signal interconnect, and signing and striping
were prepared for LA Metro for submittal to the Los
Angeles Department of Transportation, who approved
the construction drawings. The project also included a
separate Caltrans plan submittal and a Design Standard
Design Document (DSDD) for non standard elements that
were ultimately approved by Caltrans. Claude was the
Engineer of Record.
San Diego State University Mission Valley
Campus (San Diego)
Fehr & Peers handled the transportation planning analysis and design services for the SDSU Mission Valley campus
at the SDCCU (formerly Qualcomm) Stadium site. This
included assisting with the site planning and development of the overall mobility network, which involved multimodal facilities and design of two multilane roundabouts. This included the preparation of the Transportation Impact
Analysis (TIA) for the environmental document that
included the traffic operations analysis (i.e., level of service at intersections, on roadways, and on freeway facilities).
We are currently working at the final design level of the design including roadway signing and striping and traffic signals PS&E for both on and off-site traffic engineering improvements. Our work includes design of signing and
striping for on-site roadways, lighting design, a roundabout and signal design for both interior signalized intersections and modifications for perimeter streets to the new
development. Claude is Engineer of Record.
Temple Hills Traffic Calming (Laguna Beach, CA)
Fehr & Peers evaluated Traffic Calming measures for
residential streets with a significant grade in Laguna Beach.
We recommended treatments
for the city’s consideration, and they have been advanced to the design phase. Claude is the Project Manager for the design and cost estimation of these recommended traffic calming treatments. Claude served as Project Manager.
City of Beverly Hills On-Call Traffic Engineering
Design (Beverly Hills, CA)
Fehr & Peers serves the City of Beverly Hills with an oncall contract for traffic engineering services. We have assisted the City in a wide range of tasks, including an indepth assessment of safety and operations at a complex intersection, which included presentations to the City
Council and Traffic and Parking Commission; development of a Transportation Division Procedures Manual for internal use; review of site plans for the new bikeshare stations; assessment and implementation of a pilot. Claude served as task lead.
LA County Museum of Art Traffic Engineering
Design (Los Angeles, CA)
Project Manager. Fehr & Peers is providing traffic
engineering design services for LACMA. The project
includes a new structure spanning Wilshire Boulevard, an array of on-site improvements, and roadway widening to
improve pedestrian access to the new museum facility.
Fehr & Peers provided services including street lighting design, signing and striping, and traffic signal design.
North-Park Mid-City Bikeways (San Diego)
Fehr & Peers completed the planning, specifications and estimates (PS&E) for 11 traffic signal modifications along the Meade, Georgia, and Landis bikeways in the North
Park-Mid City area of San Diego, as well as the wayfinding design for the Meade and Landis bikeways. The signal
modifications included the preparation of 100% plans
that addressed the planned removal of separate left-turn lanes at numerous intersections, the installation of curb extensions/bendouts, and modifications to signal phasing.
Claude was the Engineer of Record.
56 Kendra Rowley, PE
Complete Streets Planning & Design Lead
Associate | 14 Years of Experience
Kendra is an associate transportation engineer with over fourteen years of transportation planning and engineering experience in the state of California.
Kendra manages a diverse range of projects from the design of multimodal safety improvements along complex corridors to the preparation of signal design plans for development projects. Specializing in complete streets planning and design, Kendra leads the Fehr & Peers Complete Streets Design companywide practice area. She recently led the firm’s efforts to research the safety efficacy of the innovative bicycle design tools in many of the national design manuals and guidebooks, including the NACTO Bicycle Design Guide.
Project Experience
City of Santa Monica Broadway Protected Bikeway PS&E
Engineering Lead. Kendra is leading the development of construction plans for the extension of the Broadway Protected Bikeway corridor in Santa Monica. The project is a key milestone in advancing the City’s 2020 Bike Action Plan Amendment, building on the momentum of a successful pilot project for the facility between 16th Street and 21st Street. With the highest bicycle ridership of any continuous east-west corridor in the city, extending the protected lanes on Broadway to 5th Street and to 26th Street will complete a high-demand spine of the city’s protected bikeway network. The design includes development of red curb guidance at driveways and intersections, material selection for the vertical separation and traffic calming elements at intersections, low-cost signal timing adjustments to achieve a more comfortable experience for bicyclists, and elements of protected intersections where feasible. Multiple RRFBs will also be included to enhance pedestrian access along the corridor.
City of West Hollywood Fountain Avenue Protected Bikeway Study & Design
Engineering Lead. Fehr & Peers is assisting the City of West Hollywood to develop a protected bikeway vision for Fountain Avenue, a critical and iconic east-west corridor in the City. The work has included working with the City to identify design constraints, challenges, and trade-offs for each alternative that reflect City goals and objectives of climate resiliency, safety and comfort, capacity, and community will. Together with the City, the team conducted a series of Bike Working Groups, facilitated discussions with City Council and Transportation Commission, and hosted a public workshop and online survey with 1400+ responses. In November 2021, City Council voted unanimously to move forward with the alternative that includes sidewalk widening and a Class IV protected bikeway, which will be the first of its kind in West Hollywood.
Kendra is also serving as engineer of record as the design has progressed into the first phase of PS&E for a quick-build installation. The first phase will test out new design elements with lower cost materials and no substantial changes to existing curb and gutter, allowing the city to evaluate the design with a before/after study before progressing with the final phase of design. The quick-build design process includes material selection decisions, design plan layouts, considerations for trash pickup along the bikeway, and the selection of safety countermeasures at intersections. The final design will include a full suite of streetscape improvements to realize the vision of a neighborhood-serving corridor.
EDUCATION
› Bachelor of Science in Civil
Engineering, California
Polytechnic State University at
San Luis Obispo
REGISTRATIONS
› Civil Engineer, California
(#83376)
AFFILIATIONS
› Association of Pedestrian and
Bicycle Professionals (APBP)
› Institute of Transportation
Engineers (ITE)
EXPERTISE
› Bicycle and Pedestrian
Planning and Design
› Conceptual Design and Cost
Estimation
› Complete Streets Evaluation
› Traffic Calming
57 City of Los Angeles (LABOE) Pre-Planning and
Pre-Design Services for Complete Streets Projects
Engineering Lead. Kendra led the development of design
concepts for transportation enhancements along the
corridors of Culver Boulevard, La Brea Avenue, and
Highland Avenue as part of the Bureau of Engineering
Complete Streets Program. Identified as high priority
based on collision history and need for repair, the corridors were assessed for safety improvements such as enhanced
crosswalks, alternative cross-sections to accommodate
wider sidewalks or bicycle facilities, geometric
enhancements to reduce conflicts at intersections,
and traffic signal improvements to add protected turn
phasing and bicycle signals. In addition to reviewing
collision patterns, the team also led Road Safety Audits to identify improvements with stakeholders and to review accessibility issues. The design concepts were paired with a Pre-Design Report, which included a summary of existing plans, an ADA Assessment Report with recommended
curb ramp upgrades, accessibility improvements, and cost estimates.
City of West Glendale Complete Streets Network
Conceptual Design Lead. The project focuses on
providing robust first-mile/last-mile active transportation connections to the proposed Bus Rapid Transit
on Glenoaks Boulevard and better connecting the
commercial district to multi-use paths in the surrounding area. Kendra brought her expertise in Class IV facility design to this project by helping the City think through the multimodal benefits, safety considerations, and
operational trade-offs of building a truly complete street on Glenoaks Boulevard, Western Avenue, Flower Street, and
Sonora Avenue. Detailed concepts were paired with traffic operations assessments and cost estimates.
SDSU Mission Valley Campus Planning and
Design
Engineering Lead. Fehr & Peers handled the transportation planning analysis and design services for the planned
SDSU Mission Valley campus at the SDCCU (formerly
Qualcomm) Stadium site. This included assisting with
the site planning and development of the overall mobility network, which involved multimodal facilities and
design of two multilane roundabouts. This included the
preparation of the Transportation Impact Analysis (TIA) for the environmental document that included the traffic operations analysis (i.e., level of service at intersections, on roadways, and on freeway facilities). We are currently working at the final design level of the design including roadway signing and striping and traffic signals PS&E for both on and off-site improvements.
Harbour Way Grant Application Support & PS&E
Building off Fehr & Peers’ historical work on planning
studies, including the Richmond Pedestrian Plan, Bicycle Master Plan, South Richmond Transportation Connectivity Plan, Iron Triangle Yellow Brick Road Neighborhood
Plan, and the Rumrill/13th Street Complete Streets
Study, Fehr & Peers assisted the City of Richmond with
synthesizing the various proposals for Harbour Way
into a single cohesive concept to provide bicycle and
pedestrian connections along this important 2 mile
corridor that connects multiple employment centers
to the new Richmond Ferry Terminal. Fehr & Peers
provided 65% design plans and cost estimating support
for the improvements, which include a road diet, Class
II buffered bike lanes, and a two-way Class IV facility, as the City prepared a Transformative Climate Communities
grant to secure funding for the Harbour Way project.
With grant funding in hand, the City pursued installation of the first phase for the Class IV facility in 2021, which will connect the Bay Trail along Cutting Boulevard to the Ferry Terminal via Hoffman Boulevard and Harbour Way.
Kendra managed the team to finalize the PS&E package
for the project, which includes two signal modifications, signing and striping plans, and traffic operations analysis to support a Caltrans encroachment permit. To comply
with the grant requirements, construction was on a “quickbuild” timeline, slated to be complete by the end of 2024.
AC Transit Rapid Corridors & Dana Street
Bikeway Pilot PS&E (Oakland and Berkeley, CA)
Fehr & Peers was part of the team that assisted in the
evaluation and improvement of AC Transit’s bus transit
performance on Telegraph Avenue and West Grand
Avenue corridors in Oakland and Berkeley, CA. Fehr &
Peers developed recommendations for bus stop spacing
and relocation strategies, prepared parking impact
illustrations, and discussed them with the public, City Transportation Committees and City Councils. Fehr &
Peers also led the design for the Dana Street Pilot PS&E, which will install a two-way cycle track on the west side of Dana Street with a bus boarding island just south of Haste Street.
City of Berkeley Bancroft Complete Streets
Corridor and PS&E (Berkeley, CA)
Project Manager. Kendra managed the team that
developed 100% design plans for an award-winning
complete streets project on Bancroft Way between Dana
Street and Fulton Street, through the evaluation of multiple alternatives.
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Emily Finkel, RSP1
Safety Lead
Senior Associate | 14 Years of Experience
Emily Finkel is a Senior Associate in the Long Beach office of Fehr & Peers and a senior leader of the Fehr & Peers Safety Discipline Group. She has managed more than a dozen recent safety planning projects throughout California and the Southwest, including Vision Zero, Local Road Safety Plans, and Systemic Safety Analysis Reports. Emily has supported several safety planning clients in successfully securing millions of dollars for safety improvements through the Caltrans HSIP and USDOT SS4A grant programs. Emily has worked throughout the South Bay, including projects in Carson, Gardena and El Segundo, and for the South Bay Cities COG. She teaches transportation planning analysis in the graduate Urban Planning program at USC.
Project Experience
SBCCOG Local Travel Network
Fehr & Peers has supported SBCCOG for several years in the development of their “Local Travel Network,” (LTN) a comprehensive travel network throughout the South Bay region for low-speed zero emission modes. This project focuses on development of branding, wayfinding signage, pavement markings, and other supportive amenities, for implementation of the network in several South Bay cities. Through a collaborative process with each of the local jurisdictions, Fehr & Peers developed a unique visual identity for the LTN. We also developed design guidance and cost estimates for implementation of signage and markings along the network. These materials were used by jurisdictions in Measure M grant applications to secure funding for implementation of the network. This project also focuses on a data-driven approach to identifying safety improvements, as well as parking-related amenities along the network. We are also developing a master NEV Plan that can be adopted by each local jurisdiction to meet state requirements. Emily was the Project Manager for this effort.
El Segundo Local Travel Network Pilot
Fehr & Peers developed plans and engineering designs to support the City of El Segundo in the implementation of the first phase of the Local Travel Network.
Work included wayfinding sign design and fabrication support, sign placement and installation support, and engineering design for NEV parking spaces. The wayfinding signs draw from the South Bay Cities Council of Government branded wayfinding “playbook”, created by Fehr & Peers, featuring the SBCCOG LTN “turtle” icon and destination-confirmation supplemental signs. Emily was the Associate-In-Charge for this effort.
Long Beach Vision Zero Technical Analysis Update (Long Beach, CA) Fehr & Peers is updating the City of Long Beach high injury network and collision trend summaries from the Safe Streets Long Beach plan using the latest 2017-2021 data. Fehr & Peers is also incorporating a proactive approach to safety by performing a systemic risk analysis to understand key roadway and contextual factors present in the most common and severe collision types in the city. The results of the analysis will be summarized in an online data dashboard to allow the City of Long Beach to visually display and summarize collisions based on roadway and contextual factors. Emily is the Associate-In-Charge for this effort.
EDUCATION
› Master of Planning, University
of Southern California
› Bachelor of Science, Business
Administration, Northeastern
University
PRESENTATIONS AND
PUBLICATIONS
› Institutionalizing the Safe
System Approach in Local
Road Safety Plans ITE
Technical Brief (2023),
presented at ITE Spring
Conference (2022) and
national ITE webinar (2023)
› A Safe System Approach to
Speed Limit Setting Caltrans
Technical Report (2023)
› California Statewide Guidance
on High Injury Networks - a
report of the CA SHSP
Pedestrian Challenge Area
Committee (2021)
› Integrating the Safe System
Approach with the Highway
Safety Improvement Program –
FHWA report (2020)
› Shifting the Paradigm:
Innovative Approaches to
Equitable Road User Safety –
APBP Conference (2019)
› Implementing Vision Zero:
Getting from Policy to
Practice – American Planning
Association California
Conference (2018)
59 Los Angeles Vision Zero 2.0 Technical Analysis
(Los Angeles, CA)
Los Angeles was one of the first national leaders in
adopting a Vision Zero goal in 2015. Now, LADOT will be one of the first agencies to usher in an era of “Vision Zero
2.0” in refining and improving their program. Fehr & Peers is supporting LADOT in a comprehensive update to their
initial Vision Zero technical analysis, originally completed 2015-2017. With several Vision Zero projects having been implemented five or more years ago, LADOT and Fehr
& Peers will partner to evaluate successes and failures, reestablish priorities, and double down on what is proven to work best in improving road safety. The state of the practice has evolved since Los Angeles adopted Vision
Zero in 2015, and Fehr & Peers will bring new industry
innovations and best practices, such as systemic safe
analysis, big data and near-miss analysis, and the Safe System approach, to the forefront of LA’s Vision Zero
program. Emily is the project manager for this effort, and has supported various outreach and technical analysis
efforts over several years for this project.
Additional Vision Zero experience:
• City of El Paso, TX Vision Zero Action Plan
• City of Sacramento Vision Zero Action Plan
• City of Burbank Vision Zero Action Plan (currently
underway)
SS4A-Funded Comprehensive Safety Action Plans
Mesa, AZ: Fehr & Peers is part of the team supporting the City of Mesa with the development of a Comprehensive
Safety Action Plan, funded through the SS4A grant
program. Fehr & Peers is leading systemic data analysis, with a focus on risk factor identification and equity. Emily serves as the Project Manager for this effort.
Additional CSAPs underway (Emily serves as
Associate-In-Charge):
• Laguna Beach, CA
• Unincorporated Orange County, CA
San Bernardino County Local Road Safety Plan
Fehr & Peers developed the San Bernardino County’s
Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP) focused on County
maintained roadway within unincorporated San Bernardino County. This Local Road Safety Plan applied a dualpronged approach: 1) identifying priority systemic safety improvement projects based on high-risk roadway features that are correlated with fatal and severe collision types, and 2) reviewing collision trends to develop behavioral countermeasures. This project incorporated the Safe
System approach, shifting from the traditional goal to
reduce overall vehicle collisions towards the goal of
reducing overall kinetic energy and thereby reducing the number of fatal and severe collisions. Through this plan, Fehr & Peers developed HSIP grant applications for the
County, which resulted in $10 million dollars of funding for implementation. Emily was the Associate-In-Charge for this effort.
Additional LRSPs/SSARs completed:
• City of San Jacinto (PM)
• City of Oxnard (PM)
• City of Westminster (PM)
• City of Montclair (PM)
• City of Irvine (Associate-In-Charge)
• City of Moreno Valley (PM)
• OCTA (DPM)
• City of Lancaster (PM)
Irvine Sustainable Mobility Plan
The Sustainable Mobility Plan builds on the
recommendations from other plans and describes the
City of Irvine’s firm commitment to implement sustainable mobility projects. Fehr & Peers led the development of the SMP by evaluating the near-term feasibility of previously planned projects; identifying potential opportunities
for new and improved transportation options including
protected bikeways and mobility hubs; and providing
a concise list of actions for immediate and long-term
implementation. The study aims to increase the use of
transit, walking, and bicycling and to help reduce vehicle miles traveled and associated emissions.
CSU Dominguez Hills Master Plan (Carson, CA)
Fehr & Peers was part of a team that prepared an updated Master Plan for CSU Dominguez Hills. We analyzed
existing traffic, parking and access conditions, and then forecast future needs for transportation facilities to
support the anticipated growth in students and adjacent development. Working with the team, we developed
circulation alternatives, conducted trip generation and turning analysis, and evaluated concepts to support the environmental clearance process.
60 Miguel Núñez, AICP
Parking Lead
Principal | 16 Years of Experience
Miguel Núñez has over 17 years of experience in transportation planning, specializing in areas of expertise in pedestrian and bicycle planning, complete streets, and multimodal planning. Miguel managed Fehr & Peers efforts on the I-710 Livability Initiative, the Downey Active Transportation Plan, the People St Evaluation effort, the Huntington Park Complete Streets Plan, and General Plans for the Cities of Cudahy, Whittier, and Carson, all focused on implementable improvements and strategies for enhancing mobility and safety for all road users. Through his experience working on projects with a multimodal emphasis, complex and controversial traffic impact studies, and numerous regional transportation plans, Miguel has helped a wide range of communities expand transport options for their stakeholders. He has managed pedestrian safety assessments throughout California and presents at industry conferences on emerging and innovative multimodal practices.
Project Experience
Manhattan Beach Outdoor Dining Parking Study (Manhattan Beach, CA) Fehr & Peers is leading the analysis needed to support the City of Manhattan Beach’s Outdoor Dining Program Development Study. Fehr & Peers is conducting an existing conditions parking study to understand parking utilization patterns in Downtown Manhattan Beach and its adjacent residential neighborhoods. We have collected over 48 hours of parking occupancy and utilization data across dozens of on-street segments and over ten off-street garages—in addition to this, we analyzed and distilled the data in an ArcGIS StoryMap to clearly summarize and display the most important findings and time-of-day patterns. We also engaged with stakeholders and residents to ensure our findings were accurate based on their local knowledge and experiences. With these findings, we will project future conditions with the increase of permanent outdoor dining, and recommend strategies to balance parking demand with parking management strategies to achieve the goals of increasing outdoor dining while minimizing impacts to parking in the coastal zone and in local neighborhoods..
Miguel is the Principal-in-Charge.
City of Cudahy General Plan (Cudahy, CA)
Fehr & Peers assisted a team with the Circulation Element of the General Plan for the City of Cudahy. We documented and analyzed existing station area transportation conditions through a review of circulation patterns and available data from previous and ongoing projects. Our work in this task was focused on analysis of opportunities and constraints associated with potential multimodal transportation improvements and included an assessment of existing active transportation (walking and bicycling) patterns and vehicular circulation. Fehr & Peers also supported the team in the mobility components of the CEQA checklist. The Circulation Element involves classification of the street system and updated goals, policies, and implementation actions consistent with the community’s values and desired transportation conditions and analysis of intersections and street segments. Fehr & Peers worked with the team to develop a Circulation Element and analysis that was both legally defensible and reflective of current changes in statewide legislation. The effort included a forecast of future transportation conditions using a regional or sketch level transportation analysis model, a background technical report, and an evaluation of future conditions with and without the proposed project. Miguel was the Project Manager.
EDUCATION
› Master of Arts, Urban Planning,
University of California, Los
Angeles
› Bachelor of Arts, Political
Science, University of California
Los Angeles
REGISTRATIONS
› American Institute of Certified
Planners (AICP)
EXPERTISE
› Transit Planning
› Long-range Multimodal
Transportation Planning
› Parking Studies
› Bicycle and Pedestrian
Planning
› Multimodal Corridor Planning
› Land Use and Transportation
› Multi-ethnic Community
Engagement
› Traffic Analysis
61 Downtown (PD-30) & Shoreline (PD-6) Specific/
Visioning Plans (Long Beach, CA)
Fehr & Peers, as part of two multidisciplinary teams is leading the development of mobility and parking policies, strategies, and project concepts for both the Downtown
Specific Plan (PD-30) and the Shoreline (PD-6) Visioning Plan. We are also leading the CEQA transportation
impact studies for both plans. The Downtown Specific
Plan update and its accompanying environmental impact
report (EIR), will plan for and environmentally clear the next phase of Downtown’s growth. Fehr & Peers’ mobility and transportation work will support continued growth of Downtown, multi-modal safety (leveraging Fehr & Peers’
recent work documenting the City’s collision history),
improve connections from Downtown and the Metro
A Line to the ocean, and evolve parking management
strategies in light of statewide legislation. Fehr & Peers will lead the EIR transportation impact study, leverage the latest generation SCAG activity-base travel demand
model for the analysis. Similarly, the Downtown Shoreline Village Plan update will adapt the plan to the next decade+ of growth. Fehr & Peers will play the same role as under PD-30, including mobility concept development and
CEQA clearance, with particular emphasis on mobility and transportation connections between the two plan areas,
and enhancing flexibility and adaptability within the street network to serve important events (e.g. Olympics, Grand Prix) while better serving day to day mobility needs.
Azusa TOD Parking Study (Azusa, CA)
Fehr & Peers was part of a team working on the City of
Azusa TOD General Plan/Development Code Update
and Specific Plan Project. Fehr & Peers used empiric and relevant background data to develop an analysis of the
existing transportation network and access conditions
within a ¼-mile of the future Gold Line Alameda Avenue
Station and the Citrus Avenue Station TOD areas. The
analysis considered multimodal transit service needs
at the stations, documenting existing bus service,
pedestrian access, and bicycle facilities. Fehr & Peers qualitatively reviewed access and mobility conditions
and potential constraints at the five TOD opportunity
sites in the Alameda Avenue Station TOD area, and the
opportunity site in the Citrus Avenue Station TOD area.
We also conducted a parking analysis of the study area.
For the Specific Plan, based on the analysis of existing mobility conditions, and an evaluation of mobility changes associated with the introduction of the Metro Gold Line, Fehr & Peers developed a recommended mobility strategy
for the TOD station areas. Finally, a CEQA-compliant
environmental analysis was performed for environmental
clearance of the proposed Specific Plan. This project won an Economic Planning and Development Award of Merit
from the Los Angeles chapter of the APA in June 2016.
Miguel was the Project Manager.
Carson General Plan and SB743 Implementation
Fehr & Peers is assisting the team with the Carson 2040 General Plan Update. This project is underway and the
team is working to complete the Circulation Element
and CEQA analysis, with particular attention to reducing vehicle miles traveled (VMT), enhancing multi-modal
transportation and facilitating goods movement in the
City of Carson. Through the development of analysis tools and utilization of the regional travel model, Fehr & Peers is identifying the future roadway network to serve future anticipated development provided by the project team.
Due to the varied nature of land uses, neighborhoods,
travel patterns, and individual preferences for travel, Fehr & Peers is also developing a set of policy and project
recommendations for active transportation networks and
goods movement that are intended to advance quality of
life through mobility options, increased opportunities for physical activity, increasing access to services and goods, and helping reduce the impact of vehicle travel to the
environment and infrastructure.
City of Whittier SB743 Implementation
(Whitter, CA)
Fehr & Peers assisted the team with the Envision Whittier General Plan Update. The team worked to complete the
Circulation Element and CEQA analysis, with an emphasis on leveraging the future L Line (formerly Gold Line) Station, capturing opportunities to make travel more efficient with new development reducing vehicle miles traveled (VMT),
enhancing multi-modal transportation and facilitating the movement of people in the City of Whittier. This project applied the regional travel demand model to inform
travel, LOS, and air quality analysis inputs. Anticipated outcomes include implementation of an SB743 compliant
transportation analysis framework, enhanced multimodal
networks, and strategic identification of opportunities to coordinate land use and transportation infrastructure near the L Line Station and local employment centers. Miguel served as Project Manager.
Parking Needs for Superior Courts in California
(Los Angeles, CA)
Fehr & Peers conducted a study of parking needs for
Superior Courts in California. The study involved data
collection and analysis of occupancy, duration and person trips. The questionnaires were concerned
with analyzing parking needs leading to guidelines for
planning future projects parking requirements for the
public, jurors and employees at California Superior Courts.
As part of the study, Fehr & Peers analyzed parking needs at courthouses in Long Beach, Santa Clarita, Lancaster, Burbank, Murrietta, and Vista.
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Diwu Zhou, PE, RSP1
Traffic Operations Lead
Associate Transportation Engineer | 8 Years of Experience Diwu is a transportation engineer who specializes in safety planning, big data, and traffic operations analysis. Diwu is passionate about balancing the often-conflicting needs of mobility and safety and is well suited to provide clients with advice and recommendations backed by research, data, and analysis through his intimate knowledge of traffic operations and design, safety best practices, and big data.
Diwu is committed to being at the forefront of safety best practices and innovations and serves as a key member of the firm’s Traffic Operations and Transportation Equity Technical Initiatives. Diwu also has a broad background in transportation planning through his experience with transportation impact studies, safe routes to school assessments, citywide and countywide planning studies, multimodal traffic simulations, and community outreach.
Project Experience
Clark Avenue Protected Bikeway (Long Beach, CA)
The City of Long Beach is evaluating the installation of Class I cycle tracks along Clark Avenue between the Pacific Coast Highway and Willow Street and Class IV bikeways along Clark Avenue between Willow Street and Monlaco Road. Fehr & Peers is supporting the City by conducting a traffic impact assessment to evaluate the impacts of a road diet necessary to accommodate the bicycle facilities and by developing signing and striping plans. The six-legged intersection of Clark Avenue/ Los Coyotes Diagonal/Sterns Street was evaluated using the microsimulation software VISSIM, where various design alternatives were evaluated, including a protected signal and a six-legged peanut-shaped roundabout. Diwu served as the Technical Project Manager for this project and was responsible for Quality Control/ Quality Assurance.
City of Redondo Beach General Plan Update (Redondo Beach, CA) As a subconsultant, Fehr & Peers is working with the City of Redondo Beach on the update to the City’s Land Use Element to analyze how transportation performance will be affected by the City’s land use vision, in order to identify how land use decisions can help reduce vehicle trips and limit increases to traffic congestion. Fehr & Peers will evaluate vehicle trip generation based on different land use mixes and will analyze the vehicle miles traveled changes of the land use element update in the project’s environmental impact report. The City of Redondo Beach is updating their General Plan and Fehr & Peers is responsible for updating the Circulation Element.
As a part of the effort, Fehr & Peers developed a Citywide Synchro network for the City. Diwu served as the Technical Project Manager and was responsible for Quality Control/Quality Assurance.
Aviation Boulevard Improvements (Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach, CA)
The City of Redondo Beach, in cooperation with the City of Manhattan Beach, is evaluating pedestrian and bicycle crossing enhancements on Aviation Boulevard between Manhattan Beach Boulevard and Artesia Boulevard. Other than the signalized intersections on the two ends of the corridor, the traffic signal at 2nd Street/Robinson Street is the only midblock crossing location. 2nd Street/
EDUCATION
› Masters of Science,
Transportation Engineering,
University of California,
Berkeley
› Bachelors of Science, Civil
Engineering, University of
Texas at Austin
LICENSES
› Civil Engineer, California (PE
#89029)
› Road Safety Professional 1
(#635)
AFFILIATIONS
› Vice-Chair of the
Transportation Safety Council,
ITE National
› Member, Transportation
Research Board (TRB),
and Committee Member,
Intermodal Freight Transport
Committee (AT045)
EXPERTISE
› Traffic Operations and
Microsimulation
› Multimodal Safety
› Big Data Analysis
63 Robinson Street is located approximately 0.5 mile south of Manhattan Beach Boulevard and 0.5 mile north of
Artesia Boulevard. This Project will evaluate two additional midblock crossing locations using Synchro and produce
30 percent design plans. Diwu is the project manager.
LA Metro Green Line Extension (Torrance, CA)
Metro’s C Line (formerly Green Line) light rail is
programmed to extend from its current terminus in north Redondo Beach 4.5 miles south to the new Torrance
Transit Center. Fehr & Peers, as part of a team, supported the environmental and conceptual engineering analysis
of multiple project alternatives following either an existing active freight rail right-of-way or along the median of Hawthorne Boulevard. Each alignment has significant
technical and community considerations including safety, traffic congestion, pedestrian and bicycle access, as
well as coordination with three cities and Caltrans. Fehr & Peers has helped the team navigate many trade-offs
through VISSIM analysis of the train and traffic operations and at-grade crossings, conceptual design of pedestrian improvements to access stations, conceptual re-routing
of buses to connect with the new line and assessing
construction impacts on the community. Diwu was the
lead analyst.
LA Metro G Line BRT Improvements Project (Los
Angeles, CA)
LA Metro, in cooperation with LADOT has begun
a progressive design build process to construct
improvements on the G Line (Orange) bus rapid transit
route. The G Line is one of two Metro Linear bus routes that has dedicated lanes on the freeways and surface
streets. It serves the Los Angeles valley from North
Hollywood Red Line station to Chatsworth. Fehr & Peers
evaluated the project’s traffic impact for the Proof of Concept, which demonstrates how the project will achieve the target operational performance requirements. Fehr
& Peers used the microsimulation software, VISSIM, to
capture and evaluate the traffic characteristics of BRT operations such as transit signal priority/preemption,
gating technologies, transit signal priority, transit
reservicing, bus platooning, cloud-based bus detection, friction between BRT and general travel lanes, queuing
spillback effects, signal coordination and optimization, ped and bike multi-modal operations, etc. The final traffic impact analysis report will summarize the data collection, traffic forecasting approach and future year traffic demand forecasts, gating technology descriptions, intersection geometric or signal improvements, traffic operations
analysis results for before and after conditions at 53 study intersections, construction and detouring analysis, and project performance results. Diwu was the Deputy Project Manager for this effort.
Onni-Christie Mixed Use TIA (Emeryville, CA)
Fehr & Peers is working with the City of Emeryville to
conduct a transportation impact assessment for what
will be the tallest building in the East Bay. Fehr & Peers calibrated a multimodal traffic simulation network
that modeled the extensive bicycle network near the
project site in VISSIM. Additionally, to support future improvements identified by the City of Emeryville, Fehr & Peers evaluated modifications to the Christie/Shellmound loop, inclusive of a bus-only lane, transit signal priority, bus-bike transitions, signal synchronization, and pedestrian accessibility enhancements. The Christie/Shellmound
loop is located adjacent to the project site and provides access to the Bay Street Shopping Mall. Diwu was the lead analyst.
City of Pittsburg Railroad Avenue Complete
Streets (Pittsburg, CA)
Fehr & Peers evaluated Railroad Avenue within the vicinity of the newly opened BART station to identify potential
multimodal safety and access improvements. As part of
this project, Fehr & Peers conducted a safety evaluation by evaluating recent collision reports and performing a near-miss analysis. Fehr & Peers provided recommended
improvements to address identified safety concerns,
which were vetted through microsimulation operational
analysis, and provided recommended programmatic
solutions for reducing single occupant vehicle travel in the project area. Selected improvements were laid out in a
conceptual plan. Diwu was the lead analyst.
Park Boulevard Road Diet (Oakland, CA)
The Park Boulevard corridor between State Route 13
and I-580 in Oakland serves a diverse range of users
but lacked dedicated bicycle facilities. Fehr & Peers
developed a conceptual plan and used microsimulation
(SimTraffic) to determine the impacts of a road diet in order to install dedicated bike lanes. Two major alternatives were considered, one requiring reconfiguration of roadway
geometry at a signalized intersection along the corridor.
Operations analysis was performed for both options to
compare multimodal impacts. Diwu was the lead analyst.
City of Pleasanton Model Development
(Pleasanton, CA)
Fehr & Peers worked with the City of Pleasanton to
update their travel forecasting model and citywide
traffic operations Synchro model to assess intersection operations under existing, near-term and long-term
conditions. As part of the travel behavior model
development, Fehr & Peers updated the user interface as well as post-processing tools to simplify the development of turning movement forecasts. A vehicle miles of travel post processer was also developed. Diwu was the lead
analyst.
August 30, 2024 • 6:00 PM
ASSOCIATES ASSOCIATES
714 W Olympic Boulevard, Suite 609
Los Angeles, CA 90015
3900 Fifth Avenue, Suite 310
San Diego, CA 92103
Mobility
Solutions
for our
Changing
World
CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH
ON-CALL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SERVICES
RFQ NO. 24-002
PROPOSAL
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Cover Letter
Attention: Andrew Nguyen
City of Hermosa Beach
1315 Valley Drive
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
August 30, 2024
Dear Mr. Nguyen and Members of the Evaluation Panel:
CR Associates (CRA), a California corporation, is thrilled to present our qualifications and enthusiastic about the opportunity to support the City of Hermosa Beach (City) with On-Call Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering Services. Our team is composed of professionals with extensive experience in similar on-call programs, offering the ideal combination of exceptional project management, planning, and engineering expertise required for all task orders, along with the following benefits.
A responsive and award-winning contract manager. Throughout my 26-year professional career, building partnerships and ensuring client satisfaction have been central to my approach. As the contract manager, I take pride in being highly responsive to client needs and encourage you to reach out to our references to hear firsthand about the level of attention and quality that the City can expect from our team. I am deeply passionate about enhancing community safety, accessibility, and efficiency across all modes of travel. I have led a wide range of multimodal planning and engineering projects, from small-scale site evaluations to comprehensive corridor studies and citywide plans, many of which have earned awards at both regional and state levels. I am particularly excited about this on-call contract, as I look forward to the opportunity to enhance safety and mobility in this wonderful city where I spent much of my teenage years!
An experienced and versatile team. CRA has thoroughly reviewed the scope of services outlined in the RFQ, and we are confident that our in-house team is equipped to deliver any project of any size under this on-call contract.
In assembling our team, we prioritized depth and flexibility to provide the City with the expertise required for the diverse range of services anticipated. Our task leads are highly qualified and recognized as industry experts in planning and designing transportation facilities. Detailed descriptions of our key staff and their qualifications are included in this SOQ. As a team, we excel at working efficiently and effectively together to help our clients optimize their resources and achieve the best results.
A proven approach to managing on-call contracts. Our team of experienced task leads will be assigned to manage each task order based on its type and complexity. This structure allows me, as the contract manager, to remain engaged with all assignments while the task leads handle the day-to-day management of each individual task order. This approach ensures that our resources are utilized efficiently and cost-effectively, while balancing the demands of rigorous schedules across concurrent task orders.
CR Associates is a certified Disadvantage Business Enterprise (DBE) and Small Business Enterprise (SBE).
We acknowledge the addendum posted on August 15, 2024.
RE: Response to RFQ No. 24-002
714 W Olympic Boulevard, Suite 609 • Los Angeles, CA 90015 • www.cramobility.com
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714 W Olympic Boulevard, Suite 609 • Los Angeles, CA 90015 • www.cramobility.com Thank you for the opportunity to submit our qualifications to support the City in its transportation planning and traffic engineering needs for years to come. I personally commit to being available and responsive to your requests throughout the duration of this contract. As your primary point of contact, I can be reached at mchen@cramobility. com or on my cell phone at 619-318-4664. I am authorized to enter into an agreement on behalf of CR Associates.
Sincerely,
CR ASSOCIATES
Monique Chen, TE
Contract Manager & Principal-in-Charge
We look forward to the
opportunity to enhance
safety and mobility in
this wonderful city!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Firm Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Organizational Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Bios of Key Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Relevant Experience + References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Project Management Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Required Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Firm Profile
Firm Overview
Founded in 2011, CR Associates (CRA) is a
mobility and transportation consulting firm
with over 50 local engineers and planners
serving public and private clients throughout
Southern California. CRA, a certified DBE and
SBE, is dedicated to the planning and design
of transportation systems. Our focus extends
to identifying mobility enhancements that
foster the development and sustainability of
vibrant communities. We take a fully multimodal
approach, building upon the multi-dimensional
experiences of our staff, along with our dedication
to serving the full range of client needs.
With our in-house transportation planning and
modeling, traffic engineering and operations,
civil and roadway engineering, and grant writing
capabilities, CRA brings projects from the earliest
planning phases to feasibility analysis and
ultimately to final design. Our expectation is that
young children, the elderly, low-income families,
and persons with disabilities deserve equal access
to roadways and the pursuit of opportunities
that necessitate safely traveling across their
communities.
Mobility/Circulation Element Planning
Active Transportation Planning, Analysis, and Design
Safe Routes to School/Transit
Transit Planning and Operations
Transportation Impact Studies
SB 743 Implementation
Transportation Impact Fee Program Development
Traffic Operations and Simulation
Parking Assessment and Demand Management
Curbside Management
Traffic Calming Planning and Design
Traffic Engineering Design
Civil Engineering and Design
Chen Ryan Associates, Inc. dba CR Associates
Monique Chen, TE / Contract Manager & Principal-in-Charge 3900 Fifth Avenue, Suite 310, San Diego, CA 92103
[email protected]
619.318.4664
OFFICE LOCATIONS
714 W Olympic Boulevard, Suite 609, Los Angeles, CA 90015 3900 Fifth Avenue, Suite 310, San Diego, CA 92103 Type of Business Entity: California C-Corporation
Federal Employer I.D. Number: 32-01391011
CR Associates is not totally or partially owned by another business organization or individual.
Years in Business: 12+ years
Years of Experience providing required, equivalent, or related services: 12+ years CR Associates has never failed or refused to complete a contract.
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Organizational Chart
City of Hermosa Beach
QA/QC MANAGER
Adam Chase, PE, TE
CONTRACT MANAGER +
PRINCIPAL-IN-CHARGE
Monique Chen, TE
Jenny An, CPF, LCI, LEED
Green, RA
Matthew Parrent, AICP
Andrew Prescott, AICP
Cat Callaghan, AICP
Sasha Jovanović, AICP
Lars Christiansen, PhD
Ana Garate
Eric Sindel
Cristian Belmudez
Annabel Grealish
Aryo Rad, PE
Phuong Nguyen, TE
Jonathan Sanchez, PE, TE,
PTOE
Tomo Takahashi, PE
Joey Perez, EIT
Cristian Belmudez
Tyler Rausch, EIT
Kevin Roque, EIT
Aryo Rad, PE
Ross Duenas, PE
Tomo Takahashi, PE
Jerard Madrigal, TE
Scott Cartwright, PE
Blanca Soto, PE
Alyssa Foley, PE
Hailey Tyson, PE
Laura Hernandez, PE
Kevin Roque, EIT
Phuong Nguyen, TE
Jonathan Sanchez, PE, TE,
PTOE
Sasha Jovanović, AICP
Cristian Belmudez
Lars Christiansen, PhD
Joey Perez, EIT
Eric Sindel
Jesus Martinez
MOBILITY & SAFETY
PLANNING
DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS SUPPORT
CONCEPTUAL
ENGINEERING &
FINAL DESIGN
PARKING STUDIES &
PROGRAMS
Bold = Key Staff
CRA will serve as the sole consultant, and we have assembled a robust technical team meticulously chosen to fulfill all potential tasks and service needs arising from this on-call contract.
Monique Chen, TE, and founding principal of CRA, will serve as the overall contract manager, Principal-in-Charge, and primary point of contact for the City. With 26 years of experience, Monique has demonstrated exceptional leadership and organizational skills in managing a wide range of complex transportation planning and engineering projects. She is deeply committed to client satisfaction, a priority throughout her career. Monique has successfully managed numerous multi-term on-call contracts across Southern California, earning the trust of her clients, who regard her and her team as an extension of their staff and valued advisors.
Supporting her will be a team of highly qualified task leads and talented technical staff. Adam Chase, PE, TE, will serve as the QA/QC Manager, responsible for overseeing quality assurance and quality control on all deliverables.
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Bios of Key Staff
Monique Chen, TE
Contract Manager + Principal-in-Charge
Years of Experience: 26
BS, Civil Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson
Professional Engineer (Traffic), California #TR2272
San Diego
Monique, a founding Principal at CRA, is an awardwinning project manager who has led numerous mobility planning and engineering projects where
active transportation and safety play a significant role in recommendation development. As a registered
engineer and seasoned mobility planner, or “plangineer,” Monique has overseen dozens complex and multidisciplinary projects ranging from active
transportation plans, safety studies, mobility elements, corridor studies, transportation impact analyses,
operational and demand assessments, and conceptual
engineering, as well as master plans and specific
plans. Enthusiastic, supportive, and strategic, Monique has amassed a wealth of experience providing
active transportation and multimodal planning and
engineering leadership and services to both public and
private sector clients.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
City of San Diego Mobility Planning and Traffic
Engineering As-Needed Services: Contract
Manager
L.A. Metro Countywide Planning & Development
Bench: Contract Manager
L.A. Metro Active Transportation Program Cycle 1
Delegated Projects: MLK/Gage Ave and Redondo
Beach Blvd Corridors: Project Manager
LADOT On-Call - Transportation Planning, Transit
& Parking: Contract Manager
City of Anaheim Transportation On-Call: Contract
Manager
SCAG Transportation On-Call: Contract Manager
Kumeyaay Corridor (I-8) Comprehensive
Multimodal Corridor Plan: Project Manager
Downtown San Diego Mobility Plan: Project
Manager
Chula Vista Active Transportation Plan: Project
Manager
Wildomar Mobility Plan: Project Manager
Oceanside General Plan Update and Smart &
Sustainable Corridors Plan - Mobility: Project
Manager
San Diego Systemic Safety Analysis Report: Project
Manager
24th Street Transit Oriented Development Overlay,
National City: Project Manager
Adam Chase, PE, TE
QA/QC Manager
Principal
Years of Experience: 25
BS, Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Professional Engineer (Civil), California #74043
Professional Engineer (Traffic), California #2594
Los Angeles
Adam excels in cultivating client connections,
navigating complex problems, and leading
through public speaking engagements. His
technical knowledge spans infrastructure, traffic,
and transportation engineering, underscoring his
expertise in mobility and active transportation.
Adam is particularly skilled in overseeing Capital
Improvement Programs and demonstrating
proficiency in budgeting. Renowned for his
composed demeanor and disarming nature, Adam
serves as a manager, a mentor to staff, a supportive
collaborator with colleagues, and an exceptional
partner for clients. His contributions encompass
strategic planning, funding acquisition, design,
environmental processes, permitting, and project
implementation.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
City of Long Beach On-Call, Civil and Traffic
Engineering Services: Contract Manager
LABOE On-Call: Contract Manager
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City of Ventura Traffic Engineering and Parking
Management On-Call: Contract Manager
City of Thousand Oaks On-Call Civil Engineering:
Contract Manager
Leucadia Boulevard Roundabout in Encinitas:
Principal Civil Engineer
Ventura Santa Paula Branch Line Trail “Rails with
Trails”: Project Manager
El Cajon Main Street Green Street – Phase 1
Improvements: Principal Civil Engineer
L.A. Metro Active Transportation Program Cycle 1
Delegated Projects: MLK/Gage Ave and Redondo
Beach Blvd Corridors: MLK/Gage Corridor Design
Lead
CVAG Art and Music Line: Project Manager /
Design Lead
National City W 19th Street Greenway: Project
Manager
Jenny An, CPF, LCI, LEED Green, RA
Task Lead - Mobility & Safety Planning
Senior Planner
Years of Experience: 20
MS, Architecture, Andrews University
BS, Architecture, Andrews University
IAF Public Facilitator
League of American Bicyclists Certified Instructor
LEED Green Certified
Registered Architect, California #C32950
San Diego
Jenny, a Senior Planner, is a cornerstone of CRA’s
Complete Streets and placemaking projects that
aim to create transformative places by developing
community visions and implementing innovative
design solutions. With extensive experience delivering
community-based projects and certification as a
professional facilitator, Jenny possesses a wealth
of knowledge related to public-facing collaterals
development, program branding using social media,
text- based outreach, virtual engagement, and inperson demonstration and pop-up strategies. As a project manager, Jenny leads mobility planning and
placemaking projects that help communities develop
their vision and implement innovative design solutions.
Through her background in architecture, urban design,
project management, and construction management,
she has developed strong organizational skills to
smoothly move projects forward through all phases
from conceptualization to implementation.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
L.A. Metro Complete Streets Training: Project
Manager
City of San Diego Complete Streets Design
Guidelines: Project Manager
SR 86 Vision Blueprint and Complete Streets
Implementation, Imperial: Project Manager
City of Irvine Safe Routes to School Program:
Project Manager
La Mesa Boulevard Complete Streets Plan: Project
Manager
Solana Beach Safe Routes to School Plan: Project
Manager
CVAG Arts & Music Line Non-Infrastructure
Program: Project Manager
City of Riverside Safe Routes to School: Project
Manager
L.A. Metro Grant Assistant Program: Lead Grant
Writer
City of Vista Traffic Engineering On-Call: Lead
Grant Writer
City of Los Angeles Great Streets*: Project
Manager
* While employed at a different company.
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Matthew Parrent, AICP
Task Lead - Mobility & Safety Planning
Senior Planner
Years of Experience: 20
MS, Architecture, Andrews University
BS, Architecture, Andrews University
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), #217770 Los Angeles
Matthew is a Senior Planner with extensive experience
in urban planning, urban design, transit planning,
land use planning, and entitlement in the private
and public sectors. He has served clients throughout
Southern California by leading transportation corridor
analyses, multimodal transportation facility studies, and developing objective design standards and wayfinding
programs. Matthew’s areas of expertise include land
use planning, urban design, and transportation. He is
committed to creating projects that balance the needs
of the community and are implementable.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Anaheim Transit Master Plan: Deputy Project
Manager
L.A. Metro Grant Assistant Program: Lead Grant
Writer
Valley Boulevard Multimodal Transportation
Improvement Project*: Project Manager
Los Angeles Union Station Master Plan and
Wayfinding Program*: Senior Planner
Inglewood Transit Connector*: Urban Designer,
Project Manager
Ontario Multimodal Transportation Center (MTC)
Needs Assessment*: Project Manager
Airport Metro Connector Station Los Angeles,
CA*: Urban Designer, Planner, Assistant Project
Manager for Pursuit
Metro Vermont BRT Corridor Technical Study*:
Senior Planner, Urban Designer
Metro NoHo-to-Pasadena BRT Corridor Technical
Study*: Senior Planner, Urban Designer
I-710 Corridor Project Urban Design EIR/EIS*:
Planner
* While employed at a different company.
Andrew Prescott, AICP
Task Lead - Mobility & Safety Planning
Senior Transportation Planner
Years of Experience: 12
Master of City Planning, San Diego State University, San Diego State University
BA, International Security and Conflict Resolution, San Diego State University
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), #31154 San Diego
Andrew is a Senior Transportation Planner who
specializes in multimodal transportation planning
and safety analysis. He manages a variety of mobility
projects, such as multimodal corridor plans, safety
studies, active transportation plans, circulation/
mobility elements, traffic studies, and healthrelated research. Andrew’s expertise includes longrange multimodal planning, street design, collision analysis, countermeasure identification and project
prioritization, community engagement, and project
management. Andrew’s extensive experience has
honed his communication skills and consensusbuilding techniques, allowing him to thoughtfully collaborate with community members and agency staff
on a wide range of transportation topics. His collective skill set enables him to provide valuable contributions to all project phases and usher a diverse set of projects to successful completion.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Clairemont Complete Corridors, San Diego:
Project Manager
Santee Active Transportation Plan: Project
Manager
Carlsbad Local Roadway Safety Plan: Project
Manager
24th Street Transit Oriented Development Overlay
(TODO): Lead Transportation Planner
El Cajon Active Transportation Plan: Project
Manager
Corona Bicycle Master Plan: Project Manager
Simi Valley Bicycle Master Plan: Project Manager
National City Systemic Safety Analysis Report:
Project Manager
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Comprehensive Safety Action Plan for La Jolla
Band of Luiseno Indians: Project Manager
L.A. Metro Complete Streets Training:
Transportation Planner
Wildomar Mobility Plan: Lead Transportation
Planner
Ontario Euclide Corridor Systemic Safety Analysis
Report: Lead Transportation Planner
Palm Avenue Revitalization Plan: Transportation
Planner
Cat Callaghan, AICP
Task Lead - Mobility & Safety Planning
Senior Transportation Planner
Years of Experience: 11
Master of Urban & Regional Planning (MURP), University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Architecture (BArch), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), #317971 Los Angeles
Cat is a Senior Transportation Planner who provides
strategic planning and architectural design services
to municipalities, transit agencies, and campuses.
Cat has a broad range of communication, artistic,
and analytical skills that allow her to work with
multi-disciplinary teams to develop and deliver
innovative projects. She is experienced in multimodal and public realm planning and conceptual design, alternatives analysis, public outreach
and stakeholder interviews, GIS mapping and
analysis, long-range planning, zoning, and visual
communications. Her software expertise includes
Adobe Suite, ArcGIS, Excel, and Sketchup. Terrific
with community members and organizations, she is
friendly, empathetic, and inclusive. Her organizational skills and conscientiousness make Cat a reliable team
member and strong collaborator.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
L.A. Metro Complete Streets Training:
Transportation Planner
Los Angeles County Rail Network Integration Plan:
Deputy Project Manager
L.A. Metro 2023 Active Transportation Strategic
Plan: Transportation Planner
L.A. Metro Active Transportation Program Cycle 1
Delegated Projects: MLK/Gage Ave and Redondo
Beach Blvd Corridors: Deputy Project Manager
L.A. Metro Grant Assistant Program: Lead Grant
Writer
Simi Valley Bicycle Master Plan: Deputy Project
Manager
Murrieta Creek Regional Trail PA&ED and Final
Design, Lake Elsinore: Transportation Planner
CSU Fullerton TDM Plan: Project Manager
City of San Diego Complete Streets Design
Guidelines: Deputy Project Manager
Corona Bicycle Master Plan: Deputy Project
Manager
Carlsbad Sustainable Mobility Plan: Transportation
Planner
Aryo Rad, PE
Task Lead - Conceptual Engineering &
Final Design and Development Project
Support
Principal
Years of Experience: 26
MS, Civil Engineering, California State University, Fullerton MS, Systems Engineering, Industrial Management Institute, Tehran
BS, Civil Engineering, Azad University, Tehran
Professional Engineer (Civil), California #81231
Los Angeles
Aryo has decades of civil engineering experience
in the areas of planning, designing, permitting, and
constructing transportation and capital improvement
projects. He has collaborated with public works
and planning departments across more than 50
municipalities and transportation agencies in
Southern California. His focus spans roadways,
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complete streets, bike and pedestrian facilities,
utilities, and traffic design. With an exceptional
project, contract, and program management history,
and the ability to seamlessly bridge across disciplines, Aryo has a successful track record of leading complex,
multidisciplinary, and multi- jurisdictional public works projects.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
North Redondo Beach Bikeway Extension: Project
Manager
L.A. Metro Active Transportation Program Cycle 1
Delegated Projects: MLK/Gage Ave and Redondo
Beach Blvd Corridors: Redondo Beach Blvd
Corridor Desing Lead
Los Angeles Sidewalk Improvement Program:
Project Manager
L.A. Metro Complete Streets Training: Technical
Advisor State Route SR-138 Active Transportation,
Palmdale: Project Manager
El Cajon Main Street Green Street – Phase 1
Improvements: QA/QC Manager
University Bikeway, San Diego: QA/QC Manager
Santa Ana Boulevard and 5th Street Bikeway,: QA/
QC Manager
OC Loop – Segments D, F, and H*: QA/QC
Manager
* While employed at a different company.
Ross Duenas, PE
Task Lead - Conceptual Engineering &
Final Design
Principal
Years of Experience: 19
BS, Civil Engineering, Florida State University
Professional Engineer (Civil), California #84324
San Diego
Ross specializes in the design of transportation and
public works projects. He has led and managed
many multi-disciplinary projects involving Complete
Streets, Green Streets, separated bikeways,
pedestrian improvements, multi-modal safety, traffic
engineering, stormwater management, and traffic
calming. His extensive experience developing
construction documents equips him with the ability
to provide valuable insights related to constraints
and opportunities early in the project lifecycle. Ross
is a strategic thinker, judicious leader, supportive
colleague, and effective communicator with clients
and community members.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
College Boulevard Widening Project, Oceanside:
Project Manager
El Cajon Boulevard Roundabout/Streetscape
Improvements: Project Manager
Leucadia Boulevard Roundabout in Encinitas:
Project Manager
North Park – Mid-City Bikeways Preliminary
Engineering, Environmental Document and Final
Design, San Diego: Project Manager
Murrieta Creek Regional Trail PA&ED and Final
Design, Lake Elsinore: Project Manager
SANDAG A&E On-Call: Contract Manager
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System A&E
On-Call: Contract Manager
City of El Cajon Civil Engineering On-Call:
Contract Manager
City of Chula Vista Transportation On-Call:
Contract Manager
Civic San Diego Civil Engineering On-Call:
Contract Manager
City of El Centro Civil Engineering On-Call:
Contract Manager
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Tomo Takahashi, PE
Task Lead - Conceptual Engineering &
Final Design and Development Project
Support
Senior Traffic Engineer
Years of Experience: 18
BS, Civil Engineering, Arizona State University
Professional Engineer (Civil), California #81522
San Diego
A Senior Traffic Engineer at CRA, Tomo is
renowned for his proficiency in identifying
innovative solutions for traffic signals, lighting,
signing and striping, temporary traffic control, and
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). With a
portfolio encompassing projects such as bikeways,
roundabouts, traffic circles, express lanes, ADA
upgrades, and signal interconnect systems, he has
demonstrated his expertise in delivering high-impact
traffic design solutions. His experience in traffic
design spans the Southern California region. Tomo
brings to every project an exceptional attention
to detail that enables him to navigate and resolve
design and construction complexities with precision
and timeliness.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Village and Barrio Traffic Circles, Carlsbad: Lead
Traffic Engineer
Leucadia Boulevard Streetscape in Encinitas: Lead
Traffic Engineer
El Cajon Boulevard Roundabout: Lead Traffic
Engineer
Palomar Street Grade Separation, Chula Vista:
Lead Traffic Engineer
San Marcos Traffic Engineering Consulting Services
On-Call: Task Order Manager
Vista Traffic Engineering On-Call: Task Order
Manager
Otay Ranch Development, Villages 2, 3, 8, 9, 10,
Chula Vista: Lead Design Engineer
Otay Mesa Central Village Specific Plan: Lead
Design Engineer
San Diego Pure Water Genesee Avenue Median
Improvements Project - Lead Traffic Engineer
Jerard Madrigal, TE
Task Lead - Conceptual Engineering &
Final Design
Senior Traffic Engineer
Years of Experience: 13
BS, Civil Engineering, San Diego State University
Professional Engineer (Traffic), California #TR3044
San Diego
A Senior Traffic Engineer at CRA, Jerard has extensive
experience in transportation, traffic engineering,
and intelligent transportation systems (ITS) projects.
Prior to joining the CRA team, he worked for several
public agencies. His diverse work experience includes
traffic engineering studies, safety analysis, signal
timing, grant writing, traffic signal and ITS system
operations, including traffic signal design and
construction. Simultaneously resolute and cheerful,
Jerard has led and assisted on transportation projects
involving protected intersections, signing and striping improvements, traffic signals, and fiber optics design.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
College Boulevard Widening Project, Oceanside:
Lead Traffic Engineer
Inland Rail Trail Phase 4, Vista: Lead Traffic
Engineer
Otay Ranch Village 4 Main Street Improvements,
Chula Vista: Lead Traffic Engineer
CVAG Art and Music Line: Lead Traffic Engineer
San Marcos Traffic Engineering Consulting Services
On-Call: Task Order Manager
City of National City Civil Engineering On-Call:
Lead Traffic Engineer
South Bay Bud Rapid Transit, SANDAG*: Lead
Traffic Engineer
*While employed at the City of Chula Vista.
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Phuong Nguyen, TE
Task Lead - Parking Studies & Programs
and Development Project Support
Senior Traffic Engineer
Years of Experience: 17
BS, Civil Engineering, San Diego State University
Professional Engineer (Traffic), California #TR2660
San Diego
Phuong is a Senior Transportation Engineer and
the Traffic Engineering & Operations lead at
CR Associates. Over his almost two decades of
experience, Phuong believes in a data driven
approach when providing engineering services
and always continues to explore new data sources,
stay up to date on the latest tools, engineering
practices, and statewide/ federal regulations. Phuong
is a leader in his profession in the application of
Big Data to quantify pandemic/post-pandemic
travel behavior and has expertise in transportation
modeling, Intersection Control Evaluation, regional
planning, microsimulation, parking management,
and transportation equity. His commitment to
excellence and equity in transportation planning
and engineering empowers him to assess projects
from varied perspectives, ensuring the delivery of
optimal solutions and has significantly contributed to
advancements in traffic analysis. His deep knowledge
and passion make him an invaluable asset in the
field, capable of bringing innovative and equitable
solutions to the forefront of traffic engineering.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Chula Vista Downtown Parking Study: Project
Manager
Carlsbad Parking Study: Project Manager
City of Encinitas Coastal Mobility & Livability
Parking Study: Project Manager
City of West Hollywood On-Call Parking Services:
Contract Manager
Port of San Diego Waterfront Parking Master Plan:
Project Manager
City of Ventura Traffic Engineering & Parking
Management On-Call: Task Order Manager
City of San Diego Mobility Planning and Traffic
Engineering As-Needed Services: Task Order
Manager
Vista Traffic Engineering On-Call: Contract
Manager
San Marcos On-Call Traffic Engineering: Task
Order Manager
La Mesa Traffic Engineering On-Call: Contract
Manager
Otay Ranch Development, Villages 2, 3, 8, 9, 10,
Chula Vista: Project Manager
Lilac Hills Ranch Development Project: Project
Manager
Dozens of traffic impact studies throughout
Southern California: Project Manager
Jonathan Sanchez, PE, TE, PTOE
Task Lead - Parking Studies & Programs
and Development Project Support
Senior Traffic Engineer
Years of Experience: 10
MS, Civil (Transportation) Engineering, San Diego State University
BS, Civil Engineering, San Diego State University
Professional Engineer (Civil), California #91776
Professional Engineer (Traffic), California #2957
Professional Traffic Operations Engineer, California #5042 San Diego
Jonathan is a Senior Traffic Engineer with extensive
experience in traffic impact studies, traffic
engineering design plans, conceptual design, traffic
operations, data collection, collision analyses, corridor studies, and multi- modal analysis. His expertise
includes the application of transportation planning
and traffic engineering analysis software including
Synchro, VISSIM, and Highway Capacity Software
(HCS). Jonathan’s fluency in Spanish has contributed
to CRA’s translation services for community outreach
events. An excellent communicator with an ability to
put people at ease in a wide range of situations, he
is supportive and inclusive, always taking the time to
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listen to others’ ideas. These traits make Jonathan
a great leader, co-worker and mentor, whose clients
feel comfortable and eager to collaborate with him.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Carlsbad Parking Study: Deputy Project Manager
Tuna Harbor Parking Utilization Study: Lead Traffic
Engineer
City of West Hollywood On-Call Parking Services:
Task Order Manager
City of Ventura Traffic Engineering & Parking
Management On-Call: Task Order Manager
La Mesa Traffic Engineering and Grant Assistance,
La Mesa, CA: Task Order Manager
Solana Beach Traffic Engineering On-Call: Deputy
Contract Manager
Vista Traffic Engineering On-Call: Task Order
Manager
San Marcos Traffic Engineering On-Call: Task
Order Manager
Southern California Edison On-Call: Contract
Manager
National City Engineering and CIP On-Call: Task
Order Manager
Wildomar General Plan Update - Mobility: Project
Manager
El Centro General Plan Update - Mobility: Lead
Traffic Engineer
Otay Mesa Central Village Specific Plan: Project
Manager
San Diego Pure Water Program EIR -
Transportation Lead
Dozens of traffic impact studies throughout
Southern California: Project Manager
Sasha Jovanović, AICP
Task Lead - Parking Studies & Programs
Senior Transportation Planner
Years of Experience: 16
Master of City Planning, San Diego State University
BA, Sociology and Metropolitan-Urban Studies, Augsburg
University
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), #31753 San Diego
Sasha is a Senior Transportation Planner with valuable
insight in topic areas that include mobility planning,
parking, active transportation, mobility hubs, traffic
safety, traffic engineering and public transportation.
He has made contributions to projects within those
disciplines in various creative and methodical roles,
including as a writer, analyst, graphics maker, data
scientist, public facilitator, and project manager. He
is an experienced GIS practitioner, who over the
course of his career has applied his proficiency for
the benefit of many projects, developing innovative
and insightful metrics and performance measures.
He has contributed to the field of accessibilitybased planning with the Destination-Based Parking Occupancy measure, which he pioneered for urban
parking studies. Sasha is a clear communicator and a
fair-minded critical thinker who sees things from the
perspectives of all road users and land-use interests.
Sasha’s balanced orientation to transportation and
parking allows him to find solutions for problems that
cities and towns are facing as their transportation
systems evolve.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System Parking
Usage and Alternative Market Study: Project
Manager
City of Tempe Mobility Hubs and TDM Program:
Project Manager
Maricopa County Multimodal Levels of Service
Study: Transportation Planner
La Mesa Complete Street Design Manual: Project
Manager
Vista Comprehensive Safety Action Plan: Project
Manager
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L.A. Metro 2023 Active Transportation Strategic Plan:
Lead Planner
Coronado Active Transportation Plan: Lead Planner
Vista Bicycle Master Plan: Lead Planner
Chula Vista Downtown Parking Study: Project
Manager
Carlsbad Parking Study: Senior Planner
City of Encinitas Coastal Mobility & Livability Parking Study: Senior Planner
City of West Hollywood On-Call Parking Services:
Task Order Manager
City of San Diego Transit Priority Area Multi- Family Parking Guidelines: Lead Planner
Cristian Belmudez
Task Lead - Parking Studies & Programs
Traffic Engineer
Years of Experience: 5
BS, Civil Engineering, San Diego State University
San Diego
Cristian provides general and technical support for
traffic impact studies, traffic operations, data collection, collision analyses, corridor studies, and multi-modal
analyses. He has developed tools and software that
facilitate project workflow and the delivery of precise information. Cristian’s experience includes traffic
analyses for circulation elements, general plan updates, and active transportation plans. He is proficient in
Synchro and Replica, and advanced in Excel and GIS.
Cristian’s relationship building and guidance abilities make him a great collaborator. A skilled public speaker, he contributes to community outreach for transportation projects, and facilitates collaborations with Hispanic/ Latino/a communities.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
UCSD Scripps Institute of Oceanography Parking
Structure Pro-Forma and Feasibility Study: Traffic
Engineer
San Diego Bayside Performance Center Parking
Management Plan: Traffic Engineer
Hillcrest Parking Management Plan: Traffic Engineer
Chula Vista Downtown Parking Study: Traffic
Engineer
Carlsbad Parking Study: Traffic Engineer
Port of San Diego Waterfront Parking Master Plan:
Traffic Engineer
San Ysidro Parking Study: Traffic Engineer
San Diego Convoy District Parking Study: Traffic
Engineer
Chula Vista Active Transportation Plan: Traffic
Engineer
Dozens of traffic impact studies throughout
Southern California: Traffic Engineer
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Demonstrated
Success in On-Call
Contract Delivery
CRA’s extensive on-call experiences
enable us to better understand and
establish project approaches that
will work for the City of Hermosa
Beach. We understand each task
order will require a team of the
most suitable staff, a detailed
scope of work and approach, and
a realistic project schedule and
budget. CRA serves as a trusted
advisor to numerous agencies,
managing multiple on-call contracts
in Southern California (refer to the
table to the right). Many of our oncall contracts have spanned multiple terms, which is a true testament to
the exceptional quality of service we
provide consistently to our clients.
We have successfully delivered
hundreds of projects similar to those
anticipated under this contract.
Our firm is a known leader in the
delivery of transportation planning,
engineering, and design projects
that can advance any mobility
recommendation from “concept
to concrete”. Our skillset includes
careful consideration of the core
modes of urban mobility – walking,
bicycling, transit, and vehicular –
and we are aware of the sometimescompeting priorities that each type requires of the roadway
environment. This understanding
is the key to a successful project
outcome that is sensitive to the
needs of all users.
Client/Contract Duration
City of National City/Civil Engineering On-Call 2012-Ongoing City of Vista/Traffic Engineering On-Call 2012-Ongoing
City of San Diego – Planning Dept./Traffic Engineering
On-Call 2015-Ongoing
City of Solana Beach/Traffic Engineering On-Call 2015-Ongoing City of Carlsbad/Transportation Planning On-Call 2018-Ongoing City of La Mesa/Traffic Engineering On-Call 2018-Ongoing Port of San Diego/Planning On-Call 2018-Ongoing
LA Metro/Countywide Transportation Planning &
Development Bench 2018-Ongoing
City of El Cajon/Civil Engineering On-Call 2019-Ongoing Civic San Diego/Civil Engineering On-Call 2019-Ongoing
SANDAG/On-Call Planning Services 2019-Ongoing
LADOT/On-Call Professional Services 2019-Ongoing
City of West Hollywood/On-Call Parking Services 2019-Ongoing City of San Marcos/Traffic Engineering On-Call 2020-Ongoing City of Lake Forest/On-Call Professional Services 2020-Ongoing City of El Centro/Civil Engineering On-Call 2020-Ongoing City of Long Beach/Traffic Engineering and
Transportation Planning On-Call 2021-Ongoing
City of Lemon Grove/Civil Engineering On-Call 2021-Ongoing SANDAG/A&E On-Call 2021-Ongoing
City of Chula Vista/Transportation On-Call 2021-Ongoing SCAG/Transportation On-Call 2021-Ongoing
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System/A&E On-Call 2022-Ongoing City of Ventura/Traffic Engineering & Parking
Management On-Call 2022-Ongoing
SANDAG/Sustainable Communities On-Call 2022-Ongoing
City of Anaheim/Transportation Planning On-Call 2022-Ongoing City of San Diego-Transportation Dept./As-Needed
Engineering Services 2023-Ongoing
City of Thousand Oaks/On-Call Civil Engineering 2023-Ongoing SGVCOG/Planning and Engineering Services 2023-Ongoing
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CITY OF SAN DIEGO AS-NEEDED TRANSPORTATION
ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE PLANNING
DEPARTMENT
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
DURATION: 2015 - 2020, 2020 - 2024, 2024 - ONGOING
Working closely with City staff, CRA has provided transportation engineering and mobility planning services on community-wide efforts, corridor projects and site-specific assessments. We evaluated transportation operations for projects of varying sizes and environments, using both standard and advanced techniques.
We developed multimodal analysis procedures which are utilized on all long-range planning efforts. We assisted the City in the development of new parking policies intended to alleviate parking-related cost burdens encountered by multifamily residential developers within transit priority areas. At the core of our approach to each task order is an emphasis on multimodal mobility – ensuring that each mode is considered, evaluated, and planned for. Some of the task orders issued:
Multimodal Evaluation Guidelines
Pedestrian and Bicycle Demand/Propensity Models
Person Trip Generation Assessment
Transit Priority Area (TPA) Parking Standards and Studies SB 743 Implementation and VMT-based Impact Fee Program Morena Boulevard Corridor Study
Mobility Element Update (Southeastern San Diego and Encanto Community Plan Updates, Kearny Mesa Community Plan Update, Clairemont Mesa Community Plan Update, Barrio Logan Community Plan Update, College Area Community Plan Update, Hillcrest Focused Plan Amendment) MISSION VALLEY COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE AND EIR. CRA prepared the Mobility Element, Mobility Technical Report, and Traffic Impact Study in support of the Mission Valley Community Plan Update. The planned mobility system consists of pedestrian and bicycle facilities, transit routes and stops (bus and light-rail), and roadways, parking needs & utilizations, as well as innovative mobility features such as a potential aerial tramway and demand-responsive community circulators. An SB 743 compliant traffic analysis was performed as part of the Mobility Technical Report, documenting mode share per capita for the various alternatives. The Mission
CLIENT PROJECT MANAGER
CITY OF SAN DIEGO
Maureen Gardiner
Senior Traffic Engineer
[email protected]
(858) 449-9388
CRA KEY STAFF
Monique Chen, TE
Contract Manager
Phuong Nguyen, TE
Task Order Manager
Andrew Prescott, AICP
Transportation Planner
Sasha Jovanović, AICP
Task Order Manager
Jenny An, CPF, LCI, LEED
Green, RA
Task Order Manager
Jonathan Sanchez, PE, TE,
PTOE
Task Order Manager
Cat Callaghan, AICP
Task Order Manager
Ross Duenas, PE
Principal Engineer
Tomo Takahashi, PE
Senior Traffic Engineer
Cristian Belmudez
Traffic Engineer
CONTRACT VALUE
Up to $2.5M for each
contract
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Valley Community Plan Update is the winner of this 2020-2021 San Diego American Planning Association (APA) Comprehensive Plan (Large Jurisdiction) at both local- and state-level! MISSION BLVD PUBLIC SPACES AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. This project focused on identifying opportunities for public spaces, and bicycle and pedestrian improvements within the Pacific Beach community. CRA was responsible for assessing the benefits and constraints of eight corridor alternatives, as well as the potential cost and timing of implementation of the improvements. Final project recommendations consisted of traffic calming features, pedestrian and bicycle facility enhancements, emergency vehicle access improvements, and traffic control modifications, including a one-lane roundabout. A prioritization process was employed to identify high priority projects.
COMPLETE STREETS DESIGN MANUAL. The Complete Streets Design Manual 2.0 provides guidance for Complete Streets implementation in San Diego. It draws upon the latest guidance from FHWA, NACTO, and CA MUTCD, and adopted successful elements from other Complete Streets plans around the country. Our team also led the development of a decision-making framework tailored to the City’s zoning and planning practices. The Street Design Manual 2.0 includes best practices, qualitative, and quantitative guidelines for pedestrian and bicycle facilities, traffic calming design, and ADA design for use in public and private project review and implementation.
CONVOY CORRIDOR PARKING STUDY. CRA conducted a parking analysis in the Convoy Corridor District in anticipation of installing a Class IV bikeways on Convoy Street. Utilizing Destination-Based Parking Occupancy, a methodology developed by the firm for parking studies, CRA was able to provide a clear visual representation of parking demand by adjusting for the varying size and geographic distribution of parking sources, and accounting for a user’s navigation between parking location and destination when parking off-site. This method was applied to predict how parking demand would filter within the District given the change in supply (removal of all on-street parking on Convoy Street and add parking spaces to side-streets through angled parking conversion), and estimate potential temporal and location-based parking impacts resulting from the installation of the Class IV bikeway on Convoy Street. The Study presented this information visually to City staff and decision-makers ahead of the bikeway project’s implementation.
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Raytheon Rd
Ronson Rd
Vickers St
Engineer Rd
Dagget St
Balboa Ave
Armour St
Othello Ave
Ostrow St
Opportunity Rd Ruffner St
Brinell St
Mercury St
Kearny Mesa Rd
Convoy St
Convoy Ct
Copley Park Pl
Shawline St
Industrial Park Dwy
Pepsi Dr
Cardin St
Kirkaldy Dr
Figure 5.4
Weekday Midday Parking Occupancy by Destination with Project (11am - 2pm) Kearny Mesa Parking Study
0 500 1,
²000 Feet
Weekday Midday Occupancy w/Project
100%
85.1% - 99.9%
70.1% - 85%
50.1% - 70%
50% or Less
No Parking within 1/8 Mile
Occupancy Includes Private Parking
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LOS ANGELES COUNTYWIDE PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT BENCH
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
DURATION: 2018 - 2024, 2024 - ONGOING
CRA led two disciplines on the Metro Bench: Transportation Planning and Sustainability & Active Transportation. The Bench assists in the planning and design of multimodal transportation projects and programs including short- and longrange planning and programming, regional mobility and connectivity-planning and improvements, active transportation planning, station and facility designs, system integrations, rail and bus-way projects, land use, grants management, and goods movement. CRA was recently selected again to continue assisting Metro in years to come. The following describes three of our recent task orders.
METRO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM CYCLE 1 DELEGATED PROJECTS:
MLK/GAGE AVE AND REDONDO BEACH BLVD CORRIDORS. This CRA-led project focuses on enhancing the walking and biking environments along the MLK/ Gage corridors in Los Angeles as well as along Ripley/Redondo Beach Blvd in the South Bay subregion of Los Angeles County. Project recommendations aim to strengthen connections to key destinations (parks, schools, commercial centers, and employment hubs) and transit facilities like Metro Rail’s future extension to Torrance, and increase of bicycling, walking and transit ridership. Four key project phases include: comprehensive existing conditions analysis, planning studies (delay study and alternative alignment analysis), conceptual design plans, and environmental clearance. CRA, in collaboration with several community-based organizations, conducted extensive community outreach and engagement activities including surveys, large and small-scale events and pop-ups, and canvassing. Close coordination with Metro, LADOT, the cities of Redondo Beach, Lawndale, and Torrance, as well as the Los Angeles County Public Works has proven to be critical to the success of this project.
COMPLETE STREETS TRAINING (TWO CYCLES). For going on three years, CRA has led a training program that teaches staff from public agencies around the LA Metro region the concepts of Complete Streets, their design fundamentals, and how to develop their own Complete Streets policies. CRA developed the curriculum, training materials, reference guide and facilitates the sessions. This effort reached cities and departments all over the Southern California region
CLIENT PROJECT MANAGER
LA METRO
Cameron Palm
Senior Transportation Planner
Mobility Corridors
[email protected]
(213) 547-4276
CRA KEY STAFF
Monique Chen, TE
Contract Manager
Jenny An, CPF, LCI, LEED
Green, RA
Task Order Manager
Cat Callaghan, AICP
Task Order Manager
Adam Chase, PE, TE
Principal Engineer
Aryo Rad, PE
Principal Engineer
Phuong Nguyen, TE
Senior Traffic Engineer
Cristian Belmudez
Traffic Engineer
Andrew Prescott, AICP
Senior Transportation Planner
Sasha Jovanović, AICP
Senior Transportation Planner
Ana Garate
Transportation Planner
Hailey Tyson, PE
Project Engineer
CONTRACT VALUE
$3.8M to date
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with upwards of 300 agency participants in attendance. The training was held via Zoom in two, two-hour sessions.
The first session focused on key elements needed to develop an implementable Complete Streets policy. The second session covered roadway traffic calming treatments, innovative pedestrian and bicycle facilities, intersection treatments, facility maintenance and lessons learned. Real-time polling, breakout small group discussions, and question and answer were typical activities used to keep the sessions interactive. The curriculum was structured to be stimulating and to encourage participation. Overwhelming interest and positive feedback led to expansion of the Complete Streets Training program with five more courses added in 2023 and 2024. 2023 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION STRATEGIC PLAN (ATSP). CRA led the multi-jurisdictional, regional planning process to develop Metro’s 2023 ATSP which supports the agency’s mission to provide a world-class transportation system that enhances quality of life within the nation’s most populated county, at 10 million people. The Plan features a regional active transportation network consisting of three components: 1,433 miles of regional bikeways, 81 pedestrian districts, and 602 First/Last Mile (FLM) areas surrounding major transit stations. With a strong emphasis on serving areas with high social equity need, our team developed alignments of the regional bicycle network and identified the pedestrian districts and FLM areas for the Plan, in collaboration with municipalities.
The identification of pedestrian districts at regional scale was a particularly unique task which required technical innovation from the project team. To identify districts, CRA analyzed accessibility to over a dozen key destination types from origins all over the county (represented by Traffic Analysis Zones), assembling large, contiguous, and high scoring areas into the initial pedestrian districts. As a part of this ATSP, CRA also conducted cost estimation of the regional network components, developed an extensive prioritization process, and assembled recommendations into three implementation phases.
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CITY OF SAN MARCOS ON-CALL TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
AND SUPPORT SERVICES
SAN MACROS, CALIFORNIA DURATION: 2020 – ONGOING
CRA is providing the City of San Marcos with a variety of traffic engineering services.
Task orders under this contract closely resemble those anticipated for the City of Vista, including the preparation and peer review of traffic studies and operational analyses, cycle track feasibility studies and alternatives development, cost estimates, ITS evaluations, safety analysis and countermeasure development, traffic calming evaluation and design, traffic engineering standards and guidelines development and manual updates, grant writing, plan checks, staff report preparation and presentation to the Traffic Commission and City Council.
Specific task orders issued in the past 18 months:
San Elijo Cycle Track and Traffic Control Plans
Nordahl Road Adaptive Traffic Control System Feasibility Study Nordahl Road & Montiel Road Signage and Signal Operations Evaluation Speed Cushion Policy and Procedure Development
Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP)
Intersection Sight Distance Standards
Traffic Commission Guidelines
Traffic Signal Design Manual Update
Traffic Impact Study Guidelines Peer Review
HSIP Cycle 10 Applications
Traffic Operations Analysis and Signal Timing Improvements at the Creekside Marketplace Shopping Center
Traffic Calming Solutions and Concept Design at Multiple Locations Guard Rail Needs Assessment
Conceptual Roundabout Feasibility Study
General Traffic Engineering Support such as Speed Studies and Plan Checks
CLIENT PROJECT MANAGER
CITY OF SAN MARCOS
Damian Schoenecke
City Contract Manager
[email protected]
(760) 744-1050 x3246
CRA KEY STAFF
Monique Chen, TE
Principal-in-Charge
Ross Duenas, PE
Contract Manager
Phuong Nguyen, TE
Task Order Manager
Tomo Takahashi, PE
Task Order Manager
Jerard Madrigal, TE
Task Order Manager
Adam Chase, PE, TE
Task Order Manager
Andrew Prescott, AICP
Task Order Manager
Jonathan Sanchez, PE, TE,
PTOE
Task Order Manager
CONTRACT VALUE
$1M
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ON-CALL PROJECT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR NATIONAL
CITY’S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA DURATION: 2012 – ONGOING
On our 3rd term, CRA continues to provide as-needed civil and traffic engineering services to the City of National City. Task orders from this contract have focused on Complete Street roadway design, bikeway design, NEPA clearance, park and recreational facilities, operational evaluations, safety studies, grant writing, and Specific Plan development projects. The evaluation of traffic operations has been a critical component of nearly every task order issued, helping to provide City decision makers with information regarding operations with and without proposed projects and project alternatives.
A sample of projects issued by the City of National City:
National City Boulevard Protected
Bikeway
Sweetwater Road Protected Bikeway
Bayshore Bikeway – Segment 5
West 19th Street Greenway
24th Street Transit Oriented
Development Overlay & Traffic Study
STEP Grant Program
SANDAG SGIP Grant Writing
Caltrans ATP and HSIP Grant Writing
Systemic Safety Analysis Report
Program (SSARP)
Division Street Bike Lane Final
Design
NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD PROTECTED BIKEWAY. CRA led the design of Class IV separated bikeway connections between National City and Chula Vista by implementing a road diet, re-striping the National City Boulevard overcrossing, and constructing flexible post delineators between the outside lanes and the bike lanes. The project helps residents connect to regional bikeway facilities, such as the existing Sweetwater River and the Bayshore Bikeways. The project constructed a two-stage left turn queue box at the signalized intersection of National City Boulevard and the SR-54 westbound (WB) off-ramp. This provides a dedicated area for northbound bicyclists to cross National City Boulevard from east to west to enter the Class IV facility proposed on W. 33rd Street. The project also installed chevron striping and flex post bollards to prompt drivers, who are exiting the freeway from the SR-54 WB off-ramp, with visual cues to indicate where their vehicles should line up while waiting at the traffic signal, improving overall safety.
CLIENT PROJECT MANAGER
CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
Roberto Yano, PE
Director of Public Works and
City Engineer
[email protected]
(610) 405-3929
CRA KEY STAFF
Monique Chen, TE
Principal-In-Charge and Task
Order Manager
Tomo Takahashi, PE
Task Order Manager
Scott Cartwright, PE
Task Order Manager
Adam Chase, PE, TE
Task Order Manager
Phuong Nguyen, TE
Task Order Manager
Andrew Prescott, AICP
Task Order Manager
CONTRACT VALUE
$5.8M (three distinct
contracts
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CITY OF EL CAJON ON-CALL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA DURATION: 2019 – ONGOING
CRA is actively performing as-needed engineering services for El Cajon. Task orders from this contract have included grant writing, active transportation plan, safety studies, complete streets roadway and green streets design, roundabout design, and park/recreational facilities. Signing and striping plans and signal modifications played a big role in most projects. Some of the task orders under this contract include the following:
Systemic Safety Analysis Report Program (SSARP)
Active Transportation Plan
SANDAG SGIP Grant Writing
Caltrans ATP and HSIP Grant Writing
Jamacha
Road Corridor
Improvements
Wells Park
Improvements
EL CAJON TRANSIT CONNECTIONS. CRA is leading the final design for two concurrent adjacent projects providing much needed multi-modal connections to the El Cajon Transit Center. These projects were developed based on the City’s Transit District Specific Plan (mobility improvement recommendations were developed by CRA) and are both funded by the SANDAG SGIP grant program for design and construction, for which CRA prepared the grant applications on behalf of the City. The first project will improve El Cajon Boulevard between Chamberlain Avenue and Lexington Avenue with minor improvements on Johnson Avenue and Palm Avenue. The focal point of the project is a modern roundabout at the 5-legged intersection of El Cajon Boulevard and Johnson Avenue. This will be the first of three planned roundabouts along the El Cajon Boulevard corridor. Other design elements include a road diet, widened sidewalks with bulb-outs, placemaking to allow opportunities for businesses and community gathering, and landscaping with trees and LID planters. Additionally, the project will serve as a direct connection for the proposed Class I Johnson Avenue Neighborhood Trail. The second project will enhance the Main Street corridor between Marshall Ave and Johnson Ave. A sidewalk-level Class IV bikeway will be installed along the south side of Main Street with a traditional Class IV on the north side. Extensive landscape and BMPs will transform this area visually and promote increased pedestrian usage. The combined effect of these two projects is intended to revitalize the area around the Transit Center and encourage redevelopment.
THIS CONCEPT IS INSPIRED BY THE EXISTING
PLANTING IN THE EXISTING MEDIANS ON EL
CAJON BLVD. THIS CONCEPT INCORPORATES
AREAS FOR SEATING UNDER LARGE CANOPY
SHADE TREES AND LANDSCAPE AREAS WITH
PLANTING COMPLIMENTARY TO THE MEDIAN
PLANTING
CONCEPT SUMMARY:
• EL CAJON BLVD: TREES LARGE CANOPY
SHADE TREES AT SIDEWALK, FLOWERING
ORNAMENTALS AT ROUNDABOUT
• PALM AVENUE TREES: 2 SPECIES - SMALL
SCALE EVERGREEN TREES AND FLOWERING
ACCENT TREES, BOTH APPROPRIATE FOR
PLANTING UNDER POWER LINES
• UNDERSTORY PLANTING: MIX OF FLOWERING
NATIVE SHRUBS, GRASSES AND
SUCCULENTS
• SEATING AREAS BETWEEN PLANTING FOR
CAFE TABLES OR BENCHES
• PARKLETS AT ROUNDABOUT WITH SEAT
WALLS AND ACCENT PAVING
• DECORATIVE CROSSWALK PAVING AT
ROUNDABOUT
• STORMWATER TREATMENT INTEGRATED
INTO PLANTING AREAS
SCALE: 1" = 120'-0"
0' 60' 120'
N
PALM AVENUE
JOHNSON AVENUE
RICHARDSON AVENUE
RICHFIELD AVENUE
MILLAR AVENUE
EL CAJON BLVD
EXISTING MEDIAN
PLANTING TO REMAIN
EXISTING MEDIAN
PLANTING TO REMAIN
SEATING AREA WITH ACCENT
PAVING AND SEATWALLS
ENLARGEMENT NTS
GARDEN ROOM
SEATING AREAS
DECORATIVE
CROSSWALKS
CANOPY SHADE TREES
IN PLANTING AREAS
DIAGONAL PARKING
EVERGREEN SHADE TREES
AND UNDERSTORY PLANTING
FLOWERING ACCENT TREES
AND UNDERSTORY PLANTING
ROUNDABOUT CONCEPTS
SEE ENLARGEMENTS
PARKLET WITH
SEATING AND
ACCENT PAVING
EL CAJON STREETSCAPE | CONCEPT IDEAS
EDGE OF BUILDING
FURNISHING, TYP.
FACE OF CURB
PLANTING AREA
CANOPY TREE, TYP.
EL CAJON BLVD + PALM AVENUE
GREEN STREET WITH "GARDEN" SEATING
THIS CONCEPT IS INSPIRED BY THE EXISTING
PLANTING IN THE EXISTING MEDIANS ON EL
CAJON BLVD. THIS CONCEPT INCORPORATES
AREAS FOR SEATING UNDER LARGE CANOPY
SHADE TREES AND LANDSCAPE AREAS WITH
PLANTING COMPLIMENTARY TO THE MEDIAN
PLANTING
CONCEPT SUMMARY:
• EL CAJON BLVD: TREES LARGE CANOPY
SHADE TREES AT SIDEWALK, FLOWERING
ORNAMENTALS AT ROUNDABOUT
• PALM AVENUE TREES: 2 SPECIES - SMALL
SCALE EVERGREEN TREES AND FLOWERING
ACCENT TREES, BOTH APPROPRIATE FOR
PLANTING UNDER POWER LINES
• UNDERSTORY PLANTING: MIX OF FLOWERING
NATIVE SHRUBS, GRASSES AND
SUCCULENTS
• SEATING AREAS BETWEEN PLANTING FOR
CAFE TABLES OR BENCHES
• PARKLETS AT ROUNDABOUT WITH SEAT
WALLS AND ACCENT PAVING
• DECORATIVE CROSSWALK PAVING AT
ROUNDABOUT
• STORMWATER TREATMENT INTEGRATED
INTO PLANTING AREAS
SCALE: 1" = 120'-0"
0' 60' 120'
N
PALM AVENUE
JOHNSON AVENUE
RICHARDSON AVENUE
RICHFIELD AVENUE
MILLAR AVENUE
EL CAJON BLVD
EXISTING MEDIAN
PLANTING TO REMAIN
EXISTING MEDIAN
PLANTING TO REMAIN
SEATING AREA WITH ACCENT
PAVING AND SEATWALLS
ENLARGEMENT NTS
GARDEN ROOM
SEATING AREAS
DECORATIVE
CROSSWALKS
CANOPY SHADE TREES
IN PLANTING AREAS
DIAGONAL PARKING
EVERGREEN SHADE TREES
AND UNDERSTORY PLANTING
FLOWERING ACCENT TREES
AND UNDERSTORY PLANTING
ROUNDABOUT CONCEPTS
SEE ENLARGEMENTS
PARKLET WITH
SEATING AND
ACCENT PAVING
EL CAJON STREETSCAPE | CONCEPT IDEAS
EDGE OF BUILDING
FURNISHING, TYP.
FACE OF CURB
PLANTING AREA
CANOPY TREE, TYP.
CLIENT PROJECT MANAGER
CITY OF EL CAJON
Mario Sanchez, PE
City Traffic Engineer
[email protected]
(619) 441-1651
Senan Kachi, PE
Associate Engineer
[email protected]
(619) 441-6209
CRA KEY STAFF
Monique Chen, TE
Principal-in-Charge
Ross Duenas, PE
Contract Manager
Aryo Rad, PE
QA/QC Manager
Scott Cartwright, PE
Task Order Manager
Andrew Prescott, AICP
Task Order Manager
Adam Chase, PE, TE
Principal Engineer
Tomo Takahashi, PE
Senior Traffic Engineer
Sasha Jovanović, AICP
Senior Transportation Planner
CONTRACT VALUE
$1.28M
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CITY OF VENTURA ON-CALL
VENTURA, CALIFORNIA
DURATION: 2021 - ONGOING
CRA is providing civil and traffic engineering on-call
services with the City of Ventura. CRA has received
three task orders to date.
TELEGRAPH ROAD ASHWOOD TO HILL ROAD – ATP
CORRIDOR DESIGN. CRA performed preliminary
design services to develop active transportation
improvements along Telegraph Road (approximately
1.75 miles).
HARMON BARRANCA BIKE PATH CONNECTION
- HAWK / PHB TECHNICAL REVIEW. CRA provided
technical traffic engineering constructability and
design review of the City’s new HAWK / PHB located
near the Harmon Barranca bike path connection.
SIGNING AND STRIPING – TELEGRAPH ROAD.
CRA is providing final design incorporating active
transportation improvements along Telegraph Road
between Ashwood Avenue to Victoria Avenue.
CLIENT PROJECT MANAGER
CITY OF VENTURA
Jeff Hereford, Principal Transportation Engineer
[email protected]
(805) 654.7744
CRA KEY STAFF
Adam Chase, PE, TE, Contract Manager
Aryo Rad, PE, QA/QC Manager
Tomo Takahashi, PE, Task Order Manager
CONTRACT VALUE
$ VARIED BY TASK ORDER
CLIENT PROJECT MANAGER
CITY OF LONG BEACH
Paul Van Dyk, Associate Traffic Engineer
[email protected]
(562) 570.6675
CRA KEY STAFF
Adam Chase, PE, TE, Contract Manager
Jerard Madrigal, TE, Senior Traffic Engineer
CONTRACT VALUE
$ VARIED BY TASK ORDER
CITY OF LONG BEACH ON-CALL
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
DURATION: 2021 - ONGOING
CRA is providing civil and traffic engineering on-call
services with the City of Long Beach. One of the
task orders is to redesign four high injury network
intersections to final design.
FOUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK INTERSECTIONS
IMPROVEMENTS. CRA is supporting the City of
Long Beach to meet the goal of eliminating all
traffic fatalities by 2026, the Action Plan includes a
prioritized list of Keystone Actions to guide the City
in meeting its Vision Zero goals: Dedicate Resources
to Vision Zero, Lower Vehicle Speeds, Implement Best
Practice Street Design, Expand Multimodal Safety
Education Campaign, Collect Better Data to Make
Better Decisions, Prioritize Road Safety Investments
through Equity Lens. CRA is providing engineering
design services for pedestrian and bicycle safety
improvements at four high injury network intersections.
CRA is focusing on providing sound solutions to solve
ADA pedestrian circulation, access constraints, bicycle facilities, civil and traffic engineering, and creating comprehensive transit stops.
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Athena St
Basil St
Cadmus St
Daphne St
Europa St
Leucadia Bl
Jasper St
Diana St
Glaucus St
Phoebe St
Jason St
uJ piter St
Coop St
Avocado St
Grandview St
NeptuneAve
N.Coast Hwy
Vulcan Ave Hillcrest Dr
Ashbury St
Andrew Ave
Leucad ai Bl
Glaucus St
Jason St
C oral CoveWy
ery Ave
Figure 2.1
Public Parking Supply within 1/8-Mile of Parcels
L e u c a d i a
O l d E n c i n i t a s
0 500 1,000 Feet
²
Sanford St
L e u c a d i a S t a t e B e a c h ( B e a c o n 's )
G r a n d v i e w S u r f B e a c h
Public Parking Supply
301 - 415
251 - 300
201 - 250
151 - 200
101 - 150
51 - 100
1 - 50
0 ENCINITAS CARDIFF DOWNTOWN
LEUCADIA PARKING STUDY
ENCINITAS, CALIFORNIA
DURATION: 2022 - JUNE 2024
CRA led a parking study for the City of Encinitas,
focusing on the Cardiff, Downtown, and Leucadia
neighborhoods. The study’s primary objective is
to evaluate the different neighborhoods’ parking
needs and develop an ordinance to support the
continued operation of the outdoor dining (curb café)
program. Furthermore, the study assesses the parking
requirements for Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU)
developments within the Coastal Zone and the area
influenced by AB 2097. Drawing on parking occupancy
and duration data, our destination-based parking
occupancy strategies, and best practices, the CRA
team developed a roadmap and list of recommended
mitigation measures to effectively manage and expand
the city’s parking supply, particularly in close proximity to popular destinations within the city.
CLIENT PROJECT MANAGER
CITY OF ENCINITAS
Evan Jedynak, Senior Mobility Planner
[email protected]
(760) 633-2686
CRA KEY STAFF
Phuong Nguyen, TE, Project Manager
Sasha Jovanović, PE, Lead Planner
Jonathan Sanchez, PE, Lead Traffic Engineer
Cristian Belmudez, Traffic Engineer
CONTRACT VALUE
$62K
CLIENT PROJECT MANAGER
CITY OF CARLSBAD
Shelley Glennon, Associate Planner
[email protected]
(442) 339.2605
CRA KEY STAFF
Phuong Nguyen, TE, Project Manager
Sasha Jovanović, PE, Lead Planner
Jonathan Sanchez, PE, Lead Traffic Engineer
Cristian Belmudez, Traffic Engineer
CONTRACT VALUE
$149K
CARLSBAD PARKING MANAGEMENT
PLAN AND RIGHT-OF-WAY FEE UPDATE
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA
DURATION: 2023 - ONGOING
CRA is updating the Village Barrio, and Beach Area
Parking Management Plan, Village & Barrio Master
Plan, and Existing R-O-W Use Permit Fee Program. This
effort consists of conducting the 2023 Village, Barrio, and Beach Area Parking Survey, including a fieldverified parking inventory and identification of existing curb cafes. Based on the parking survey, CRA worked
closely with the city to develop parking management
strategies to improve the parking conditions within
the study area. Additionally, the project involved the
update of the City’s R-O-W Fee Program. As part of
this, CRA provided recommendations which included:
amendments to the Master Plan, the development
of standalone Curb Cafe Design Guidelines, and an
update to the ROW Usage & Permitting Fee. Finally,
CRA is also assisting the city on updating the parking
in-lieu fee program by providing recommendations on
how the city can utilize the existing funds legally and efficiently.
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Project Management Plan
Management Approach
CRA’s extensive on-call experience with the City of Hermosa Beach and agencies throughout Southern California enables us to understand and establish management approaches that facilitate the effective delivery of professional services for on-call contracts. Our managerial approach is to anticipate your needs and to quickly and efficiently respond to any and all requests.
COMMUNICATION
Effective communication is paramount to a successful project. Above all else, CRA strives to develop and maintain close working partnerships with our clients, always focused on reducing the likelihood of unexpected outcomes that could compromise project success. Our Contract Manager, Monique Chen, is exceptionally responsive and committed to providing excellent client service. She will be the first point of contact between the CRA team and the City of Hermosa Beach. In addition to our staff’s dedication to regular communication, you will have the benefit of proven management information systems for work planning, schedule control, and cost control.
TASK ORDER MANAGEMENT
The ingredients needed for a successful task order are a well-defined scope of work, a sound technical approach, and a realistic project schedule and budget. For most on-call contracts, multiple task orders may be issued simultaneously. To address this, our team includes a robust group of experienced task leads who can assist our contract manager in fulfilling all the City’s requirements. The following critical steps highlight our organizational capacity and approach to ensuring task orders are provided with the right resources from the onset.
With the approach, scope, staffing, schedule, and budget in place, the CRA team will be prepared to execute any complex task order, whether it is leading a significant long-range planning effort, conducting operational analysis, preparing preliminary designs, or another potentially transformative project for the City.
STEP
STEP
STEP
2 3
1 DEFINE THE PROJECT AND ESTABLISH APPROACH
CRA’s Contract Manager and selected Task Order Manager will meet with the City to discuss the project goals and expectations. This insight will establish a firm understanding of the spectrum of services and expertise needed to fulfill the assignment. From this understanding, we will craft a technical approach that achieves the defined goals.
PREPARE SCOPE & FEE AND IDENTIFY STAFF
Our technical approach will be documented in the scope of work, providing the sequential steps necessary for project delivery. Per deliverable needs, we will map out the team members for the project and establish the fee.
IDENTIFY THE TASK ORDER MANAGER
When approached regarding a potential task order, our Contract Manager will select the most appropriate CRA Task Order Manager, considering their skillset, experience, and capacity in relation to the nature of the subject task order request.
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BUDGET AND SCHEDULE CONTROLS
CRA has a positive reputation for delivering projects to high acclaim on schedule and within budget. We utilize an interactive web-based management system to assist our project and task managers to successfully maintain control of a project budget by providing real-time status reports on performance, variances, forecasts, and expenditures for all tasks. We apply earned value management as the primary means of monitoring project progress and forecasting performance by integrating the three fundamental components of every task order – scope, schedule, and budget. This allows CRA to evaluate and control project risk by planning and monitoring project performance.
CRA prepares and tracks detailed project schedules with Microsoft Project or can accommodate an alternative format at City staff’s discretion. The schedule will typically consist of a customized critical path method schedule with a detailed list of subtasks, milestones, deliverables, and completion dates. Each subtask listed would align with those identified in the scope of work.
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL
Our firm was founded on a commitment to fostering a workplace culture dedicated to delivering products that are accurate, well-written, based on sound analysis and industry/city specific design standards, and an assurance that final products have been thoroughly reviewed by our assigned quality assurance/quality control manager before submission.
We have the policies and procedures in place to ensure that our team delivers a quality product every time. We acknowledge that quality and schedule can compete – and, for us, quality always supersedes. As a result, our project schedules have time built in for quality control and document revisions prior to each submittal.
Kickoff Discussion
Following contract
authorization, the project
team will begin with a kickoff
meeting to establish client
expectations, contract
requirements, and task
scheduling.
Task & Review Scheduling
Schedules are designed to include
internal and external reviews. This
allows the project manager and QC
reviewers to establish timing and
duration for reviews.
Cross-Discipline & Compliance Reviews
QC leads perform compliance reviews
before submission of deliverables to ensure
regulatory compliance and alignment with
constructability criteria.
Progress Discussions
CRA team meets to review
comments and anticipated
project challenges to ensure
the project can proceed without
hindrance.
Work Products Checklist
Checklists for each technical
group and project phase are
used by QC leads to ensure
accuracy and attention
to detail. Edits and notes
are digitally archived for
accessibility.
Redlines, Reviews & Notes
QC leads provide feedback
by “redlining” products
and using review forms.
Revisions are rechecked to
ensure corrections have been
successfully implemented.
Quality Close-Out Process
Principal verifies QC
process implementation.
Check-ins culminate with
a final meeting to ensure
contractual obligations have
been met and expectations
have been exceeded.
QA/QC Procedures
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Technical Approach
The CRA team understands the principal challenges facing our region and impacting our quality of life: safety, congestion, social inequities, and greenhouse gas emission reduction mandates. We are also aware of how the City of Hermosa Beach and greater region are positioned to take these challenges head-on. Our team is comprised of a diverse spectrum of industry experts who possess the local knowledge and technical expertise to aid the City of Hermosa Beach in providing the services required under this contract while addressing our region’s challenges.
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
The following graphic depicts the proven approach that we have established as the basis for all our planning projects. This planning process is easily tailored to the unique needs and nuances of individual projects, while keeping the core steps intact.
CRA’s planning experience covers the full range of planning service topics with direct project experience performing data collection and analyzing mobility trends; assessing conditions in terms of demand, quality, safety, connectivity, and equity; planning multimodal mobility projects at the site, corridor, community, city and regional levels; evaluating access to transit, schools, parks, and opportunity; drafting of planning narratives and policy language; TDM and shared mobility device service area planning; and parking studies.
Our planning expertise is grounded in feasibility and further strengthened by CRA’s in-house traffic and civil engineering team members. We draw from these varying perspectives to ensure projects address community needs with feasible and implementable recommendations that complement existing transportation networks.
RESEARCH
& DATA
COLLECTION
PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE
& MOBILITY
ANALYSIS
DRAFT &
FINAL PLAN
EXISTING
CONDITIONS
ANALYSIS
• Demand
• Connectivity
• Quality
• Safety
IMPLEMENTATION
STRATEGIES
• Design concepts
• Costing
• Phasing
• Funding
Strategies
RECOMMENDATION
DEVELOPMENT
• Community &
Stakeholder input
• Staff input
• Mobility goals
• Evaluation framework
• Trade-offs
ENGINEERING
FEASIBILITY
ALTERNATIVE
REFINEMENT
COMMUNITY OUTREACH + STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT + COORDINATION
Our planners and engineers are very knowledgeable with the analysis techniques, design standards, and infrastructure treatments used to produce multimodal projects that ensure all users and modes are served safely and efficiently with comfortable facilities. We also embrace and sustain a work environment that is supportive of intellectual curiosity and creativity, which helps facilitate innovation in our tools, methodologies, designs, and plans.
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CRA’s innovative approaches have been well received by agencies throughout Southern California. We previously developed a series of performance measures (Demand, Connectivity/Accessible, Facility Quality, and User Safety) to guide multimodal analysis and provide for the comparison of with and without project conditions, enabling the benefits of potential improvements to be quantified. These measures are regularly used on mobility planning projects.
ACCESSIBILITY MEASURES
Measuring access is foundational for understanding whether mobility systems are getting people to where they need to go. To this end, we have developed approaches and unique applications of accessibility measurements – a variety of metrics which measure the quantity and ease of reaching destinations and opportunities from an origin by different travel modes.
CRA’s Accessibility Improvement Measure (AIM) incorporates changes in access to destinations in order to quantify project accessibility benefits. We have applied this approach for the City of Encinitas Modal Alternatives Project and City of Ventura Active Transportation Plan.
Another innovative accessibility measure we developed to support parking studies is the Destination-Based Parking Occupancy. This approach provides a standardized measure of access to parking that can be applied in places where the supply of parking is generally perceived to be limited. The approach includes an inventory of parking spaces accessible within a set distance from an individual location(s) and incorporates parking utilization at different times of day. Existing conditions findings can then be compared to proposed project conditions to demonstrate the nuances of parking removal or land use changes.
ADVANCED DATA DISPLAYS
CRA employs web-based GIS applications to
present data in dynamic and intuitive dashboards.
Our initial dashboards were created to aid
in traffic safety assessments and depicting
countermeasures to assist clients with systemic
safety analysis and recommendation development.
This tool integrates collision datasets, roadway
characteristics, and countermeasure information
(such as crash reduction effectiveness and cost)
into an interactive viewer which allows users
to filter and query data by collision attributes,
exampling collision hotspot profiles and prioritize
where to implement countermeasures.
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We also leverage the dashboard functionality to
display the inputs and outcomes of network planning
at the community, city, and regional scales. Network
planning dashboards typically include layers for
existing transportation facilities and services, land
use information, collision data, commute patterns,
travelshed analysis outputs, and measures of facility
quality. We incorporate sociodemographic datasets
as additional layers to ensure equitable planning and
resource allocation. Combined, these layers help
depict areas in need of safety, operational, and/or
network connectivity and accessibility improvements.
The output provides a strong indicator of where
to improve networks. Once developed, network
recommendations and associated analysis outputs
can be added as additional layers into the dashboard
viewer, providing an interactive depiction of pre
and post project conditions. These tools streamline
analysis efforts, support project team collaboration
and client review, and are effective in communicating
complex data findings to decision makers.
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
Our team offers exceptional expertise regarding
the application of state-of-the-art traffic operational analysis tools, including VISSIM, Synchro/SimTraffic,
VISTRO, Traffix, Rodel and SIDRA for roundabouts,
and technologies such as the cloud-based Automatic
License Plate Recognition (ALPR) and drones.
We have helped our clients optimize the timing
and phasing of signals, improve operations at
intersections along busy corridors, and implement
active transportation facilities. We strive to improve
traffic progression and minimize travel delays.
We know when and how to apply these advanced
analytical tools in a cost-effective manner, focused
on efficiently extracting key performance indicators
as measures of project benefits. We understand the
correct application of these tools, coupled with the
necessary expertise related to mobility planning,
design, and multimodal integration. For example,
we regularly apply traffic operational analysis to our
roadway design and traffic calming design projects
to include treatments such as bicycle phasing, lead
pedestrian intervals, and pedestrian scrambles.
CRA has experience in preparing and reviewing VMTbased traffic studies on both project and program levels. We have an exceptional understanding of the
City’s Transportation Study Manual having utilized
it to perform studies for projects of varying sizes
and scales. We have vast experience with VMT
impacts and VMT mitigation (such as Transportation
Demand Management programs), and VMT-based
transportation/development fee programs. We
regularly evaluate VMT reduction measures using the
methodologies outlined in the CAPCOA Handbook
for Analyzing Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions,
Assessing Climate Vulnerabilities, and Advancing
Health and Equity, and SANDAG’s Mobility
Management Guidebook/VMT Reduction Calculator
Tool.
MICROSIMULATION
Computerized multimodal, micro-simulation is
another valuable tool that CRA can offer in support of
local agency review and public outreach for projectlevel efforts. This tool can be used to easily convey complex technical concepts and information more
intuitively with superior visual communication. Our
micro-simulation capabilities generate realistic visual representations of the interface between automobile
travel and other travel modes (e.g. cycling, walking,
and transit), and have enabled project teams to
determine the most optimal solutions and allow the
public to understand the potential project effects and
provide meaningful input on project alternatives.
BIG DATA
The prevalence of Big Data in recent years has
been a game changer for transportation planning
and analysis. CRA regularly utilizes a variety of Big
Data sources to inform various stages of project
development, examples include ReplicaHQ,
Streetlight, LOCUS, and Strava. This information can
help depict demand and travel patterns at many
locations, greatly reducing the need for expensive,
widespread data collection. We supplement Big Data
with traditional counts to help truth the information
and provide more accurate estimations of true activity
levels.
ENGINEERING DESIGN
When providing engineering design services, CRA
always considers a balance between any potential
roadway users, which may include pedestrian,
bicyclists, transit vehicles and users, motorists, and
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movers of commercial goods. We leverage the
latest design criteria and guidelines and draw from
fundamental design resources including, but not
limited to:
Local design standards
2021 “Greenbook” Standards
Caltrans Highway Design Manual (HDM)
California Manual of Traffic Control Devices
(CA-MUTCD)
American Public Transportation Association
Standards
National Association of City Transportation
Officials (NACTO) Guides via California
Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Deputy
Directive 64-R1
FHWA Planning and Design Guides
Transportation Research Board (TRB) and Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA) planning and
design guides
CRA believes in working hand-in-hand with City staff
and getting stakeholder input in the early stages of
a design project. We will develop initial conceptual
layouts with supporting details (e.g., curb-to-curb
improvements, cross-sectional transitions, striping,
traffic calming devices, landscaping elements, sample
intersection treatments, etc.) to bring forth to the
community for input. As we obtain both City staff
and community feedback, we focus and refine the
horizontal and vertical design elements to the desired
level of completeness. This approach identifies and
resolves geometric project constraints so that we
can, not only establish project limits, sight lines,
controlled speeds, and other fundamental roadway/
structural design principles, but also balance potential hydrology, hydraulics, and stormwater treatment
requirements and resolve utility coordination/
relocation.
CRA is passionate and highly experienced in
Complete Streets, active transportation, and traffic
calming infrastructure design. We have led numerous
bikeway, Green Streets, roundabout projects and
are pride ourselves on leading the design of the
first protected intersection in Southern California in
addition to several subsequent protected intersection
projects. We have what it takes to bring your
transformative recommendations from “Concept to
Concrete”.
ROBINSON AVENUE
PARK BOULEVARD
Park Boulevard Exhibit Model
Required Forms
Required Forms
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RFQ 24-002 City of Hermosa Beach
6. Required Forms
6.1 Certification of Qualifications
RFQ #: _________
The undersigned hereby submits its statement of qualifications and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”).
1. Proposer declares and warrants that no elected or appointed official, officer or employee of the City has been or shall be compensated, directly or indirectly, in connection with this statement of qualifications or any work connected with this statement of qualifications. Should any agreement be approved in connection with this RFQ, Proposer declares and warrants that no elected or appointed official, officer or employee of the City, during the term of his/her service with the City shall have any direct interest in that agreement, or obtain any present, anticipated or future material benefit arising therefrom.
2. By submitting the response to this request, Proposer agrees, if selected to furnish services to the City in accordance with this RFQ.
3. Proposer has carefully reviewed its statement of qualifications and understands and agrees that the City is not responsible for any errors or omissions on the part of the Proposer and that the Proposer is responsible for them.
4. It is understood and agreed that the City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all statement of qualifications and to waive any informality or irregularity in any statement of qualifications received by the City.
5. The statement of qualifications response includes all of the commentary, figures and data required by the RFQ.
6. The statement of qualifications shall be valid for 90 days from the date of submittal.
7. Proposer acknowledges that the City may issue addendums related to this RFQ and that the proposer has reviewed the following addendums which have been issued:
Addendum: _____________________________
Addendum: _____________________________
Addendum: _____________________________
Addendum: _____________________________
8. Proposer further acknowledges the provisions of any addendums issued have been incorporated into their statement of qualifications. 24-002
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Signature of Authorized Representative:
____________________________________________
Printed Name and Title:
____________________________________________
Monique Chen, Principal
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6.2 Non-Collusion Affidavit
RFQ #: _________
The undersigned declares states and certifies that:
1. This statement of qualifications is not made in the interest of or on behalf of any undisclosed person, partnership, company, association, organization or corporation.
2. This statement of qualifications is genuine and not collusive or sham.
3. I have not directly or indirectly induced or solicited any other Proposer to put in a false or sham statement of qualifications and I have not directly or indirectly colluded, conspired, connived, or agreed with any other Proposer or anyone else to put in a sham statement of qualifications or to refrain from submitting to this RFQ.
4. I have not in any manner, directly or indirectly, sought by agreement, communication, or conference with anyone to fix the rate schedule price or to fix any overhead, profit or cost element of the rate schedule price or to secure any advantage against the City of Hermosa Beach or of anyone interested in the proposed contract.
5. All statements contained in the statement of qualifications and related documents are true.
6. I have not directly or indirectly submitted the rate schedule price or any breakdown thereof, or the contents thereof, or divulged information or data relative thereto, or paid, and will not pay, any fee to any person, corporation, partnership, company, association, organization, RFQ depository, or to any member or agent thereof, to effectuate a collusive or sham statement of qualifications.
7. I have not entered into any arrangement or agreement with any City of Hermosa Beach public officer in connection with this statement of qualifications .
8. I understand collusive bidding is a violation of State and Federal law and can result in fines, prison sentences, and civil damage awards.
Signature of Authorized Representative:
____________________________________________
Printed Name and Title:
____________________________________________
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Monique Chen, President
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6.3 Compliance with Insurance Requirements
RFQ #: _________
The selected consultant will be expected to comply with the City s insurance requirements contained within this Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”).
The undersigned declares states and certifies that:
1. Proposer agrees, acknowledges and is fully aware of the insurance requirements as specified in the RFQ.
2. If selected, proposer agrees to accept all conditions and requirements as contained therein.
Signature of Authorized Representative:
____________________________________________
Printed Name and Title:
____________________________________________
Monique Chen, Principal
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