Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates is an industry leader in sustainable transportation planning, c
In keeping with the values set by our founders, Nelson\Nygaard puts people first. We recognize that transportation is not an end by itself but a platform for achieving broader community goals of mobility, equity, economic development, and healthy living. Our hands-on, national experience informs but doesn’t dictate local solutions. Built on consensus and a multimodal approach, our plans are renown
ed as practical and implementable. Nelson\Nygaard specializes in:
TRANSIT systems – Feasibility and fare studies, corridor studies, new services and facilities, redesign services for bus rapid transit, streetcar, rail, bus, and ferry
MULTIMODAL networks – Complete streets, downtown and regional mobility, transit-oriented development, transportation demand management, healthy communities
PARATRANSIT and mobility management – Human services coordination, paratransit and rural transportation plans, mobility manager training, accessibility evaluations
CAMPUS access – Commute and trip reduction, employee and student incentives, marketing campaigns, financial analyses for university, tech companies, and hospitals
WALKING and BICYCLING – Facilities and network design, bike sharing, safe routes to school and transit, calmed streets, walk audits
TAXI and ON-DEMAND services – Regulations, entry control, rate setting for taxi, livery, peer-to-peer, and private-for-hire
PARKING Management – Regulations, pricing strategies, shared parking, governance, technology selection, travel demand management
TRAFFIC analysis – Road diets and traffic calming, traffic impact simulation, trip reduction, greenhouse gas analysis, climate action plans
Recognized for projects around the world, Nelson\Nygaard has received awards and honors from professional organizations and government agencies including the American Planning Association, the Federal Transit Administration, the Association of Environmental Professionals, the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Congress for the New Urbanism, and the Canadian Institute of Planners.
"This project exemplifies that creative solutions can be achieved while staying true to community goals and character.” - APA Virginia.
The project exemplifies that creative solutions can be achieved while staying true to community goals and character.
Each summer, we’re fortunate to work with some of the brightest planners and engineers in the country at the very start of their careers. The experience sparks new growth—both for our interns and the firm. One of our current interns, Gina Pryciak, puts it well: “It seems like creative new solutions are always being developed, and innovative tools are always in the works. It was definitely a surprise to get to work on a task that didn’t have a clear path because it had not been done before—a learning process for everyone along the way!” Immense gratitude for all the dedication, innovation, and camaraderie our interns have brought us this summer.
Often the loudest objections to new housing developments focus on traffic and parking. But more neighbors doesn’t have to mean more traffic. Nelson\Nygaard’s Christopher Forinash shares his perspective on the role of transportation professionals in solving the current housing crisis.
In cities, suburbs, and towns across the country, we have a crisis of housing supply and price. How did we get here?
It is often taught that African American art represents a subset of American art, but in many ways Black artists were the innovators who created what we think of as distinctly American art. Even as Black artists were silenced, their influence resonated in the most celebrated venues of music, literature, and visual art. Simultaneously drawing upon ancient traditions and forging new forms, their work has become the rhythm, the language, and the look of how we, as Americans of all backgrounds, express ourselves, find beauty, and connect with one another. What an immense gift we celebrate this !
Since 2015, we've worked with Expedia Group to provide their staff with flexible and sustainable commute options. In this piece by Perkins&Will, hear about how Expedia has adapted to recent shifts in commuting to meet the changing needs of their employees.
To get a glimpse of what’s coming just over the horizon, we profiled four emerging mobility technologies and how they’re being used in cities around the world.
Our streets and sidewalks, our transportation systems, our public places—these are the spaces where we assert our rights. They belong to all people and their design should promote the wellbeing and dignity of all.
As the urgent need for accessible transportation solutions continues to grow, ride-hailing is a viable solution for wheelchair users who rely on wheelchair-accessible vehicles to transport them and their wheelchairs to where they need, or simply want, to go. Our Roadmap offers policy & programmatic solutions to expand access to on-demand WAV rides.
While transit agencies offer paratransit service as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the manner defined over 30 years ago, many riders find it inefficient and not suited to their needs now. Both transit agencies and riders are calling for more accessible transportation option...
Meet Red Line Parkway Board Member Carly Haithcock! She is a Senior Engineering Associate with Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, and joined the board earlier this year. Her favorite experience on the Parkway is hearing the night time creatures on the trail at night near Boggy Creek. Thanks for your hard work on behalf of RLPI! Learn more about our board members at https://loom.ly/IDv2og0
We believe streets are for all people. With this in mind, we strive to create transportation systems that are equitable, sustainable, and safe. As we honor the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, we recognize the important role planners and engineers have in preventing road traffic deaths and injuries. And we're sharing the work of a city and community that have made tremendous progress toward making their streets safe for all.
Read Hoboken Vision Zero Action Plan by nelsonnygaard on Issuu and browse thousands of other publications on our platform. Start here!
As we honor , we remember the more than 500 Indigenous people who die every year from vehicle crashes, a rate more than double that of white Americans. The historical disinvestment in safe multimodal infrastructure and public transit in Indigenous communities means that today it is more dangerous for Indigenous children to ride their bikes or for elders to walk to the grocery store. As we celebrate the rich heritage of Indigenous peoples this month, we keep these victims of traffic violence and mobility injustice in our thoughts.
Nelson\Nygaard's Drusilla van Hengel and City of Mountain View's Ria Hutabarat Lo celebrated Halloween and safe biking at the Monster Bash on Saturday in Mountain View. Forty people participated in the family ride to the event, where 80 kids took part in the bike rodeo with Safe Moves.
“At the core of ETOD is the tenet that new transit infrastructure should be accompanied by policies and strategies to mitigate displacement of existing residents and create economic opportunity for all Austinites to thrive.”
The document develops a framework for ensuring that the most vulnerable and low-income residents benefit from investments in public transit and new housing and amenities.
As we learn that California has its first openly LGBTQ+ senator, we're reminded that LGBTQ+ history continues to unfold in our present. Unfortunately the threats of the past are also not past us, so we recognize the daily courage of those brave enough to love who they love. 🏳️🌈❤️
We applaud CapMetro on the release of the ETOD Study, a planning effort that centered equity in process and policy. Let’s keep working together to advance transit and bring its many benefits to all Austinites! And congrats to all our partners, including Perkins&Will, HR&A Advisors, Inc., Austin Transit Partnership, City of Austin Government, Asakura Robinson, Cultural Strategies, and Movitas Mobility.
September 27, 2023 by admin CapMetro News By Blythe Nebeker The Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (ETOD) Study, released this week, is the culmination of a multi-year effort to establish a framework for the equitable development of Austin’s growing transit network. As Project Connect is movi...
Did you know that there are 30k Latinx bus drivers in the US, helping to provide safe and sustainable transportation for millions? This , we're celebrating our many Latinx colleagues, clients, and community members, who like these bus operators, are helping to drive prosperity, power, and progress in America.
Huge congrats to Kitsap Transit for winning a VISION 2050 Award for the Long-Range Plan! We're honored to have been your partner in this plan to strengthen transit service for the communities of Kitsap County. To learn more about the plan, check out the project website: https://www.kitsaptransit.com/agency-information/planning/lrtp
Reduces air pollution—check. Reduces double-parking—check. Improves safety—check. Supports local businesses—check again! We're thrilled our partnership with NRDC and City of Boston has led to a win-win-win in Allston.
Allston is trying to say goodbye to double-parked delivery vehicles and hello to e-bikes with a new city program launching next month.
Today marks the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, recognizing and protecting the dignity and diversity of more than 41 million Americans. The benefits of the ADA have been profound—for all Americans.
Many fundamental improvements to the safety and accessibility of our built environment have come about as a result of the perspectives and advocacy of people with disabilities. This we celebrate how the work of people with disabilities has made our streets safer and more equitable for all.
For , we asked Senior Associate Engineer Carly Haithcock, PE what motivates her work designing safer streets for people walking, rolling, biking, and riding transit.
The National League of Cities' Equitable Electric Mobility Playbook provides policymakers and stakeholders with the basic tools to recognize how the current electric mobility landscape impacts historically marginalized communities and to accelerate electric mobility adoption within these communities. View the Playbook here:
Change is Here: A Playbook for Equitable Electric MobilityThe rapid transition to an electric mobility system is underway. In addition to the rise of shared electric bikes, scooters, mopeds, microtransit, and buses, automakers are transitioning away from internal combustion engines and toward electr...
The festivities of Juneteenth—parades, street parties, and cookouts—remind us that our streets and public spaces are where we celebrate our freedoms and where we stand up for them. Today and every day is a good time to ask how we can make our streets and public spaces safer for Black people to move through, to linger in, to protest, to live in joy.
In the past month, we’ve seen passage of some of the most extreme, discriminatory legislation against LGBTQ+ Americans. As campaigning ramps up, we’re likely to see more scapegoating and further attempts to deny people of their human rights in order to win political points. These cynical actions by state legislatures and governors will have life-altering consequences for the people they target, particularly trans and non-binary youth. We are as alarmed as you. We also believe these attacks on LGBTQ+ rights are up against a far more fundamental and lasting truth about what it means to be human than today’s passing trends in intolerance. We believe there’s nothing more fundamental to being human than being who you are and loving who you love. We’re big fans of that, in fact.
We may be a transportation planning and engineering firm, but we know our work is about more than getting from point A to point B. It’s about how the decisions, actions, and investments we make in our communities impact the life of our communities, making them more sustainable, more equitable, and more safe—for all people. We try, in our own way (our joyful, nerdy, and, yes, relentless way), to keep these values front and center in all we do. As we celebrate Pride Month and the immense contributions of our LGBTQ+ teammates past and present working toward this mission, we’re investing in the communities where we live and work by making a gift to the Equality Federation Institute, an organization that builds state-based leadership and resiliency to advance pro-LGBTQ+ policies and defeat anti-LGBTQ+ policies from the ground up.
The curb is where it all happens. The City of Bellevue, Washington's draft Curbside Management Plan, now available for public review, sets the standard for a practical toolkit that's visually engaging, easily understandable, and puts people and community values first.
“The plan has been molded and shaped... to provide city leaders a toolkit for how to move forward with rethinking how those valuable spaces function to achieve broader city goals, like improved safety, vibrancy, and increased transit ridership.” https://www.planetizen.com/news/2023/05/123556-bellevue-issues-curb-management-plan
View the plan here:https://bellevuewa.gov/sites/default/files/media/pdf_document/2023/Bellevue_CMP.pdf
The plan reorients the city’s priorities from vehicle throughput and parking to transit, bike infrastructure, and other public amenities.
We're excited to welcome global leader in sustainable transportation, Clayton Lane, to our New York office as Senior Principal and Regional Market Leader.
https://nelsonnygaard.com/nelsonnygaard-welcomes-clayton-lane-global-leader-in-sustainable-transportation/
We're thrilled to welcome a talented group of transportation planners and engineers as our 2023 summer interns!
As we put on our helmets for , we're thinking about how for some, biking to work isn't just a fun option but may be the only option or the best of not many or not great options.
We know that biking is good for people's wellbeing and that more bikes and less cars leads to a heathier planet. But in places without good (or any) bike infrastructure, biking can both feel and be unsafe. At the same time, for historically underserved communities introducing bike infrastructure may bring fear of eventual displacement.
So, to all the regular bike commuters--and you newbies!--we salute you, and we commit to bringing our best listening skills and our best equity centered planning expertise to work with your communities to design the kinds of safe transportation systems that you want and need.
This , we celebrate our AAPI teammates, who lead with both vision and impact to make our future a more livable one. From Hawai'i to Hoboken, they help cities reduce their GhG emissions, improve access to jobs for underserved communities, and make streets safer for kids to walk and bike to school. Their leadership connects us to our own sense of hope and moves us forward.
We're thrilled to be partnering with Rocky Mountain Institute as Capacity Builders on USDOT's Thriving Communities Program, improving mobility, reducing pollution, and expanding affordable transportation options to disadvantaged and under-resourced communities.
On April 4, 2023, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced $21.15 million in Thriving Communities Program cooperative agreements to four Capacity Builders that will support 64 communities.
Today we celebrate our trans and non-binary colleagues, clients, friends, and family members. Every day we see your courage—amidst constant legal and personal threat—to be who you are. Who you are shines through and lights the way for all of us.
Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Send a message to Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates:
Want your business to be the top-listed Travel Agency?
