Transportation Planning
Decisions made on transportation infrastructure can influence the shape and success of our cities for generations, at a time of rapidly changing work and living patterns
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Helping our clients to move millions of people a day in a sustainable manner is a key part of our day-to-day work.
With high rankings across all modes of transportation as ranked by Engineering News-Record, Jacobs guides our clients’ decision making on whether to invest in hard capital infrastructure, nudge people out of their cars on to more sustainable forms of transport on the drive toward decarbonization, or devise new ways of using existing infrastructure more intensively—all while understanding the wider economic and political implications of such policies.
With close to 1,000 transport planners worldwide, we offer a full range of services, from front-end feasibility studies and policy development to full-scale strategic modeling and scheme appraisal, to the detailed analysis of projects.
What we do
From demand forecasting; transportation modeling; and strategy development to intelligent transportation systems; stakeholder involvement; and traffic engineering, design and operations, we’re moving transportation clients forward.
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Big Data
Our big data solutions empower transportation planners with the information they need to design smarter, more sustainable urban mobility systems. From predictive maintenance to real-time traffic management, our solutions help communities stay ahead of the curve, ensuring transportation infrastructure is ready for the future.
By leveraging vast amounts of data from various sources, we provide comprehensive insights into traffic patterns, commuter behaviors and infrastructure performance. Our advanced analytics tools transform raw data into actionable intelligence, enabling our clients to make informed decisions that enhance efficiency, reduce congestion and improve overall experiences to keep people and goods moving.
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Mobility as a Service
Imagine a city where traffic congestion is a thing of the past, and every journey is smooth and predictable. By seamlessly integrating various modes of transport—buses, bikes, rideshares, and more—into a single, user-friendly platform, we make commuting more efficient, sustainable and convenient.
We empower city planners and transportation authorities with data-driven insights to enhance route planning, reduce emissions and improve overall urban mobility. Whether you’re a daily commuter or a city planner, our solutions are designed to meet your needs, making urban travel smarter, more enjoyable and more accessible for all.
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Strategic Modeling
Our advanced transportation modeling techniques provide a detailed analysis of traffic patterns, commuter behaviors and infrastructure needs. By simulating various scenarios, we help infrastructure owners identify the most effective strategies for reducing congestion, optimizing routes and enhancing overall mobility. Our models offer precise, data-driven insights that empower informed decisions and create more efficient, sustainable transportation systems.
Our transportation modeling services plan for tomorrow with confidence, ensuring that infrastructure can adapt to changing demands and emerging technologies. Whether you’re a city planner, transportation authority, or urban developer, our solutions are designed to meet unique needs, making urban mobility smarter and more resilient.
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Traffic Engineering/Operations
From signal timing adjustments to the design of efficient intersections, our solutions are tailored to meet the unique needs of the urban environment, ensuring smoother and safer journeys for all road users.
Imagine a city where traffic jams are a thing of the past, and every commute is predictable and stress-free. Our traffic engineering and operations services provide the insights and tools needed to create a more efficient and reliable transportation network. By implementing innovative traffic management techniques and leveraging real-time data, we make roads safer and more efficient – transforming the traffic landscape and enhancing quality of life in cites around the world.
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Transport Economics
By analyzing the financial impacts of various transportation policies and projects, we provide insights that drive cost-effective decisions. Our experience in cost-benefit analysis, economic impact studies and funding strategies ensures transportation investments deliver maximum value and support sustainable urban growth.
We’re helping cities spend their transportation dollars wisely, leading to improved infrastructure, reduced congestion and enhanced vitality in the communities we live, work and play. Our transport economics solutions empower city planners and policymakers with the data and analysis needed to prioritize projects, secure funding and achieve long-term benefits both economically and socially. Whether planning new transit lines or optimizing existing systems, our solutions deliver investible infrastructure that transforms.
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Explore our projects
Jacobs delivers tailored solutions worldwide. Our global portfolio of projects has supported clients with addressing dynamic issues like decarbonization and energy transition to connected vehicles and smarter, data-driven plans to get from Point A to Point B. The solutions we develop in collaboration with our clients keep people and goods moving smoothly into the future.
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A New Mode of Travel in London
How new modeling, analytical and evaluation tools are helping Transport for London plan for the city’s sustainable future and deal with current uncertainty.
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Strategic Road Pricing Strategies in the U.K.
How Jacobs and Volterra planned out how present U.K. fuel and vehicle excise duties can be replaced by a road user charging system that results in faster and safer journeys, guaranteed journey times & less congestion and pollution.
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StreetLight Insight®
How a big data web platform harnesses connected device and IoT data to measure vehicle, transit, bike, and foot traffic virtually anywhere.
Meet some of our team
Read more about the talent who make it happen every day.
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Stephen Rutherford, Global Solutions Director of Transport Planning
Stephen Rutherford is the Global Director of Transport Planning at Jacobs, responsible for developing and applying innovation, technical leadership of Jacobs’ close to 1,000 transportation planners and delivery of transportation planning efforts globally.
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Tim Beech, Big Data Global Principal
Tim Beech has over 15 years of experience in developing cutting-edge techniques for transportation models and policy planning, including the latest innovations and data-driven tech. Tim is a transport modeler who’s taken a lead role on several large strategic modelling projects for Transport for London, U.K.’s Department for Transport, Qatar Rail, Highways England and numerous authorities.
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Elena Golovenko, Strategic Modeling Global Principal
Elena Golovenko has more than 20 years of experience in strategic transportation modeling. Her experience spans all transport modes and she is a recognized expert in demand modelling with experience spanning the delivery of complex demand models for long-distances, motorway multimodal studies and four-stage models for clients such as the U.K.’s Department for Transport and Highways England. She often acts as a technical expert on modelling and appraisal methods on peer reviews.
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Loren Bloomberg, Traffic Engineering/Operations Global Principal
Loren Bloomberg is Jacobs’ traffic engineering and operations lead. With more than 25 years of experience, he’s led or played a key role in numerous large-scale planning and operations analyses. He has conducted studies and developed plans for local areas, corridors and entire regions including roadways, maritime facilities and airports. Loren’s technical expertise is in traffic engineering and operations, with a particular focus on conceptual engineering and traffic modeling, as well as emerging transportation technologies like autonomous vehicles (AVs), road user charging, and priced managed lanes.
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John Siraut, Transport Economics Global Principal
John Siraut is a highly experienced project director specializing in the wider economic and social impact of transport infrastructure and policy and in economic development issues generally. He has worked across all modes of transport, including providing senior advice on the impacts of some of the U.K.’s largest infrastructure projects including Crossrail, HS2, Smart Motorway Programme, East West Rail and the Lower Thames Crossing. He is the author of over 100 published papers and articles, a regular conference speaker and has given evidence to the UK Parliament Transport Select Committee on road user charging.
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Jeh Chan, Regional Market Solutions Lead for Transport Planning - Asia
Jeh Chan is a Chartered Transport Planning Professional (CTPP) with over 20 years of experience in delivering mobility analytics and forward-looking transport policies and strategies for clients worldwide. He is passionate about solving complex transport problems and contributing towards wider goals of sustainability, livability and social inclusion that transform communities for good.
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Seth Torma, Transportation Planner
Seth Torma has more than 25 years of progressive transportation planning experience focused on integrating all modes of transportation – auto traffic, goods movement, transit, rail, active transportation, travel demand management and intelligent transportation systems – to deliver multimodal solutions.
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Sona Sehat, Traffic Engineer
Sona Sehat is a traffic engineer at Jacobs. She focuses on a variety of transportation-related projects such as traffic impact studies, corridor studies, managed lane studies and intersection analysis.
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John Whittaker, Team Lead for Intelligent Transportation Systems, Australia & New Zealand
John Whittaker has been working in the ITS industry since 2006. His career began in the U.K., including working on the pilot scheme for what we now know as “smart motorways.” He’s delivered several major infrastructure projects from both contractor and consultant perspectives. He also enjoys providing consultation and advice to state transport authorities to help achieve desired project outcomes.
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Alicia Cannon, Transportation Department Leader - Southern California
Alicia Cannon is Jacobs’ Department Leader for the Southern California transportation market and is based in Ontario, California. She was born and raised in the Inland Empire and has spent most of her career working on local projects and improving the transportation system.
Read our latest news
From new project wins and milestones to reports, podcasts and industry insights, discover what we’re up to.
From our newsroom
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NewsJacobs to Provide Strategic Planning and Advisory Services to Ireland’s National Transport Authority
Jacobs was awarded a contract to provide strategic planning and advisory services to Ireland’s National Transport Authority as it develops and implements high quality, sustainable, accessible transport infrastructure and services across the nation.
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NewsJacobs to Manage Intelligent Transportation System for Florida's Turnpike
Jacobs (NYSE:J) was selected to operate and maintain Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and manage traffic operations for Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, a division of the Florida Department of Transportation. Jacobs will operate, manage and maintain more than 500 miles of ITS-connected roadway infrastructure across the state.
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ReportDefining the Pathway for Decarbonization in the Transport Sector
Asia Decarbonization Strategy Lead Tanmay Bishnoi talks about our approach to defining the decarbonization pathway, insights from transport’s decarbonization journey, and how we’re supporting authorities and operators to make the transition
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NewsJacobs Selected to Provide Technical and Commercial Advice to the U.K. Department for Transport
Jacobs has been selected as a PRIME Consultant by the U.K. Department for Transport for its latest Specialist Technical and Commercial Advice for Rail and Other Transport Modes Framework. Read more about the role.
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PodcastsGetting there: Data and transportation safety
On this episode of If/When we discussed advancements in data science as deployed on behalf of transportation safety. Our guests are Director of Special Projects and Services at StreetLight Sean Co and Michael Brown, data & technology director at Jacobs. They recently collaborated as part of a team that successfully brought to market a transportation data solution for one of the largest metropolitan planning organizations in the U.S. In this episode, they shared insights from that experience, as well as their thoughts on how organizations can integrate data solutions into their workflows, and what they see as the path forward for the future transportation data landscape.
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NewsJacobs Acquires Mobility Analytics Leader StreetLight Data, Inc
Jacobs announced today it has acquired StreetLight Data, Inc. ("StreetLight"), a pioneer of mobility analytics who uses its vast data and machine learning resources to shed light on mobility, enabling users to solve complex transportation problems. The addition of StreetLight accelerates Jacobs' strategy in growing its end-to-end digital solutions portfolio and focus on ESG, while adding high growth, highly recurring revenue software businesses that offer tremendous value for its clients and the communities they serve.