Abu Dhabi Urban Street Design Manual,
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council recently
adopted the Emirate’s first Urban Street Design
Manual, with help from a team that included Otak
International, Nelson\Nygaard, and Steer Davies
Gleave. The document provides guidance to:
• design streets that create a safe environment
for all users
• transition from a vehicle-trip based society to a
multimodal society
• introduce fine-grained street networks
Read more about this project (pdf).

Salt Lake City/Wasatch Front Region, Utah
Wasatch Front Mobility Management Project

Nelson\Nygaard was retained by a consortium
composed of the Wasatch Front Regional Council, Mountainland Association of Governments and the Utah Transit Authority to develop a Mobility Management Plan for the UTA service area, a region that includes Salt Lake City and straddles parts of 6 counties, and the 2 planning districts.
Read more about this project (pdf).

Glendale, CA
Glendale Downtown Mobility Study

The City of Glendale’s Downtown Mobility Study
addressed the challenge of accommodating growth—including the addition of up to 8,000 housing units—without signifi cantly increasing auto congestion or impacting Glendale’s quality of life. The plan combined strategies to broaden transportation choices for existing residents, employees, and visitors with strategies to limit the growth of auto traffic generated by new development.
Read more about this project (pdf).

Trenton, NJ
City of Trenton Transit Linkage Plan

The Trenton train station has a wealth of
transit options; getting to the station, however,
presented problems for anyone driving, biking,
or walking. Lack of signage, sidewalks, and poor
circulation patterns produced excess driving
around the station, long crossing times for
pedestrians, and unsafe walking conditions.
Read more about this project (pdf).

Seattle, WA
Seattle Urban Mobility Plan, Seattle DOT

Nelson\Nygaard led the Urban Mobility Plan for the City of Seattle, a high-profile project designed to develop a Surface and Transit alternative for the replacement of the Alaskan Way Viaduct. The plan proposed alternatives combining physical improvements and policy changes to optimize the movement of goods and people through the center city.
Read more about this project (pdf).