Move your community forward.

Put good things in motion. We'll help your community become more resilient to climate change, reduce racial and socioeconomic disparities, and move people more safely and efficiently on our streets and sidewalks. We’ll equip you with innovative analytic tools and inclusive engagement strategies to articulate goals, examine impacts, understand community needs, and build consensus, so your plans become reality and your projects get funded and built.

Bellevue Curb Management Plan

With so much demand for curb space, it's time to get strategic.

The curb is powerful. Harness it to achieve your city's goals by establishing a curb management roadmap. This makes life easier for people walking, bicycling, taking transit, delivering goods, buying from local businesses, and, yes, finding a car parking space.

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SDOT Madison Corridor BRT

We'll help you plan, design, and fund transformative corridors.

Improve travel times; boost transit ridership and bike mode share, and build vibrant urban places.

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DDOT 15th Street Bicycle Safety Improvements

Plan and design safer streets for all.

We'll help you build a blueprint for clear, measurable strategies that provide safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all. Then we'll help you develop designs to make safety a reality.

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See what we can do for your community.

The New Transportation Demand Management: An Implementation Guide for City Officials

StanCOG Regional Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety & Education Campaign

Butler Trail Safety and Mobility Study

Connect Downtown Nashville

South Congress Parking Strategy

PLAN: South Boston Dorchester Ave Transportation Plan

LADOT Strategic Plan

Hoboken Vision Zero Action Plan

San José Emerging Mobility Action Plan

Atlanta Curbside Management Action Plan

Reconnect South Park

Denver Colfax BRT Corridor Study

We approach multimodal transportation challenges of all kinds with a simple guiding principle: put people first.

Multimodal/Integrated Modal Planning
Transit Speed and Reliability Planning,
Design, and Implementation
Active Transportation Planning and Design
Parking Policy and Management
TDM Strategic Planning, Policy, and Implementation
Curbside Management
Equity Frameworks and Toolkits
Strategic and Organizational Planning
Congestion Management
Vision Zero and Safety Studies
Bikeshare and Micromobility Planning
Access to Transit and First/Last Mile
Transit Oriented Development/
District Mobility Planning
Long-Range Transportation Planning
Sub-Area and Comprehensive Planning
Conceptual Engineering and Engineering Feasibility
GIS and Analytic Dashboards/Tools
Stakeholder Facilitation and Community Engagement

What our clients have to say

“We could not have created our Strategic Plan without Nelson\Nygaard. The team deftly handled our internal politics and provided nuanced insight into the needs of our staff. I especially appreciated their involvement in long working sessions! It was truly a joy to work with them.”

- LA Bureau of Engineering

Meet our transportation trailblazers

Christopher Forinash

Chris connects people to the places they love by creating more equitable access to healthy, sustainable mobility choices.

Chris helps you create a lasting and implementable vision for equitable and sustainable mobility.

Drusilla van Hengel, PhD

Dru asks great questions, listens compassionately, and steers conversations in important directions.

Dru asks great questions that daylight and dissolve the barriers to investing in safe streets for all.

James McGrath, AIA, ASLA

James gives ideas form and brings projects to life.

James helps you bridge planning and design to create vibrant places with high-quality transit at the center.

Jennifer Wieland

Jennifer helps communities make values-driven decisions that stick, translating vision to action.

Jennifer helps you make values-driven decisions that stick, translating vision to action.

Naomi Doerner

Naomi creates diverse and inclusive strategic planning processes and facilitates institutional change based on equity, diversity, and inclusion goals.

Naomi helps you focus on transportation equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Nina Harvey Schatmeier

Nina finds joy in making streets and places memorable, intuitive, and accessible to all.

Nina helps you create places that are memorable, intuitive, and accessible to all.

Thaddeus Wozniak, PE

A "Plangineer," Thaddeus is leading the charge in developing buildable projects that promote safety, sustainability, and efficiency as we re-think how we utilize our public spaces.

Thaddeus helps your residents safely access high-quality transit.

Theresa Carr, AICP

Theresa helps clients make effective transportation investment decisions.

Theresa helps you make effective transportation investments aligned with your community's values.

Thomas Brennan

Thomas helps build healthy, vital, and resilient communities with transit and non-motorized transportation.

Thomas helps you build healthy, vital, and resilient communities with transit and non-motorized transportation.

Thomas Brown

Tom develops strategies to let his clients do more with less parking.

Tom thinks outside the box to help you reimagine parking and the curb.

Talk To Us About Your Project.

Let’s exchange ideas about transportation in your community.

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