Bus Rapid Transit
Your city's bus rapid transit journey
We help navigate your city's bus rapid transit (BRT) journey. From initial planning to design and construction, our team is dedicated to creating efficient, sustainable, and community-focused transit solutions. With our extensive experience and innovative approach, we help every BRT project we undertake meet the highest standards of quality and performance.
We design and consult on high-capacity BRTs for mixed traffic and exclusive lane scenarios, allowing for faster travel and more flexible routes when compared with conventional bus systems. Often a more economical solution than rail options, we design BRTs with lower capital cost per passenger. Looking to the future, we include sustainability measures in our projects, such as bioswales and transit-adjacent bikeways, to maintain a BRT line’s viability.
Our team also designs BRT stations to promote transit awareness and ridership. Working with our clients, we evolve their BRT stations from enhanced bus stops to multi-modal hubs, integrating first-last mile opportunities, community orientation and wayfinding, and safety measures to enhance the rider experience.
In all our BRT projects, we develop systems that provide true value to our clients and public transit riders.
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Having led BRT projects from planning through design, construction, and operation, we understand the full BRT lifecycle.
25,500
Users
93K
Square Foot Facilities
$1.7B
For Metrolinx
We managed construction for the Metro Orange Line in LA County, which services approximately 25,500 users.
We helped design SunMetro’s 93,000 square foot (8,600 square metres) intermodal facility, one of the first in the US built around a BRT system.
We provided program management services for Metrolinx on their largest BRT system in the Greater Toronto Area.
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Services
Transit Planning
Creating a path forward for transit
Traffic Engineering
Our traffic engineers keep people and goods moving safely and efficiently, helping you find more time in your day by spending less time in your car.
Urban Planning & Design
Our plans help harness the forces reshaping North American communities. We create places that are authentic, green, walkable, connected and diverse.
Detailed Engineering & Design
Big picture engineering in every detail.
Program & Construction Management
We know from experience that delivering a complex project without surprises doesn’t mean there won’t be challenges, but our creative approach to planning and controls can head off most problems.
Construction Management & Inspection
Ensuring quality – from design to closeout.
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