What Do We Do?
That's a pretty big question; Kittelson & Associates does many different things, encompassed by five overlapping categories. To better answer that question, we've put together a website that details many of the facets of our work. We hope that you'll learn more about what we work on, with who, and what we produce as a result.
We divide our work into five Market Service Areas. The following are small descriptions of our market service areas. Each have a link to a page with more detailed information on each service area and the specifics of the work we do in that service area.
We hope that this information will be of value to you. Thanks for reading.
Public Works and Traffic Engineering: How does it relate?
As a transportation engineering firm, we often partner with public clients as they move from an initial concept through the design and construction of transportation facilities.
Public sector client needs range from providing a full spectrum of transportation consulting services, supplementing a short-term staffing requirement, or offering an outsider's viewpoint to elected officials and citizens. Our goal is to create and implement innovative, cost-effective solutions to urban and rural transportation issues. As transportation engineers, we aim to ensure the safe and efficient movement of people and goods from the local level through an international scale.
Who are our public clients and what services do we provide?
Development Services and Engineering: How does it relate?
For each development services project, an understanding of both client and project needs, as well as jurisdiction requirements, is important. From early in the site-analysis process through approval and construction, assisting the project team with their site development to reach efficient and cost-effective transportation engineering solutions is our goal.
Who are our clients and what services do we provide?
Transportation Planning and Engineering: How does it relate?
Transportation planning takes a long-term look at transportation facilities (generally streets, highways, and transit lines) and how they will operate in the future.
Planning allows for the creation of multi-modal, community-based transportation systems that improve quality of life for citizens. From long-range transportation plans to neighborhood traffic management, we combine transportation planning and traffic engineering to integrate solutions with community goals.
Whether urban, suburban, or rural transportation issues, analysis procedures and techniques are used to create cost-effective solutions to clients.
Who are our clients and what services do we provide?
Transit and Engineering: How does it relate?
From bus rapid transit to transit signal priority, Kittelson & Associates, Inc. (KAI) is a nationally recognized leader in bus rapid transit, transit signal priority, and transit quality of service assessment. KAI staff members are a reliable resource for transit operations analysis, planning, design, and research services, as well as traffic planning and transportation engineering services in support of transit projects. The firm’s work has included on-call services contracts for several agencies.
The firm authored both editions of the Transportation Research Board’s Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual, which offers guidance on evaluating bus and rail operations. In addition, KAI has authored other national transit guidebooks, including the BRT Practitioner’s Guide and A Guidebook for Developing a Transit Performance-Measurement System.
Who are our clients and what services do we provide?
Research and Engineering: How does it relate?
Both locally and nationally, transportation research is continually happening all around us. Constant strides towards improving the transportation profession is a goal of all transportation professionals. National transportation research and professional committees are a part of our every day lives, such as the Transportation Research Board (TRB), the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), and the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS).
It also ensures that KAI’s technical analyses and policy recommendations are based on relevant, current transportation theories and practices. KAI seeks innovative ways to apply contemporary academic analysis to find optimal solutions to project challenges. Through these research and education endeavors, KAI has developed professional associations with internationally respected academics within the transportation field.
Who are our clients and what services to we provide?