Keeping up with evolving guidance, new methodologies, and emerging research—while still delivering projects on time and within budget—is challenging, to say the least. Implementing that research is yet another hurdle, since building models, running scenarios, and applying technical guidance requires significant time and effort.
At Kittelson, we understand these pressures because of our work at the intersection of research and practice. This dual perspective helps us identify the gaps between guidance and implementation, and build tools that bridge them.
As more clients have requested software applications that save time by automating complex calculations and workflows, and strengthen projects by grounding decisions in up-to-date research and guidance, we’ve built a technology services team that specializes in developing tools that make research implementable.
Through translating technical methodologies into user-friendly interfaces, our tools help agencies apply the latest research in real-world decision-making.
Our Tool Building Philosophies
Data is crucial.
You shouldn't need to spend time searching for data. It should be at your fingertips.
Tools should be customizable.
We can tailor our existing tools to meet your specific requirements and needs.
We are subject matter experts first.
With four decades of transportation industry experience, we know how to work with agency processes.
This page highlights a few of our ready-built tools, but our core focus is on developing custom solutions tailored to your agency’s needs. Contact us to learn more about our process.
crashKIT
A user-friendly tool for conducting crash history evaluations on roads and intersections using Highway Safety Manual methods. Run an analysis for a full jurisdiction or by crash, road, or intersection type and view results as an interactive map with an accompanying data table.
intKIT
A sketch-level tool that allows you to screen and compare intersection and interchange configurations for intersection control evaluation. Customize it for your process, with available modules including safety analyses, capacity analyses, cost predictions, and benefit/cost ratios.
wzKIT
A more efficient, data-driven approach to work zone planning. Enter a few simple inputs to quickly identify optimal work zone timing and understand expected traffic impacts from different lane closure scenarios based on the location, season, time of day, and other factors.
Custom Tools
For transportation agencies, the challenge usually isn’t a lack of data—it’s figuring out how to use it. For years, we’ve been building custom tools and dashboards that help agencies make sense of complex data sets and turn them into insights they can act on.
Our Clients
Want to explore how these tools could benefit your work? Let’s talk about tailoring them—or, our favorite challenge, building new solutions fully customized to your goals.