For more than fifty years, clients have relied on Wilbur Smith Associates for innovative approaches to complicated transportation mobility challenges. WSA’s traffic engineers are proficient in studies and designs ranging from simple traffic impact and feasibility studies to complex intelligent transportation systems for major freeways. They understand that each traffic and transportation improvement project has important implications for those who use the facility every day. Therefore, project managers and other staff focus special attention on technical and community constraints and opportunities. WSA has successfully completed projects and developed strong working relationships with national and state departments of transportation, county governments, local jurisdictions, metropolitan planning organizations, and private developers.

WSA maintains a core group of traffic engineers specializing in operational analysis, traffic control design, transportation improvement prioritization, and safety studies. They have the expertise – developed through hands-on experience both in the office and in the field – to investigate, evaluate, and implement effective transportation improvements. The team has substantial experience in traffic planning, operational analysis, traffic circulation, parking studies, traffic safety studies, signals system design, freeway management, and traffic impact assessment. As a pioneer in traffic engineering, WSA continues to lead the way in developing cutting-edge solutions to transportation challenges throughout the world.

Traffic engineering capabilities include:

Data collection and traffic surveys Traffic safety and accident analyses Traffic control plans Traffic impact analyses Traffic operational analyses Roadway capacity analyses Traffic modeling and simulations Interchange studies Intersection optimization studies Traffic circulation studies Parking studies Traffic calming studies

Roundabout analyses Congestion management studies Safety studies Freeway operations analyses Traffic signal optimization Signal systems analysis and design Access management plans Traffic signal warrants and timing Corridor studies Crash analysis and safety studies Intelligent transportation system planning and design