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CHS Consulting Group

Transportation Moves Us!

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About the firm

CHS Consulting Group is passionate about making our world smarter, more accessible, and sustainable. Transportation systems and facilities are the foundations to supporting our economy and way of life. A well-designed system will move people and products efficiently and enhance the vibrancy of a region, a city, or a neighborhood. In contrast, an improperly designed system can wreak havoc on our communities. Traffic congestion, increased greenhouse gas emissions, and lack of transportation options are often the result. San Francisco's Embarcadero and Central freeways and Boston's Central Artery were once congested nightmares that caused community decay; CHS Founding Principal Chi-Hsin Shao was closely involved in replacing those elevated freeways with grand, pedestrian-friendly boulevards, enhanced transit systems, and open spaces that revitalized neighborhoods. In addition, CHS has been collaborating with architects and planners to promote higher density, mixed-use development near transit stations and walkable developments.

Firm type
Transportation Engineering · Design-Build

People

Chi-Hsin ShaoFounding Principal

Capabilities

Transportation Planning

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Planning professionals skillfully blend technical expertise and knowledge with careful negotiation and consensus building among stakeholders to ensure the lasting success of a project. The practice begins with a clear understanding of project goals, objectives, and stakeholders' needs to guide analysis and design.

  • Areawide Planning
  • Corridor Planning
  • Travel Demand Forecasting
  • Parking Studies
  • Transportation Demand Management Planning and Implementation
  • Pedestrian Planning and Analysis

Transit Planning, Operations, and Design

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Delivering realistic and workable plans grounded in patronage forecasts, reasonable operating scenarios, and feasible financial projections designed to improve local and regional mobility. The practice specializes in plans that can be implemented to make ferries sail, buses run, and trains roll.

  • Operations Analysis
  • Transit Station Area Planning
  • Systems Planning
  • Financial Revenue and Fare Analysis
  • Route and Schedule Planning
  • Patronage Forecasting
  • Management Services and Training
  • Strategic and Institutional Analysis

Traffic Engineering and Operations

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Conducting analysis and designing systems to support the safe, efficient movement of transit, vehicles, and pedestrians.

  • Traffic Operations and Microsimulations
  • Traffic Signal Design and Intelligent Transportation Systems

Design-Build Projects

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Work in this area is organized into supported delivery tasks.

  • Collaborating On Major Transit

    Support includes Collaborating on major transit.

  • Airport

    Support includes airport.

  • Parking

    Support includes parking.

  • Intermodal Infrastructure Delivery Projects

    Support includes intermodal infrastructure delivery projects.

International Transportation Planning

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Providing visioning and master planning services for major aerotropolis, financial city, and urban district developments globally.

Industries

Aviation · Government · Healthcare · Highways & Roads · Mixed-Use · Rail · Transit · Transportation · Parking

Projects

BART Oakland Airport Connector

Transit

Project details

A major design-build transit project connecting the BART system to the Oakland International Airport.