Toole Design

Groundbreaking Work That Moves People

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About the firm

Toole Design is a mid-sized planning, engineering, and landscape architecture practice founded in 2003 and dedicated exclusively to active and multimodal transportation. With more than 350 staff across North America, the practice designs streets, trails, sidewalks, and transit infrastructure that make walking and biking safe, convenient, and enjoyable for people of all ages and abilities. It does not engage in work aimed at moving more cars faster, and applies its New Es of Transportation framework of ethics, empathy, and equity to every project.

Established
2003
Team
Large
Firm type
Civil Engineering · Landscape Architecture · Transportation Engineering

People

Jennifer ToolePresident

Roswell EldridgeChief Operating Officer

Bill SchultheissVice President and Director of Engineering

Kate MakerCivil Engineering Practice Lead

Capabilities

Engineering

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Offers comprehensive multimodal transportation and civil engineering services from conceptual design through construction administration.

  • Conceptual Design
  • Construction Administration
  • Design Guidance and Manuals
  • Drainage and Stormwater Management
  • Final Design and Construction Documentation
  • Inclusive Design and ADA
  • Rapid Implementation
  • Roadway and Street Design
  • Site Development and Permitting
  • Traffic Engineering and Operations
  • Utilities and Right-of-Way
  • Connected and Automated Vehicles

Landscape Architecture & Urban Design

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Creates public spaces, streetscapes, and green infrastructure focused on community connection, active mobility, and climate resilience.

  • Charrette Workshops
  • Climate Resilience
  • Complete Streets and Shared Streets
  • Green Infrastructure
  • Parks and Plazas
  • Streetscape Design
  • Trails and Greenways
  • Urban Design
  • Visualization
  • Wayfinding and Environmental Graphics

Delivers data-driven active transportation plans, safety programs, corridor studies, and transit planning to design safer networks for all users.

  • Active Transportation Planning
  • Campus Planning
  • Corridor Studies
  • Curbside Management
  • Data Science and Analysis
  • Multimodal Transportation Plans
  • New Mobility and Bikeshare
  • Private Development Master Plans
  • Research
  • Safe Routes to School
  • Safety and Vision Zero
  • Transit Planning
  • Transportation Demand Management

Industries

Government · Federal · Transit · Education · Land Development

Projects

Pike and Pine Streetscape Improvements

Seattle, WA · Government

Project details

Streetscape improvements near Pike Place Market serving the core of downtown Seattle's business, tourism, and cultural communities.

ATX Walk Bike Roll

Austin, TX · Government · Client: City of Austin

Project details

Simultaneous effort to update three interrelated active transportation plans: the Sidewalks, Crossings, and Shared Streets Plan.

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