Efficient and resilient transport networks are crucial to the economy, environment, and accessibility. Integrated planning is at the heart of ensuring the UK continues to thrive with well-connected networks that work in harmony for a variety of users.
At GHD, we help our clients at each stage of the classic transport planning model including trip generation and suppression, trip distribution, mode choice, and assignment.
Our transport planning and traffic engineering team brings together specialists experienced in private and public transport, traffic engineering, rail, light rail, guided transport, freight, pedestrian, aviation, and water transport engineering. We work with local authorities, operators and private developers to central government to drive successful national and local transport strategies.
We help clients plan integration and model competition across transport modes - futureproofing their networks by enhancing connectivity. Our technical expertise and planning background helps deliver in programme and project management roles.
GHD's traffic engineering team work with local authorities to free up congested networks within and between urbanisations. We help our clients understand the causes of traffic patterns and develop strategic network improvement designs to overcome the findings of our studies and investigations. This team develops multi-modal solutions including integrated streetscapes, cycle, pedestrian and bus priority measures to promote active transport. Skilled in traffic analysis, this team models traffic and conducts corridor studies to unlock hotspots through traffic-calming designs and town centre traffic plans.
Our team supports major bodies by forecasting demand to inform investment decisions. We provide franchise bidding support, model audits, public inquiry support, and studies for parking, park-and-ride, airport, and sea ports. We also help clients with justification of new routes and service proposals based on cost-benefit analyses, business case development (consistent with WebTAG), and timetable and operations planning. At a project level, we design stations, depots, interchanges, and transport facilities.