Kittelson & Associates, Inc.

Join us at booth #A113 at the TRB 2025 Careers in Motion Networking Fair! We’re excited to connect with students and other future transportation leaders. 🚉 Stop by our booth on January 5th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to learn about Kittelson, our work, and the ways we’re building stronger, more connected transportation systems. We’d love to get a chance to meet you and share our internship and career opportunities! 🤝 #TRB2025 #CareerFair #TRBAM

Happy Friday, everyone! Please join me in welcoming two new team members: Mikayla Montoya and Pavithran B. ⭐ ⭐ Mikayla Montoya began her career as a traffic engineer and transportation planner. While working in transportation, she pursued a degree in graphic design at San Diego City College. She has a strong interest in transportation and loves to combine her two backgrounds. She enjoys creating technical infographics, maps, and figures as well as designing in branding, page layouts, and presentations. In her free time, she enjoys rock climbing and playing in a local pep band. ⭐ Pavithran Balan earned his master's degree in city and regional planning from Rutgers University, where he also obtained a transportation certificate. Pavithran is interested in understanding transportation needs from a community perspective and finding data-driven solutions that create sustainable, safe communities. Outside of work, Pavithran enjoys watching and playing outdoor sports, travelling, biking, and hiking.

We’re excited to continue supporting quick-build bus priority infrastructure, like the new 2nd Street bus lanes used by Route 104 in Boston, to improve connectivity and service for the communities we live in. Bus networks are a vital part of creating more reliable and accessible transportation systems. 🌐 Congratulations to MBTA and their partners for launching Bus Network Redesign Phase 1! 🎉

We're an interconnected nationwide team, but we each have our own reasons for being passionate about the work we do! This month, learn about Benazir Portal and how she's turning signals into solutions. Benazir was recently awarded the 2024 South Florida ITE Private Sector Professional of the Year! 🏆 Benazir's work focuses on traffic operations and safety problem-solving. She says the most rewarding part of her work is seeing the safety and operations countermeasures she recommended on the ground. Benazir finds her work incredibly fulfilling and loves showing her family the projects she's contributed to in Florida. 💡 “The feeling of seeing your contributions shape projects and improve communities in meaningful ways, is hard to describe—it’s a deep source of pride and joy.” ⭐ https://lnkd.in/g3EtrqnZ

2024 has been a big year for research! So many research publications made big splashes in the industry. Check out another round of amazing research that stood out to us. 📚 #transportationresearch #TRBAM #TRB2025 https://lnkd.in/g-hEJC3e

With the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting fast approaching, our Washington D.C. team put together their top recommendations of places to visit near the convention center. While you’re in town, check out their suggestions for exercise destinations, quick bites, and social hot spots! 🏃🏻♀️🍜🥂 #TRB2025 #TRBAM https://lnkd.in/g7ZHykWQ

As we look ahead to the 2025 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, we're also looking back on the impactful research published this year. Swipe to see some of the publications that were interesting to our team. 📚 #transportationresearch #TRBAM #TRB2025 https://lnkd.in/g-hEJC3e

This week we connected with professionals in our industry and discussed important issues in transportation today at the Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference (TESC). ✅ Here are some of our own session highlights: 💰 Jeff Riegner introduced the Safe Streets and Roads for All program and explained how communities in Pennsylvania are using the funding for their safety action plans. 🚀 Glenn Rowe participated in a panel discussing the past and present of PennDOT Highway Safety and Traffic, and where mobility and safety are heading in the future. 💭 Conor Semler provided an overview of the 24-hour capacity framework and explained how we can broaden our view of road design and evaluate how corridors operate outside of the traditional peak hour view of a traffic engineer. 📝 Andy Duerr moderated and @Andrew Thompson presented in a session called "Model as a Legal Document (MALD) in PA," highlighting two MALD pilot projects. 🛠️ Alexandra Jahnle, introduced PennDOT's upcoming LaneEval Tool, which helps promote safer work zones. ⚡ Laura Ahramjian, AICP moderated a session on how the City of Philadelphia piloted and expanded automated speed enforcement to reduce vehicle speeds, decrease the number of fatal and severe crashes and meet Vision Zero goals. We’re grateful for the chance to learn, share, and collaborate with industry leaders at TESC—looking forward to applying these insights to advance safer, more efficient transportation systems! 💡

Ready to shape the future of traffic control? Registration is open for the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (NCUTCD ) being held January 8–10, 2025 in Arlington, VA. 🚦 The NCUTCD develops recommended changes to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). A new edition of the MUTCD came out less than a year ago, so it’s an excellent time to get involved! 🚸 Meeting registration information is available at https://lnkd.in/dMrqjjff. We hope to see you there! 🤝

Some of the transportation problems of today are the products of decades of policy decisions and reversals and require intersectional research. #TRBvolunteer Hermanus Steyn of Kittelson & Associates, Inc. puts his skills at breaking down silos to work on these problems as Chair of the Design Section of TRB's standing technical committees. Learn more to see if you want to get involved too! https://ow.ly/Ui8250Uof5R