Cambridge Systematics is committed to ensuring client success — no matter how complex the challenge. We pride ourselves on working closely with our clients — from understanding their underlying needs to supporting effective decision-making and implementation. By providing innovative policy and planning solutions, objective analysis, and technology applications, we help our clients meet future transportation needs while improving the performance of existing infrastructure and operations.

Policy, Strategic Planning, & Management Transportation leaders turn to Cambridge Systematics for strategic planning, policy analysis, and management advice. We are known for our ability to develop innovative and sound solutions to address complex transportation issues, present and future. Through long-term partnerships with our clients — including the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), state departments of transportation (DOT), and metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) — we have influenced the development of effective transportation policies and helped design and implement effective management solutions throughout the United States and around the world.  Economic Analysis Cambridge Systematics is nationally recognized for our depth of experience in evaluating the economic impacts, value, and long-term benefits of transportation policies, programs, and projects. We have developed a number of the Federal government's primary economic analysis tools for the transportation industry, many of them employed by hundreds of transportation executives at the state, regional, and local levels. For more than 30 years, our projects have addressed every mode of transportation, and have supported better decisions on infrastructure improvements and investments, operational enhancements, and pricing strategies.  Environment Cambridge Systematics is deeply committed to sustaining our environment and conserving natural resources – ensuring that a healthy environment and top quality transportation services go hand in hand. Our environmental initiative assists communities and transportation agencies in planning and implementing sustainable transportation systems that will meet the needs of our growing economy while contributing to a better environment. Our environmental practice focuses on transportation climate change policy, mobile source greenhouse gas emissions analysis and reduction strategies, as well as in integrating environmental and climate change considerations into policy-level decisions.   Freight Systems & Intermodal Planning Freight mobility is an increasingly important issue to states and regions that are concerned with economic development and market competitiveness. For more than 20 years, Cambridge Systematics has been a leader in articulating and addressing the challenges of managing freight transportation. From formulation of national freight policies with the U.S. DOT and the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) to the development of freight plans and models for dozens of states, MPOs, and local agencies, we understand how to balance competing demands for mobility, safety, and security.  Transit Cambridge Systematics is a leader in transit planning and project development, with demonstrated expertise in ridership forecasting, New Starts project development, transit market research, strategic planning, and analysis of the economic and financial impacts of transit investments. Our staff help plan, evaluate, and implement transit services in a variety of settings, including conventional and high-speed rail, local and intercity bus, bus rapid transit, commuter rail, light-rail, high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) facilities, new technologies, special activity centers, transit-oriented development (TOD), and special purpose services. We have the technical expertise and institutional experience needed to bring a transit project from concept to reality.  Rail Planning Railroads are experiencing new attention from public policy-makers seeking to reduce highway congestion through expanded rail options for accommodating increasing freight volumes, to enhance energy independence through energy-efficient movement of people and goods, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation sources. Cambridge Systematics is at the forefront of this rail renaissance as a national leader in all aspects of passenger and freight rail planning. We have extensive experience in the areas of freight and passenger rail planning, operations, policy, program development, and in making the link between rail investment and economic development.

Forecasting Developing accurate and credible forecasts for some of the most challenging and visible modeling projects in the nation has earned Cambridge Systematics international recognition. Our clients benefit from our technical skill, practical solutions, and dedication to improving transportation. For more than 30 years, we have developed and applied high-powered and common sense analytical techniques to guide our independent thinking and objective analysis. In fact, we contributed to and in some cases developed many of the travel demand forecasting practices in use in the transportation industry today.  Operations & Simulation Today’s transportation leaders must focus on system operations and performance as well as system expansion. Cambridge Systematics is a recognized leader in the development of strategies and application of technologies to improve operations performance — including highways, transit, and freight — at the national, state, corridor, and local levels. We are a recognized leader in ITS policy, planning, and program development, and have developed some of the nation’s leading ITS planning and evaluation tools. We want our clients to make the most of their transportation resources.  Transportation Safety Cambridge Systematics is deeply committed to improving the safety of our transportation system. For nearly a decade we have conducted safety-related research, developed safety plans and programs for Federal and state agencies, and deployed information systems that make highways and other modes of transportation safer. Our safety work builds upon the core capabilities of the firm, including data collection and quantitative analysis, information systems, geographic information systems, commercial vehicle operations, freight analysis, and the development of statewide and regional transportation plans.  Software & Information Technology Consulting Cambridge Systematics is a leading, full-service provider of software development and information technology services to the transportation industry. We make our clients more productive and efficient by combining our extensive knowledge and experience in transportation with superb skills in information technology. We offer a suite of off-the-shelf products to help our clients solve common problems. We also develop customized solutions tailored to meet our clients' specific business needs. From small, stand-alone desktop solutions to sophisticated enterprise-wide web applications, we leverage our technology and experience to deliver valuable and effective solutions.  GIS & Data Management Safety, mobility, economic competitiveness, regulatory compliance, and community preservation all depend on the ability to collect, analyze, and display relevant and accurate data. Geospatial analysis and tools improve the speed and accuracy of decision-making in all of these areas by turning complex volumes of data into powerfully displayed communication of transportation alternatives. Cambridge Systematics has been perfecting the integration of our data analysis and geospatial technology services with our transportation domain expertise for more than 15 years.