Services

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) develops and implements policies, plans and programs for roads, bridges, aeronautics, freight and passenger carriers, ports, waterways, and railroads for over five million urban and rural residents. WSP USA has worked with MnDOT on a variety of initiatives to maximize operational performance and support the delivery of billions in transportation improvements.

Northwest Parkway, Jefferson Parkway and E-470 public highway authorities represent three alternative delivery entities in the growing Denver metropolitan area, providing convenient access to residential and employment centers, including the Denver International Airport. WSP USA provided the authorities with financial planning, organizational management, traffic and revenue analyses, P3 procurement advisory and contract negotiations support.

WSP USA served as a strategic consultant to the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), a private investor, for its $2.35 billion purchase of four container terminals in New York, New Jersey and British Columbia. The transaction was awarded the North American Acquisition Deal of the Year by Project Finance magazine.

Washington State Department of Transportation operates and maintains 18,000 lane miles and 3,600 bridge structures, runs the largest ferry system in the nation and has 32 public partners that collectively provide more than 220 million transit trips per year. WSP USA provided traffic and revenue, economic, financial, operational and/or forecasting advisory services to all of the agency’s major development projects that keep people and the economy moving.

In 2007, Oklahoma was identified as one of the fastest-growing economies and is home to one of the country’s top 50 freight logistics cities. Since 2008, WSP USA has partnered with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) to develop several Intermodal Transportation Plan updates to enhance development of the state’s agricultural, aviation, energy, telecommunications and biotechnology economies.

WSP USA was selected by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) to plan and design the Connected Corridor, a vision for a key regional arterial to be outfitted with connected vehicle (CV) communications infrastructure enabling the exchange of information with nearby vehicles.

Metrolinx, an agency of the Government of Ontario, Canada, selected WSP USA to outline emerging trends in technology and society and their potential impact on transportation in the Toronto region.

As part of the Planet M initiative, the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) partnered to test connected vehicle applications on the I-69 freeway in Lapeer County, Michigan. WSP USA was a part of the MDOT team leading the infrastructure deployments.

WSP USA’s experts are engaged in a wide array of national research covering all aspects of connected and automated vehicles (CAV).

WSP USA is advising on technology for the American Center for Mobility, a new connected and automated vehicle test facility in southeast Michigan.