Traffic transportation engineering - RLK Incorporated offers services ranging from financing street improvements and transportation mapping services, to complex urban planning mass transportation projects.

Traffic transportation engineering specialists at RLK Inc. understand that the success of any traffic transportation engineering project depends not only upon superior traffic and highway engineering skills and planning, but also upon the ability of team members to convey solutions to the public, neighborhood, City and County agencies, and the Department of Transportation to gain all necessary approvals.

Traffic transportation engineering teams at RLK consist of civil engineering experts specially trained in all areas of urban planning mass transportation and traffic transportation engineering, as well as experienced municipal engineering services project management staff. Experienced in communication with both non-technical and technical audiences, the municipal engineering services project management members also provide assistance in financing street improvements. Other areas of assistance offered include transportation mapping services, land and grant acquisition, and capital improvement planning.

The RLK Incorporated portfolio of successful transportation engineering and city planning projects includes planned mixed-use developments communities, as well as traffic planning and design for urban, rural, retail, office, institutional, and industrial street and highway projects. With four fully staffed offices in Minnesota, the RLK Inc. team has projects engineering traffic program city professionals available to assist clients in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest as well as nationwide.

Traffic engineering team members at RLK utilize latest computer-based software to model and analyze current and future transportation needs. Modeling phasing patterns and traffic signal timing aides in planning how best to move traffic and control access in the most efficient ways, whether it be at a retail intersection, freeway ramp, or busy downtown area. Traffic signals and signage best suited for each unique project are studied and recommended, and the feasibility of each recommended sign and signal is tested.

When developing master plans for transportation projects, traffic planning and design team members also consider the impact a proposed development will have upon a community and its geographic area. Forecasting effects and recommending what factors will be in place during each buildout phase ensures cost effective solutions for clients due to a thorough transportation impact analysis.

Parking requirements too are studied, and the experts at RLK Incorporated plan how best to optimize a site's characteristics to provide needed space, while preserving effective internal site circulation and pedestrian needs. Necessary illumination design is included to provide safety through enhanced visibility.

RLK Inc. designs cost-effective and visually appealing transportation projects that will serve the interests of your community now and in the future, and is eager to help you plan, gain all approvals and complete your transportation project!