Transportation Planning is a hallmark of our firm. We have worked with over 75 tribes throughout the nation to develop transportation plans that provide them the means to properly budget and plan transportation-related projects, and capitalize on potential funding sources. We emphasize a collaborative approach to the transportation planning process to include all transportation stakeholders. We have extensive experience in developing long range transportation plans that meet the requirements stipulated by Federal Register 25 CFR Part 170 in support of the Indian Reservation Roads Program. Our transportation plans provide an in-depth review and analysis of a community’s existing transportation network in order to identify existing deficiencies; project traffic volumes to determine how future development will impact the transportation system; make recommendations to alleviate existing and future transportation network deficiencies; and develop prioritized transportation improvement project lists.
Roadway Inventory and Conditions Assessment
PTE employees have inventoried over 20,000 miles of roads and trails across the
United States . Through our hands-on roadway inventory procedures, we evaluate and collect data on pavement conditions, alignment conditions, right of way status, safety hazards, passing site and stopping site restrictions, roadway measurements, and road bed conditions. The data is downloaded into a user-friendly database system which was developed by PTE staff to manage and organize roadway condition assessments. At the end of each project we provide this database to our clients so that they may query, manipulate, and reproduce their own roadway conditions data.
PTE specializes in data collection procedures specified by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and to date, 100 percent of our data has been accepted into the Road Inventory Field Data System (RIFDS).
Traffic Counting
PTE offers traffic counting services using both mechanical pneumatic traffic counters and manual turning movement count boards. We utilize mechanical counters to collect bi-directional traffic classification, speed and gap data which in turn enables us to calculate average daily traffic, 85th percentile speed data, a.m. and p.m. peak-hours of traffic, and peak-day traffic. Using manual turning movement count boards to collect peak-hour turning movements at intersections, we calculate intersection levels of service and trip distribution, and model traffic flows.
PTE staff has extensive experience in utilizing traffic count data to support the Indian Reservation Roads Program’s Tribal Share calculation, and we have performed numerous Traffic Impact Analyses and traffic models.We have sufficient traffic counting equipment to perform any size job and look forward to providing these services to larger engineering companies.
Drafting and Mapping
PTE employees share over 15 years of experience in computer-aided drafting and GIS mapping. We offer electronic drafting and mapping services for area maps, site plans, lot layouts, architectural floor plans, as-builts, and civil design and detail sheets. We also provide layering system designs; library development; and plot, page, and pen setting standardization.
Our drafting services are available to supplement organizations that require additional drafting services to meet a tight project schedule or budget. Do you have sets and sets of drawings that you need converted into electronic drawings? Do you find yourself burning valuable time drawing objects more than once from project to project? PTE will work with you to completely understand your drafting needs and provide innovative solutions that will reduce your project schedules and budgets.
Planning Services
At PTE we strive to develop meaningful and thoughtful strategies and solutions to help communities meet the challenges of growth and change. We specialize in working with small, rural communities and Native American tribes. We blend our innovative thinking, philosophy of collaborative planning, and 16 years of technical experience to create realistic and effective solutions in the areas of
Comprehensive Planning ~ Land Use Planning and Zoning ~ Community Development
Establishing Policies, Codes and Regulations ~ Community Outreach.
Transportation Planning
Roadway Inventory and Conditions Assessment
Planning Services