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Transportation Planning

Transportation Planning

Transportation Planning is a multidisciplinary approach to understanding existing conditions, identifying current and future needs, and developing infrastructure and policy recommendations that support a community's vision. An effective transportation plan is grounded in data, yields implementable solutions, and reflects the priorities of all community members.

The Isthmus Planning team specializes in:

  • Active Transportation
  • Multimodal Transportation Plans
  • Conceptual Design
  • Corridor Studies
  • Community Engagement

Our collaborative approach emphasizes mode integration, inclusive and meaningful public engagement, and consent building with agencies and community members. Our planning team partners with our clients to deliver implementable plans across Minnesota that integrate community development, planning, engineering, construction, operations, and maintenance.

Areas of Specialty

Active Transportation
Building on the recognized expertise of our ADA Design team, our Planning team seeks to advance industry active transportation plans and programs. Our planners incorporate Accessibility for All, Safe Systems, Complete Streets, Performance-Based Practical Design, Context Sensitive Solutions, Sustainability, and Vision Zero approaches into the planning and design of roadways. Our team brings proven experience in MnDOT ADA compliance, tailored bicycle facility designs, and transit connections.

Engagement
At Isthmus, we understand that capturing community voices in a planning process requires deliberate, context-sensitive, and culturally responsive engagement. Our team brings experience in hosting a range of in-person and virtual engagement activities, gathering feedback, synthesizing input, and incorporating results.

Traffic
Isthmus offers traffic analysis and engineering services — from early planning through final design and implementation. Read more.

GIS
Isthmus leverages GIS to provide customized mapping and data solutions for planning and other disciplines. Read more.

Featured Team Members

John Doan, PE

A self-professed “plangineer,” John combines his engineering expertise with a human-centered design approach. He leads the Transportation Planning practice with a focus on finding innovative solutions to complex challenges and empowering all voices in transportation decision-making.
headshot of Pamela Fincher

Pamela Fincher, PTP

Pamela is an experienced project manager with a diverse resume in providing bicycle and pedestrian engineering and transportation planning. She has designed U.S. bike routes, created policies, plans, and guides, and served on multimodal councils, gaining experience from MnDOT and Michigan DOT.

Edgar Leon Gomez

Whether it means flying across Minnesota or spending a day braving the cold winds off Lake Superior, Edgar particularly enjoys opportunities to engage with community members and project stakeholders, centering recommended project solutions around their perspectives.

Sebastian Brauer

Sebastian has built a custom career by combining his passion for well-connected communities with his love of GIS and data analytics. Proficient, innovative, and insightful, Sebastian brings his expertise in GIS to support all the disciplines across Isthmus.
Cory Zignego

Cory Zignego

Energetic and responsive, Cory brings facilitation and collaboration experience with a wide range of audiences to his roles at Isthmus. He employs a client-centered approach while exploring and implementing new ways to attract interest that leads to meaningful and productive engagement.
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