Cambridge Systematics, Inc. is an independent, employee-owned transportation consultancy firm with corporate headquarters located in Medford, Massachusetts.[1] Cambridge Systematics provides strategic planning and management services, objective analysis, and technology applications for passenger, commercial, freight, and transit systems to public and private sectors both nationally and internationally.
Company type | Independent |
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Founded | September 27, 1972 |
Headquarters | Medford, Massachusetts |
Area served | United States |
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Number of employees | ~225 (2021) |
Website | www |
Cambridge Systematics provides services in public transportation, urban design, climate change, environmental impact assessment, sustainability, sustainable transport, land use planning, forecasting, modeling, asset management, public-private partnership, infrastructure, and logistics.
The firm's staff members are associated with the Transportation Research Board, American Planning Association, ITS America, Governors Highway Safety Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
Company history
editThe company was founded on September 27, 1972, by four Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors and a colleague in Cambridge, Massachusetts under the charter of “the application of systematic analysis to problems of transportation, the environment, urban development, and regional planning.”
Cambridge Systematics grew rapidly within its first few years and opened a second office in September 1976 in Berkeley, California, that moved to its current location in Oakland, California in 1994.
Since then, the company has relocated its corporate headquarters to Medford, Massachusetts and opened additional offices in Washington, D.C.; Chicago, Illinois; Tallahassee, Florida; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; New York, New York; Atlanta, Georgia; Austin, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Los Angeles, California; and Raleigh, North Carolina. Cambridge Systematics staff members also provide onsite client support at the offices of the Federal Highway Administration and the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.
Services
edit- Policy, Strategic Planning, & Management
- Economic Analysis
- Environment and Transportation[2]
- Freight Systems & Intermodal Planning
- Transit & Shared Mobility
- Rail Planning[3]
- Travel Demand Forecasting
- Mobility Analytics[4]
- Operations & Simulation
- Performance Management
- Transportation Safety
- Software & Information Technology Consulting[5]
- GIS & Data Management
References
edit- ^ "History". Cambridge Systematics. 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ^ November 13; Tonachel, 2017 Bruce Ho Luke (13 November 2017). "Clean Transportation Could Turbocharge Northeast's Economy". NRDC. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
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