Lea+Elliott provided Independent Safety Analysis for SFMTA’s Advanced Train Control System (ATCS) project, the first communications based train control installation in a public transit system in the United States.
Lea+Elliott led the procurement of SFO’s Airtrain, resulting in an award that was 36.9% below budget.
Lea+Elliott has led or played a significant role in the planning, procurement and implementation of approximately 75% of all operating automated people mover systems at airports worldwide – nearly all of these systems are rubber-tired.
As many of the automated people mover systems installed by Lea+Elliott have matured and needed to be upgraded or replaced, Lea+Elliott has mastered expertise in this area and currently has more experience in this specialized area than any other engineering consulting firm.
Lea+Elliott provided program management services for each of the three projects selected by the FTA to participate in its Downtown People Mover System Demonstration Project. These systems are located in Miami, Detroit and Jacksonville.
Lea+Elliott has provided over 25 technical white papers, studies and analyses to the Federal Transit Administration covering a wide range of bus and rail transit subjects.
Lea+Elliott served the FTA’s Program Management Oversight Office for over 20 years, providing technical, program management and commercial analyses of new start rail transit projects funded in part by the federal government.
