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Transportation

Opus provides a comprehensive range of services in the land transportation sector.  We assist our clients in the planning, development, maintenance and operation of their infrastructure assets.  An integrated approach is taken to the asset life cycle which provides optimisation of existing assets and increased capacity through empowerment, replacement and provision of new facilities.

We focus on road, rail, cycling and walking.  Our clients include road and rail controlling authorities, transportation planning agencies, private developers and transport operators.

 

 

Feature Projects

 
Methods of Reducing Collisions on Alberta Roadways, Canada

Opus was retained by the Engineering Committee under the Alberta Traffic Safety Plan to conduct the MORCOAR study. The purpose of the study was to develop engineering strategies to address the collision patterns on Alberta roadways, covering rural and urban areas, low speed and high speed roads, signalized and unsignalized intersections, and various road users including cyclists and pedestrians.

Northwest Anthony Henday Drive, Canada

Opus International was commissioned by Northwest Connect to conduct a comprehensive road safety audit (RSA) of Northwest Anthony Henday Drive (NWAHD). This multi-phase RSA included a review of the 15 interchanges along the newest addition of The City of Edmonton’s ring road.

Framework for Conducting Sustainable Transportation Assessments in Neighbourhoods, Canada

Typically, traffic calming initiatives apply the installation of physical measures, such as speed cushions or speed humps, to slow the speed and control the volume of traffic in order to improve safety on local streets.  However, vertical deflection measures such as speed humps and raised crosswalks, and obstruction measures such as diverters and road closures, while often effective in reducing traffic volumes on local roads or neighbourhood collectors, have been met with challenges in recent years.