Business Details
30 Years
experience
Expert Transportation Engineering & Walkable Urban Design
Since 1996, Hall Planning & Engineering has specialized in creating walkable, context-sensitive transportation solutions that bridge the gap between broad planning concepts and detailed engineering execution. Our practice focuses on pedestrian-scale urban design, offering services such as traditional neighborhood development charrette support, walkable thoroughfare design, traffic engineering, and preliminary design studies. We utilize advanced tools like Synchro and HCS traffic software to quantify walkable transportation performance while applying our proprietary Walkability Index to assess pedestrian experiences.Our team actively participates in charrettes, advocating for walkability through workshops and lectures, and provides technical expertise in public works, emergency response, and utilities discussions. With projects spanning from downtown revitalizations to suburban retrofits, we prioritize pedestrian comfort and safety while maintaining efficient vehicular mobility, ensuring balanced transportation solutions that align with community visions.
Services
Transportation Planning
Walkable Thoroughfare Design
Traffic Impact Analysis
Parking Studies
Urban Design
Corridor Studies
Pedestrian Safety
Form-Based Code Support
Suburban Retrofitting
Details
- Year established: 1996
Highlights and features
- We offer 28+ years of specialized experience in walkable transportation planning since 1996.
- Our team utilizes advanced traffic analysis tools like Synchro and HCS software.
- We developed the Walkability Index to quantitatively assess pedestrian experiences.
- Our charrette participation ensures community vision alignment with technical requirements.
- We maintain a proven track record of successful urban redevelopment projects nationwide.
Services
Transportation Planning
We develop comprehensive transportation plans that prioritize multi-modal mobility while maintaining vehicle efficiency. Our approach integrates pedestrian-scale design principles with technical engineering requirements to create sustainable transportation networks. Services include corridor studies, traffic operations analysis, and context-sensitive solutions for urban and suburban environments.
Walkable Thoroughfare Design
Our walkable thoroughfare designs create safe, inviting environments for pedestrians while maintaining vehicle functionality. We implement context-sensitive design elements like reduced speeds, enhanced streetscapes, and balanced right-of-way allocations. Projects include downtown revitalizations and new urban developments across multiple states.
Traffic Impact Analysis
We conduct detailed traffic impact analyses using advanced software tools like Synchro and HCS. Our assessments evaluate development impacts on existing transportation networks while ensuring pedestrian safety and maintaining traffic flow efficiency for both urban and suburban contexts.
Urban Design
Our urban design services focus on creating livable, walkable communities through form-based coding, traditional neighborhood development, and downtown master planning. We balance architectural context with modern mobility needs to create sustainable urban environments that enhance community character.
Parking Studies
We develop optimized parking strategies that maintain walkable urban scales while meeting vehicle requirements. Our studies address signage, pricing, enforcement, and loading operations to create efficient parking systems that support both businesses and residents in compact urban settings.
People
Richard A. Hall
President
Registered transportation engineer with 23 years leading Hall Planning & Engineering. Specializes in context-sensitive transportation solutions, charrette participation, and walkability advocacy. Registered in 22 states, focusing on aligning engineering with neighborhood visions.
Questions
What transportation planning services do you specialize in?
We specialize in walkable thoroughfare design, traffic impact analysis, parking studies, and context-sensitive complete streets planning for urban and suburban environments.
How do you ensure pedestrian-friendly designs?
We apply our proprietary Walkability Index and prioritize pedestrian comfort/safety in all projects using traffic microsimulation tools and charrette collaborations.
What geographic areas do you serve?
We operate nationwide with extensive projects in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and the Southeastern United States.
What urban redevelopment expertise do you offer?
We provide corridor revitalization, downtown master planning, suburban retrofitting, and form-based code implementation services for sustainable communities.
How do you balance vehicle and pedestrian needs?
Our designs maintain efficient vehicle mobility while prioritizing pedestrian comfort through reduced speeds, enhanced streetscapes, and strategic parking management.
