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NEPA Planning Studies
• Metra Commuter Rail
o Alternatives Analysis Suburban Access Transit Route (STAR Line) – Document and Exhibit Preparations, GIS Database Design, Research, Mapping
o Environmental Reviews (ERs) – Thirteen Station and Parking expansions
o Scoping Document Southeast Service, Public Meeting Presentations and Exhibit Preparation
o New Station at Peterson and Ridge, NEPA Environmental Assessment (EA), Traffic Counts
• Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT)
o Historic Lake Shore Drive Bridge over the Chicago River – Environmental Survey Request (ESR), NEPA Preliminary Environmental Site Assessment (PESA), Sampling, State Historical Preservation Office (SHPO) Documentation, U.S. Corps of Engineers Permit Documentation
o Historic Division Street Bridges Replacement, Traffic Counts, Crash Analysis, Environmental Survey Request (ESR), Preliminary Site Assessment (PESA)
o East-West Transitway – Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) – Categorical Exclusion (CE) for Three Options Leading to Locally Preferred Alternative
o Replacement of the Western Avenue Overpass at Belmont to an At Grade thoroughfare, Traffic Studies, Crash Analyses, Environmental Survey Requests and Updates (ESR), Preliminary Site Assessment (PESA), Phase I and Phase II Engineering, Drainage Documentation and CADD Support
• Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
o Categorical Exclusion (CE), Technical Memoranda Documenting Potential Environmental, Community, and Economic Impacts for Alternatives Analysis. Including Noise Analyses, for Four Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Routes
• Federal Transportation Authority (FTA)
o Minnesota Central Corridor Light Rail Transit Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Risk Mitigation Monitoring Program Quality Assurance for Program Management Teams
o Honolulu High Capacity Transit Corridor Environmental Impact Statement (EIS )and Risk Mitigation Monitoring Plan Quality Assurance for Program Management Teams
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District
o NEPA Environmental Assessment (EA) Document, Research, Technical Writing, and Editing, and Health and Ecological Risk Screen for Using Class C Fly Ash for Levee Stabilization
• Regional Transit Authority (RTA)
o Green Transit Plan Encompassing Vision and Implementation by the RTA for the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra Commuter Rail, and PACE Bus Service