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DKS Associates Solutions - Summer Edition
7/9/2008
DKS Associates is advancing transportation analysis in Oregon and throughout the west, to address the evolving challenges emerging in planning. Recent increases in gasoline prices, global warming and greenhouse gas concerns, funding constraints, and escalating costs of transportation improvements, affect how transportation engineering and planning are implemented. DKS is sensitive to these constraints and is the leader in providing cost-effective solutions that provide measurable results for transportation agencies.
Click here to for the Solutions - Summer Edition
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DKS Featured in San Francisco Business Journal
6/20/2008
DKS Associates started in 1979 as just a small group of engineers working on easing traffic through Berkeley.
Twenty-nine years later it has grown into a $19-million-a-year transportation engineering and planning firm with a long list of clients.
While the employee-owned company continues to head smaller projects, like school drop-off and pick-up operations, it is tackling major transportation planning efforts, including co-managing congestion reduction on Interstate 80 through the Bay Area for the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency.
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DKS Associates Awarded $15 Million Contract from Caltrans to Develop Corridor System Management Plans
4/1/2008
DKS signed a $15M contract with Caltrans to develop Corridor System Management Plans for major corridors throughout California. This innovative program supports the CA Transportation Commission’s Prop 1B Corridor Mobility Improvement Plan. The plans explore the role of recent innovations in transportation management including Intelligent Transportation Systems, Integrated Corridor Management and Active Traffic Management among other strategies.
Official press release
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DKS Opens Dallas Office
2/1/2008
Michael Wobken, P.E., PTOE officially opened a Dallas office for DKS Associates. The regional office will initially focus on congestion management solutions by providing expertise in signal timing, intelligent transportation systems and transit signal priority. Wobken and his staff are currently assisting DART with signal priority applications for their Light Rail Transit system. The DKS Dallas office is located at 1109 Kings Hwy, Suite 201, in Dallas. (214) 942-6933.
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DKS has been nationally recognized as a “Best Workplaces for Commuters."
1/24/2008
Employers that meet the National Standard of Excellence in commuter benefits—a standard created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—can be listed as a Best Workplaces for Commuters. To receive this elite designation, a company must offer outstanding commuter benefits, such as free or low cost bus and other mass transit passes, strong telework programs, carpooling matching and vanpool subsidies.
Best Workplaces for Commuters demonstrates that alternatives to drive-alone commuting, such as transit, carpools, and teleworking are economically beneficial, yielding value to workers, employers, and our environment.
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DKS Makes Inc. List
9/27/2007
DKS was identified by Inc. as one of the 5,000 fastest growing U.S. private firms since 2003. The Inc. 5,000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2003 through 2006.
www.inc.com
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Employee News
9/27/2007
Irvine office
Dennis Pascua and Ed Alegre have recently been certified by as Professional Transportation Planners (PTP) through the Transportation Professional Certification Board, Inc. (TPCB).
Portland
Scott Mansur, Dana Beckwith, Pam O'Brien, and Carl Springer received their PTOE certificates.
Randy McCourt was the recipient of the Western ITE Editorial Award for 2006, and Jim Peters won the ITE Best Paper 2007 award. Photo on web site.
Seattle
Dr. Sittipan Sittikariya (Band) was invited to present at the Annual Penn State Transportation and Safety Conference, December 5 - 7. Band's topic will be on the activity analysis and implications for safety conscious planning.
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Recent DKS Project Wins
9/10/2007
Click here for summary of projects.
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Interstate 80 Integrated Corridor Mobility Project
8/8/2007
DKS is co-managing the I-80 ICM project for the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency (ACCMA). This major project will provide relief on the most congested freeway segment in the San Francisco Bay Area. The project includes the freeway, adjacent arterials and transit.
The goal for the project is to enhance the current Transportation Management System along the I-80 Corridor by using state of the art practice solutions, to build a balanced, responsive and equitable integrated system that monitors and maintains optimum traffic flow along the network, to improve the safety and mobility for all users.
The total funding need for the project is approximately $80 million.
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Traffic Bowl Competition
8/1/2007
DKS staff were on the winning team for the 2007 Traffic Bowl Competition held at the recent Institute of Transportation Engineers District 6 Annual Meeting in Portland, OR. Pictured are Christopher Pangilinan and Patty Camacho.
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DKS Associates retained as the City of Beverly Hills Traffic Engineering Consultant
4/5/2007
DKS Associates has been named the Traffic Engineering Consultant to the City of Beverly Hills. The firm will update the city-wide traffix network and review all entitlement applications for traffic and parking compliance. DKS also serves as the Traffic Engineer for the City of Rialto.
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