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• . CONSULTING ENGINEERING TRAFFIC FORWARD Company Information Spack Consulting is part of the Spack Enterprise family of businesses, all dedicated to providing quality transportation products and services. For nearly two decades, government agencies, architects, developers and consulting engineering firms have worked with Spack Consulting for their sound solutions to traffic issues. Since its inception as a one-man shop in 2001, Spack Consulting has grown in terms of employees, capabilities, and practice area. Originally focused on traffic impact studies, Spack Consulting is now adept at all aspects of traffic engineering. We list the following five broad services available to our clients: • Traffic Studies—although many different forms of traffic studies exist, the basic process consists of data collection, analysis of the existing and future/proposed transportation network, and developing solutions for identified issues. • Travel Demand Management Plans — plans for implementing measures to reduce single - occupancy vehicles on the road, particularly during the peak hours. • Parking Studies— determining the parking demand and necessary parking supply for developments, which can, in some cases, establish infrastructure needs better than set guidelines and ordinances. • Traffic Signal Timing — prepare the system timing for one or more intersections under traffic signal control. Our timing plans range from a single general plan to multiple plans based on time of day or traffic volumes. • Design — while our focus is on traffic studies, we often work with a client's prime civil engineering consultant on specific traffic/transportation improvements, which can include traffic signal or roundabout design, signing and striping, and/or parking layouts. Beyond the basics, the company prides itself on providing flexible services to meet its clients' needs. This commitment shows through our standing as traffic engineer for several cities. We provide trusted traffic expertise and knowledge to complete new or re -development impact studies, answer general traffic questions (i.e. speed limit procedures, stop sign requests), and develop methods or procedures to answer unique questions (such as trip generation for non-standard developments or the traffic impact of eliminating a thru route). Beyond our Spack Consulting client work, we spend a considerable amount of our own time examining the way studies are performed and answering our own traffic questions. This work has produced white papers, design guides, webinars, and manuals currently used by professionals around the world, including over ten universities. Our goal is to help advance the traffic engineering profession, improve the way traffic studies are performed, and increase our own knowledge to ultimately result in better traffic solutions and a safer trip for all users whatever their mode of travel. You can check out our "Less Boring Side of Traffic Engineering" at MikeOnTraffic.com. Whether located in our home state of Minnesota or another state from coast to coast, we are here to help you with your traffic solutions. PO Box 16269, St. Louis Park, MN • • 56416 888.232.5512 www.SpackConsulting.com