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Since our inception, BWR has
developed specialized expertise in the field of planning. Our multidiscipline services,
put BWR in the right place to provide quality plans. BWR professionals have prepared plans for
numerous cities and counties throughout the country, and in most
every project, our community planners collaborate with our
traffic engineers, transportation planners, landscape
architects, environmental engineers, and other BWR specialists.
The projects listed below illustrate how this collaborative
effort within a multidiscipline firm leads to successful plans,
studies, reports, and construction documents.
• Comprehensive Plans
• Land Use Regulations
• Capital Improvement
Programs
• Redevelopment Plans
• Annexation Studies
• GIS Analysis/Mapping
• Natural Resources Plans
• Business Management Plans
• Growth Management Plans
• Strategic Planning
• Corridor Studies
• Urban Design Services
• Park and Open Space
Planning
Project
Portfolio
 Transportation Planning
BWR provides comprehensive multi-modal transportation planning services. We maintain
state-of-the-art technical capabilities using industry accepted travel demand models and specialized traffic
operations/simulation software...
 Citywide Transportation Plan
Fayetteville, Arkansas
This plan divided the city and its surrounding area, with a population of 157,000,
into 389 traffic analysis zones. It addressed important transportation aspects such as critical intersections, overall
connectivity, public transit, bicycle networks, and walkability...
 Downtown
Signal Master Plan
Salina, Kansas
For the City's downtown, BWR conducted field reconnaissance of the condition of the existing
signal hardware, an assessment of improvement options and development of opinions of probable construction costs for each
option, and development of traffic signal timings for the coordinated operation of the signals...
 West
6th Street Access Management Plan
Lawrence, Kansas
BWR studied the effects of access control on a roughly 1.2 mile segment of West 6th Street (US 40).
The results of the study were used for the design improvements of West 6th Street
and for implementation as a planning tool by the city and Douglas County for future land
use and zoning...
Transportation Study
Rockford, Illinois
BWR led a team of consultants in developing an expanded travel demand model
for the Rockford Area Transportation Study (RATS) and the Stateline Area
Transportation Study (SLATS). The expanded study area covers the entire counties
of Winnebago and Boone in Illinois plus the Metro Planning Area of Beloit in
Wisconsin...
 US 24-40 Highway
Corridor Study
Tonganoxie and Basehor, Kansas
One of the highest development-pressured corridors in the western Kansas City Metro area
was the subject of this study. BWR's community planners and traffic engineers teamed up to work with representatives from
multiple governments whose jurisdictions are affected by this section of road...
 MO Highways
291 and 150 Corridor Study
Lee's Summit, Missouri
BWR worked with a subconsultant to conduct an economic market analysis, develop future
land use goals, and build a traffic model to ensure that a safe level of traffic would be maintained...
 223rd
Street Corridor Study
Miami County, Kansas
BWR performed an alignment and environmental study of 9.5 miles of county
arterial roadway between US 69 and 169 Highways. The study elements
in this project included land use development, traffic forecasts, alignment and
cross section alternatives, environmental assessment, access management, cost
estimates and public involvement...
 Traffic
Study
Warrensburg, Missouri
BWR performed a citywide traffic study for the City of Warrensburg, Missouri, which consisted
of evaluating the existing, intermediate, and long-range traffic operations for the entire City...
 Adams Dairy Parkway Master Plan Traffic Study
Blue Springs, Missouri
This study analyzed the
potential impacts to traffic movement on the fastest developing
corridor in one of the largest suburbs of Kansas City, Missouri.
This road has recently developed with a diamond interchange at
I-70 and a Home Depot and Wal-Mart Super Center...
 Travel Demand Model
Longview, Texas
BWR used data from several sources to create demographic and employment estimates
that were calibrated and used to develop traffic forecasts for planning years 2007, 2012, 2020, and 2035...
 Line
Creek Parkway Traffic Model
Kansas City, Missouri
The main objectives of the study were to determine the future roadway system and
the future capital improvement projects in the study area, to analyze traffic flow pattern and recommend improvements at
some key intersections, and to develop a comprehensive traffic model to use for existing design and study projects...
 Corridor
Preservation Location Study
Wichita, Kansas
The objective of the project was to identify a suitable corridor for right-of-way
preservation for 18 miles of freeway in the rapidly urbanizing area northwest of the City of Wichita...
Traffic
Calming Program
Kansas City, Kansas
BWR examined four areas for potential traffic calming measures for the Unified
Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. BWR also performed
an after study for Washington Boulevard from State Avenue to 18th Street to
determine if traffic calming countermeasures in the area were effective...
Traffic
Calming Program
Lawrence, Kansas
BWR provided professional engineering services for the design of permanent
traffic calming devices, which became the first installation of speed cushions in the
City of Lawrence. BWR developed the detail for speed cushion design for the use
on this project as well as other city project...
 Intelligent
Transportation Systems
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) take full advantage of advanced communication,
information and electronics technology to solve some of today's toughest transportation challenges. At BWR, we take a
proactive approach to applying ITS offering solutions to ensure future benefits such as travel time improvements, reduced
traffic accidents, increased revenues, and reduced traffic delays...
 Safe
Routes To School
BWR's engineers conducted numerous SRTS studies throughout the country and created innovative
solutions in each of the four SRTS engineering strategies: The School Zone, Along the School Route, Crossing the Street,
and Slowing Down Traffic...
 SRTS
Phase I Plan and Phase II Application
Tyler, Texas
The City of Tyler had a specific route identified for improvements to assist students
crossing a major arterial. BWR conducted a pedestrian facilities audit on the primary travel routes to identify traffic
volume, traffic patterns, crosswalks, signing, and sidewalk locations and sidewalk ramps meeting ADA standards...
 Outer
Loop Route Study and I-30 Bypass Interchange Design
Rockwall, Texas
For these two projects, BWR provided complete schematic and engineering design
for both roadways, including site mapping, environmental constraints, and engineering restrictions for a future
highway interchange...
Hartman
Heritage Center Traffic Impact Study
Independence, Missouri
BWR performed a traffic impact analysis for a major development planned for the northwest
and northeast quadrants of the new I-70 and Selsa Road interchange. The development consisted of 460,000 sq. ft. of retail,
and over 1,000,000 sq. ft. of general office space, 440 apartment units and a hotel/convention center...
Mixed Use Shopping Center Traffic Impact Analysis
Kansas City, Missouri
BWR performed a traffic impact analysis to ascertain the impact of locating a
shopping center within the southeast quadrant of N.E. Chouteau Trafficway and I-
35 in Kansas City, Missouri...
 Roe Avenue Improvements and Lighting Design
Leawood, Kansas
BWR provided design
improvements to 8,000 ft. of Roe Avenue including a four-lane, curbed street with a 5 ft. sidewalk and a
10-ft. bike path. Improvements also included traffic signals, landscaping, aesthetically treated
retaining walls and enclosed storm drainage systems...
 North
Broadway Corridor Improvements
Salina, Kansas
BWR studied the 5,600 ft. corridor through the City and made recommendations to City
officials for future lane configuration, side street geometry, entrance locations and improvements to the signalized
intersections...
Roundabout at 133rd and Lamar Avenue
Overland Park, Kansas
BWR performed several tasks on this project, including a topographic survey,
roundabout design, storm sewer design for roundabout and collector streets, utility coordination, public involvement,
roundabout education, and aesthetic treatments including landscaping and
decorative street lighting design...
 Widening
of US Highway 290
Fredericksburg, Texas
BWR performed design phase services for the development of plans, specifications
and estimates and construction phase services for the widening of US 290
through Fredericksburg, Texas...
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