Private Sector
Urban and mixed-use projects integrate transportation systems including automobile access, structured parking, high volume pedestrian facilities, mass transit, taxi access, truck loading in restricted areas, and ADA access. Each of these elements must be compatible with a comprehensive transportation strategy for the economic health of the entire development. Gorove/Slade has extensive experience with mixed-use projects which require an understanding of the complexity and dynamics of complementary land uses.
Our residential work focuses on developing site access and internal circulation systems that move traffic efficiently to and from the surrounding roadway systems while balancing the pedestrians’ needs and sustaining a community atmosphere. Gorove/Slade draws from its experience with traffic calming, traffic simulation, and circulation planning to develop transportation systems that integrate the community with the neighbors and adjacent roadways.
Gorove/Slade provides comprehensive traffic and parking planning and engineering services to developers and owners of office buildings, office parks, and corporate office campuses. Our experience demonstrates our understanding of the diverse needs of office users and the unique traffic circulation requirements associated with large office parks. Gorove/Slade designs transportation and parking systems to alleviate the impact of high peak period traffic generated by downtown and suburban office developments. For corporate headquarters or high-security campuses, the firm develops designs that consider security measures required to include such features as secured exits and entrances to the property with guard booths.
The hospitality sector has unique transportation needs for special event planning, valet parking requirements, tour bus accommodations, parking control and security, access to airports, and shared parking. Efficient access and parking systems are critical for hotels to remain competitive.
Gorove/Slade's hotel experience with business, conference, resort, casino and luxury hotels demonstrates our grasp of the specific challenges of the hospitality sector. The firm designs pick-up/drop-off operations, parking facilities, site circulation, parking management, pedestrian circulation and safety, and taxi, limousine and bus areas for downtown and suburban hospitality projects.
Entertainment
Gorove/Slade is a recognized leader in planning and design of traffic circulation and parking systems for public event and spectator facilities. The firm has successfully gained approvals from state departments of transportation for new interchanges and other augmentations to the transportation system that would accommodate the traffic and transportation needs of large event facilities. The firm possesses expertise with gate design, emergency vehicle access and circulation design, pedestrian control and walkways, parking optimization, cost-benefit comparisons for alternative parking schemes, traffic circulation for oversized or special vehicle considerations, traffic signalization, driveway design, and traffic impact and road network analyses. Gorove/Slade has devised alternative routing schemes on public highways and analyzed the effects of traffic surging from a large scale event or a spectator facility on normal traffic flows over the surrounding roadway network.
The financial success of any retail development is directly related to its accessibility and the design of convenient parking facilities. Gorove/Slade retail project experience includes regional and community shopping centers, factory outlet centers, value-oriented megamalls, multiplex theaters, and urban entertainment centers. Gorove/Slade has provided consulting service for over 400 existing and proposed retail centers throughout the United States and internationally.
