Access Planning Joins Nelson\Nygaard
The partnership of our values-driven firms creates a comprehensive, fully integrated resource for our clients across the U.S. and Canada.
We’re thrilled to announce that Access Planning (Access) has joined Nelson\Nygaard. As a single integrated firm, we’re now in an even stronger position to help U.S. and Canadian transit agencies, cities, and regions untangle complex challenges. Simply put, by combining our expertise and capabilities, we can do more to support your goals of creating equitable, sustainable, and thriving communities.
With offices in Vancouver and Toronto, Access works with city builders, policy makers, and community leaders to improve the way people experience and move through urban environments. Since 2015, they’ve helped clients across Canada and the U.S. West Coast advance ambitious infrastructure and policy projects with expertise in strategic planning, governance, major project development, and program management.
We’ve collaborated with Access on many projects over the years—from master planning 19 of Toronto’s rail stations and creating citywide design guidance for people-centered transit access to envisioning Vancouver’s new bus rapid transit network. Like Nelson\Nygaard, Access has worked for some of Canada’s largest cities, transit agencies, and airports, including the City of Toronto, TransLink, and Toronto Pearson International Airport, as well as major U.S. transit agencies.
Access joins us at a critical moment for public transportation and mobility. Transit agencies are redefining their roles post-pandemic and many communities are under threat from disinvestments in equity and climate change resilience. We understand what an important part you play in creating more just, sustainable, and vibrant communities. That’s why we’re excited to expand our offerings and deepen our partnerships with you—our clients and communities across the U.S. and Canada.
At Nelson\Nygaard, we believe all people should have access to sustainable, safe, and dignified transportation options that connect them to the people they love and the places they want to be. Today, we welcome to the family a group of talented and dedicated people who share this belief. United as one firm, Nelson\Nygaard and Access provide the comprehensive expertise necessary to do truly transformational work, and we are ready to be your champions in this moment and in the years to come.