N D Lea & Associates

Lea+Elliott is an employee-owned firm of consulting engineers, architects and planners that specialize in the planning, design, procurement, and implementation of new transportation systems. We also specialize in the upgrade/modernization of existing transportation systems to extend the service life for continued reliable passenger operations.

Lea+Elliott professional staff includes planning, engineering, program management, and O&M experts who have worked for public-private sector owners; transit system operators and agencies; transit system suppliers and manufacturers; design A/E firms; and contracting firms. Our first-hand knowledge of complex funding strategies (including Public-Private Partnerships and Concessionaire approaches), environmental approval processes, transit system technologies, infrastructure design and construction processes, and project delivery approaches enables us to fully integrate a transportation project (from concept to passenger service) adding value that results in creative, on-target, cost-efficient transportation solutions that satisfy the owner's goals and objectives.

Lea+Elliott is a transportation consulting firm offering a broad range of services for clients worldwide. Our principal activities involve transportation system planning, procurement, project structuring strategies, and implementation oversight leading to the start of passenger service. We are experienced in all modes of transit, including high-speed rail, automated and conventional rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, automated guideway transit (or automated people mover (APM)), conventional and advanced technology buses, Personal Rapid Transit (PRT), and emerging technologies.

Throughout our history, Lea+Elliott has been an industry leader in assisting federal, state and local government agencies as well as the private sector by defining and evaluating procurement methodologies, developing work scopes, preparing technical specifications and commercial contract documents, performing technical oversight and undertaking project management.