Avanti Engineering Group

Cross-border data collection, surveys, and analysis for the U.S.-Mexico border region.

A specialty subconsultant supporting prime teams on SANDAG, SCAG, Caltrans, and border-region projects.

• Capability Statement

Avanti Engineering Group, provides travel demand modeling services to support transportation planning, infrastructure development, and investment decisions.
With nearly 20 years of industry experience, Avanti EG offers expertise in travel demand model development, enhancement, calibration, validation, and application using multiple modeling platforms, with outstanding expertise in legacy models.
Our capabilities include forecasting passenger and freight movements, evaluating transportation network performance, and assessing future travel patterns under alternative land use, demographic, and infrastructure scenarios.
By combining reliable transportation data, established modeling methodologies, and a practical understanding of regional and cross-border transportation systems, Avanti delivers defensible analytical results that help public agencies, engineering consultants, and infrastructure stakeholders evaluate alternatives and make informed transportation decisions.
Our team is experienced in travel demand model software such as Visum, Emme, and TransCAD.

Avanti Engineering Group provides traffic simulation modeling services to evaluate transportation network operations, assess traffic performance, and support transportation planning and engineering decisions.
Our capabilities include the development, calibration, and application of microsimulation models for roadways, intersections, corridors, and complex transportation facilities.
Using established modeling methodologies and reliable traffic data, Avanti evaluates existing and future traffic conditions, identifies operational constraints, and assesses the effectiveness of alternative roadway configurations, traffic control strategies, and infrastructure improvements.
Avanti EG delivers practical, data-driven insights that help public agencies, engineering consultants, and infrastructure stakeholders evaluate alternatives, improve traffic operations, and make informed investment decisions.
Our team is capable in traffic simulation software such as Vissim, TSIS-Corsim, Vistro, and Synchro.

Otay Mesa East Port of Entry

Tijuana Metropolitan Area Household Origin-Destination Survey

Tijuana-Rosarito Rail Project Pre-feasibility Study

Avanti EG developed a Vissim microsimulation model of the Mexican-side approach to the new Otay Mesa East Port of Entry, a binational project involving Caltrans, SANDAG, and Mexican partners. Working for Mexico’s federal government, we tested lane configurations and recommended changes so that port-of-entry queues would not interfere with free-flow on adjacent highways.

Avanti EG designed and conducted a household origin-destination survey in the Tijuana-Tecate-Rosarito metropolitan area [add year, households surveyed], together with roadside surveys at the ports of entry and main highway access points. We then developed, calibrated, and validated a travel demand model that local authorities have used to identify highway network improvements in Tijuana.

For a private operator awarded a build-operate-transfer mass transit rail project connecting the border at San Ysidro with Rosarito, Avanti EG developed a binational travel demand model. The model estimated ridership under multiple route, station, and fare configurations.

Mexico-Nogales Freight Corridor Analysis

Brownsville-Matamoros International Bridge Traffic and Revenue Forecast

Caribbean Electric Freight Rail Feasibility Study (Costa Rica)

As part of a binational study led by Mexican authorities and the State of Arizona for the corridor from Mexico City to Nogales, Avanti EG developed a Mexican national highway model to identify improvements for funding consideration. We shared origin-destination and traffic count data with ADOT and its consultants for their own analysis.

Avanti EG prepared an independent traffic and revenue forecast for Mexico’s Secretariat of Communications and Transport (SCT), which, with Cameron County, Texas, was evaluating the purchase of the B&M Bridge rights from Union Pacific. The forecast informed the decision on whether to proceed with the transaction.

Avanti EG developed a freight-only, multi-commodity demand model to evaluate the modernization of existing freight rail lines serving Limón, Costa Rica’s main Caribbean port, as an electric rail service on the existing right-of-way. The model covered the existing road and rail networks and the proposed project. To build it, we collected traffic counts, conducted roadside origin-destination and stated preference surveys, and interviewed shippers, brokers, and carriers along the San José-Limón corridor.

Traffic counts

Speed studies

Asset inventory

Using drones, cameras, pneumatic, or manual counters, we collect flow, speed, and classification traffic data over your desired timeframe—delivering accurate, reliable, and cost-effective results for our clients

Avanti EG employs radar and video technology to analyze vehicle speeds and distribution patterns for effective speed management. Our surveys measure critical metrics—including median speed, 85th percentile speed, and pace speed—at key locations.

Utilizing high-resolution mobile imaging systems (Trimble MX7 and NCTech iStar), Avanti EG delivers detailed inventories of critical road assets—including lighting, traffic signals, signage, and pavement condition. Our asset management surveys empower public agencies to reduce operational risk, optimize financial planning, and satisfy regulatory accountability mandates.

Bicycle and pedestrian studies

Parking inventories

Origin-destination analysis

Our firm implements advanced computer vision to collect bicycle and pedestrian data accurately and cost-effectively. Our system captures counts at intersections, crosswalks, sidewalks, retail spaces, and other high-activity locations, and can classify additional attributes, such as age group, when a project requires it.

Parking studies assess lot occupancy by space type and vehicle category to accurately estimate demand and project revenue. Leveraging video analytics and manual observations, Avanti EG delivers accurate, cost-effective data tailored to your parking planning needs.

Using Bluetooth detection, license plate recognition, or person-to-person surveys, these studies deliver critical insights into trip routes, travel patterns, travel times, and cut-through traffic. Origin-destination data can be captured across roundabouts, corridors, highways, parking facilities, and other key locations.