United States

Your partner for strategic transportation advisory

CPCS is at the forefront of goods and people movement issues across the United States

What sets CPCS apart is our ability to help you move seamlessly from plan to project.

Instead of abstract recommendations, you get clear, prioritized, and fundable action plans backed by tailored funding pathways, innovative partnership models, and pilot-ready initiatives.

How we enable transport leaders:

Formulate data-driven freight strategies.
Assess and strengthen maritime and port operations to boost regional competitiveness and resilience.
Support transit and rail agencies in confronting fiscal realities and operational opportunities using global best practices tailored to local context.
Build robust business cases for investment using context-specific forecasting and modeling to justify major capital investments.
Identify, quantify, and prioritize solutions to truck bottlenecks and parking gaps using industry-leading analytics and stakeholder insight.

An approach grounded in your success:

Evidence-based analysis that gives executives the confidence to make consequential decisions.
Clear alignment with federal and state priorities to position projects for competitive funding.
Seamless integration of global infrastructure best practices with local operational realities.
Actionable implementation roadmaps that translate strategy into sequenced, ready‑to‑advance initiatives.

CPCS is your system-wide strategic and operational partner when you need to:

Make sense of evolving transportation realities like navigating complex logistics shifts, strict policy mandates, and historic funding opportunities.
Improve system performance and reliability through targeted, data‑driven planning interventions.
Drive sustainable economic development by aligning freight, passenger mobility, land use, and industrial strategy.

Across the U.S., we serve all levels of governments, the industry, and private organizations, delivering data-driven solutions you need to build stronger, safer, and more resilient transportation networks.

Advisory that delivers value for all

Government

Planning and policy for better societal outcomes.

Strategy and analytics to strengthen policy, infrastructure investment, regulatory oversight, and public transparency.

Industry

Operations that outperform.

Move from reactive to predictive; optimize assets and harness analytical insights to unlock hidden value in your operations.

Development
Banks & Investors

Investments that return

Stress-test your business case, get investor-ready forecasts, impact models, and risk quantification that stand up to due diligence.

Consultants
& Consortiums

Experts that elevate your project teams.

Develop compelling proposals, fill capability gaps, and deliver the outcomes your clients can act on.

Expertise across U.S. freight and transportation

Multimodal freight planning and policy

When you need to navigate supply chain shifts and shifting policy landscapes, CPCS brings timely and relevant insights grounded in daily engagement with freight trends, supply chain shifts, and policy developments. With experience spanning state freight plans, truck parking, corridor studies, and supply chain analysis, CPCS brings a proven track record of helping clients improve efficiency, resilience, and economic competitiveness across U.S. freight systems.

Rail and transit

When you need to design a high-performance network vision, CPCS provides comprehensive advisory services across high-speed rail, intercity rail, commuter rail, and urban transit systems, supporting clients with planning, policy, and integrated multimodal strategies. Our team combines data-driven analysis with global best practices to develop business cases, long-term network visions, and implementation roadmaps that improve system performance, connectivity, and efficiency.

Truck parking

When you need trusted, data-driven solutions to truck parking challenges, CPCS delivers industry-leading insight grounded in extensive, real-world experience. With truck parking studies completed in more than 20 states, CPCS helps agencies move from analysis to action by delivering implementable projects, funding pathways, and partnerships that improve safety and freight mobility.

Ports and maritime

When you need to unlock the commercial potential of trade-enabling infrastructure, CPCS combines deep expertise in port planning, maritime policy, and supply chain analysis to support the development and optimization of trade-enabling infrastructure. With experience spanning port master planning, inland waterways, and port authority development, CPCS supports commercially grounded strategies that enhance cargo development, regional competitiveness, and long-term economic growth.

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Safety and resilience

When you need to reduce risks and safeguard critical freight and passenger corridors, CPCS helps you understand where your systems are most vulnerable and what to do about it. Through data‑driven safety analysis and resilience planning, our team assesses crash patterns, infrastructure constraints, operational pressures, and climate‑related hazards to prioritize investments that improve reliability, protect communities, and speed recovery after disruptions.

Analytics, insights and digital advisory

When you need to see beyond the obvious clearly, partner with sector experts who actually speak data and vice versa. By combining data science, advanced visualization modeling capabilities, and predictive, CPCS pinpoints what’s critical, maximizes value for money, and empower decision-makers with visually compelling tools — including industry-leading cartography and interactive StoryMaps — to build immediate stakeholder buy-in and speed up decision making.

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US international infrastructure advisory

When you need to navigate international markets and cross-border trade systems, leverage our team’s extensive global experience. CPCS delivers infrastructure advisory services funded by US development partners (such as USAID and the Millennium Challenge Corporation), supporting the implementation of projects that seamlessly align with local needs and global funding frameworks.