The Artesia Great Boulevard Project is one of the region’s largest and most transformative municipal capital improvement projects. As the lead traffic and ITS engineer, STC played a key role in concept development and design, providing data-driven recommendations to integrate traffic engineering with active transportation, transit, and ITS.

The project reimagines Artesia Boulevard by incorporating Class IV bike lanes, protected intersections, bus islands with level boarding, new bus shelters, micromobility stops, and advanced traffic management systems (ATMS), including Transit Signal Priority (TSP) and traveler information systems.

STC prepared the Traffic Operations Analysis to determine the best design alternative; the ITS Basis of Design, outlining the communications system architecture and network of edge-connected devices; and the TSP Concept of Operations (ConOps), integrating Metro’s Countywide Signal Priority (CSP) standard with Long Beach Transit’s operations. STC prepared full traffic signal modifications plans, communications plans for the entire corridor, including fiber connectivity back to the TMC, traffic signal programming, and adaptive operations.

The project required extensive coordination with key stakeholders including Metro, Long Beach Transit, Caltrans, and the City of Long Beach.