We’re bringing to life complex infrastructure projects.

Following years of temporary solutions, Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) engaged HR&A to lead a comprehensive site selection process and transit-oriented development study for a permanent Downtown Transfer Hub. This multi-phase approach culminated in a development concept, funding strategy, and implementation roadmap that has advanced to a formal agreement between GRTC and the City of Richmond as GRTC pursues federal grant funding for construction.

As part of an engagement with the World Bank Cities Resilience Program and the National Treasury of South Africa, and in partnership with local public policy consulting firm PDG, HR&A helped seven South African metropolitan governments advance a suite of nine resilient infrastructure and renewable energy projects, including stormwater management, river catchment rehabilitation, energy storage, and waste management.

HR&A serves as lead strategic advisor and program manager to the California Department of Technology, helping to deliver the nation's largest middle mile broadband investment and building the state's digital equity ecosystem. We function as an extension of state leadership teams, building organizational capacity, delivering complex quantitative and qualitative analytics, and engaging thousands of Californians alongside hundreds of local governments, community organizations, and technology companies to design programs, secure funding, and drive measurable impact.

Every city and community must plan for how they’ll adapt to our changing climate, and we help our clients understand how. The first step is acknowledging that effective adaption isn’t just about climate. It requires multidisciplinary thinking around how issues like finance, design, engineering, and policy come together to shape infrastructure investment, land use, housing, and community and economic development. With experts working in all these sectors, we help clients understand the big picture: who is impacted today, who is at risk, how will that change in the future, and what can we do today to minimize future risk?

Reliable, affordable access to broadband, computers, and digital skills programs are foundational for thriving communities and economies. Educational, healthcare, economic development, and other public policy outcomes are too often limited by lack of access, affordability, or adoption of broadband and digital services. We partner with state and local governments, philanthropies, and private sector clients to design, deliver, manage, and evaluate comprehensive broadband infrastructure and digital inclusion programs. From the largest states in the nation to some of our country’s smallest communities and tribes, our clients serve more than 35% of the US population and are making big impact: by 2030 they will have connected hundreds of thousands of households to new broadband infrastructure, saved families thousands of dollars each year, and unlocked better jobs, education, healthcare, and essential services for millions of people. We specialize in aligning public, private, and nonprofit interests to deliver efficient, effective, scalable solutions.

Cities and regional governments face increasingly complex challenges that demand coordinated solutions across multiple sectors. We create comprehensive plans that bring together housing, jobs, land use, transportation, climate resilience, and more –across agencies. Our long-term planning approach pairs visionary goals with practical tools—grounded in fiscal realities, implementation power, and inclusive processes—to help cities, counties, and regions grow with intention. We work with City, County, and State leaders and the communities they serve to develop action plans that prioritize resources, coordinate agencies, and reform urban development systems. We build strategies that repair past harms, expand community ownership, and generate equitable, sustainable growth for generations to come.

We’re at the leading edge of designing, operating, programming and funding urban open spaces that serve as both public amenities and economic catalysts. Through rigorous analysis, we help communities create value by strategically connecting parks, civic assets, and private real estate. Our work products quantify the value of those connections using robust, data-driven analysis and demonstrate how that new value can be used to fund open space revitalization, programming, and maintenance. With over four decades of experience and 130+ projects including NYC’s High Line and Atlanta’s BeltLine, we provide visioning and implementation strategies that turn parks into sustainable economic engines.

Transportation is the circulatory system of a city — connecting people to places and communities to opportunity. We work with municipalities, transit agencies, and real estate developers to produce development plans that attract investment and support community cohesion and prosperity. Through comprehensive frameworks for individual stations, corridors, and regional policies, our team of former transit executives and real estate experts bridges public and private priorities to create actionable strategies that make an impact.