SSE was retained by Forest City Ratner Companies to provide transportation engineering and planning services for the Atlantic Yards project, the largest development in Brooklyn's history, consisting of multiple residential and commercial towers and a new professional basketball arena for the Nets, Barclays Center. SSE’s services include logistics planning, agency coordination, and traffic analysis related to project-related roadway changes, as well as community outreach. SSE is also preparing for implementation of a comprehensive transportation demand management (TDM) program to limit the number of private vehicles traveling to the arena. This includes developing methods to incorporate transit passes into game tickets; providing recommendations for rail and bus improvements; planning for remote parking facilities and shuttle buses; and assisting the project architects in the design and operational plans for a 400-space bicycle parking facility, expected to be the largest in the United States.
SSE also performed a pedestrian analysis for the arena. This study included static and dynamic pedestrian analysis of stairwells, escalators and corridors. A fan egress profile was created, based on seating sections and expected modal split data, that linked external nodes (subway, LIRR, parking lots) and building exits. The stairwells leading from the arena to the subway were closely analyzed to determine pedestrian flow rates and levels of service.