In January 2006, Edwards and Kelcey (EK) acquired KKO's transit planning and transportation systems analysis practice.

Beginning in 1984, KKO’s transit planners provided a range of public transportation planning services including service and operations planning, corridor studies, network analysis, market research, cost and revenue studies, crew and vehicle scheduling, and travel demand analysis. The firm successfully completed a wide variety of public transportation projects for public agencies and private sector clients throughout the United States and around the world.

KKO’s planners will be located in the Boston office of EK and will work extensively on expanding EK’s national transit planning portfolio.

David Nelson, now the Director of Transit Planning and Associate Vice President of EK remarked, “Merging KKO’s transit planning and operations consulting capabilities with EK’s established strengths will greatly enhance our offerings to clients.” David Nelson can be reached at (617) 242-9222.

Kevin J. McMahon, Chairman and CEO of Edwards and Kelcey stated, “The integration of KKO is a natural fit with our firm’s business strategy and will strengthen our current transit planning practice. This acquisition will allow Edwards and Kelcey to expand its planning and operations services to our existing clients in the transit industry.” View EK's press release regarding the acquisition.

EK is a nationally recognized engineering, design, planning and construction management firm. Founded in 1946, and celebrating its 60th year of operation, EK is a 950-person engineering, planning, consulting, and construction management firm with 24 regional offices throughout the U.S. EK is a national leader in engineering and design, ranked 68th among the top 500 design firms in the United States.For more information on EK, please visit the EK website at www.ekcorp.com.

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