Transportation

Booz Allen Hamilton works with the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and its modal administrations; state and local transportation agencies; airports; ports; and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) across all modes of transportation. Whether moving people or goods by land, sea, or air, we support improvement of transportation services and operations.

Since 1914, when Booz Allen Hamilton was founded and undertook its first transportation consulting assignment, the transportation industry has been challenged to keep pace with a rapidly changing world. Booz Allen has a history of working with private- and public-sector transportation clients to develop and execute strategies for achieving business and organizational goals related to congestion and capacity, sustainability, funding and finance, safety, security and resilience, and technology program delivery.

Learn more about our capabilities in specific markets:

Effective integration of emerging technology, public policy, and efficient operations is the most pressing challenge facing all our clients. Our expertise allows us to add value from conceptual design through implementation. Taking our knowledge of the transportation industry and adding best practices from other government and commercial clients allows us to provide innovation and thought leadership to our clients in these major markets:

• Aviation Infrastructure—Booz Allen serves clients in air traffic management systems, airports, aeronautics research, and safety management systems. Booz Allen is serving as the technical advisor for the Next Generation Air Transportation System and developing a proactive systematic approach to safety analysis and regulation of air carriers and maintenance operations.
• Highways and Automotive Technology—Booz Allen serves highway and transportation systems with expertise in the development of alternative fuels and automotive technology, intelligent transportation systems, telematics, congestion pricing, and public-private partnerships. Booz Allen is supporting USDOT with its Vehicle Infrastructure Integration program.
• Passenger Rail and Mass Transit—Booz Allen provides consulting to urban mass transportation agencies and passenger railroads, including intercity, commuter rail, heavy rail, light rail, and people-mover technology. We are advising clients across the nation on rolling stock engineering and integrated mobility solutions to replace fare payment systems with smart cards and near field communications technology.
• Postal Service—Booz Allen works with clients throughout the USPS to design and implement solutions around strategy, operations, sustainability, organizational change, and technology.

Our Capabilities

Booz Allen brings broad cross-modal transportation industry knowledge, combining our modal breadth with deep functional expertise, often derived from our defense and national security clients. Our capabilities include:

• Assurance and Resilience
• Economics and Business Analysis
• Information Technology
• Intelligence and Operations Analysis
• Modeling and Simulation
• Organization and Strategy
• Supply Chain and Logistics
• Systems Engineering and Integration

Career Opportunities

Explore career opportunities at the leading edge of transportation at Booz Allen.

Additional Information

• Innovative Vehicles Require Innovative Thinking—Helping transportation executives think through the issues in transitioning to “greener” vehicles and fuels.
• Risk-Based Safety Oversight for the Federal Aviation Administration—The Federal Aviation Administration has set a goal of safety management systems (SMS) integration throughout its safety oversight process and has called on Booz Allen to help design new methodologies and systems and implement change through its System Approach for Safety Oversight (SASO) Program Office.
• Charting a Course for the Future of Air Transportation: The Next Generation Air Transportation System—The Federal Aviation Administration is overseeing NextGen and has turned to Booz Allen to help define how NextGen will unfold.
• Improving Infrastructure Can Improve the U.S. Economy—Interview with Vice President Gary Schulman, who participated in a June 30, 2009, Aspen Ideas Festival panel titled “Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure.”
• Charting the Course for Tomorrow's 9-1-1 Emergency Network—The US Department of Transportation turned to Booz Allen for help in defining the Next Generation 9-1-1 system’s requirements and architecture.
• New Solutions to Traffic Congestion May Also Reduce Environmental Concerns—Booz Allen’s efforts to recommend policy changes and implement technologies have the potential to benefit transportation as well as climate issues.
• Innovative Pilot Program Uses Mobile Phones to Pay for Transit Rides, Food—Booz Allen and partners launch a 4-month trial program at San Francisco’s BART transit system—the first in the nation—to not only use mobile phones to pay for both fares and food at quick-serve restaurants, but also reload the mobile “wallet” over the air.
• Booz Allen Named Best Consulting Firm to the Air Traffic Management Industry— An unmatched blend of management, business, and technical consulting earns the firm the Air Traffic Management magazine honor.
• Lights! Water! Motion!—Public and private sectors need to join forces in addressing the transportation, energy, and water crises in tandem with a comprehensive strategy to handle the infrastructure requirements of the future.