Lea+Elliott

Lea+Elliott is a transit consulting firm that advises government agencies and private owners on automated and rail transit systems. The firm handles transportation system planning, procurement strategy, system design and engineering, modernization of existing systems, and operations and maintenance planning for automated people movers. Its work has included airport automated people mover systems, and it has managed the planning, design, construction or commissioning of dozens of transit systems in operation.

Clients typically bring the firm in during planning or procurement, and it works on performance-based contracts rather than for transit equipment suppliers. Its main office is in Irving, Texas, with other offices in cities across the United States and one in Singapore. Most of its work is project-based, so the firm is best suited to transit authorities, airports and developers rather than individual riders.