Luigi Casinelli, P.E., PTOE
Traffic Engineering Lead
“Technology can make transportation projects better, allowing us to improve and even automate processes, lower costs, reduce or eliminate errors and accelerate schedules. Innovations like utilizing the latest data collection technologies, including GPS, apps, Bluetooth, cell phone data, radar and video data can advance traffic planning.”
Luigi incorporates his passion for transportation technology into all aspects of his work. With over 25 years of traffic planning expertise, he leads transportation planning and advances mobility solutions in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area and supports traffic projects and professionals across the U.S.
Regardless of project size, Luigi is a champion of innovation. He advises clients on data analytics and cutting-edge traffic technologies, with extensive experience in big data and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. His work includes developing data collections programs, parking studies, corridor safety projects, traffic operations studies, adaptive signal studies, toll plaza analyses, traffic impact studies, maintenance and protection of traffic plans, and corridor studies.
Luigi has managed a variety of high-profile projects, including:
- Westside Highway Mobility and Safety Improvement Study
- Signal Optimization Projects for over 800+ signals
- Port Newark Master Plan
- New Jersey Department of Transportation Safety Resource Center
- New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) R11 Highway Safety Investigation Services
- New York City Department of Transportation ITS On-Call and Intro 144B For-Hire Vehicle Policy Study
- NYSDOT Interagency Roadway Optimization Analytics Dashboard (IROAD)
He also led the traffic signal oversight team for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), piloting automated signal performance measures and developing big data dashboards to provide a data-driven approach to managing traffic signals.
Beyond his project work and leadership role at HDR, Luigi is deeply involved in the transportation community. He currently acts as Technical Projects Chair of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Metropolitan Section after serving as president in 2015. He serves as a board member of the Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS) in both New York and New Jersey, and he frequently presents and moderates at regional and national conferences and webinars.