Parsons Corporation announced that the City of Oakland Department of Transportation selected the company to perform engineering design and cost estimates of the Embarcadero West Rail Safety and Access Improvements project. This $25 million contract includes designs for eight at-grade intersections, a multiuse trail, traffic signal plans, and represents new work for Parsons. The Embarcadero West Rail Safety and Access Improvements project will deliver complex transportation infrastructure elements along the Embarcadero between Oak Street and Adeline/Middle Harbor Road to improve safety, strengthen connectivity, and increase access to Oakland?s Downtown, Chinatown, West Oakland, the Port of Oakland (Port) and the historic waterfront in Jack London District.

The project will install rail safety, pedestrian improvements, and "quiet zone" improvements, including a fence along the tracks at designated crossings along the Embarcadero railroad corridor. Parsons will also deliver feasibility studies to analyze grade separated railroad crossing features, geometric configurations and equipment upgrades.