About Stephen G. Pernaw, P.E., PTOE
Pernaw has over thirty years of experience in civil and transportation engineering. For six years, he was with the New England office of a world-wide transportation and urban planning consulting firm. There, he was involved in traffic management and operations projects, facility design, transportation and transit planning, impact studies and parking-systems analysis and design. After several additional years with a construction-engineering firm, S. G. Pernaw established Stephen G. Pernaw & Company, Inc. in 1985.
Pernaw & Company, Inc. has completed numerous traffic-impact and site-access studies for land developers. These studies have included residential developments ranging in size from five to 550 dwelling units, office developments, restaurants, banks and industrial and research and development facilities. Municipalities have called upon S. G. Pernaw’s expertise to assist in their master plans, site-plan review, and technical review of traffic studies. Other projects involving the public sector include long-range travel-demand forecasting, corridor studies, and safety studies. Mr. Pernaw has testified as an expert witness in the Superior Court system of New Hampshire, and has attained national certification at a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer.
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Northeastern University (1974) - Master of Science in Engineering Degree
Transportation Program at the University of Massachusetts – Lowell (2006)
Affiliations
- Institute of Transportation Engineers (I.T.E.)
Professional Engineer Registrations
- Maine (No. 3730), 1978
- New Hampshire (No. 5234), 1981
- Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (No. 399), 1999
Continuing Education
Evaluation of Traffic Impact Fees (2005)
Signalized Intersection Handbook Workshop (2006)
Traffic Signal Needs Determination (2007)
Planning Site Impact Analysis (2007)
Intersection Safety & Geometric Design (2008)
Traffic Signal Timing Fundamentals (2008)
Roundabout Design Workshop (2008)
Access Management Principles and Practices (2008)
Designing Accessible Pedestrian Facilities (2008)
PTV Vissim Training (2008)
Update on Trip Generation Research Efforts (2008)
Safety Seminar (2009)
Roadway Construction / ITS Technology (2009)
Introduction to Safety Evaluation (2009)
Roundabouts in Concord, New Hampshire (2009)
Synchro Studio Workshop (2010)
Highway Safety Manual – Technical Course (2010)
Adoption of 2009 MUTCD by NHDOT (2010)
Applying Access Management Principles (2010)
Highway Capacity Manual 2010 (2011)
Designing Walkable Thoroughfares (2011)
Freeway Facilities Module Enhancements (2011)
Designing Safety into Urban Thoroughfares (2011)
InSync – Adaptive Traffic Control (2013)
Application of Crash Modification Factors (2013)
Transit Priority Design (2013)
Bicycle & Pedestrian Facility Design (2013)
Speeding – A Crosscutting Safety Issue (2013)
Traffic Impact Fees in New Hampshire (2014)
Roundabout Triage (2014)
ASCT Cost and Operational Effectiveness (2014)
NHDOT Driveway Permit Process (2010)
Transportation Planning Experience
US Route 3/NH Route 25 Corridor, Meredith, New Hampshire
Provided services to the town of Meredith, New Hampshire and a local task force relative to access management (on a parcel-by-parcel basis), intersection design issues, and identifying conceptual alternative transportation solutions.
US Route 3/NH Route 28 Corridor Study, Hooksett, New Hampshire, Allenstown, New Hampshire
Subconsultant to New Hampshire Department of Transportation for the preparation of a comprehensive plan for the construction and re-construction of an eight-mile section of highway in Hooksett and Allenstown, New Hampshire.
Main Street (NH Route 108) Reconstruction Project, Newmarket, New Hampshire
Subconsultant in a multi-disciplinary team that provided the Town of Newmarket with Professional Engineering and Streetscape Architectural Design Services that culminated in final engineering and successful implementation of the project. The traffic component involved extensive data collection, preparation of future traffic projections, micro-simulation of traffic flow for several complex design alternative that were used to garner public consensus, and preparation of preliminary designs for intersections, roadways, on and off-street parking areas, and various access management alternatives.
Downtown Streetscape and Public Signage Improvements Program – Concord, New Hampshire
Subconsultant to Gates, Leighton & Associates, Inc. that provided the City with a plan to improve the character of the streetscape along Main Street, including: the re-design of neckdowns and crosswalks, the development of a coordinated signage system, a conceptual plan to change Main Street four lanes to three lanes to improve pedestrian safety and circulation, the installation of a new traffic signal on Main Street.
Regional Planning, Southern New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission
Consultant for travel-demand forecasting for the Manchester Airport Access Feasibility Study and for several highway corridor studies including US Route 3 in Bedford, NH Route 101 in Bedford, NH Route 102 in Londonderry, Crystal Avenue in Derry, and NH Routes 114 and 114A in Goffstown.
Municipal Consultant Services, Salem, New Hampshire
Assists planning board and staff with the technical reviews of submitted traffic studies and site plans. Developed preliminary corridor improvement plans for use in updating the town Master Plan. Calculated impact fees for off-site transportation improvement projects based upon the present cost allocation system, and on a case-by-case basis for special traffic generators.