Sorin Garber & Associates | Transportation Planning Consulting

ABOUT

Courtesy Port of Portland

Sorin Garber & Associates (SGA), founded in 2017 in Portland, OR is a transportation planning consulting practice with special expertise in multimodal freight systems, freight and passenger railroad operations and feasibility assessment, grants preparation, and management of transportation project development.

SGA directs:

feasibility studies of proposed freight and passenger rail services, and port development
multimodal freight plans and studies for states, regions and cities
freight system and logistics analyses
grants preparation and review - FHWA, FRA, FTA, states of Oregon and Washington
manages teams in advancing plans/design of roadway, rail corridor, and port projects

SGA performs detailed alternatives analysis to compare the costs and benefits of different infrastructure, services, modes, and the capacity of organizations to implement options and recommendations.

SORIN GARBER | PRINCIPAL

Principal Sorin Garber delivers creativity, big picture thinking, and credible analyses to resolve issues once seen as significant impediments. He tailors his work to suit the audience, develops compelling, multi-faceted stakeholder and public processes, and brings enthusiasm, energy, and dedication to projects.

SGA APPROACH | Leadership

SGA works to eliminate unnecessary complexity in plans by staying focused on how best to get from point A to point B.

We perform feasibility tests as projects evolve, successively advancing to the next and ultimate steps, and conveying project information to broad and diverse audiences along the way.

With sharp technical skills and current practice acumen, Sorin Garber's judgement, leadership, innovativeness, and an understanding of what’s important, sets SGA apart.

SGA brings enthusiasm, energy, dedication and creativity to ensure your project advances, overcomes obstacles, and is celebrated by stakeholders.

SGA Pre-Qualifications

WSDOT, Rail, Freight and Ports

WSDOT, Transportation Planning and Studies

Port of Portland, Transportation Planning

Portland Bureau of Transportation, Transportation Planning

TriMet, Service Planning

SGA CERTIFICATIONS

Oregon, Emerging Small Business (ESB) - # 10953

King County, Small Contractor and Supplier (SCS) - # 2186

Washington State Public Works Small Business Enterprise (SBE) - # 7020592

Los Angeles Metro - Small Business Enterprise (SBE) - # 9193

City of Los Angeles, Small Business Enterprise (Proprietary), SBE - # 94253

Small Business Administration, Disadvantaged Business

SGA EXPERIENCE

SGA clients include cities, states, MPOs, port and transit service districts throughout the Pacific Northwest as well as regions as diverse as Anchorage, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, NY/NJ, No. California, Salt Lake City, and South Florida.

Prior to founding SGA, Sorin held executive and positions at TY Lin International, HDR, Inc. and Cambridge Systematics, Inc., and was special consultant to Parsons Brinckerhoff. His career began at the New York City Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning.

Sorin assesses problems in their full context — physical needs, policy and community aspirations, operations and costs — to assist leaders and stakeholders in determining whether to advance or reject an idea.