Hexagon

What Hexagon does

Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc. is a privately held, founder-owned transportation planning and traffic engineering consulting firm headquartered in San Jose, California, with additional offices in Gilroy and Pleasanton. Founded in 1998, the firm has operated continuously in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 27 years, providing services to both public agencies and private developers. Its client base spans municipal clients (City of San Jose, Cupertino, Menlo Park, Santa Clara, VTA) and major private-sector organizations (Meta, Google, Apple, Amazon, Tesla, San Francisco 49ers), with engagements centered on major land developments, CEQA/SB 743 compliance, and infrastructure design in one of the most development-intensive regions in the United States.

The firm's core capabilities span transportation planning and traffic engineering, delivered through 14 distinct service lines including Major Land Development analysis, VMT/SB 743 compliance studies, Travel Demand Forecasting, Traffic Simulation, Signal Design, Roundabout Analyses, Parking Studies, Bicycle and Pedestrian Studies, Evacuation Studies, Traffic Control Plans, Specific/General Plans, TDM Plan Preparation and Monitoring, Animated Site Plans visualization, and Feasibility Studies. Underlying technology consists of industry-standard modeling and simulation packages (CUBE, TransCAD, Synchro, SimTraffic, TRAFFIX, VISSIM) augmented by proprietary local travel forecasting models that Hexagon has developed for numerous Bay Area jurisdictions, including 20+ years of BART model runs.

The business model is straightforward professional services: project-based consulting fees, quote-based pricing, and direct engagement with clients via RFPs/RFQs and referrals. Distribution is entirely direct, with principals deeply involved in each engagement. The firm relies on reputation, approved-consultant listings in Bay Area cities, and relationships rather than traditional marketing. Revenue is generated solely from professional services fees, with no disclosed pricing tiers, software product, or platform offering; the firm is bootstrapped with no external funding or parent entity.

Name

Hexagon

Legal name

Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc.

Website

https://hextrans.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hexagon Transportation Consultants is a founder-owned Bay Area transportation planning and traffic engineering firm founded in 1998, serving Bay Area municipalities and major private developers with VMT/SB 743 analyses, travel demand forecasting, traffic simulation, and infrastructure design services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Transportation & Traffic Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Transportation & Infrastructure Planning (BPAHAKAF), Temporary Traffic Control (TTC) Planning, Design & Engineering (MOT/TCP Plans) (TLAJALAA)

Keywords

• Transportation planning services
• Traffic engineering consulting
• Travel demand forecasting
• Traffic impact studies
• Transportation engineering design

Headquarters

HQ city

San Jose

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Transportation Planning Consulting: Professional consulting fees for transportation planning and traffic engineering services provided to both private developers and public agencies. Services are project-based and scoped individually, including traffic impact studies, transportation analyses, design services, and ongoing planning support.
2. Transportation Engineering Design: Fees for engineering design services including signal design, signing and striping plans, traffic control plans, roundabout designs, and complete streets improvements. Projects are delivered from proposal through construction administration.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc. provides professional transportation planning and traffic engineering consulting services to public agencies and private developers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Core offerings include traffic impact studies, transportation/VMT analyses (SB 743 compliance), travel demand forecasting, parking studies, bicycle and pedestrian studies, traffic simulation, signal design, signing and striping plans, roundabout analyses, traffic control plans, evacuation studies, and TDM plan preparation, implementation, and monitoring. Projects are scoped individually and delivered through three offices (San Jose, Gilroy, Pleasanton) with principal-level involvement.

Product overview

Hexagon Transportation Consultants is a Bay Area transportation consulting firm founded in 1998, offering a portfolio of professional services spanning transportation planning and traffic engineering. The core service offerings include Bicycle & Pedestrian Studies, Transportation/VMT Analysis, Major Land Development analysis, TDM Plan Preparation/Implementation/Monitoring, Travel Demand Forecasting, Parking Studies, Signal Design & Signing/Striping Plans, Roundabout Analyses & Design, Evacuation Studies, Traffic Control Plans, Traffic Simulation Studies, Specific Plans/General Plans, Animated Site Plans, and Feasibility Studies. The firm operates from three Bay Area offices (San Jose, Gilroy, Pleasanton) and serves both private and public sector clients throughout the region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bicycle & Pedestrian Studies Planning studies and engineering designs focused on bicycle and pedestrian travel, including road diet studies, bicycle lane designs, and pedestrian facility improvements for public agencies and private developers.
• Transportation/VMT Analysis Transportation impact studies evaluating vehicle miles traveled (VMT), consistency with adopted plans, hazards, and emergency access as required by California's SB 743 legislation, for public agencies and private developers.
• Major Land Development Transportation Analysis Transportation analyses for major land developments, including travel demand forecasting models and Bay Area-specific expertise, supporting entitlement for large residential, commercial, mixed-use, stadium, and tech campus projects.
• TDM Plan Preparation, Implementation & Monitoring Transportation Demand Management plan preparation, implementation support, and ongoing monitoring services for new developments, delivered across Bay Area jurisdictions, in partnership with TDM Specialists for plan implementation.
• Travel Demand Forecasting Development and application of travel demand models to evaluate land use developments, transportation projects, and long-range planning studies, including transit ridership forecasting for projects such as VTA's BART Silicon Valley extensions.
• Parking Studies Studies to right-size parking for new developments, areawide parking demand quantification, downtown parking management frameworks, and evaluation of shared parking and parking technology, for developers, venues, and public agencies.
• Signal Design & Signing/Striping Plans Traffic signal design, signing and striping plan preparation, and related engineering services for roadway and intersection improvements, including temporary construction signing and striping for major Bay Area projects.
• Roundabout Analyses & Design Roundabout operations analysis and design services for vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians, including conceptual design and configuration evaluation for public agencies and developers.
• Evacuation Studies Quantitative and qualitative evacuation transportation studies including emergency scenario parameter design and recommendations for roadway capacity, evacuation routes, and shelter locations, for public agencies.
• Traffic Control Plans Preparation of traffic control plans following CA MUTCD and Caltrans HDM standards for construction projects, ensuring worker and public safety during roadway and utility construction.
• Traffic Simulation Studies Micro-simulation studies using sophisticated software to evaluate congested locations and roadways with unique characteristics, including queue spillback, ramp metering, transit signal preemption, school operations, and weaving analysis.
• Specific Plans / General Plans Transportation Element Transportation planning for General Plans and Area Plans, including land use alternatives development and identification of transportation network improvements for municipalities and large-scale developers.
• Animated Site Plans Animated visualizations showing movement of automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians overlaid on architectural plans to communicate traffic experience for development projects and public outreach.
• Feasibility Studies Due-diligence transportation studies including EIR requirements assessment, improvement cost analysis, and TDM plan requirement evaluation for prospective developers and property owners.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully delivered transportation analyses for most major land developments in the Bay Area
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TDM SpecialistscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHexagon partners with TDM Specialists for TDM Plan implementation and monitoring services. After projects are built, Hexagon implements TDM Plans by acting as contract staff via this partnership. TDM Specialists have a proven track record of meeting trip reduction goals at 20+ locations nationally recognized as 'Best Workplaces for Commuters'. This partnership allows Hexagon to offer comprehensive TDM services including plan preparation, implementation, and ongoing monitoring with local compliance and efficiency.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a large California transportation practice. Competes with Hexagon on large-scale corridor studies, BART/VTA transit projects, and major land development work, especially for public agencies.
• Iteris: Transportation planning, engineering, and intelligent transportation systems firm active in California. Competes with Hexagon in traffic engineering and transportation impact studies, while also offering broader ITS and smart-mobility services.
• Kimley-Horn: National transportation and traffic engineering consultancy with a strong California presence offering the same core services (TIS, signal design, travel demand modeling) to municipalities and developers. Larger scale allows pursuit of bigger and more multi-disciplinary engagements than Hexagon.
• HDR: Large engineering consultancy with transportation planning and traffic engineering practices across the U.S., including California. Overlaps with Hexagon on transportation impact analyses and CEQA-support work for major public-sector clients.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering consultancy with California transportation and infrastructure planning services. Competes with Hexagon for major public-agency and developer mandates, particularly on transit-oriented and infrastructure planning.

Direct peers

• Nelson\Nygaard: Transportation planning consultancy specializing in multimodal, transit, and pedestrian/bicycle planning. Competes with Hexagon in specific-plan and bicycle/pedestrian service lines for both public agencies and major developers.
• TJKM Transportation Consultants: Bay Area-based transportation planning and traffic engineering firm closely overlapping Hexagon's service portfolio (TIS, signal design, parking studies, VMT) and serving many of the same Northern California municipalities and private developers.
• W-Trans: Northern California transportation planning and engineering firm offering traffic impact studies, signal design, and parking services. Comparable scale and direct competition for Bay Area municipal and developer clients.
• Fehr & Peers: California-headquartered transportation planning and traffic engineering consultancy of similar size and service mix (TIS, travel demand forecasting, VMT). Direct competitor in the Bay Area for both public-agency and private-developer work.
• LSA Associates: California-based consulting firm providing transportation planning, traffic engineering, and environmental review services. Directly comparable in service mix, regional focus, and public/private client split.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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