AMAV Transportation and Traffic Ltd.

What AMAV Transportation and Traffic Ltd. does

AMAV Transportation and Traffic Ltd. (legal name: AMAV Transportation and Traffic (2012), Ltd.) is an Israeli professional consulting consortium providing transportation planning, traffic engineering, environmental, and urban design services. The firm traces its operating presence in Israel to 1979 and was formally incorporated in 1993; it operates from two offices (Jerusalem at 4 Yad Harutzim St. and Ramat Gan at 6 Harakon St.) with a staff of approximately 30 engineers, planners, and technicians led by four partners — Marc Render, Avi Sperber, Eldad Lebel, and Zvi Yeres. Founders and partners include former senior Jerusalem Municipality engineering and planning officials. The company is privately held, with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, or parent entity.

The firm delivers nine integrated service lines: traffic and parking planning; physical planning and drainage; traffic signals and traffic control (including BRT/light-rail priority); transport examinations (TIE under Ministry of Transport guidelines); master and outline plans; green and public transport planning; urban renewal; international collaboration on flagship public-building projects; and models/microsimulation. Its technology stack is built on industry-standard transportation engineering and GIS software — EMME, TRANSCAD, TRANSMODELER, HCS, R-CAP, CIVIL3D, AUTOCAD, CIVILCAD, AEC Collection, ARCGIS, and QGIS — used for demand forecasting, level-of-service analysis, and high-resolution microsimulation. Output is delivered as bespoke consulting deliverables rather than packaged software.

AMAV runs a project-based professional services model. Revenue is generated through consulting fees from direct engagements with Israeli municipalities (Jerusalem, Ashdod, Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Rosh HaAyin, Haifa), the Ministry of Transport, quasi-governmental infrastructure operators (Ayalon Highways, Netivei Ayalon), private developers, and international architectural firms (Herzog & De Meuron, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, SANAA, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill). Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales with no channel, self-service, or productized offering.

Name

AMAV Transportation and Traffic Ltd.

Legal name

AMAV Transportation and Traffic (2012), Ltd.

Website

https://amav.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AMAV Transportation and Traffic Ltd. is an Israeli professional consortium, founded in 1979 and incorporated in 1993, providing transportation planning, traffic engineering, and urban design consulting to municipalities, the Ministry of Transport, infrastructure operators, private developers, and international architectural firms across Israel.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transportation Planning & Traffic Engineering Consulting

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Transportation & Traffic Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Transportation & Infrastructure Planning (BPAHAKAF), Connected Traffic Signal Systems & Signal Priority (TSP/EVP) via V2X (TLAJAHAH)

Keywords

• Transportation planning services
• Traffic engineering consulting
• Traffic impact assessment
• Transportation master planning
• Urban mobility planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Jerusalem

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Project-based consulting fees for transportation planning, engineering, environmental and urban design services provided to municipalities, government offices, and private sector clients

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AMAV Transportation and Traffic Ltd. is a professional consortium providing transportation planning, traffic engineering, environmental, and urban design consulting services. The firm delivers master transportation plans, traffic impact assessments, microsimulation models, priority signal planning, traffic-management and parking plans, and physical planning support for municipalities, government ministries, private developers, and international architectural firms across Israel.

Product overview

AMAV Transportation and Traffic Ltd. is a professional consortium providing comprehensive transportation planning and traffic engineering consulting services across Israel since 1979. The company operates as a single integrated service offering rather than a modular product platform. Their portfolio spans nine distinct but interrelated service areas: Traffic and Parking Planning, Physical Planning and Drainage, Traffic Signals and Traffic Control, Transport Examinations, Master and Outline Plans, Green Transport and Public Transport, Urban Renewal, International Collaboration on Flagship Plans, and Models and Microsimulation. These services collectively address the full spectrum of transportation planning needs, from strategic master planning to detailed traffic signal design and microsimulation modeling. The company serves municipal governments, government ministries, and private developers, using advanced software tools including EMME, TRANSCAD, TRANSMODELER, HCS, ARCGIS, and QGIS for modeling and simulation work.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Transportation Master Plans Development of master transportation plans for municipalities, regional councils, and national authorities, providing long-term multimodal mobility frameworks.
• Traffic Impact Assessments and Studies Traffic and transportation studies assessing the impact of new developments on surrounding road networks, prepared for municipalities, ministries, and private developers.
• Traffic Microsimulation Modeling Computerized microsimulation modeling of intersections, corridors, and networks to evaluate operational performance for public and private clients.
• Priority Signal Planning and Traffic Management Plans Design of traffic signal priority schemes and traffic management plans for urban corridors and intersections.
• Parking Studies and Parking Management Plans Parking demand assessments and parking management plans prepared for municipalities and private developers.
• Transportation Demand Forecasting and Modeling Macroscopic and mesoscopic transportation demand forecasting using EMME, TRANSCAD, and TRANSMODELER to support planning and infrastructure decisions.
• Urban Renewal and Physical Planning Support Transportation planning support for urban renewal projects, integrating mobility considerations with physical planning requirements.
• Environmental and Urban Design Consulting Environmental analysis and urban design advisory services delivered alongside transportation planning for integrated project outcomes.
• Public Transportation Planning Planning services for public transportation systems and supporting infrastructure, supporting municipal and national transit policy.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully planned complex urban projects including 780,000 sqm Jerusalem Gateway development and 350,000 resident outline plan for Ashdod
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, major and core.

• Herzog & De Meuron (with Mann Shinar Architects)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMAV is drafting traffic arrangements and physical planning for the Israel National Library renewal project commissioned by The National Library Construction Company. The project architects are Herzog and De Meuron, assisted by Mann Shinar Architects. AMAV handles acceleration/deceleration lanes, underground parking access, and coordination with light rail Museums Line.
• Pei Cobb Freed & Partners (Ian Bader Architect)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMAV serves as traffic planner for the Benin Complex project in the heart of Jerusalem between Jaffa and HaNev'im streets. The project includes approximately 280 residential, commercial and office units plus an underground train station. Ian Bader of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners leads the project.
• SANAA (Riccardo Cannatá) and HQ Architects (Asaf Dali)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMAV is planning the new Bezalel campus project. The project architects are Riccardo Cannatá (SANAA) and Asaf Dali (HQ Architects). The campus will serve approximately 2,500 students and 500 faculty members as an innovative educational complex.
• Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill ArchitecturemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMAV is involved in planning the Epstein Complex in Kiryat HaYovel neighborhood in Jerusalem, near the light rail red line. The 40-floor above ground and 5 floors underground residential building with 3 underground parking floors was designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture.
• CITEC (Swiss)coreTechnology or IntegrationAMAV managed a subcontractor team from CITEC Swiss company in traffic signal planning for the Red Line project. This collaboration involved joint work on preference traffic signals with active priority for light rail, demonstrating AMAV's ability to coordinate international technical partnerships.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• WSP Global: Global engineering professional services firm with one of the world's largest transportation planning practices and an active presence in Israel. Competes with AMAV on Israeli municipal and transit infrastructure tenders, but operates across a much broader portfolio of engineering services.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a major transportation planning practice serving transit agencies, municipalities, and governments. Competes with AMAV on large-scale master plans and transit projects, but offers a much wider engineering and design portfolio.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering consultancy with a strong transportation planning practice spanning transit, urban mobility, and master planning. Competes with AMAV on major transit and urban planning projects but is significantly larger and more diversified.
• HDR: Engineering and architecture firm with a dedicated transportation planning practice serving transit authorities and municipalities. Comparable full-service competitor pursuing transportation master plans and transit projects, though HDR's practice spans broader infrastructure markets.
• Stantec: Engineering and professional services firm with a substantial transportation infrastructure practice serving transit agencies and municipalities. Comparable consulting-led model to AMAV, though it operates across environmental, water, and buildings as well.
• Jacobs Solutions: Global engineering services firm with substantial transportation and urban planning capabilities. Comparable as a full-service competitor pursuing municipal and transit master-plan work, though its practice is far broader than AMAV's transportation-planning specialization.

Direct peers

• Kimley-Horn: US-headquartered transportation engineering consultancy with a focused specialty in traffic engineering, signal systems, and municipal master planning. Closely comparable to AMAV in the consulting-led, expertise-driven model and project mix.
• Arup: Global engineering consultancy renowned for integrated land-use and transportation planning on flagship civic projects. Closely comparable to AMAV in its specialization on complex urban projects and signal/transit planning, though operating at a much larger global scale.
• Systra: French-headquartered engineering consultancy specialized in rail, transit, and urban mobility planning. Closely comparable to AMAV in its rail/transit orientation and signal-priority planning expertise, though it operates primarily in the European and global rail markets.

Regional players

• Dar Al-Handasah (Sidara): Middle East-headquartered engineering consultancy with a strong regional transportation planning practice across the Arab world. Comparable in the regional transportation planning space but primarily serves different geographies from AMAV.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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