About

Who We Are

CHS Consulting Group specializes in multimodal transportation planning and engineering design services for dense urban settings. Over the past two decades, we have managed transportation planning and design tasks for some of the most high-profile projects in the U.S. We have also provided technical assistance and developed multi-modal transportation plans for more than 50 international projects in China, South Korea, Malaysia, and Mexico.

CHS Brings Value to Any Project – We have successfully applied our technical expertise and talents to help other professional firms, such as architects, urban designers, landscape architects, economists, environmental planners, and civil engineers. We have also provided our skills and talents directly to government agencies at various levels, developers, and private companies to make their projects successful.

CHS is Trustworthy and Reliable –We are committed to quality and responsiveness, with a long list of repeat clients who can attest to our dedication and commitment.

CHS is a One Stop Shop –Our task leaders are experts in their respective fields and they work together as a team to find the most practical solution to any multi-modal transportation challenge.

Services We Provide

Our Team

  • Chi-Hsin Shao, TE, AICP

    President

    40 years of experience in transportation planning and engineering, specializing in multimodal transportation planning and design. Chi-Hsin is a visionary planner, a problem solver, a collaborator, and a consensus builder. He has served in executive level positions with government agencies and in the private sector and has provided guidance and strategic planning services to some most prominent projects in the US.

  • Terri O'Connor, AICP

    Parking Practice Lead

    18+ years of experience as a transportation planner, with a specialty in parking reforms to support sustainable communities, including transit-oriented developments (VTA and BART stations and several Bay Area communities), downtown parking plans (e.g., Redwood City, Napa, Windsor, and Berkeley) and P/TDM policy development for BART and VTA. Terri played a key role in two award-winning parking management plans and has helped public and private clients develop innovative parking management strategies such a points-based shared parking and TDM program and curb management best practices.

  • Linda Meckel

    Transit Practice Lead

    18 years of experience as a Senior Transportation/ Transit Planner, including system expansion and capital planning for the Sonoma-Marin Rail Area Transit District, the Connect SF project for the San Francisco County Transportation Agency, and rail station access planning for several California High Speed Rail Authority stations in the Central Valley. Linda has served as Project Manager for on-call contracts with the Sacramento Area Council of Governments and San Francisco County Transportation Authority.

  • Migi Lee

    Project Manager

    16 years of experience, specializing in multi-modal transportation planning projects. Migi is a trusted project manager who provides leadership on a diverse range of tasks, including transit planning, traffic impact analyses, VMT calculations, parking studies, and TDM strategies and implementation. She also specializes in preparing transportation analyses for projects that require CEQA/NEPA documents, ranging from modest urban infill projects to large-scale redevelopment and infrastructure projects.

  • Roxannabelle Perfecto, PE

    Senior Traffic Engineer

    9 years of experience in transportation and traffic engineering design for both public and private sector clients, including developers, local cities, transit agencies, and special districts in both Northern and Southern California. Roxannabelle is a highly skilled and dependable project manager with expertise in traffic signal design, fiber optic and signal interconnect design, signing and striping plans, traffic control plans, and street lighting design.

“CHS Consulting completes its assignments in a timely manner and the documents they’ve created for my clients were accurate, objective, and meet all CEQA requirements as well as the high standards of the Planning Department.”

Testimonials

“I have worked with Chi-Hsin and other professionals at CHS on various matters for the past 20 years. During that time, I have always been impressed by the quality of the analysis and the written product. CHS has always been responsive to me and my clients regarding changes to project descriptions requiring revised analysis and being able to respond effectively to issues raised by City staff and members of the public.”

“CHS worked diligently to accomplish the project’s task orders in a timely manner. They presented complicated, disconnected origin-destination data into a comprehensive graphic which made it easy for public stakeholders to understand the traffic analysis. CHS also provided creative solutions and alternatives during the planning process in a collaborative, helpful manner.”