The potential on-campus Colorado State University Football Stadium. - Major changes in employment centers (e.g., Colorad
Transportation Request for Results Team Members Chairperson: Budget Liaison: Communications: Members:
Ken Mannon Delynn Coldiron Kim Newcomer Jon Haukaas Darren Moritz Joe Olson Rick Reider, Citizen Participant Lisa Voytko
Result Fort Collins provides for safe and reliable multi-modal travel to, from, and throughout the city. Introduction/Summary of Results Map We want offers that support the City’s transportation system including quality infrastructure, smooth traffic flow, and multiple travel options contributing to a strong economy, healthy environment, and vibrant community. The system needs to facilitate safe and reliable multi-modal travel in order to provide the services that individuals and the business community expect. Quality transportation planning, programs, and projects strengthen our local economy and demonstrate the City’s commitment to environmental stewardship by supporting the efficient movement of people and goods. First and foremost, existing infrastructure must be adequately maintained to protect the City’s historical investment in transportation. Historically, Fort Collins residents have identified transportation as a high priority and have consistently asked for more effort toward transportation. This priority was further underscored by the passage of the Keep Fort Collins Great tax initiative, which allocates 50% of the new tax revenue to street maintenance and other transportation efforts. Citizens expect the City to provide better and additional transportation services. The City will have many opportunities, as well as challenges, related to transportation that are associated with new projects. The Mason Corridor Project, the City’s largest transportation capital project to date, is just one example. Other potential projects include: - The potential on-campus Colorado State University Football Stadium - Major changes in employment centers (e.g., Colorado State University Engines and Energy Conversion Lab expansion) Offers should address the need for flexibility and responsiveness to adjust to changing circumstances.
Indicators Indicator 1: Traffic Flow Measure: • Time traveled on selected routes Goal: Motor vehicles will travel at an average of three minutes per mile or better. The average time it takes a motor vehicle to travel on selected primary arterial streets during “peak” travel times will be measured. Indicator 2: Roadway System Maintenance Measure: • Roadway conditions Goal: Average pavement conditions will be Level of Service B (index rating of 70-85 on 100-point scale). Roadway conditions measure efforts and effectiveness of roadway maintenance, which contribute to the safety and reliability of travel. Roadway conditions will be measured by the average pavement conditions of Fort Collins roads. Conditions are measured using pavement management software to determine the pavement condition index (PCI) of the roadway network. PCI is a standard measurement tool in the industry. Indicator 3: Safety Measure: • Number of crashes per vehicle miles traveled and number of fatal injury crashes per vehicle miles traveled Goal: Maintain or decrease crashes and fatal injury crashes per vehicle miles traveled. The overall safety of the transportation system will be measured and evaluated by tracking two different categories of crashes: all crashes and those that result in a fatal injury. Vehicle miles traveled is determined using the Highway Performance Measuring System utilized by the Colorado Department of Transportation. Crash data is obtained from Police Service crash reports. Indicator 4: Transit Mobility Measure: • Transit rides per capita Goal: 28.7 rides per capita (based on ridership projections from full implementation of the Transit Strategic Plan) To evaluate viability of travel by transit, change in transit rides per capita (with a focus on riders by choice) per calendar year will be measured.
Indicator 5: Use of Alternative Modes Measure: • Mode of travel used for trips Goal: Increase trips made by bicycle, transit, and walking by 20% (currently at 17.6%) The North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization Household Survey provides data related to the mode of travel individuals use for trips. The survey is administered every five years in conjunction with the Regional Transportation Plan update. Specifically, the percent of trips made by bicycle and the percent of trips made by walking will be used to evaluate use of alternative modes. Indicator 6: Citizen Satisfaction Measure: • Community Survey Goal: Attain or surpass Front Range and national benchmarks. There are several qualitative parameters that are implied in the desire for reliability of travel, which will be measured through opinion polls. Statistically valid surveys have been conducted in recent years; these allow us to benchmark new survey information against perceptions citizens have expressed about the reliability of mobility and other transportation concerns. Specifically, citizen satisfaction will be measured by the following questions on the Citizen Survey: • Street Maintenance • Ease of travel via public transportation • Traffic congestion Purchasing Strategies We are looking for offers that: 1. Innovation Demonstrate innovation and a specific increase in efficiency. We welcome creative, innovative, moneysaving ideas (including enhancement offers) that address increases in efficiency. Innovative offers should be well thought-out, well researched, and should support operational excellence and continuous improvement. Examples include: • Service “pairing” that leverages and/or combines functions across and within the organization. • Efforts to “de-silo” departments and result areas to capitalize on limited resources (e.g., two departments cooperate and communicate to provide a service at a reduced cost, to eliminate duplication, improve service, and create efficiency). • Partnerships (internal and communitywide) that create value. • Eliminating duplicative services. • Changing the way we operate to be more nimble and responsive to citizen needs and concerns. • Focusing on providing high quality customer service and “value-added” initiatives. • Moving away from “the way we’ve always done it” when appropriate.
2. Traffic Flow Improve the traffic flow in Fort Collins for all modes of transporting people, goods, and information (not just vehicles) to benefit both individuals and the business community. Key indicators of success will include the ability of a proposal to optimize travel time and the predictability of traffic flow by addressing features including, but not limited to: • Safe and reliable multi-modal movement • Intersection and roadway improvements • Traffic light timing and signs • Traffic congestion • Parking • Awareness of routes and zones (e.g., construction, school, or loading zones) • Public information 3. Quality Infrastructure Provide safe, well functioning, high quality streets, bikeways, sidewalks, trails, etc., or that improve other critical infrastructure. The types of topic areas to be addressed include, but are not limited to: • Maintenance (e.g., potholes, snow removal, pavement management, sidewalk improvements, bridges) • Capital projects (e.g., roadway improvements) • Design standards (sustainability, ongoing maintenance needs, aesthetics, etc.) • System connectivity • Safety/efficiency improvements • Communication infrastructure • Environmental impacts • Americans with Disabilities Act requirements 4. Planning Provide good, long-term transportation planning, to enhance citizens’ mobility and therefore help local and regional transportation networks operate at a high level of efficiency. We are also seeking offers that implement Council-adopted strategic plans such as the Transportation Master Plan, the Transit Strategic Plan and others. Areas of consideration include, but are not limited to: • Planning • Funding sources (new, leveraged, grants) • Demand forecasting • Partnerships and collaboration (relationships, organizations, intergovernmental agreements) with agencies such as the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization, Colorado Department of Transportation, Poudre School District, Colorado State University, Front Range Community College, and others. • Citizen input • Linkage between commuter trails and bike lanes • Sustainability 5. Travel Modes Limit the rate of increase in or reduce the amount of motor vehicle traffic, and enhance alternative travel modes for Fort Collins citizens. Citizens should be able to choose from a variety of viable travel options. Examples include: • Mass transit and para-transit • Carpooling • Bus rapid transit (Mason • Car sharing Corridor) • Online/telecommuting • Bicycling • Wheelchair and disability access • Walking • Awareness programs
6. Maintenance and Operation Address long-term maintenance and operations costs. Offers should demonstrate fiscal responsibility by ensuring cost efficiencies, cost sharing, and other innovative approaches. Sellers need to provide information about all long-term maintenance and support costs with each proposed project. 7. Sustainability Address sustainability and consider social (both individual and business needs), financial (cost effectiveness) and environmental impacts. Proposals should integrate sustainability into construction techniques, design features, business operations, etc. Specifically, offers should support Council-adopted sustainability goals as identified in City Plan, the Transportation Master Plan, the Climate Action Plan, Air Quality Action Plan, and other pertinent plans and policies. 8. Awareness Include elements of customer service, education, and/or public involvement that enhance citizens’ ability to travel safely and reliably. When applicable, offers should also include efforts to raise awareness about individual transportation choices and the impact on the environment. 9. Safety Include consideration of safety as a core value. Sources, Reports and Related Major Plans • • • • • • • • • • • • •
2010 Citizen Survey 2010 Community Scorecard Air Quality Plan Annual survey of peer cities’ accident rates City Plan and related plans Climate Action Plan Interviews with City Transportation Staff Mason Corridor Plan Parks and Recreation Policy Plan (trail connectivity) Police Benchmark Survey (accident statistics) Transit Strategic Plan Transportation Master Plan Traffic Taskforce (internal team addressing traffic congestion)
