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According to the bid document, the city has experienced significant population growth, jumping from 67,358 in 2010 to 76,500 in 2020.
As a result, the city is looking to partner with a vendor that can provide the following traffic engineering services to meet this growth:
- Intersection safety and operational improvement studies.
- Intelligent transportation systems (railroad and traffic signal related).
- Traffic signal design and coordination.
- Neighborhood traffic management and traffic calming studies.
- Origin destination studies.
- Pedestrian and bicycle facilities design.
- Metro ridership and forecast studies.
- Railroad safety studies.
- School-related traffic operation studies.
- Grant writing.
Regarding all traffic studies, each must be performed under the following design standards:
- City of Missouri Infrastructure Design Manual
- Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Revision 2, 2011
- A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, 2011
- Standard Highway Sign Designs for Texas (SHSD) - Revision 4, 2012
“On-call traffic engineering services are essential to address unexpected traffic-related issues that require immediate attention,” the RFQ states. “The traffic expertise required for managing and improving traffic systems includes studies to improve intersection safety and operations, troubleshooting issues at the Traffic Management Center (TMC), designing and coordinating traffic signals, managing neighborhood traffic, designing facilities for pedestrians and bicycles, improving railroad safety, managing traffic around schools and grant writing.”
More information about RFQ NO. 23-068 can be found online. The due date for vendors to submit information is June 29.
