The CONSULTANT will be required to provide transportation planning services to assist District 6 Planning staff in performing all or some of the tasks identified in the scope of services. The CONSULTANT shall complete all work performed under this contract in accordance with applicable DEPARTMENT policies, guidelines, and procedures. The following sections describe the tasks for which CONSULTANT services may be required. 1. Project Traffic/Travel Demand Forecasting Review and Development The CONSULTANT may be required to develop, review and/or analyze travel demand estimates for facility designs. The CONSULTANT must be capable of effectively communicating important details of travel demand forecasts such as methodology, data, tools, and results with various department offices, the public, or other public agencies through presentations, workshops or meetings. Travel demand estimation efforts should be comprehensive and include modal projections as needed. Modal projections may include transit ridership, pedestrian movements, freight flows, truck movements, person throughput and others. The work required for this task may include but is not limited to: Project Traffic Reports for Design, Interchange Proposals, Alternatives Analyses, and PD&E Studies - The CONSULTANT may be required to project future AADTs, design hour traffic volumes, and turning movements using travel demand models (FSUTMS), historical traffic growth, land use data and/or other appropriate traffic and transit forecasting methodologies agreed upon by the District Six Staff. Given that the variables used for projecting future traffic, such as population and employment are subject to change, the project traffic reports may require a sensitivity test section to depict the applicable range of the design that the projection calls for. Further, as Managed Lanes becoming a key mean of funding mechanism for new transportation facilities, the CONSULTANT shall be proficient on the managed lane travel demand forecasts methodologies. The CONSULTANT may be also required to develop or review revenue forecasts for managed lane projects. 18-Kip Reports - The CONSULTANT may be required to project future traffic estimates (including turning movements), develop D and T design factors, collect necessary project specific traffic data, and prepare pavement loading reports (18-Kip ESAL) using the above information.
