Specifications include, but are not limited to: A. DATA ACQUISITION The consultant will identify the information and data needed to accomplish all facets of the planning effort; will gather and evaluate information and data already available; and, will collect or develop any additional information required to accomplish the work tasks. Any existing data used in this effort will be adequately referenced to allow users and reviewers the ability to identify and obtain the referenced data and information. Any new data and information collected or developed by the consultant will be appended to the appropriate study report and will become the property of the City of Great Falls and the MPO. Existing information, data and documents known to be available for consultant review and use from either the City of Great Falls or MDT include: Adopted community plans and studies, land use information, zoning. Traffic counts, accident data, signal warrants, speed studies, major street network classifications, sign inventories, traffic signal data, funding information, signalized and some unsignalized intersection capacity analyses (LOS), roadway widths, right-of-way widths, number of lanes, sidewalk inventories, ADA ramp locations. City building permits, County location and conformance permits, utility records, public facilities, etc. Undeveloped subdivisions and subdivisions, and associated parcelization. Socioeconomic data and projections compiled by the State, Census, or MPO. GIS and Cartegraph maps, data and layers, as available from City, County and State. B. TRAVEL DEMAND MODELING The MDT Multimodal Planning Section maintains a Travel Demand Model for the Great Falls Area, and will perform modelling for this Planning effort, in coordination with consultant. The Consultant will analyize the existing (base year) and projected conditions model results to assess travel patterns on a network-wide basis and identify specific locations with capacity-related deficiencies or opportunities. Consultant will be responsible for providing the following inputs for the future year model: committed improvement projects to develop the existing plus committed model for the planning horizon, as well as population and employment growth projections for the individual zones in the model C. PLANNING HORIZONS The consultant will use the the most recent US Census (or most recent available data) as the base year. 2040 will be the future planning horizon. D. PLANNING ANALYSES The consultant will consider at least the following, available from the MPO, City of Great Falls or MDT: City of Great Falls Growth Policy (2013 and draft 2022 Update) Cascade County Growth Policy (2014) Great Falls Area Long Range Transportation Plan (2018) North Great Falls Sub-Area Transportation Study (2022)
