Specifications include, but are not limited to: project planning, environmental services, design services and miscellaneous consulting services including revenue and expense forecasting, toll analyses and studies pertaining to operating toll systems as directed by MDTA. Assignments may include but are not limited to: providing travel demand modeling services; design services; developing secondary and cumulative effects analyses; conducting public involvement activities to completing environmental documents meeting the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act or the Maryland Environmental Policy Act, as applicable to MDTA projects. The Consultants shall perform the services required to assess the potential impact of the proposed transportation improvements on the environment and to complete assigned engineering tasks. The Consultants may be required to complete detailed technical analyses necessary for environmental documentation. The Consultants may be required to complete land use analyses and analyze growth management issues. The Consultants may be requested to develop mitigation concepts for socioeconomic, natural and cultural resources impacts; to evaluate and graphically show impacts to residential, historic sites/districts, and undeveloped areas; to develop multimodal transportation options and any other tasks as needed. Travel demand forecasting will be a part of the required services. In addition, the Consultants may be required to prepare grant applications for future federal grant programs...
