Flagstaff Metropolitan Planning Organization and Coconino County, Arizona
Jeff Meilbeck
Coconino County, Arizona
[email protected]
The Flagstaff Metropolitan Planning Organization (FMPO) and Coconino County, Arizona are seeking professional and qualified transportation consulting services to update our 5 Year Transit Plan for the years 2006 to 2010.
Background: A 5 Year Transit Plan was completed in November of 1999 under the Flagstaff Area Regional Land Use and Transportation Plan November 2001 by the Flagstaff City Council and the Coconino County Board of Supervisors.
Current Conditions: The Mountain Line launched on 10/13/01and now offers 16 hour per day services, 5 routes on 30/60 minute headways, a time-transfer scheduling system, an express route through town, and low-floor, perimeter seating buses. The Core Area Circulator route has not yet been constructed. Ridership is now four times the average of the former Pine Country Transit System averaging 1,600 rides per day.
Scope of work: The consultant will update the 5 Year Plan in three Phases:
Phase One: 5 Year Operations Plan
Plan Review and Assimilation. Review Vision 2020, Flagstaff Area Regional Land Use and Transportation Plan (Regional Plan), City Land Development Code (LDC), 5 Year Transit Plan, Operational Audit, NAU Master Plan Draft (2004), Downtown Circulator Plan(draft), Transit Authority Feasibility Study, Sedona Transit Plan 2004, and Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. Provide understanding in brief report.
Field Tours. A thorough knowledge gained from the field of existing conditions.
Stakeholder/Partner Interviews. Consultant will meet with and interview key stakeholders including but not limited to: Northern Arizona University, City of Flagstaff staff and commission members, the low-income and special needs community, bicycle and pedestrian groups, and the environmental community.
Facilitated Public Process/Visioning and Goal Setting. Significant input is needed from the community on the development of goals and vision of the transit system.
Facilitated Public Process. The public process will result in specific outcomes on bus shelter design standards and amenity levels.
Fleet Management Audit. Mountain Line has a fleet of (12) 30 foot medium duty, buses. Audit fleet management practices and assess our efficiency and effectiveness.
Technology Plan: Consultant will identify specific technical applications needed to provide more efficient and/or more effective service.
Neighborhood Routes Analysis. An analysis of routes that initially identifies the best possible route structure without consideration of the difficulty and costs of change.
Route Design. Comprehensive and specific recommendations are needed on the final design of routes. Work will include proposed route map, identification of stops, hours of service, ridership targets and a description of route coordination with NAU.
Future Service Area Projections. Identify neighborhoods/subdivisions most likely to warrant service area expansion in the five-year period following this update.
Infrastructure Improvements . Identify anticipated infrastructure improvements that may be required and their associated maintenance costs. All costs and standards should be identified and included in the Financial Plan Update.
Develop 5 Year Financial Plan Update . The 1999 plan included a 20-year financial plan since revised annually. The 5 Year Financial Plan Update must project costs to deliver desired service levels and include capital, operating, Para-transit service and administrative overhead, revenue projections and tax-rates required from City and/or County governments to provide the planned service.
Plan Document . A plan document which compiles data, summarizes conclusions, and identifies specific action steps for the next 5 years of implementation is required including maps, capital equipment inventories, and an implementation schedule.
Phase II Core Area Circulator
Core Area Circulator Analysis . Analysis of operating issues associated this service.
Core Area Circulator NAU Connection. NAU is completing a Master Plan that changes their shuttle system. The Circulator needs to connect to NAU's new system.
Core Area Circulator Identity. Consideration for the identity of the circulator.
Phase III: Transit Oriented Design
Explore the feasibility of developing and implementing Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in the Flagstaff community.
Provide analysis of the potential impacts of TOD on Flagstaff's transportation system through a brief peer city review of three cities that employ TOD standards.
Format for response: Interested consultants should provide a sealed response as follows:
Proposals are limited to 20 pages.
Describe experience which qualifies vendor to provide the required services.
Provide a brief description of component tasks that will be completed under each scope item. These descriptions should either be included in or reference a table that indicates hours associated with each phase, each task, and the staff member performing the work, and the cost per hour for each staff member.
Provide a description of deliverables for this project.
Provide a timeframe for completion of component tasks and deliverables, generally
Begin Phase I in February 2005 Complete Phase III by December 2005
Other projects and timelines consultant is currently working on.
Provide a budget for phases I and II which accomplished scope for the available $75,000 of funding. Provide an estimated budget for Phase III.
4 copies should be submitted.
