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Miami -Dade County
Metropolitan Planning Organisation (MPO)
Health District Comprehensive Traffic Study
SCOPE OF SERVICES
I. OBJECTIVE
This study would document the traffic impacts of both the recent and forecast growth within the
Health District/Civic Center Area.
11. BACKGROUND
The Health District/Civic Center Area is the second largest employment concentration in the
County outside of downtown Miami. The District is bounded by NW tlth Street on the south, 1-95
on the east, NW 20th Street on the north, NW 17th Avenue on the west. The area is growing rapidly
and all of the adjacent freeway access operates over capacity. According to the CDMP all of
Miami -Dade County east of the Palmetto Expressway is defined as the Urban Infill Area and
because of the adjacency to MetroRail, Tri-Rail and the 95 X the County roads within the Study
Area are allowed to operate at 150% of capacity before improvements are required, however
State roads still must meet the State standard of LOS D. There are a number of master plans for
facilities within the study area, but no comprehensive transportation plan has been completed.
This study will attempt to tie the other work together and look at the impact of the growth on the
transportation network and to provide recommendations for mitigating those impacts.
III.PREVIOU$ WORK
• Miami -Dade County CDMP
• City of Miami Transportation Element
• Civic Center Circulator Study (City of Miami)
• Civic Center Streetscape Improvement (City of Miami)
• NW 7th Avenue Reversible Lane PD&E
• 1-95 Managed Lane Study
• MDT, FDOT and MDX data collected
• Various Master Plans within the Civic Center
IV. METHODOLOGY
1. Toile is Coordination
• The Consultant, in cooperation with the MPO will form a Study Advisory Committee. The
Committee will include representatives of the City of Miami, FDOT, Miami -Dade Public
Works Department, Miami Dade Planning Department, Miami Dade Expressway Authority,
Miami -Dade Transit (MDT), Jackson Memorial Hospital, the University of Miami, and a
member or the disabled community . The purpose of the committee will be to:
Help identify available data and studies
Coordinate with the groups they represent
Provide Policy Guidance
• The Consultant will present the preliminary results of the study to a Health District/Civic
Center stakeholders meeting.
• The Consultant will resent the final results of the study to the appropriate MPO Committees.
2. Task 2s Study Development
• The consultant will define the study area for traffic analysis within the boundaries of SR 112, I-
95, the Miami River and NW 22"d Avenue.
• The consultant will review the development plans, MUSP's, DRI's and Master Plans for
projects within the study area. The magnitude of the project, impact of the project (if
identified), and status of the project will be documented.
• The Consultant will extract and comprehend the transportation concurrency/exception area
requirements for the study area and spelled out in both the CDMP and the City of Miami
Transportation Element. A white paper on this must be prepared and circulated to the Study
Advisory Committee.
• Transportation plans that affect the study area need to be examined and useful data needs
to be presented.
• The consultant will collect detailed traffic counts, parking inventories, transit ridership by
stop, emergency vehicle routes, and generalized pedestrian flows. This data will be mapped
so that it can be properly evaluated within the traffic simulation. Based upon this data the
consultant will present a list of congested intersections within the study area where detailed
counts and turning movements will be collected.
• The consultant will estimate shift sizes, employment per block (or super block) beds per
block, students per block, and visitors per block.
3. Task 3s Traffic Model Development
A. The consultant will utilize existing 2005 SERPM model output, 2005 Socio-Economic data, 2005
network data, and 2005 traffic counts to develop a traffic simulation model of the study area.
The consultant will adjust the model output within the study area according to NCHRP circular
255 to obtain volumes to be used within the traffic simulation model. (The consultant will propose
a nationally recognized traffic simulation model that provides graphic displays of traffic flows)
B. The consultant will utilize existing 2015 SERPM model output, 2015 Socio-Economic data, 2015
network data, and projected development within the study area to provide a 2015 traffic
simulation of the study area.
4. Task 48 Analysis of Transportation Needs
A. The consultant will examine the current and projected level of service on all freeways and ramps
surrounding the study. The level of deficiency will be analyzed and described.
B. The consultant will examine the current and projected traffic volumes on the local street network
within the study area, and provide manual analysis of the traffic impacts of emergency vehicles,
buses, bus stops, trucks, and pedestrians. Previous studies have focused on transit needs and
pedestrian activity. Data collected in this phase should relate to how transit and pedestrians
interact with traffic.
C. The consultant will analyze existing and projected of Levels of Service at signalized intersections
within the study area. The consultant will work with the Study Advisory Committee so that the
committee understands the impact of the CDMP LOS policy and what the financial impact might
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be if the policy were changed. A Study Committee recommendation should be in place prior to
proceeding with Task 5.
5. Task 5s Recommendations
A. Based upon the needs assessment prepared in Task 4, the Consultant will provide a cohesive set
of transportation recommendations. Each recommendation needs to be related to an identified
transportation problem. All recommendations should be technically and financially feasible and
should include the following :
• Document current planned and recommended transportation and indicate their status and
potential for implementation. These previously planned projects should be subject to the
same test of meeting an identified transportation need, and not just a desire or opportunity.
• Creation of a Transportation Management Organization to promote carpooling and transit
use.
• Intersection modifications
• Pedestrian and transit improvements
• Additional capacity where possible including restriping, on -street parking restrictions, and
widening.
• New transportation facilities within and around the study area
B. The Consultant will provide probable estimate of the capital and operating costs of the various
recommended improvements. Costs need to breakout the cost of design, right-of-way, and
construction. Capital costs for each project should show the individual cost benefit of the project.
The various costs will then be packaged into various funding scenarios that include:
A. Developer impact fees,
B. Shared costs through the TMO
C. Private developer funding
D. Traditional funding methods.
C. The Consultant will take these funding scenarios to the Study Advisory Committee for their
consideration. The funding recommendations must be legal within the framework of the State
and Local requirements for traffic mitigation.
6. Task 6s Final Report
The Consultant shall document the results of the results of tasks 2-5 in a readable report.
V. DELIVERABLES
t. Twenty Five (25) copies of the Final Report (full color). Pictures, charts, diagrams, maps, and tables
should be included to facilitate the reading and illustrate the results of the study.
2. One hundred (100) copies of the State of the County Transportation Network (full color in a
newsletter format and no more than 12 pages is recommended).
3. A Power Point Presentation with the highlights of the study.
4. Any brochure or printed material that contributes to enhance the study.
5. Both Reports will be also submitted in electronic format (CD) to be posted in the MPO Website and
for further reproduction and distribution.
VI.SCHEDULE
The Consultant should complete this work in nine (9) months.
VII. ESTIMATED COST
The estimated budget for this study is from $180,000 including 10% for contingencies.
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