Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into contract for the Roadway Improvements - Downtown Action Plan project with Burgess and Niple, Inc.
The City of Columbus adopted the Downtown Columbus Strategic Plan via Resolution 0098X-2010 on July 19, 2010. Two key recommendations of the Downtown Columbus Strategic Plan call for supporting a healthier retail investment along High Street through the restoration of on-street parking along portions of High Street, and establishing a Bus Transit Center in the Downtown. COTA has been studying the Transit Center, and while preliminary findings of the effort do not support a Bus Transit Center, COTA is committing to further evaluating and reducing its reliance on High Street as the principal corridor for bus routes in the Downtown. Prelinminary analysis by COTA finds that it will be necessary to convert Front Street north of Broad Street to two-way operation to support the redistribution of some bus routes from High Street. It is necessary to conduct traffic modeling and engineering in a manner consistent with Complete Streets ideology to analyze the impacts of implementing High Street on-street parking and redistributed bus routes, and to determine any mitigation necessary to manage and balance the needs of motor vehicular traffic, buses, pedestrians and bicycles in the downtown. Because of this, it is necessary to acquire professional services that will provide the resources needed to aid in the design and implementation of these projects.
Work to be performed as part of this contract consists of the following:
1. Update the 2006 Downtown Columbus Circulation Study traffic model to include planning and construction since 2005
2. Determine how and when to implement parking on High Street
3. Determine what roadway improvements are acceptable around the LeVeque Tower
4. Determine where downtown peak hour parking restrictions can be eliminated
5. Determine improv...
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