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2030 Multi-Modal Transportation StudyCity of Jacksonville

• Traffic impact analysis

• Traffic data collection and analysis

• Traffic operation studies

• Impact fee calculations

• Multimodal transporta tion planning

• Implementation of trans portation strategies

• Developing funding mechanism strategies

• Transit oriented design standards

• Assisting in annual comprehensive plan

• Capital Improvement Element (CIE) updates

• Project cost estimating

• Coordination with the public agencies involved with the long-range transportation plan

This innovative plan provided a framework to integrate rail, pedestrian, bicycle and roadway transportation planning with land use strategies to combat unsustainable sprawl.

The purpose of this study was two-fold: 1. Develop a 2030 Multimodal Transportation Plan that addressed the mobility needs of the City of Jacksonville. 2. Develop a mobility fee structure for new development to replace the existing fair share program administered through the City of Jacksonville’s Concurrency Management System.

Successful completion of this contract required numerous professional services pro-vided by G&A, including citywide traffic count analysis, determination of impact/mobility fee calculations and land use based credit adjustments, multimodal analysis, implementation of transportation strategies and associated funding mechanisms, preparation of Capital Improvement Element (CIE) costs and priorities for associated transportation projects, and assisting the City of Jacksonville in modifying their 2030 Comprehensive Plan policies. The final product was a multi-modal transportation improvement plan coupled with Comprehensive Plan land use changes to support transportation options and to encourage transit oriented development and infill oppor-tunities with an overall goal to reduce vehicle miles traveled, greenhouse gas emissions, and fiscally unsustainable sprawl development through the horizon year of 2030. A second component of the study was the creation of a mobility fee tied with land use policies to replace Jacksonville’s existing concurrency and fair share system, consistent with the original 2009 Senate Bill 360 legislative requirements. The resultant mobility fee structure was designed to include a credit adjustment system for develop¬ments that meet location and design-based standards projected to reduce trip generation and vehicle miles traveled and promote mixed-use walkable and multimodal friendly devel-opment. In October 2011, the 2030 Mobility Plan was unanimously approved by the City of Jacksonville City Council and adopted into the Comprehensive Plan to replace the former concurrency system.

Awards2011 American Planning Association’s (APA) Florida Award of Excellence in Best Practices

2010 Florida Planning & Zoning Association’s (FPZA) Outstanding Public Study Award

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District Wide Safety Contract IIFDOT District 5

• Transportation Studies

• Safety Studies

• Signalization

• Arterial Studies

• Pedestrian / Bicycle Safety Improvements

• Drainage

• Signing & Pavement Marking

• Utility Coordination

• Intersection Studies

The purpose of this contract was to improve safety across all nine counties within District Five, including all cities within the District’s boundaries. We completed several studies and provided recommendations for areas that were identified to have safety incidents and concerns. We also completed sidewalk and signal studies to reduce accidents along the corridor and improve pedestrian safety.

This contract included design of previously identified intersections that met the Cost-to-Benefit ratio. Design projects included signalizing intersections and complex intersection designs on state roads and interstates.

The general scope of work included a variety of engineering services, such as: studies and/or design of roadways, minor structures, intersections, traffic control plans, drainage, signing and pavement markings, signalization, lighting, sidewalk and/or bicycle ways and utility relocations.

Work efforts involved state, county and city roads in all nine counties of the District. Some of the projects under this contract include:

• SR 442 @ Airpark Rd Intersection Design

• I-4/I-95 Interchange Design

• Baxter St. - Alcazar Ave to US 17 (SR 15) Sidewalk Study

• Hoagland Blvd & West Cypress St SW - Sidewalk Study

• RR Signal Preemption Study @ SR 11

• SR 406 @ I-95 Intersection Analysis

• SR 5A Crash Plot Study

• SR 520 & Cox - Study & Design

• SR 535 & International Drive Signal Study

• US 1 & Whiteview Intersection Signal Study

• Highway Lighting Justification

Study-SR 5A

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Transportation Study - North AreaCity of Jacksonville

• Data Collection

• Traffic Projections

• Transportation Model Analysis

• Evaluation of Transportation Improvement Options

• Long-Range Transportation Improvement Plan

Ghyabi & Associates is performing a regional study on the north side of Jacksonville to review existing conditions and trends and identifying future transportation demand and issues, developing and evaluating transportation improvements and investment options as well as prioritizing list of improvements with funding needs for consideration for the First Coast MPO LRTP. Project required data collection effort utilizing the City of Jacksonville GIS model to obtain land use and zoning, highway systems, floodplain maps, soil conditions, future projects, census data, property owner identification, wetland identification including FLUCCS Code, cultural resources, and public property identification. The data was then utilized to build traffic models. The project also included analyzing GIS data to determine population density for model input and preparing graphics/figures for reports, presentations and public meetings.

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Currently, Ghyabi & Associates (G&A) serves as the general traffic consultant for the Canaveral Port Authority in Brevard County Florida. Tasks associated with this contract include all forms of data collection, trip generation/planning studies, traffic circulation studies, operational studies, signal timing/phasing plans and assorted planning and traffic related tasks. Examples of studies are listed below:

• Intersection Modification Study – Dave Nisbet Drive/George King Boulevard

• Traffic Planning Study - Dave Nisbet Drive/George King Boulevard

• Ron Jon’s World Resort – Evaluation of Traffic Impacts

• SR A1A Capacity Analysis Study

• North / South Cargo Area Traffic Study

• North/South Terminal Circulation Study

• George King Blvd/Flounder St Signal Timing Study

• George King Blvd/Atlantic Ave Signal Timing Study

• Port Canaveral Classification Count Study

Traffic Engineering ConsultantCanaveral Port Authority

• Signal Timing Studies

• Cargo/Freight Circulation

• Traffic Impact Studies

• Capacity Analysis

• Intersection Analysis

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I-295 Beltway Master Plan StudyFDOT District 2

• PD&E Studies

• Interchange Modification Reports (IMR)

• Interchange Justification Reports (IJR)

• Planning

• Design

• ROW

This project includes all planning services required to prepare an Interstate Master Plan (IMP) for the I-295 / SR 9A Beltway corridor on the Florida Intrastate Highway System (FIHS/SIS)/Strategic Multi-Modal System (SIS). The services included identification of short-term operational improvements to the year 2015 and Master Plan improvements to the year 2030. The project limits involved 62 miles of urban interstate within the City of Jacksonville, including 26 local interchanges and five system interchanges (I-10, I- 95 North and South, SR 9B and SR 202).

The study process contains technical analysis that examines existing and anticipated conditions, identifies improvement alternatives that address these conditions, and identifies deficiencies. Our study process also evaluated, in tiers, the various alternatives based on agreed upon goals and objectives and it recommended improvements that optimize the public investment required to fund the improvements. The Interstate Master Plan will serve as a core element of regional transportation and economic development plans and will provide input to the Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) Cost Feasible Plan Highway Component 2020-2035.

The preparation of an IMP in this corridor is an integral part of the continuing process for the development of the FIHS/SIS and the scheduling of any operational improvements, PD&E studies, Interchange Modification Reports (IMR) and Interchange Justification Reports (IJR) that the IMP may indicate as necessary.

The major purpose of the IMP is to guide development of an inter-modal interstate system that will serve the mobility needs of people and freight and foster economic growth and development, while minimizing transportation-related fuel consumption and air pollution. The IMP is developed to be consistent with the Florida Transportation Plan and the FIHS/SIS Plan. The objectives of the study are to improve the Mobility of I- 295 and identify conceptual alternatives for the corridor.

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I-10 Master Plan StudyFDOT District 2

• PD&E Studies

• Interchange Modification Reports (IMR)

• Interchange Justification Reports (IJR)

• Planning

• Design

• ROW

This project includes all planning services required to prepare an Interstate Master Plan (IMP) for the I-10 corridor on the Florida Intrastate Highway System (FIHS/SIS)/Strategic Multi-Modal System (SIS). The services included identification of short-term operational improvements to the year 2010 and Master Plan improvements to the year 2030. The project limits involved six (6) miles of urban interstate within the City of Jacksonville, Duval County including five (5) local interchanges and two (2) system interchanges (I-295 West beltway and I-95).

Generally, the study process contains technical analysis that examined existing and anticipated conditions, identified improvement alternatives that address these conditions, and identified deficiencies. The study process also evaluates the various alternatives based on agreed upon goals and objectives and recommends improvements that optimize the public investment required to fund the improvements. The Interstate Master Plan will serve as a core element of regional transportation and economic development plans and will provide input to the Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) Cost Feasible Plan Highway Component 2020-2035.

The preparation of an IMP in this corridor is an integral part of the continuing process for the development of the FIHS/SIS and the scheduling of any operational improvements, PD&E studies, Interchange Modification Reports (IMR) and Interchange Justification Reports (IJR) that the IMP may indicate as necessary.

The major purpose of the IMP is to guide development of an inter-modal interstate system that will serve the mobility needs of people and freight and foster economic growth and development, while minimizing transportation-related fuel consumption and air pollution. The IMP is developed to be consistent with to the Florida Transportation Plan and the FIHS/SIS Plan. The objectives of the study are to improve the Mobility of I-10 and identify conceptual alternatives for the corridor.

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Context Sensitive Street GuidelinesCity of Jacksonville

• Transit Connectivity

• Improved Mobility

• Safe & Healthy Environments

• Signature Streets

• Economic Growth

G&A developed context sensitive street design guidelines for the City of Jacksonville to support the goals adopted in the City’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan’s Future Land Use Ele-ment (FLUE), Visioning Plans, 2030 Mobility Plan, Horizon 2030 Recommendations and the North Florida TPO’s 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). These goals included providing a variety of transportation choices, improving transit connectivity, creating walk-able connected neighborhoods, improving mobility while advancing neighborhood char-acter, providing safe and healthy environments, creating signature streets and providing for economic growth.

The initial data collection effort identified and summarized existing roadway design standards in use by the City of Jacksonville, FDOT and the Institute of Transportation En-gineers (ITE) to determine accepted minimum vehicular roadway design standards and areas where environmental and multimodal context sensitive design solutions have been overlooked. Using this information, street design guidelines were developed to accommo-date the goals of street livability and context sensitive design in accordance with the City Standard Details and FDOT Design Standards. The guidelines assisted in the preparation of street cross sections and street improvement plans, and provided a basis for deciding between design elements where right-of-way is minimally available.

Design elements were organized into four areas; the Street realm, Travelway realm, Pe-destrian realm and Adjacent Land Use. Understanding that street design directly affects the quality of life in a community and that conventional roadway classification systems typically neglect other travel needs (such as safe sidewalks, bikeways and access to tran-sit), G&A developed context sensitive classifications for the design of multi-modal streets to serve as tools for improving the public realm throughout the City. Recommendations included preferred dimensions within a minimum and maximum range of specific design elements in a variety of open and constrained urban environments. G&A also created graphic illustrations to support the technical recommendations and published a Livable Streets manual for the City of Jacksonville’s Planning and Development Department for use by the Public Works Department to modify the City’s street design standards.

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This project was originally to perform a transportation model development & analysis of a large scale comprehensive plan amendment. This project was successfully completed and has since turned into a DRI for a new activity center area on lands located on both sides of I-95 and SR 100. The project will be one of, if not the, largest DRI in the State of Florida.

• G&A developed the Nassau County Transportation Model, as validated by the FDOT District 2 Urban Office. The model was then used to reallocate land use throughout the county consistent with the EAR based plan amendments.

• G&A has used the model results to provide the County with a detailed corridor analysis of the SR A1A corridor leading from I-95 into the developed area of Fernandina Beach. The corridor study was used to enable the county to strengthen land use controls in the rapidly developing corridor while the Area-Wide DRI is prepared and goes through the approval process.

• G&A has since provided guidance to the county staff on numerous occasions, providing modeling and concurrency management assistance.

This project is a very complex project with widespread impacts. The complexity of the project results to a large extent from the fact that Nassau County is experiencing such rapid growth and the land use controls are simply not in place to give local officials a level of comfort. The land that is subject to the DRI is under limited ownerships and there are opportunities for new parallel facilities to relieve traffic on SR A1A.

Transportation Plan & Model Development / Area-Wide DRINassau County

• Comprehensive Plan Amendments

• Largest DRI in the State of Florida

• Transportation Modeling

• EAR-based Plan Amendments

• Corridor Analysis and Study

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I-4/I-95 Ramp Safety ImprovementsFDOT District 5

• Transportation Studies

• Safety Improvements

• Signing & Pavement Marking

• Utility Coordination

• Traffic Control Plans

• Roadway Design

• Mill & Resurfacing

The I-4/I-95 interchange project involved two of the ramp connections between these two interstate highways. I-4 terminates at I-95, but continues on as a state route into Daytona Beach. The two ramps that were affected were the EB I-4 to NB I-95, and the SB I-95 to WB I-4 movements. Both ramps were experiencing higher crash histories that would be expected, primarily due to substandard cross-slopes and pavement surface deterioration. Both ramps also were configured as 2-lane ramps, with the EB I-4 to NB I-95 ramp introducing the 2nd lane at the beginning of the ramp, and dropping the 2nd lane just prior to the ramp merging with I-95, effectively making the 2nd lane a passing lane. This situation, combined with a sharp curve and substandard cross-slopes, contributed to a very high crash rate. G&A suggested to FDOT that this ramp be permanently reduced to one lane to eliminate the high speed passing issue. FDOT agreed and this solution has created a much safer ramp with the crash rate being significantly reduced. Another G&A innovation was to require nighttime construction and ramp closures, with detours. This method allowed the construction to proceed at a faster pace thus reducing the construction exposure time that motorists had to experience, and created a much safer work environment for the construction personnel. The project involved milling and resurfacing with cross-slope correction, new guardrail, traffic control plans that included detours, utility coordination, and signing and marking.

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Cahoon Road Route StudyCity of Jacksonville

• Construction Inspection

• Shop Drawing Review

• Pay Request Review

• Final Certification

• Client Coordination

• Permitting

• Maintenance of Traffic

• Utility Coordination

G&A prepared a route study for 2.1 miles of roadway, including a bridge over a tributary to Wills Branch, that would urbanize an area on the west side of Jacksonville. Project included extensive coordination with FDOT regarding Marietta I-10 interchange location. Innovative drainage design utilized a large compensation pond in lieu of many smaller storm-water ponds located throughout the project limits. Existing utilities were replaced and existing overhead electric lines were placed underground.

The portion of the project from Normandy to Lenox Avenue moved into the design phase. A sewer force main was relocated to the west side of the typical section. It required an subaqueous crossing for the tributary to Wills Branch. The crossing was positioned to avoid construction of the new bridge further to the west of the existing bridge.

Permitting was obtained from the JEA and FDEP for this project. In addition to the force main, there were numerous locations where the existing water main required conflict resolution to avoid storm sewer construction. The traffic control plans were developed to include the JEA work in the Phase I MOT plan. This allowed the utilities to be relocated out of the way for the roadway work to be completed.

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SR 434 Alafaya Trail Corridor Study FDOT District 5

• Planning Phase: Visioning

• Planning Phase: Initial Corridor Assessment

• Development Phase: Alternatives Assessment and Evaluation

• Corridor Management Plan

• Public Involvement

SR 434/Alafaya Trail is a major arterial in Orange and Seminole Counties that loops around the northern half of the City of Orlando, connecting Edgewater Drive with SR 408/East-West Expressway. Within the study corridor, SR 434/Alafaya Trail is a six-lane urban facility which accommodates a significant amount of traffic, offering regional connectivity and providing access to the University of Central Florida, Central Florida Research Park, Siemens Energy, Inc., area neighborhoods and residences and businesses in the corridor. However, it has also become a barrier to local circulation and access, particularly for those traveling by foot or bike, and the volume and speed of traffic it carries create other negative impacts related to safety, noise and community character. This juxtaposition as a regional route and neighborhood street creates multiple conflicts and opportunities.

This study is an evaluation of the corridor, using a context-sensitive approach, for suitability for multimodal and capacity improvements to help transform the project corridor into a walkable urban thoroughfare. The multiple functions and multimodal character of this corridor presented a challenge to balance the mobility, access and safety needs of all corridor users, including vehicles, buses, bicyclists and pedestrians.

The study developed an Existing Conditions Report, Identification of Corridor Needs, Corridor Assessment Report, Alternatives Analysis, Funding Implementation Plan and Corridor Management Plan. Public meetings with community stakeholders were held to determine how best to meet the needs of current and future users. Four alternatives were identified, including expanded sidewalks and lighting, a center median trail, multi-use path, and buffered bike lanes. Based on citizen input, a pedestrian bridge was also evaluated at the intersection of Alafaya Trail and University Boulevard.

The study also evaluated the improvements using the FDOT’s TransValU (Transportation Value to You), a tool designed for corridor-level benefit-cost analysis of proposed transportation investments in District Five, comparing the benefits and costs of each project relative to each other.