Site work for a road / highway in Knightdale, North Carolina. Conceptual plans call for site work for a road / highway.

The Town of Knightdale is soliciting proposals from qualified consultants to prepare a Safe Streets for All Safety Action Plan (SAP). The selected firm will be capable of providing professional services including, research, analysis, design, stakeholder engagement, preparation of graphics and final document preparation. In 2022 the Town of Knightdale adopted the Shift Knightdale Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP). The CTP included new roadway cross section designs that placed a significant emphasis on safe systems design. The CTP also shifted the long-term transportation vision for the Town to a more balanced multi-modal transportation vision. The SAP will build off of the CTP's updated roadway cross sections and multi-modal vision. The Town of Knightdale is located directly east of Raleigh and serves as a regional hub for Eastern Wake County. The Town is experiencing significant urbanization and population growth. The Town has grown from 5,958 in 2000 to 19,435 in 2020. The Town is expected to continue to grow at fast pace given both developments already approved and remaining undeveloped land. Given the Town's growth, the SAP will include safety planning components unique to quickly urbanizing areas. Project Scope The RFQ should include a preliminary scope and project schedule that address the following requirements. The Town and the selected consultant will determine the final scope of work following the review of qualifications. The selected consultant shall include a scope with the following components: Task 1. Develop a High Injury Network map & recommended solutions. This task will develop a High Injury Network (HIN) map, identify and analyze crash hot spots and develop recommended solutions. Specifically, this task will accomplish the following: 1. The consultant will work with stakeholders and the Town to determine the weights and variables that comprise the HIN map. 2. Identify and analyze crash hot spots to identify patterns and potential causations. The analysis shall include analyzing police reports for hot spot locations. This task will include recommending improvements for the hot spot locations. Preliminary analysis suggests this should include 15-20 locations. In key corridors with multiple hot spots, a corridor analysis may be utilized in lieu of hot spot analysis. Task 2. Develop round-a-bout Standard Specifications and determine location feasibility. The Town's Unified Development Ordinance recommends round-a-abouts where significant roadways intersect in order to slow speeds and create more efficient movements. This task will 1) develop Standards Specification designs for round-a-bouts for four typical CTP cross section intersections, and 2) determine roundabout feasibility at 25 key intersections given design constraints. 1) The round-a-bout Standards Specifications will include design specifications for four typical CTP cross section intersection types: a. Main Street intersecting a Main Street b. Avenue intersecting an Avenue c. Avenue intersecting a Main Street d. Boulevard (4 lane) terminating at an Avenue with the outer lane merging into channelized turn lanes 2) This task will apply the Standard Specification designs to potential round-a-bout locations in the Comprehensive Transportation Plan's Roadway Network Plan to determine where round-a-bouts are feasible after analyzing constraints such as safety, property impacts, driveway locations, traffic volumes and other operational constraints. This task will develop cost estimates for the different round-a-bout project designs. This task will also catalog standard specification resources for other traffic calming infrastructure such as curb extensions, chicanes, chokers, mini roundabouts that correspond to the Knightdale CTP's roadway cross sections. Task 3. Audit existing speed limits & develop guidance on monitoring urbanizing corridors. Most of the Town's outer roadways are signed at 45-50 mph and need speed limit reductions as the corridors urbanize. This section will map all CTP classified roadways by roadway ownership and existing speed limit. The consultant will work with the Town to agree upon the methodology for determining target speed limits for these corridors both now and as the corridors urbanize. Variables that should be considered include roadway design, crash history, HIN map, land use patterns, bicycle and pedestrian activity, roadway curvature and elevations, school locations and existing/planned round-a-bout locations. This task will also provide guidance on monitoring corridor urbanization and what corridor urbanization threshold(s) warrant speed limit reductions. The speed limit reduction recommendations shall also include recommendations for signage and other traffic calming design measures at appropriate locations. This task shall include outreach to NCDOT's Division Traffic Engineer when developing the target speed limit methodology and the corridor urbanization thresholds. Additionally, this section will identify potential safety issues in undeveloped corridors to assist the Town in incorporating safety into the development review process. For example, identifying sight distance issues based on topography and roadway curvature that may present constraints for future development entrance locations. This task will be coordinated with Task 2 in order to effectively include round-a-bout locations in identifying target speed limits. Speed data may need to be collected on certain corridors as part of this task depending on the approved methodology and data availability. Task 4. Develop a Safe Streets Implementation Plan. This task will develop a framework for prioritizing the safety improvements identified in Tasks 1-3. This section will develop cost estimates for all projects. Additionally, this section shall identify and/or classify a minimum of five projects as quick build projects. The Implementation Plan's prioritization metrics shall include measures such as safety impact, equity and project costs. The task will also incorporate public input and include recommendations for how to engage the public on an ongoing basis. This task will also develop a framework and spreadsheet for data collection and monitoring following the SAP adoption. Lastly, the task will develop a Vision Zero achievement timeline for the Town and develop a Town Council resolution regarding the timeline. Required Scope Components The consultant will provide research, planning, concept design, public and engineering services sufficient to accomplish the goals of this project. At a minimum, the project Scope of Work shall include the following components: o Develop a committee for the SAP that will continue to serve as a Town Vision Zero committee post SAP adoption. Develop a meeting schedule for the SAP. o Develop an SAP public involvement plan o Interview external stakeholders o Conduct corridor and intersection field visits o Prepare a final SAP report o Deliver all data in native formats o Present initial findings, draft report and final draft to the Knightdale Town Council and Land Use Review Board o Develop a framework for ongoing safety data collection and analysis post SAP adoption o All required SAP components identified in the USDOT Safe Streets for All Notice of Funding Availability pages 6-7 Deliverables 1. Safety Action Plan a. Public Involvement Plan b. Target Speed Limit Audit c. Round-a-bout standard specifications and feasibility analysis d. High Injury Network methodology & map e. Implementation Plan Submittal Requirements Interested firms shall limit their proposal to a maximum of 15 pages and are required to submit the following information (All-inclusive in the 15-page limit): 1. A letter of interest. 2. An organizational chart of the project team including identification of project manager, professional support staff, principal in charge, and known sub-consultant/contractor relationships. 3. Statements of qualifications and resumes for project team members with specific mention of related projects including specific knowledge and experience. 4. A proposed scope of services and timeline. 5. A demonstrated record of completing similar projects on schedule and within budget, including references and contacts. A minimum of three and a maximum of five references shall be provided. References do not count towards the page limit. 6. A design and project approach that highlights project specific approach and creativity. This should include some knowledge of the local area and demands of rapid growth. If needed, interviews will be held in September 2023. The Town anticipates the plan kicking off in the fall of 2023. The plan development process, including plan adoption, is anticipated to occur over 12-15 months from the contract execution and project kickoff dates. Question Deadline 08/02/2023 at 5:00 PM ET Please submit any questions regaring the RFQ to Andrew.Spiliotis@knightdalenc.gov. Responses to the questions will be posted to the Town's procurement website within one week.