Traffic Safety Improvement Funding STREETS Program 2020 Application Copyrighted
August 6, 2018
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 21.
ITEM TITLE: Traffic Safety Improvement Funding STREETS Program
2020 Application
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending authorization for the City of
Dubuque to officially apply for an lowa Department of
Transportation Traffic Safety Improvement Program grant
to assist with funding Phase I of Smart Traffic Routing with
Efficient and Effective Traffic Signals (STREETS)
Improvements.
RESOLUTION Approving the lowa Department of
Transportation Agreement for Traffic Safety Improvement
Program funding for the City of Dubuque Phase I of Smart
Traffic Routing with Efficient and Effective Traffic Signals
(Streets) Project
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Adopt
Resolution(s)
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
Grant Application for STREETS Impro�ments-NNM City Manager Memo
Memo
Staff Memo Staff Memo
Resolution Resolutions
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Grant Application Authorization for IADOT TSIP Fiscal Year 2020 Funding
for STREETS Improvements
DATE: August 1 , 2018
City Engineer Gus Psihoyos recommends City Council authorization for the City of
Dubuque to officially submit an application for an lowa Department of Transportation
Traffic Safety Improvement Program grant application in the amount of$500,000 to
assist with funding Phase I of Smart Traffic Routing with Efficient and Effective Traffic
Signals (STREETS) Improvements.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer
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TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manage
FROM: Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer _ '
DATE: July 30, 2018
RE: Grant Application Authorization for IADOT TSIP Fiscal Year 2020 Funding
for STREETS improvements
INTRODUCTION
The attached resolution provides the authorization for the City of Dubuque to officially
submit an application for an lowa Department of Transportation (IADOT) Traffic Safety
Improvement Program (TSIP) grant application to assist with funding Phase I of Smart
Traffic Routing with Efficient and Effective Traffic Signals (STREETS) improvements.
The grant amount is $500,000.
BACKGROUND
The overall purpose of the project is to develop a smart, next-generation, traffic
management and control system that will use traffic control strategies to enable
dynamic traffic routing to maximize the use of existing roadway capacities in the
Dubuque metro area. This is intended to create an even distribution of traffic on the
roadways and the goals of implementing STREETS include:
• Improve Mobility
• Reduce Congestion
• Improve Safety
• Providing Information for Travelers
Based on the goals, a set of objectives, in the context of addressing the City of
Dubuque's issue, is established. (Table 1)
Table 1 — STREET'� Go�ls a��9 O�j��tiv�s
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• Reduce travel time for commuters within the corridor
Improve • Increase person and vehicle throughput on the corridor
Mobility • Reduce delay time for corridor travel on the corridor's networks
• Detour/Reroute traffic among corridors to balance the capacity
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Reduce • Improve Intersection Operation
Congestion . Reduce Dela at Intersections
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• Reduce Incident Detection Time
• Reduce incident rate
Improve • Reduce inj�r; rate
Safety • Reduce fatality rate
• Reduce roadwa hazards
• Improve collection and dissemination of road network information
• Collect and process data on the operational condition/status of all
corridor networks, including
o Comparative travel times between major origins and
Information destinations
for o Construction, detours, and other planned road work
Travelers o Occurrence and location of incidents
o Expected delays
• Disseminate comprehensive, real-time, and accurate information
to travelers within the corridor by means of multiple media (e.g.,
phone, computer, PDA/Blackberry, CMSs, 511 App)
• Make available archived historical data to travelers
The project is needed as it has the potential to alleviate some of the existing traffic
operational issues in the City of Dubuque metropolitan area. Congestion occurs on the
US 20 and on the NW Arterial because of many residential and retail areas along these
corridors. Congestion also appears at the Pennsylvania Ave & NW Arterial intersection
in the mornings and early afternoons because of high traffic demand from the nearby
high school. Similar traffic problems are observed at the NW Arterial and Asbury Rd
intersection. Locust Street & the Mississippi River Bridge on US 20 are also heavily
congested. STREETS could alleviate this congestion by diverting traffic to other less
congested corridors.
In the Fall 2016, the project received a commitment of $200,000 from IADOT and
$200,000 from DMATS to implement Task I -Systems Engineering and Task II- Model
development. In return, IADOT has requested access to the City of Dubuque's camera
system and data collected by the project.
In the Winter of 2017, DMATS, IADOT, and City staff had a work session with FHWA.
Overall, the FHWA staff felt the project would be very successful if implemented as
described and stated the following "Combining traffic control and traffic assignment —
Holy Grail of traffic research — this project is unusual because of the actual
implementation piece. There has been theory presented but not implemented. Very
special project. Very hard to implement in large cities due to their size and costs. This
is special because you have the perfect size to implement"
The FHWA recommended using a robust dynamic adaptive traffic signal model that can
have a predictive pattern match embedded to keep up with the system. They suggested
increasing the budget for the model as we need to have more funding set aside for data
collection as part of model development. DMATS approved $200,000 in Surface
Transportation block Grant (STBG) Program funds in summer of 2017 to meet the
model requirements costs. �,
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City of Dubuque Traffic Engineering also requested $500,000 to provide fiber
connectivity and upgrade signal systems at Asbury/Chaney and Asbury/Carter
intersections as part of the overall project. These improvements are necessary to
prepare the system for the STREETS project implementation. The DMATS board
approved these funds in summer of 2017.
In the Fall of 2018 IADOT approved $50,000 in TSIP for Systems Engineering.
DMATS and City of Dubuque hired Iteris Inc. in the fall of 2017 to conduct Systems
Engineering for STREETS project
In the Summer of 2018 the DMATS board approved $300,000 more in STBG funds for
Project Implementation based on the cost estimates developed through the Systems
Engineering Process.
DISCUSSION .
The overall cost of Phase I of the STREETS project is estimated to be $3.37 million.
Signal upgrades and fiber connectivity at Asbury/Chaney and Asbury/Carter
intersections are needed to implement the Phase I of the STREETS project. The
estimated cost for signal upgrades and fiber connectivity at Asbury/Chaney and
Asbury/Carter intersections is $647,000. These upgrades are already funded by
DMATS and the City of Dubuque. The STREETS project requires robust fiber
connectivity through the metropolitan area to be successful. The investment that the
City has made over the last ten years in fiber optic conduit and cabling connecting
public buildings, traffic and security cameras and traffic signal intersections has created
a platform for the STREETS project. The table 2 below provides the cost breakdown for
Phase I of STREETS project.
Table 2 — PF����� � � �'���.�'� ���� ��t����t�
Com onents Qt Unit Price Total Price
Communication Enhancements 1 $25,000.00 $25,000.00
CCTV Anal ics & Automation 1 $200,000.00 $200,000.00
MicroSimulation Model 1 $150,000.00 $150,000.00
MicroSimulation Model Development 1 $250,000.00 $250,000.00
STREETS Decision Support S stem 1 $200,000.00 $200,000.00
ASCT Software 33 $14,000.00 $462,000.00
ASCT Si nal Enhancements 33 $23,000.00 $759,000.00
ATMS Software 1 $100,000.00 $100,000.00
Advanced Detection at Si nals 16 $12,000.00 $192,000.00
D namic Messa e Si ns 3 $90,000.00 $270,000.00
Traveler information App Development 1 $85,000.00 $85,000.00
SUBTOTAL $2,693,000.00
Final Engineering, Plan Development & 1 $269,300.00 $269,300.00
Acce tance Testin 10%
Contin enc 15% 1 $403,950.00 $403,950.00
SUBTOTAL $673,250.00
TOTAL $3,366,250.00
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Phase I has the following funding commitment. DMATS approved $700,000 in STBG
funds, IADOT approved $200,000 in primary road funds and $50,000 in Traffic Safety
Improvement Program (TSIP). DMATS applied for $998,000 from the Advanced
Innovation Deployment (AID) Grant from FHWA in partnering with IADOT. The City of
Dubuque Committed $250,000 to match the AID grant. The Systems Engineering
Concept is completed using $150,000 of the approved funds. The rest of the funds will
be used for Phase I of the STREETS project implementation.
Phase I will be completed using $998,000 from the Advanced Innovation Deployment
(AID) Grant from FHWA in partnering with IADOT and DMATS with 20% match
($250,000) from the City of Dubuque, $700,000 from DMATS STBG, $50,000 from
primary road funds and $50,000 in TSIP funds. An additional $500,000 will be applied
for through lowa Traffic Safety Funds (TSIP) and $818,250 will be applied for through a
lowa Clean Air Attainment Grant (ICAAP). Attachment A will provide overall project
details for STREETS project with performance goals, measures and budget.
The estimated cost for Phase I of the STREETS project is $3.37 million. Table 3
provides different funding sources for completing this project.
Table 3 — P�iASE 6 STREETS Funding Sources
Grant Description Grant Amount
FHWA AID grant $998,000
State of lowa ICAAP Grant $818,250
State of lowa Traffic Safety Improvement Program (TSIP) grant $500,000
SUB TOTAL $2,316,250
Existing Funding Description Approved
Amount
IADOT Primary Road Funds $50,000
DMATS Funds converted to Primary Road Funds $200,000
DMATS STBG Funds $500,000
IADOT TSIP Funds $50,000
City of Dubuque $250,000
SUB TOTAL $1,050,000
TOTAL $3,366,250
RECOMMENDATION '!
I recommend that the City submit the Traffic Safety Improvement Program (TSIP) grant �!
application to IADOT for $500,000 to assist in funding Phase I of the STREETS project. '
ACTION TO BE TAKEN
The City Council is requested to adopt the attached resolution authorizing the filing of
the application for IADOT Traffic Safety Improvement Program (TSIP) grant application
in Fiscal Year 2020 to assist in funding Adaptive (Dynamic) Traffic Control System and
System Integration cost for the STREETS project.
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Prepared by: Dave Ness, Civil Engineer II
cc: Jenny Larson, Budget Director
Alexis Steger, Assistant Budget Director
Bob Schiesl, Assistant City Engineer
Chandra Ravada, ECIA -
Attachment
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RESOLUTION NO. 221-18
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AGREEMENT FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUNDING FOR
THE CITY OF DUBUQUE PHASE I OF SMART TRAFFIC ROUTING WITH EFFICIENT
AND EFFECTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS (STREETS) PROJECT
Whereas, the increasing growth of traffic volumes along Dubuque's major street.
corridors, along with operational and safety concerns through these corridors the City of
Dubuque could be improve these conditions with the STREETS project; and
Whereas, the City of Dubuque has determined that improvements to these corridors
and associated traffic control equipment and infrastructure, as detailed in the STREETS
project, will improve traffic flow; and
Whereas, theiotal cost for these improvements for Phase I is $3.37 million. The Traffic
Safety Improvement Funding Program will fund $500,000 for this project.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DUBUQUE, IOWA, THAT:
Section 1. That said Traffic Safety Improvement Program Funding in the City of
Dubuque for the Phase I of STREETS project is hereby approved.
Section 2. That the Mayor be authorized and directed to execute two copies of said
Agreement for Traffic Safety Improvement Program Funding in the City of Dubuque for
Phase I of STREETS project.
Passed, approved and adopted this 611 day of August 2018..
Attest:
Kevi%(S. Firnstdhl, C(/IC, City Clerk
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Roy D. Buol, Mayor