Transportation Department

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Transportation Department

• Presentation to
• Consolidation of Services Study Commission,
• Transportation Subcommittee
• August 22, 2005

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Transportation Department

• Department Mission Statement
• Organization Chart
• Department Objectives
• Department Budget Summary
• Personnel/Staffing
• Major Accomplishments
• Significant Performance Measures
• Service Delivery and Key Challenges

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Mission StatementTransportation Department

• To develop a balanced Transportation System that
  supports a livable, economically successful
  community and improves access and travel choices
  through enhancement of roads, public transit,
  parking, bicycle and pedestrian systems,
  intermodal facilities, demand management
  programs, and traffic management techniques.

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Organization Chart
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Organization Chart
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Department Objectives

• Transportation Planning
• Monitor transportation system performance.
• Develop financially feasible plans for access and
  mobility needs.
• Interagency cooperation to address transportation
  issues affecting the City and the Region. (i.e.,
  FDOT, Orange County, Lynx, Metroplan Orlando,
  Expressway Authority, GOAA Regional Planning
  Council)

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Department Objectives

• Transportation Engineering
• Maintain 470 traffic signal control devices,
  50,000 signs and 250 miles of lane separation
  pavement markings.
• Investigate traffic problems and develop traffic
  improvements and traffic calming alternatives.
• Parking
• Provide convenient and safe parking for visitors
  and employees patronizing the Central Business
  District and events.
• Maintain and repair 9 parking garages, 7 surface
  lots and 1,000 parking meters. Total 11,000
  parking spaces

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Department Budget Summary
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DepartmentPersonnel/Staffing

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Major Accomplishments

• Transportation Planning
• Shingle Creek Trail Land Acquisition -
• 4 million grant received jointly with Orange
  County. 
• Bicycle Friendly Community Award - Bronze Level
  Status (only 44 communities in US)
• Interim I-4 Aesthetics - Worked with FDOT OOCEA
  to achieve the highest level of aesthetics.
• Major Thoroughfare Plan Update - Changes to
  address growth and annexations in the Southeast.
• Transportation Development Review - Determined
  transportation mitigation for large projects.

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Major Accomplishments

• Transportation Engineering
• New Traffic Management Center - Completed
  construction and commenced operation.
• Crystal Lake Drive Improvements - Completed
  design and right of way acquisition for segment
  between Anderson Street and Livingston Street.
• South Conway Road - Completed design and right of
  way acquisition for segment between Hoffner
  Avenue and the Beeline Expressway.
• Red-light Confirmation Light Program - Initiated
  at key high crash locations.

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Major Accomplishments

• Parking
• Comprehensive Parking Plan - Initiate Phase I of
  the Parking Plan, study to be completed by
  September 05.
• ParkSmart Marketing Campaign -Implemented
  marketing campaign to increase public awareness
  of the downtown parking facilities and programs.

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Significant Performance Measures
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Fiscal Year 2005/2006Service Delivery Key
Challenges

• Transportation Planning
• Downtown Transportation Plan - Plan a
  transportation network to support Downtown
  growth.
• Update Transportation Impact Fees - Rates have
  not been increased since 1996.
• I-4 Aesthetics Enhancements - Determine
  aesthetic level compared to level of funding.
• Commuter Rail - Implementing first rail project
  in Central Florida. Agree on Interlocal Funding
• SB 360 (Growth Management Bill) - Seize funding
  opportunities and develop a TCEA Strategy

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Service Delivery Key Challenges

• Transportation Engineering
• I-4 Traffic Mitigation - Coordinate with FDOT to
  address the impacts from the Ultimate I-4
  Construction to occur in 2009 to 2013.
• Downtown Traffic Management - Managing Traffic
  Flow In The Vicinity of Major Construction
  Projects
• Upcoming I-4/State Road 408 interchange project
• Continuing Phases of State Road 408 improvements
• Private development projects in the Downtown

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Service Delivery Key Challenges

• Special Events - Managing traffic for numerous
  simultaneous special events in the Downtown
• Traffic Signals - Coordinating traffic signals on
  increasingly congested arterials
• School Zones - Managing school-related traffic
  and parking in key City neighborhoods
• Construction Related Traffic Assess impacts and
  propose mitigation

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Service Delivery Key Challenges

• Downtown Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Purpose
• Event Management
• Congestion Management
• Incident Management
• Devices
• Dynamic Message Signs
• Video Detection
• In-pavement Detection
• Redundant Fiber Optic Communications

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Service Delivery Key Challenges

• Implementation of Red Light Cameras
• Purpose
• Reduce right angle crashes
• Reduce vehicle-pedestrian crashes
• Locations
• High incident City intersections

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Service Delivery Key Challenges

• Parking
• Garage Construction - Construct a 900 space
  garage on Lot 6 to support new downtown growth
• Land Acquisition - Develop a site acquisition and
  funding plan for potential garage sites in the
  downtown
• Financial Outlook - Develop a strategic plan to
  offset lost revenues from decreases in On Off
  Street parking spaces.
• Parking Space Shortage - development and
  construction will displace many current parking
  spaces

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Service Delivery Key Challenges

• Director Office
• Set Priorities and Schedule To accomplish key
  programs and projects from among many
  opportunities
• Strengthen and Expand Partnership Opportunities
• Public
• Private
• Increase Transportation Revenue Sources
• Expand and Leverage Existing Sources
• Develop New Sources

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Public Works

• Presentation to
• Consolidation of Services Study Commission,
• Transportation Subcommittee
• August 22, 2005

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Department Objectives

• Maintain 667 miles of pavement and 566 miles of
  sidewalk systems.
• Manage 270 miles of stormwater systems to
  control, and provide treatment of stormwater
  runoff.
• Provide engineering design, survey, project and
  construction management services for public
  infrastructure improvements that have a 5 year
  CIP value of 210 million.

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Highway Maintenance Related Budget
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Highway Maintenance Related Personnel

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Significant Performance Measures
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Fiscal Year 2005/2006Service Delivery Key
Challenges

• Sidewalk Repairs and extensions
• Need to improve turn-around time and reduce
  backlog
• Allocate funding for extensions
• Pavement Rehabilitation
• Pavement evaluation recommends annual expenditure
  of 4 million to maintain condition at acceptable
  level of service
• Have only been able to budget half that amount in
  recent years

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Fiscal Year 2005/2006Service Delivery Key
Challenges

• ROW maintenance
• Reduced mowing cycles and landscaping maintenance
  on major roadways
• Reduced sweeper fleet and changed our street
  sweeping cycle from 12 days to 14 days
• Construction market
• Local and worldwide demand for construction
  materials has raised price of concrete and steel
  significantly in the last year
• Volume of available work housing, rehab,
  roadway and high rises has saturated the market
• Result fewer bidders and higher costs