Professional Practice
City of Birmingham Multimodal Transportation Plan
Date: 12/11/2024 - 1/21/2025
Description:
The City of Birmingham, Alabama (City), in collaboration with the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority (BJCTA), is requesting qualifications from interested engineering and planning firms experienced in public transit and multimodal transportation planning. Traditional traffic engineers need not apply.
The purpose of this planning project – the Transportation Capital Investment Plant (Plan) – is to develop a vision and plan that answers this question:
If Birmingham is truly going to be a multimodal city – meaning a significant portion of our population moves around by walking, using public transportation, and cycling – what does our City need to look like from a:
--Physical perspective regarding transportation facilities
--Physical perspective regarding land use
--Policy perspective
To achieve that vision, what are the specific actions the City needs to take:
--Immediately
--One year from now
--Five years from now
--Longer term
The selected consultant will assist with defining the vision, selecting and prioritizing projects and policies, conducting outreach, and developing an implementation strategy.
The development of the Plan will be funded using a $1 million ($800K grant funded and $200K locally funded) U.S. Department of Transportation grant and aims to implement transportation outlined in the ImagineBham framework plans, existing planning documents, and other transportation plans.