STW statewide planning no.2024-1

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has been awarded a $450,000 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 Highway Planning and Construction program). This 2-year task order contract will assist Ohio's Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and Regional Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPOs) with the development and implementation of regional transportation planning projects and programs. Key activities to be supported include:

• Providing technical assistance to MPOs and RTPOs for transportation plan development
• Performing data analysis and visualization services to support regional planning efforts
• Conducting programmatic reviews and assessments of transportation planning activities
• Offering research support and training/outreach initiatives to build planning capacity at the regional level

This funding will enable ODOT to deliver a range of products and services to enhance comprehensive, collaborative transportation planning across the state of Ohio.

Project description

Task order contract to be administered by ODOT's office of statewide planning & research to assist ohio's mpos and rtpos with the development and implementation of regional planning projects and programs. The selected team will primarily be responsible for assisting regional planning agencies with the implementation of continuous, comprehensive and collaborative planning efforts. This includes, but is not limited to: transportation plan development assistance, providing on-call support for data analysis and visualization efforts, performing programmatic reviews and assessments, providing research support, and assisting with training and outreach initiatives.