Engineering services for safe streets & roadway all action plan report (SS4A)

The City of Lansing is seeking qualified consulting firms to develop a Safe Streets and Roadways for All (SS4A) Action Plan through a Request for Qualifications and Proposal (RFQP). The procurement focuses on engineering services to create a comprehensive safety action plan addressing all public roads within Lansing, with specific emphasis on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Cedar Street. Proposing firms will be responsible for four primary tasks: project planning and information gathering, corridor road safety audits and crash evaluation, public involvement, and developing a countermeasure and action plan report. Key objectives include identifying high crash corridors, prioritizing areas with underserved populations, engaging stakeholders, and creating a citywide safety implementation plan and Safe Routes to School plan for the Lansing School District. The City aims to reduce traffic-related crashes by 50% on city-jurisdiction streets and 30% on MDOT-maintained surface streets. Proposals are due by 2:00 PM local time on April 4, 2024, and can be submitted electronically through the Michigan Inter-Governmental Trade Network (MITN) or as a hard copy to the Purchasing Office.

The project budget is $210,000, with $168,000 from federal SS4A grant funds and $42,000 from local funds, and the expected project duration is approximately one year. While no specific set-aside designations or restrictions on respondents were explicitly mentioned, the project will involve collaboration with the Michigan State University (MSU) team, which will begin data gathering in fall 2024 for the Safe Routes to Schools Major Infrastructure Grant Application. The scope includes school surveys, evaluation of walking paths to Lansing schools, and a baseline safety analysis of crash data. Though a formal Road Safety Audit (RSA) is not required, the draft action plan must include a comprehensive crash analysis covering all roadways in Lansing, referencing a previously conducted 2022 MDOT Road Safety Audit for M-99. The safety analysis will provide a baseline of crashes involving fatalities and serious injuries, analyzing crash locations, severity, contributing factors, and crash types across different road users.