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TRANSPORTATION

DEPARTMENT 2018 Business Plan

Today’s Agenda

Mission

Department Overview

Planning Initiatives

Commission Priorities and 2018 Budget Requests

Five-year Plan

Department of Transportation Mission

The mission of the Gwinnett County Department of

Transportation is to enhance quality of life by facilitating

the mobility of people and goods safely and efficiently.

Mobility Safely Efficiently

Department Overview

Program Delivery

Pre-construction

Construction

Operations, Maintenance, and Traffic Engineering

Operations and

Maintenance

Traffic Engineering

Contracted Operations

Transit

Aviation

Department Overview – Program Delivery

Public Outreach

Engineering

Permitting Acquisition

Construction

• Special Purpose Local

Option Sales Tax

(SPLOST)

• More than $2 billion in

projects since 1986

General Obligation

Bond

Department Overview – Operations, Maintenance and Traffic Engineering

2,550 centerline miles of roadway

180 bridges and bridge culverts

20,000 traffic control signs

2,500 miles of sidewalk

716 traffic signals

230 miles of fiber optic cable

265 Closed Circuit Television cameras

200 flashing beacon locations

1,300 speed humps

Department Overview - Transit

Express

• Weekday • 44 Trips am peak • 51 Trips pm peak • 5 Routes from Park

and Ride lots to downtown and midtown Atlanta and Emory/CDC

Local

• Monday – Saturday • 27 buses during

daily peak • 6 routes – Primarily

serving western part of the county, connecting Lawrenceville, Duluth, Lilburn and Norcross to MARTA Doraville Station

Paratransit

• Monday – Saturday

• 8 Transport vehicles during daily peak

• Complementary service for persons unable to access bus stops or ride independently within ¾ of a mile of the 6 local routes

Department Overview - Airport

More than 85,000 airport operations (take-offs/landings) in 2016

4th busiest airport in Georgia

Approximately 300 based aircraft

Maintain electrical systems and navigational aids

Maintain more than 400 acres of airport property

Manage master plans and capital projects

Planning Initiatives – Comprehensive Transportation Plan


• Improve Connectivity

• Leverage the County’s Transportation System to Improve

Economic Vitality and Quality of Life

• Improve Safety and Mobility for All People Across All

Modes of Travel

• Proactively Embrace Future Transportation Opportunities

• Continue to Serve as Responsible Stewards of

Transportation Resources


9,673

7,197

6,576

6,397

5,811

5,185

4,769

4,442

0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000

Vehicular Travel

Connectivity

Transit Service

Transportation Safety

Maintenance

Walking/Biking

Economic Vitality

Access to Transportation

Citizen Priority Rankings (Weighted)

Planning Initiatives - Targeted Efforts

Comprehensive Transit Development Plan

Countywide Trails Master Plan

Signal System Evaluation and Traffic Management System Master Plan

Commission Priorities Communication & Engagement

Citizens Project Selection Committee Open House


Citizens Project Selection Committee Work Session

Commission Priorities – Mobility and Access

Inflow/Outflow Job Counts in 2013

185,754 – Employed in Gwinnett, Live Outside of Gwinnett

206,899 – Live in Gwinnett, Employed Outside of Gwinnett

135,908 – Employed and Live in Gwinnett


Gwinnett County Transit Recent Improvements

Restored Saturday Service to All Local Routes

Added Sweeper Buses to Express Service

Provided Additional Express Service from Sugarloaf

Added New Emory/CDC Express Service from Indian Trail and Sugarloaf

Made Local Service Schedule Adjustments and Additional Trips


Gwinnett County Transit Recent Improvements

Adding Wi-Fi to Half of the Fleet

Replacing and Overhauling Fleet

Upgraded Sugarloaf Park and Ride Lot

Established Passenger Trip Planning

Promoting Transit Through Education and Outreach


• Improved On-time Performance by Approximately 20%

• Increased Ridership by Approximately 8%


2018 Decision Package #2 – Transit Wi-Fi on remaining

half of fleet

• Allow Passengers Access to Wi-Fi to Improve Overall Transit

Experience

• Incentive to Choose Transit over a Personal Automobile for

Commuting and other Travel Needs

• Ensure GCT Remains Competitive with other Transit

Services/Agencies that Offer Free Public Wi-Fi

Total Request: $236,900


716 Traffic Signals

____ Projects In Design

____ Existing


More than

265 Closed

Circuit Cameras

More than 230 Miles of

Fiberoptic Cable


2018 Decision Package #3 – Traffic Engineer

Gwinnett

County

Current

Gwinnett

County

Proposed

Cobb

County

Baltimore,

MD

Macomb

County,

MI

Ga DOT

(RTOP)

Total Signals 716 716 550 1,550 750 1,200

Engineers 3 4 4 14 6 23

Signals /

Engineer 239 179 138 110 125 60


2018 Decision Package #3 – Traffic Engineer

• Update individual signal and connected corridor timing

• Manage design and construction of new locations

• Employ traffic-responsive technology on additional corridors

• Implement technology to better detect equipment failures

• Apply smart corridor technology

• Make real-time adjustments to traffic signal operations


Commission Priorities – Safe & Healthy Community


Approximately

560,000

feet of guardrail


over 20,000

signs maintained


2018 Decision Package #1 – Traffic Analyst

• Restore position in Operations and Maintenance

• Current and new position would split duties between northern and

southern sections of the County



Inspection of all signage and striping

Road closures and detours

No Parking signage coordination

Special Events permits

New development coordination

Utility locates and ROW verification

2018 Decision

Package #1

Traffic Analyst

Over 200 traffic control

flashing beacon locations


Over 1,300 speed humps

on 280 streets


Over 48,000 Street Lights


2018 Decision Package #5 – Street Lighting

• Program for newer neighborhoods and some commercial areas using

special assessment fees

• Recently established programs using SPLOST funds to install and

assessment fees to operate in older residential neighborhoods and

Community Improvement Districts

• County funds the operating costs for limited number of high-hazard

street lights in various locations


2018 Decision Package #5 – Street Lighting

• Request an increase of $50,000 in Traffic Operations to

provide for the installation and operation of additional

streetlights along collector and arterial streets

• Identify areas not currently covered by existing street lighting

programs to improve nighttime and early morning travel for

vehicles and pedestrians

Commission Priorities Smart & Sustainable Government


Atlanta Regional Commission Call for Projects – total request

$69,941,766 including:

• SR 124 (Scenic Highway) widening, from US 78 to Sugarloaf

Parkway – $4,800,000 (engineering)

• Western Gwinnett Bikeway Extension – $3,000,000 (construction)

• Traffic Management System Expansion Phase 1 – $3,910,000

• Resurfacing various major roads – $5,243,200

• Gwinnett Transit Service Expansion - $10,272,000

(first 3 years of operations)


Street Lifespan


Estimated resurfacing cost over six years to raise Pavement

Condition Index (PCI) to 65

• Approximate annual cost of $25 million per year for a total

six-year cost of $150 million

• A deterioration rate of 3 PCI points a year was assumed

• An inflation factor of 3% per year was used

• 2017 SPLOST provides $19 million per year. Georgia DOT

currently provides approximately $6 million per year.

Commission Priorities Strong & Vibrant Local Economy


2018 Decision

Package #4 ROW

Mowing, Trimming

and Sweeping


2018 Decision Package #4 – ROW Mowing, Trimming and Sweeping

• Shoulder Mowing – $414,000

– Increase frequency of mowing from every six weeks to every

three weeks

• Landscape Trimming – $100,000

– Trim landscaped median, shoulder and ramp areas

• Sweeping - $30,000

– Increase curb sweeping by 100 miles

– Increase intersection sweeping by 75 locations

2018 Budget DOT Decision Package Summary

• Traffic Analyst Position in Traffic Operations – $58,694

• Wi-Fi on all Transit Vehicles – $236,900

• Traffic Engineer Position in Traffic Signals – $108,620

• Mowing, Trimming and Sweeping – $544,000

• Street Lighting – $50,000

DOT 2018 Operating

2017 2018

General Fund $18,801,475 $20,211,497

Street Lighting $7,455,115 $7,541,420

Speed Hump $160,215 $161,783

Transit $12,312,083 $14,148,044

Airport $1,309,810 $1,134,699

$40,038,698 $43,197,443

Five-Year Plan

Secure Additional Funding for Major Road Projects

• Sugarloaf Parkway Extension

• I-85 improvements from southern County line to SR 316

• SR 124 / Scenic Highway widening

• Killian Hill Road widening

• SR 124 / Braselton Highway widening

• Crossings of I-85 and SR 316

Five-Year Plan

Expand transit local service options by increasing frequency

of service, extending service hours and adding one new

route

• Federal startup funds requested for 80% of operating

costs for first three years of service

• $3,424,000 Federal / $856,000 Local per year

• By year four, fare box collections and federal formula

funds will replace majority of expiring startup funds

Five-Year Plan

Prepare for expansion of transit options based on recommendations

from the Comprehensive Transit Development Plan

• Further evaluate and optimize existing service and make structural

improvements

• Balance mode, frequency and coverage

• Determine what areas are not being served and what new or better

connections should be made

• Assess need and location for high-capacity transit in dedicated

space

• Identify funding for implementation

Five-Year Plan

Address personnel needs in key areas

• Retention of field personnel

• Trades Tech IV and other critical Traffic Engineering

positions

• Right of Way and Asset Manager

• Assistant Utility Coordinator

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