The Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) seeks consulting services to complete the Countywide Mobility Plan and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy project for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas.

The PSP Program provides local governments with financial support to advance detailed local planning and project development activities in support of Creating Sustainable Places, Connected KC 2050's Activity Centers and Corridors framework, and the Mid-America Regional Council's adopted policy statement on regional land use direction. The subject project is one of 12 across the region chosen for funding through the Planning Sustainable Places Program.

The focus of this request for proposals (RFP) is to create a Sustainable Places Plan that addresses the following key priorities for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/ Kansas City, Kansas:

• Confirm existing and project future travel patterns and behaviors.
• Review existing transit options in the County, notably Public Busing, and project future patterns, needed investments and locations.
• Provide estimated costs associated with creating public spaces with integrated transit options and public uses.
• Understand the impact of nascent and ever-changing transportation technologies.
• Develop policy and prioritize investments that are regenerative and promote public health, equity, and access to opportunity.
• Reduce the demand on existing infrastructure by expanding transportation options.
• Retrofit existing roadways to support access (Complete Streets), public safety (Vision Zero), and capacity (Right-sizing).
• Improve the safety of transportation alternatives.
• Encourage more equitable and mixed-income communities built around greater transportation choices.
• Explore new transportation modes, including but not limited to streetcar, commuter rail, and aerial lifts (i.e. gondola).
• Coordinate regional transportation projects and align budgets to identified transportation corridors.
• Develop alternative capital and maintenance funding models, methods, and tools.
• Engage the public, stakeholders, and decision-makers across the County in a collaborative process to define a shared vision of our transportation, land use, and environmental future.

MARC will host a pre-proposal meeting for all interested consultant teams to ask questions and gain clarity around any elements or requirements of this RFP.

When: Wednesday, December 9, 2020, 9 am

To register: https://marckc.webex.com/marckc/onstage/g.php?MTID=e390552a48b45bd9e0ed3156342ebbb63