Portfolio

Mobility Master Plan Temple, Texas ATG | DCCM led a multidisciplinary team of regional and national consulting firms in the development and delivery of an advanced practice Mobility Master Plan (MMP) for the City of Temple. To achieve the City’s goals, ATG | DCCM designed the MMP to be a unifying document that transcends the confines of standard transportation system planning to achieve a comprehensive vision for the City’s future encompassing four primary themes: Livability – ATG | DCCM designed the MMP to deliver a transportation system that fits into context with the community and pulls together the threads of the City’s vision in terms of a broad range of goals, not just transportation, but also quality of life, equity and sustainability goals. Vitality – ATG | DCCM designed an MMP development process that helps the City understand the return on investment that transportation plan promises not just in terms of transportation system performance, but also in terms of economic vitality and job creation. Community – The City of Temple wanted the development of the MMP to be community driven. To understand the community’s vision, ATG | DCCM’s public involvement process made a strong connection with key stakeholders and the public through use of a stakeholder working group and a combination of virtual and physical workshops, public meetings, and online resources to empower community participation.  Mobility – ATG | DCCM also delivered technical analysis and recommendations to support a comprehensive set of multimodal solutions to address transportation system safety, operations, infrastructure development and asset management/state of good repair, integrated transit and active transportation concepts, transportation demand management, freight transport, job access and the policies, standards and implementation actions needed to tie it all together. The technical analysis also identified near term implementation strategies to address issues identified in the Safety Analysis. The final plan delivered a unifying document to support the community vision, support economic resilience and sustainability, and provide a complete transportation system that moves people and goods safely and efficiently in perceived comfort regardless of their trip purpose or mode of travel. The final plan was adopted unanimously by the city council and because of the comprehensive stakeholder outreach and analysis driven recommendations, has been instrumental in the uncontested approval of major capital investments in the capital improvement plan. The city has also used the plan analysis as the basis for successfully recommending action to initiate or modify TxDOT projects in the area. 

City of Natchitoches Comprehensive Safety Action Plan Natchitoches, Louisiana ATG | DCCM was part of a team selected by the City of Natchitoches to prepare a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan. The City of Natchitoches was awarded a $280,000 federal planning grant under the Safe Streets and Roads for All program. In order to fulfill the grant requirements and ensure that recommended projects are eligible for implementation funding under the same program, the plan will address all eight required elements of the Safe Streets and Roads for All Federal Grant Program.  The plan will achieve a Leadership Commitment to the elimination of fatal and severe injury (F&SI) roadway crashes by aligning the goals and visions of the community with actionable projects to achieve that end, working with community leaders including the Mayor and City Council.  ATG | DCCM will coordinate a steering committee comprised of technical experts and community members to provide Planning Structure over the process. Safety Analyses will assess five years of crash data and determine locations and key contributing factors, characteristics and causes of historic crashes for motor vehicles and people walking and biking. Community engagement and collaboration will occur through online and neighborhood listening meetings to gather input and feedback from the public. ATG | DCCM will perform equity analyses to ensure that minorities and other vulnerable populations are fully included in the process and will evaluate project recommendations to ensure that projects are distributed in a manner that benefits all members of the community. Strategies to reduce crashes will be developed and paired with locations to identify projects that can be implemented in the future. To set the City of Natchitoches up for continued success, ATG | DCCM is assisting them with the development of a dashboard that can be used to track progress and transparently report progress to community members. An action plan will be prepared to summarize the process and guide future improvements to eliminate fatal and severe roadway crashes in the future. 

Statewide Technical Assistance for Transit (STAT) ATG | DCCM’s Ongoing Partnership with LADOTD Statewide, Louisiana Under the statewide consultant contract, ATG | DCCM assists the LADOTD Public Transportation Section, the SSO Program Manager and each rural transportation provider to identify and meet the safety and security, service coordination, cost efficiency, and communication needs. Federal guidelines for asset management and safety program reporting are challenging. ATG | DCCM’s technical assistance team assisted Louisiana transit providers with implementing and adhering to voluntary safety standards since 2006, putting them well ahead of the Federal mandates. ATG | DCCM solutions help build capacity, promote service efficiency, and facilitate coordination among Louisiana stakeholders and customers to deliver the best transportation system possible. Working as a virtual extension of LADOTD’s staff, the ATG | DCCM team’s successes for this project include: Planning and delivering workshops on marketing, bus safety and security, cost allocation, coordination of services, and other topics of crucial importance to rural public transportation providers across the state. Drafting statewide Bus Safety and Security Bus Standards. Publishing a quarterly newsletter informing transit providers of updates and providing guidance on topical issues. Conducting FTA fixed-guideway safety and security audits reviewing compliance documents, performing training workshops, and other compliance services. Updating the Statewide Human Services Transportation Coordination Plan including development of a regional coordination template and assistance in the development of eight regional HSTC plans. Providing transit planning assistance and technical expertise for rural communities developing transit services. Planning and implementing various statewide initiatives such as the Transportation Services Coordination Summit, the statewide Annual Transit Conference, and facilitating a legislatively mandated working group. Developing various statewide plans to meet federal compliance issues such as the Intercity Bus Plan and the FEMA Louisiana Supplemental Emergency Public Transportation Plan to fund transportation services to displaced citizens following hurricanes. Development of the Statewide Transit Tracking and Reporting System (STTARS) to facilitate ridership tracking and reporting by rural and E&D providers. The STTARS system manages online applications, vehicle dispatch, ridership tracking, grant management, vehicle maintenance records, and service invoicing.