Pooled-Fund RFP to Develop an Online Non-Motorized Traffic Count Data Archive
The National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC) is pleased to issue its first pooled-fund request for proposal to develop an online non-motorized traffic data archive. Making non-motorized count data accessible online with visualization tools that are useful to both researchers and practitioners can address two needs: first, to improve the practice of planning and designing for non-motorized transportation activity; and, second, to expand the ability of transportation professionals to share rigorous and quantitative metrics associated with bicycling and walking.
The project budget is $175,000 with research completed within a time period of 19 months. Interested teams do not need to provide match. Proposers interested in submitting proposals must email Hau Hagedorn (hagedorn@pdx.edu) with their intent to submit a proposal by December 16, 2013. The email should include name(s) and contact information of investigators including university affiliation. Full proposals are due January 31, 2014. For more information, go to: https://trec.pdx.edu/OTRECUS/for_researchers/rfp
ELIGIBILITY
Faculty members and research faculty eligible to serve as Principal Investigators (PIs) at Portland State University, the University of Oregon, the Oregon Institute of Technology, or the University of Utah may submit proposals.
PARTNERS
The project partners include: The Modeling Program Coordination (MPC) subcommittee of the Oregon Modeling Steering Committee (OMSC) which includes representatives from all the Metropolitan Planning Organizations within Oregon, including:
Lane Council of Governments (Eugene, OR)
Metro (Portland, OR)
Rogue Valley Council of Governments (Medford, OR)
Corvallis Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (Corvallis, OR)
Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization (Bend, OR)
Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments (Salem, OR)
In addition, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), the transportation departments of the cities of Boulder, CO; Austin, TX; and Bend, OR and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA, Office of Planning) are providing financial support for the project.If you are an agency that would like to participate in this project, please contact Susan Payne at spayne@lcog.org.
The NITC pooled-fund grant program is intended to help maximize implementation of U.S. DOT’s commitment to livable communities while providing regional and local agencies, such as metropolitan planning organizations, transit agencies, and municipalities, more opportunity to be invested in research.