Master Transportation Plan Task 4: Gap Analysis and Needs Network
Policy Area
Notable Best Practices
Current Practices or Policy
Gap Areas and Recommendations
weather events, incorporating lessons learned to update contact lists and procedures. • Establishes training for applicable city staff on their roles during weather emergencies. • Educates the public on how to respond and where to find information. • Complies with labor laws, Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards, and local ordinances. • Considers liability protections and insurance considerations. •
Use AVL Geotab software for real-time vehicle tracking and Asset Management team for post-event asset verification.
Internet Access and Fiber Connectivity
• Ensures equitable access by identifying underserved areas and populations. • Involves residents, businesses, schools, and healthcare providers to align goals and build support. • Assesses demand, infrastructure readiness, and financial models before launching. Policy is based on the most appropriate business model such as a passive infrastructure model, a wholesale access model, or a fully integrated model. • Leverages public-private partnerships (PPPs). • Provides for a streamlined permitting process, simplifying and expediting access to public ROWs and utility poles to reduce deployment delays. • Ensures fair and non-discriminatory access to municipal infrastructure. • Encourages competition and affordability by allowing multiple internet service providers to use the same infrastructure. • Taps into programs like Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment for funding. • Plans for long-term maintenance. • Encourages local investment by offering incentives or co- investment opportunities for local businesses and cooperatives. • Sets clear performance metrics to track speed, reliability, affordability, and adoption rates. • Ensures progress and financials are regularly reported to the public. Policy is regularly updated based on technological advances and community needs. • Clearly defines the traffic issues (e.g., speeding, cut-through traffic), quantifying the problem using traffic studies, speed data, and crash reports.
• Fort Worth entered a 34-year, $7.5 million agreement with Sprocket Networks, Inc. to build a fiber backbone. • The city secured $4.5 million from the American Rescue Plan Act and $3 million from the Surface Transportation Block Grant for broadband improvements. • The city’s planned 300-mile fiber network will significantly enhance connectivity across the city, indicating a serious commitment to infrastructure readiness. • The 34-year term with renewal options and annual operational funding up to $3.6 million suggests a long-term vision for maintenance and sustainability.
• Detail how the city is identifying and prioritizing underserved or marginalized communities for access. • Provide evidence that residents, schools, healthcare providers, or local businesses were actively involved in shaping the broadband strategy. • Develop a streamlined permitting processes or policies to ensure non-discriminatory access to municipal infrastructure for multiple internet service providers. • Create a publicly available framework for tracking speed, reliability, affordability, or adoption rates, or a commitment to regular public reporting on progress and financials.
Neighborhood Traffic Calming
• The city uses speed studies and crash data to determine eligibility for traffic-calming measures. For example, to qualify for speed cushions, 85 percent of vehicles must exceed the speed limit by at least 5 mph. •
Systematically evaluate the equity impacts of traffic calming measures. • Address gaps in coordination between transportation, planning, and public works departments.
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