This is the fourth post from the Transparency series, following the steps of the Mode Shift CIP game board. We continue our study of the City of Omaha’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP), with a look at these questions:
- What are the CIP transportation projects?
- Where are they located?
What are the CIP Projects?
Mode Shift’s CIP database classifies the projects by Work Type:
- Automobile Capacity – Projects that add lanes of automobile traffic or otherwise allow more automobile capacity.
- Automobile Infrastructure – Replacement of automobile infrastructure that has reached its end of life, without any increase to automobile capacity.
- Transit – Improvements to the public transit system. These projects have no City funds and are not run by the City, so perhaps they don’t belong in the CIP. But the BRT project is in the CIP, so we are including it as well.
- Streetscape – Improvements to a street front such as wider sidewalks, bump out at street crossings, better lighting, and bicycle parking.
- Pedestrian – Improvements for pedestrian traffic, such as ADA compliant sidewalks, foot bridges, etc.
- Cycling – Improvements to cycling routes such as protected lanes, painted lanes, signage, etc.
- Other – Green street corridor study and master plan, and city-wide safety projects.
In all cases, it is the driver behind the project that dictates the category. So if a widening project also replaces aging infrastructure, adds ADA compliant sidewalks and access to a cycling trail, it is considered an Automobile Capacity project, because none of the other improvements would occur if not for the driving desire to widen the street. Mode Shift relied on the CIP project descriptions to apply the Work Type to each project.
The $322 million of Capital Budget spanning from 2017 to 2022 is split as follows:
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