Request for Qualifications (RFQ)- Tactical Urbanism Projects City-wide

The City of New Haven (“City”) is seeking a qualified consulting firm or consulting team (“Consultant”) to design and implement quick-build/tactical urbanism demonstration projects City-wide to advance the City’s Safe Routes for All Citywide Active Transportation Plan (“SRFA”) ( https://saferoutesforall.com ) and other transportation goals, funded by the federal Safe Streets & Roads for All (SS4A) grant program. These projects would include safety, traffic calming, and active transportation elements. Work will be performed in accordance with the SS4A Grant Program, as awarded to the City under the Fiscal Year 2022 SS4A Grant Program.

New Haven is a growing coastal Connecticut city, home to Yale University, Yale New Haven Hospital, and Southern Connecticut State University. The 2020 Census indicated a population of 134,023, making it the state’s second largest city. New Haven’s 237-mile street network connects a dense and diverse minority-majority population spread out over just 20 square miles. The city is blessed with a number of large and historic legacy parks, 1.75 miles of the 84-mile Farmington Canal Trail, and numerous dynamic mixed-use neighborhood commercial corridors. Most residents live within a short walk, bike, or bus ride from significant open space, cultural, and economic assets.

In 2019, the City of New Haven embarked on Safe Routes for All, beginning a multi-year and multi-phase planning effort that in 2022 resulted in the first City-wide Active Transportation and Safety Action Plan. Building upon existing policies, plans, and standards that align with Vision Zero principles, including the 2010 Complete Streets Design Manual, the 2015 Vision 2025 Comprehensive Master Plan and the 2019 Move New Haven Mobility Study, and following a series of smaller-scale corridor safety plans and improvement projects, the Plan put forth a comprehensive and ambitious set of recommendations to eliminate fatal and serious injuries for pedestrians, bicyclists and transit users by 2032.

In 2022, the City was awarded funding for Supplemental Planning activities including city-wide implementation of demonstration/quick-build/tactical urbanism projects using low-cost materials. Project scope includes data collection and analysis, material procurement and installation, developing design concepts, conducting public outreach, and performance evaluation and reporting (see Section 3 for detailed scope). As demonstration activities, the installations are considered temporary or nonpermanent, having a period of performance of 28 months from the effective date of award (July 7, 2024).