Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works ... - DTOP
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Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works ... - DTOP
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Unified Work ProgramFiscal Year 2010-20111. Agency or Municipality : : San Germán2. Contact Person : Ms. Franckeska J. RiveraPhone : (787) 892-4849; 478-6162E-mail :3. Task Title:Comprehensive Study for the Municipality <strong>of</strong> San Germán4. Task Description:For the last years we’ve been facing a world economical crisisthat’s been affecting the consumers due to the constantlyincrease <strong>of</strong> cost <strong>of</strong> living. One <strong>of</strong> the most significant costincreasing is the petroleum, our principal source <strong>of</strong> energy <strong>and</strong>where the gasoline comes from; principal fuel to our most usedway <strong>of</strong> transportation: the car.San Germán has a principal route that cross the Urban Zone fromeast to West know as the PR-102 or Interamerican UniversityAvenue at its West side <strong>and</strong> San Germán Athletics Avenue at itsEast side. This road has an Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT),on its critical stretch, between Ramos Street <strong>and</strong> PR-360, <strong>of</strong>19,000 vehicles, according to the Road <strong>and</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>Authority <strong>of</strong> <strong>Puerto</strong> <strong>Rico</strong>. This data, from January 2007, is notconsidering the population increase from the last years.Having in mind the improvement <strong>of</strong> our resident’s quality <strong>of</strong> life,the Municipality <strong>of</strong> San Germán wants to develop a Mass<strong>Transportation</strong> System that will serve the communities nearby theurban core, which will minimize the traffic, the gasoline <strong>and</strong>energy consumption <strong>and</strong> will provide accessibility to the urbanarea to individuals with disabilities or special needs, <strong>and</strong> lowincome residents.Through this study we will investigate the actual transportationneeds <strong>and</strong> assess the level <strong>of</strong> transit service by the publictransportation that is been <strong>of</strong>fered to the citizens by privatetransporting in relation to the needs <strong>of</strong> the urban area <strong>of</strong>Municipality <strong>of</strong> San Germán. It will consider the transportationdem<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> new residential projects <strong>and</strong> commercialdevelopments planned for the next five years.The study will also under consideration current road <strong>and</strong> trafficconditions, as well as the energy consumption.The Task Report should determine the viability for a new transitservices in sufficient detail to merit the request for FTA funds t<strong>of</strong>ulfill the needs. It should also point out feasible routes for thesystem.5. Task Work Program:I. Scoping PhaseA. Population1. Trends <strong>and</strong> projections<strong>Puerto</strong> <strong>Rico</strong> Highway <strong>and</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong> Authority (PRHTA)Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Page 38
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