Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of Acquisition Management, 400 7th St. SW, Washington, DC, 20590

A -- EFFECTS OF URBAN STREET ENVIRONMENT ON OPERATING SPEEDS SOL DTFH61-00-R-00035 DUE 061200 POC Stacey Diamond, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 366-0730, Fax (202) 366-3705, Email stacey.diamond@fhwa.dot.gov -- Valentine Serafini, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 366-4231, Fax (202) 366-3705, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=DTFH61-00-R-00035&LocID=30. E-MAIL: Stacey Diamond, stacey.diamond@fhwa.dot.gov. The Federal Highway Administration has a requirement to develop a pratical tool that can be used by practitioners to evaluate and iteratievely assess urban street designs in terms of the likely operating speeds resulting from drivers' perceptions of design features, environmental factors, and operational conditions. The objectives of this contract are: (1)to develop and calibrate a method for estimating operating speeds based on drivers' perception of design features, environmental factors, and operational conditions on low-speed urban roadways; and (2) to integrate a set of low-speed urban roadway design tools into an implementation package to support designers and planners in achieving desired operating speeds. This solicitation, all related documents and amendments, if any, will only be released and available electronically through the Electronic Posting System (EPS) at http://www.eps.gov under the "EPS for Vendors" option followed by selection of the "DOT" Center. As such, no written, telephonic, facsimile or email requests for the solicitation package will be accepted. Interested parties can register at the aforementioned site to receive procurement announcements by email. Since this solicitation will only be available electronically, it is the responsibility of interested parties to monitor the EPS website for any solicitation amendments. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by FHWA. Posted 04/12/00 (D-SN444308). (0103)

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