Browsing by Subject "Minnesota Department of Transportation"

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    Analysis Report of Minnesota Bicycle & Pedestrian Traffic Volume (2017-2020)
    (2021-05) Tian, Yi
    From 2014 to 2020, Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has been incrementally collecting bicyclist and pedestrian traffic volume data that includes 44 mode counts on 27 sites with 51 physical counters. Five facilities are operated by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MnDNR). The 27 sites are divided into three categories in accordance with their facility type and the modes of traffic counted. The three categories are respectively Shared Use Paths & Trails, Bicycle Facilities on Roads and Road Shoulders, and Other Facilities. The modes of traffic are bicyclists, pedestrians, and in one facility, the Veteran Memorial Bridge in Mankato, mixed-mode which combines bicyclists and pedestrians as non-motorized traffic. This report is focusing on answering the question of: What were the traffic trends of Minnesota State Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities before COVID-19? What is the impact of COVID-19 on Minnesota bicycle and pedestrian traffic. In order to draw the recent traffic trends, I collected and plotted daily cumulative traffic counts of bicyclists and pedestrians in a yearly basis for each site. I also calculated the Annual Average Daily Bicyclist (AADB) or Pedestrian (AADP) traffic volume for each site. The cumulative daily totals demonstrate the traffic trend from the first year of counting for each mode count at each location through 2020. The AADB and AADP were calculated for the period 2017-2020. Even though several facilities recorded available data prior to 2017, this analysis uses 2017 as the first year of the study because it is the first year when all mode counts have available data that enables mostly consistent analyses across sites, with the exclusion of five MnDNR facilities, which recorded their first available data in 2018. I have made separate analysis for MnDOT and MnDNR sites for the traffic trends before the pandemic.
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    Exploring Shared Mobility Public-Private Partnerships
    (2022-08) Henly, Katherine; Irber, Kari; Orcholski, Erica
    Building a reliable and accessible multimodal transportation system throughout Minnesota is the mission of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). To this end, MnDOT has recognized that shared mobility services offer an opportunity to fill public transportation gaps for short trips. Shared mobility services include taxis, van and carpool programs, ride-hailing services such as Lyft and Uber, car share, and micromobility services such as bike and scooter rentals. As these services grow, cities have experienced micromobility and ride-hail services appearing on their streets overnight with little advanced planning from the companies, causing cities to rush ad hoc operational decisions. Local transit agencies in cities need to understand how to create partnership agreements with shared-mobility companies to achieve the best long-term results for their residents. MnDOT seeks to provide streamlined and informed guidance to shared mobility leads in communities that are exploring public-private partnership agreements with shared-mobility companies. This research report, prepared by the Humphrey School Summer Capstone 2022 student team, analyzes key findings from our data, makes informed recommendations for policy change, and proposes future questions to explore. This report was made possible through the professional connections shared with us by Elliott McFadden of MnDOT’s Greater Minnesota Shared Mobility Program and through Mike Greco of the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project who helped our research team scope out a feasible project. Thank you to the employees of municipalities and shared mobility companies who interviewed with us.
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    MnDOT Highway 169 2015 Drilling Project
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2017-06) Heine, John J; Patelke, Marsha Meinders; Buschette, Michael; Leu, Adam; Maly, Craig C; Gordee, Sarah M; Chlebecek, Sara; Lee, Aubrey; Post, Sara P
    The Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) Economic Geology Group was contracted by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) [Project Number 0005269] to provide onsite drilling supervision, core logging and sampling, and geochemical studies related to proposed construction along Highway 169 east of Soudan, Minnesota. The goal of this project was to provide MnDOT the data required to produce a mitigation plan for the Highway 169 Eagles Nest project. MnDOT, working with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Golder Associates, was responsible for developing the guidelines for this work with the help of the Highway 169 Technical Working Group (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minnesota Department of Health, US Corps of Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency, and NRRI). Golder Associates (Seattle, WA office) was responsible for developing the mitigation plan for bedrock roadcuts along the reroute. This work was a continuation of the studies by Severson and Heine (2010, 2012) and Heine (2015) which examined the bedrock outcrops along three proposed Highway 169 reroutes and alternatives. Severson and Heine (2012) concluded that drilling would be needed in the potential bedrock roadcuts along the reroute corridor to fully characterize the geology as required in the mitigation plan.
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    Red Lake Nation Enhancing Community Connections Through Trails and Parks
    (2023) Flannery, Katlyn; Phan, Kevin; Turner, Anna; Sheikh, Maya
    The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians (or Red Lake Nation), in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), is engaged in ongoing efforts to increase livability and safety through the reconstruction of a 4-mile stretch of Highway 1, which connects the communities of Red Lake and Redby. The reconstruction project will include a separated, paved, multi-use trail parallel to Highway 1 to enhance safety for all road users; as well as seven small pocket parks and one larger park along the corridor. The Red Lake Nation has previously collaborated with the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs and asked for assistance to gather community feedback for physical amenities and cultural features that could be incorporated into the parks. The goal of the project was to provide background data, evidence, maps, and designs to guide Tribal decisions about future infrastructure projects, and support future grant proposals and community visioning work. Community preferences for cultural features and physical amenities were captured through a community preferences survey. Quantitative and qualitative survey results were used to create community-informed, data-driven design principles and elements, which were visualized through sketches. These sketches and StoryMap can be used by the Red Lake Nation in ongoing community engagement efforts. A people-centered Highway 1 trail corridor and park system which incorporates Red Lake Nation history, traditions, values, culture, and Ojibwe language can further language revitalization efforts, community belonging, and sovereignty within the Red Lake Nation.