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11 <br /> <br />Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects <br />Bicycle and pedestrian projects are scored and funded within the Division Needs funding <br />category; therefore NCDOT utilizes only one scoring process for bicycle and pedestrian <br />projects. DCHC MPO will use the scoring processes developed by the P7.0 Workgroup to <br />preliminarily rank projects to be submitted to NCDOT SPOT for evaluation. <br /> <br />The NCDOT SPOT process limits the number of projects that MPOs may submit. In the event <br />that more new project requests are received than the MPO can submit, the DCHC MPO will <br />calculate preliminary scores based on the scoring criteria developed by the SPOT 7.0 <br />Workgroup that were submitted to the NCDOT Board of Transportation in summer. This will <br />provide a set of preliminary scores that can be used to rank projects. <br /> <br />NCDOT and DCHC MPO Scoring Criteria for Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects <br /> <br />Funding <br />Category <br /> <br />Quantitative Data <br />Local Input <br />Division <br />Input <br />MPO/RPO <br />Input <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Division <br />Needs <br />Safety = 20% <br />• Measurement of the number of bicycle and pedestrian <br />crashes, severity of the crashes, crash risk based on existing <br />surroundings, and safety benefit the project is expected to <br />provide. <br />Accessibility/Connectivity = 15% <br />• Measurement of the quantity of destinations near the project, <br />the quantity of connections to existing or planned <br />bicycle/pedestrian facilities, and whether the project <br />improves or connects to a designated bicycle route. <br />Demand/Density = 10% <br />• Measurement of the population and employment density <br />within a walkable or bikeable distance of the project. <br /> Cost Effectiveness = 5% <br />• Measurement of combined user benefits of Safety, Access, <br />Demand, and Connectivity criteria compared to the cost of <br />the project to NCDOT. <br />Total = 50% (Division Engineer and Local Input Points account <br />for remaining 50%) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />25% <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />25% <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />