JANUARY 20269GOV BUSINESS REVIEWPut People First: Our planning work has focused on moving people, no matter how they choose to get around. We are being bold: expanding transit services, making multimodal investments in our street network and prioritizing critical safety improvements in pedestrianoriented areas like our downtown, university areas and other community activity centers. We work across departments to ensure our streets, water systems and adjacent land uses are mutually supportive. We are prioritizing projects that fill system gaps, expanding mode choice and making our existing streets more complete. As part of our new Neighborhood Traffic Management Program, we are engaging with neighborhoods to deploy lowcost, temporary measures to address things like speeding before we make any permanent changes. As part of this program, we developed short safety messages and produced inexpensive yard signs that neighbors can place near the street to encourage traffic to `slow your roll.'Leverage Technology: With advancements in edge computing and artificial intelligence, we are looking for places where artificial intelligence can be a force multiplier. From using ChatGPT to analyze the latest policy directives to implementing advanced signal system improvements, we are seeking ways to leverage emerging technology to our advantage. We have been testing integrated camera detection and working with researchers at a local university to pilot vehicletoinfrastructure (V2I) communications. These approaches are scalable, so we are starting small and showing progress as we work toward systemwide improvements.Map a Resource Strategy: In this environment, securing longterm funding for transportation from multiple sources is paramount. We have closely reviewed all of our nonfederal revenue streams and worked to ensure we are maximizing our reimbursements from other departments (like water resources) and the state. We have worked with our city finance team to develop a cadence for future local transportation bond ballot initiatives to keep a predictable level of funding flowing. We are also in the early stages of a campaign for a countywide halfcent sales tax ballot initiative that will support a transformational expansion of transit services. We are evaluating new equipment to make our maintenance operations more efficient and safer.Greensboro doesn't have all the answers, but I am proud of my team's efforts to keep us focused and moving forward. For now, it seems clear that continued uncertainty is the only certainty. How we manage this new reality will impact the transportation system for years to come. We are managing uncertainty by focusing on investments that make our transportation system more resilient, flexible and smarter.
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