Agenda Date: 06/16/2020
Subject:
Title
Resolution 52-2020: Authorizing a grant application to the Denver Regional Council of Governments for the Broadway Fiberoptic Communications for Regional Traffic Operations project
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Prepared by:
Brent Thompson, City Engineer
PURPOSE:
To authorize a grant application to the Denver Regional Council of Governments for the Broadway Fiberoptics Communication for Regional Traffic Operations project.
PRESENTATIONS:
Staff Presenter(s): N/A
Additional Presenter(s): N/A
SUMMARY:
In recent years, the rapid advancement of transportation related technologies has provided unprecedented opportunities to improve the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of transportation systems. The use of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) has emerged as an increasingly effective means of providing value to citizens and maximizing the potential of available transportation assets. Recognizing this trend and understanding that access to a robust municipal fiberoptic communications network is an important enabler of ITS technologies, now and in the future, it is important to take advantage of financial opportunities to install fiberoptic communications.
With rapid population growth in urban areas, ITS and related technologies are increasingly being recognized as an efficient and cost-effective means to overcome space and budgetary challenges within the constraints of existing infrastructure. To be effective, these technologies require a robust, reliable, and scalable communications network - which is often most effectively achieved through the deployment of fiberoptic infrastructure.
Staff commissioned the Transportation Fiberoptic Communications Master Plan (Fiber Master Plan) in 2019 to ensure that the needs of the transportation communications network are clearly defined, to establish goals and objectives for system expansion, and to identify opportunities to collaborate with other City divisions and regional agencies to expand serv...
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