FY2022

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ADMINISTRATION The Transportation Services Administration Division is located in the General Fund and is responsible for oversight and support of the Department’s two operating divisions. This includes the City’s Parking and Public Transit Divisions, both of which are self-supporting enterprise funds. The Division’s budget is organized into two activities: Administration and Central Business District (CBD) Maintenance. Administration Administration personnel include the Transportation Services Director, Associate Director and a Maintenance Worker II - CBD Central Business District (CBD) Maintenance CBD staff provides daily grounds maintenance in the Downtown, Northside Marketplace, City Plaza (Pedestrian Mall), City Hall and Chauncey Swan Park. CBD provides cleanup, ambassador duties and assistance for 120+ events a year. • Assist in preparations for special events held in the Central Business District areas (Farmer’s Market, Summer of the Arts, ICDD, Northside Market) • Daily sweeping and waste removal from receptacles in Downtown, Northside Marketplace and City Plaza. • Snow and ice removal of natural accumulations in the City Plaza, including clearing sidewalk areas, the fire lane and a minimum of two crosswalks per half block. • Maintenance of site furnishings: play equipment and surfaces, trash receptacles, bicycle racks, benches, kiosks, posting pillars, drinking fountains, trellises, the Weather Dance Fountain, recycling units.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Pedestrian Mall reconstruction project Phase 2 completed including new seating, new brick walkways, fountain, and reconstructed planters

Recent Accomplishments: • Implementation of protocols to maintain safe operations with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic • Assisted Downtown District with expansion of outdoor eating opportunities • Assisted Downtown District with waste management initiatives • Assisted Downtown District with the development of temporary short-term “10 minute pick-up/drop off” parking spaces in the CBD • Rapid restoration of surfaces in ped mall following protests

Upcoming Challenges:

• Snow removal and maintenance of downtown alleys

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