Specifications include, but are not limited to: MUTD is seeking to develop a strategic plan that includes a comprehensive evaluation and actionable recommendations to address Missoula's Transit goals and objectives, service design and operations, capital improvements, funding strategy, climate objectives, equity goals, and related policy issues. The plan shall address internal and external factors influencing the use of public transit, including impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic, local and regional transit policies, service schedules, route designs, passenger experience and amenities, land uses, infrastructure analyses, emerging technologies etc. In addition, the plan shall include updated scenarios resulting from the development of a new operations center. The process will include extensive public engagement efforts, working with local community stakeholders. The Plan should focus on the development of short-range strategies and actions (within a 5-year window) with consideration for longer-term objectives and improvement of overall sustainability by reviewing and updating the existing 2045 long-term network. Finally, the plan should be a document that is able to demonstrates MUTDs value to the community both as a fiscal investment but also a service. The intention is for the MUTD Board to adopt a strategic Community Reconnection Plan in late-2024 or early 2025.
