Greensboro Department of Transportation Annual Report 2022-23

2022-23 Highlights

Planning Creating Safe Streets for All Users

protect rights-of-way, determine future locations of major roads, and prevent new developments from being built in the paths of future freeways and thoroughfares. The new plan is consistent with the 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan and reflects changes in the roadway network. It is now available is a more user friendly digital format. Setting Project Funding Priorities NCDOT’s formal, needs-based process for identifying Transportation Improvement Program projects began this year. All modes of transportation compete under this quantitative process, with some exceptions. In the Greensboro area, the MPO represents its member jurisdictions in this process to identify potential candidate projects and then determine which projects to submit to NCDOT for funding. The MPO is limited to 23 submittals per mode. Following a public review, the recommended and final project lists will by shared on the MPO’s website at www.guampo.org. Workgroup Seeks to Improve Development Process GDOT convened a workgroup with City staff, NCDOT, and members of the development community to

The City and the Greensboro Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) have been awarded a $755,500 US Department of Transportation grant to develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan for Greensboro, the towns of Summerfield, Sedalia, Oak Ridge, Pleasant Garden and Stokesdale, and much of unincorporated Guilford County. MPO will use the funds to: • Study traffic crash patterns and safety conditions • Develop a plan for preventing traffic fatalities and serious injuries by redesigning roadways, educating people about traffic safety, and enacting safety focused policies. This work will build upon and expand partnerships and work of Vision Zero Greensboro. Thoroughfare and Collector Street Plan Updated GDOT developed an updated and combined Thoroughfare and Collector Street Plan for Greensboro. The plan is used to establish street design standards,

Hanna Cockburn appointed to federal transit advisory board.

January 2023

February 2023

December 2022

GDOT begins long-range transit planning process.

January 2023

Greensboro Transit Agency celebrates Black History Month with bus wrap.

Urban Loop opens.

2022-2023 Year in Review