Traffic Calming Collector and Arterial Streets

Latest Committee News:

• December 11th:  The traffic safety committee met to discuss taking on education and enforcement of 2 wheeled vehicles within the city limits. The speed at which ebikes are moving on streets and sidewalks as well as bicycles and scooters becoming more prevalent in our city makes this a natural part of traffic safety.  The committee will take a 2-part approach.
  Part 1 – Education – committee will create a simple 1 page “Rules of the Road” document to educate all 2-wheel vehicle users of their responsibility for their safety and the safety of those they are sharing the road/sidewalk with.
  Document will be provided to Veo Scooter, Bike Shops and Rentals, Hotels, Bike Clubs, City Vacation Rental ordinance staff, Farmers Market, schools, schools, churches, Resurrection House and Salvation Army to start
  Contact the county program for free lights to provide to all who need it. Educate hotels on need for their rental bikes to have lights for nighttime riders
  Part 2 – Enforcement – meet with SPD to develop a 5-area test zone to give out warnings and tickets.
  • Shade at Payne Park (Legacy Trail) on weekends
  • BoTA and Central
  • 301 between 10th and 6th
  • Bahia Vista and Tuttle
  • Ringling between Orange and Pineapple traffic circles

Follow up with City staff on timing of 2nd reading of speed limit to 20MPH on city streets

• July 21st – CCNA attendance at CC commission meeting in support of CIP request for $500K to support improvements to crosswalks and bike lanes for pedestrian and bicycle safety
• July 9th – Committee think tank meeting with city staff focused on scoring criteria for arterial and connector roads. Review survey results
• June 25– Committee attendance at speaker series for Wes Chapel traffic engineer ideas for a new way to think about traffic calming
• May 27 – Stakeholder listening session with city staff
• April 23 – Committee think tank meeting with city staff focused on data to consider for assessing arterial and collector roads
• April 2 – Phase I handoff meeting with Phase II committee

Background: The Neighborhood Safety Phase-I initiative among other successes was able to work with staff to revise the warrant system used for traffic calming. Now with a new procedure in place, the opportunity for the neighborhoods to apply that warrant process to neighborhood roads. This committee will next work with city staff to apply learnings to address arterial and collector roads throughout the city. Working with city staff to review and respond to plans as well as results of a traffic survey completed on May 2.

This committee will also address crosswalk and bike lane processes with the city staff after completion of initial focus on traffic calming on arterial and collector roads within the city.