Creating a Complete Streets Ecosystem

Creating a Complete Streets Ecosystem Florida Planning Conference September 8, 2022

Agenda • Matt Lewis, AICP Hillsborough County Community and Infrastructure Planning - Introduction • Angelo Belluccia, PE, Burgess and Niple – Context Classification • Paula Flores, PE, Greenman-Pedersen, Inc – Complete Streets Guide • Discussion

Hillsborough County - Fun Facts

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Hillsborough County - Not So Fun Facts Annual Actual Fatalities, projected through 2022 275 250

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200 175

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218 192

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2021: 5 Deaths per Week

150 125 100

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Source: Transportation Planning Organization Board Meeting, February 9, 2022

Hillsborough County - Not So Fun Facts

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Source: 2022 Dangerous By Design, Smart Growth America

Hillsborough County - Not So Fun Facts

Why is this Happening?

• Roads designed for moving vehicles • Communities, land uses & people have no relationship with the road

How can we think, plan and design differently?

Rethinking Streets - CS Ecosystem Mobility Section and Future Land Use Element

Context Classification

Complete Streets Guide

Transportation Design Manual

Access Management

CS Ecosystem – Biotic Components TPO

Community Planning

Transportation Planning

Long Range Planning

Complete Streets Ecosystem Engineering and Operations

Transit Agency

Development Review

CS Ecosystem – Penetration into Bureaucracy

Progress 1 - Comprehensive Plan Mobility Element – updated & adopted

2 - Context Classification Map - new adopted

3 - Complete Street Guide - Complete

4 - Transportation Design Manual - new draft

5 - Context Based Access Management Guidelines - new draft

1 - Mobility Element of the Comp Plan ▪ Focusing on Equity ▪ Institutionalizing Vision Zero ▪ Coordinating Transit with Land Use ▪ Addressing Resiliency ▪ Providing Choices ▪ Leveraging benefits of Advanced Traffic Management Systems ▪ Preparing for Emerging Technology ▪ Incorporating Context-Based Roadway Planning & Design Principles

Context Classification • How do we Classify a Road?

• Functional Classification • Hierarchy status based on service provided • Arterial • Collector • Local

• Context Classification • Surrounding environment • • • • •

Nature Rural Town Suburban Urban 14

Context Classification • Definition: • Surrounding Environment - Land use, development patterns, connectivity • All users of the roadway

• Background: • SmartCode Transect Zone Descriptions, Congress for New Urbanism, 2008 • Context Zone Characteristics, ITE, 2010 • FDOT Context Classification Guide, updated 2022 15

Context Classification: This is not what it is

9/15/2022

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FDOT’s Context Classifications

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Pop Quiz: Name that Context FDOT’s Context Classes C1 – Natural C2 – Rural C2T – Rural Town C3R – Suburban Residential C3C – Suburban Commercial C4 – Urban General C5 – Urban Center C6 – Urban Core

Hillsborough County’s Classifications

The County’s Context Based Classification System describes a way of classifying roadways that prioritizes: • The type of users utilizing a roadway, • The general characteristics of Future Land Uses, • The existing and planned development patterns, and • The communities it traverses.

Context Assignment Methodology Step 1: Data Analysis

• Comp Plan • Community Plans • Overlay Districts • Future Land Use

Step 2: Draft Context Boundary

• Combined C1 & C2 • Removed C5 & C6 • Created C3T Context

Step 3: Boundary Refinement

• Land Use Density • Block Length • Intersection Density

Step 4: Context Assignment

• Micro-analysis at Boundaries • Manual Refinements

Rural AG

Suburban RES 1

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Rural Urban Service Area

Rural Tampa Service Area

Urban Service Area

Rural 20

Creation of C3T: Suburban Town

Citrus Park Village

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Town Centers Overlay Districts Mixed Use DRIs Enhanced Multi-modal Facilities

Special Entertainment Center

Brandon Main Street 21

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Context Classifications: FDOT to County

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Hillsborough County’s Context Classifications

Context Classification Map - Adopted Classifies Arterial and Collector roads by Context Classification

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Context to Street Typologies Rural (C1/C2)

171 Roads (401 miles)

Rural Other

Rural Residential

Suburban Residential (C3R)

Primary Arterials

354 Roads (560 miles)

Collectors

Context Based Classification

Suburban Commercial (C3C)

Suburban Neighborhood Suburban Residential Connector

Arterials

Functional Classification

Typical Cross Section Concepts

80 Roads (105 miles)

Priority of ROW Elements

Neighborhood Commercial Regional Commercial

Typology

Green Infrastructure

Industrial

Locals

Suburban Town (C3T)

25 Roads (21 miles)

Town Residential

Vision Zero and Speed Management

Town Commercial Place Making and Public Arts

Urban General (C4)

68 Roads (80 miles)

Urban Neighborhood

Main Street

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Hillsborough County Complete Streets Guide

Complete Streets Guide Table of Contents 1.

INTRODUCTION

2.

ELEMENTS OF COMPLETE STREETS

3.

STREET TYPOLOGIES

4.

PLACEMAKING AND HEALTH

5.

INTERSECTIONS AND MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS

6.

TRANSIT INTEGRATION

7.

HOW TO USE THE COMPLETE STREETS GUIDE

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CS Guide Content Table of Contents 1.

INTRODUCTION

2.

ELEMENTS OF COMPLETE STREETS

3.

STREET TYPOLOGIES

4.

PLACEMAKING AND HEALTH

5.

INTERSECTIONS AND MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS

6.

TRANSIT INTEGRATION

7.

HOW TO USE THE COMPLETE STREETS GUIDE

Provide a safe, efficient, environmentally sensitive, and integrated multimodal transportation system for the movement of people and goods in Hillsborough County.

CS Transportation Policy 1.0.0

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CS Guide INTRODUCTION ▪ PURPOSE

▪ BENEFITS OF COMPLETE STREETS ▪ PRINCIPLES

CS Benefits

Health

Equity

Mobility

Safety 30

Environmental

Economic

CS Guide Principles

Guide Principles

Mobility Goals 1. Achieve Equitable Outcomes 2. Achieve Vision Zero 3. Maintain System in Good Repair, Preserve Assets, & Improve Resilience 4. Provide Choices When Not Driving 5. Build a Smart System 6. Ensure Compatibility with Context 31

CS Guide Content Table of Contents 1.

INTRODUCTION

2.

ELEMENTS OF COMPLETE STREETS

3.

STREET TYPOLOGIES

4.

PLACEMAKING AND HEALTH

5.

INTERSECTIONS AND MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS

6.

TRANSIT INTEGRATION

7.

Continue to program improvements for high motor vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian crash locations where better physical design or improved traffic controls can be expected to cause a significant reduction in the number of crashes.

CS Transportation Policy 1.3.2

HOW TO USE THE COMPLETE STREETS GUIDE

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CS Guide Elements of Complete Streets ▪ PEDESTRIAN REALM

▪ BICYCLE FACILITIES ▪ TRAVELLED WAY ▪ TRAFFIC CALMING ▪ SMART STREETS ▪ SPEED MANAGEMENT ▪ TARGET SPEED = DESIGN SPEED = POSTED SPEED ▪ ACCESS MANAGEMENT

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CS Guide - Elements

Protected Intersections, NACTO Road Diets

Roundabouts

Curb Extension

Traffic Calming

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CS Guide Content Table of Contents

Encourage the concept of maintaining the character and viability of urban, suburban and rural villages through site planning and livable human scale roadway design to minimize through traffic and to discourage the use of automobiles for short trips by encouraging and enabling other modes of transportation like transit, walking, and bicycling.

1. INTRODUCTION 2. ELEMENTS OF COMPLETE STREETS 3. STREET TYPOLOGIES 4. PLACEMAKING and HEALTH 5. INTERSECTIONS AND MIDBLOCK CROSSING CONSIDERATIONS 6. TRANSIT INTEGRATION 7. HOW TO USE THE COMPLETE STREETS GUIDE

CS Transportation Policy 5.1.8

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CS Guide –Typologies

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CS Guide – Urban Typologies

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CS Guide –Rural & Urban Typologies

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CS Guide – Suburban Typologies

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CS Guide – Suburban Typologies

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CS Guide – Constrained Rights-of-Way Retrofitting Complete Streets ▪ REDUCE LANE WIDTHS

▪ REDUCE NUMBER OF LANES ▪ REMOVE ON-STREET PARKING ▪ PROVIDE MINIMAL WIDTHS ▪ ELIMINATE OPTIONAL TREATMENTS ▪ MEDIANS ▪ DRAINAGE SWALES / ENCLOSE DRAINAGE

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CS Guide Content Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION

The scale and character of surrounding land use and the livable roadway concepts should be considered in the design and construction of new roadways and the widening of existing roadways.

2. ELEMENTS OF COMPLETE STREETS 3. STREET TYPOLOGIES 4. PLACEMAKING AND HEALTH 5. INTERSECTIONS AND MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS 6. TRANSIT INTEGRATION 7. HOW TO USE THE COMPLETE STREETS GUIDE

CS Transportation Policy 5.1.5

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CS Guide Placemaking and Health ▪ GREENSCAPE / LANDSCAPE

▪ STREET TREES ▪ AMENITIES ▪ PUBLIC ART

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CS Guide - Placemaking

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CS Guide Content Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION

Provide high visibility (ladder or triple-four style), marked crosswalks and pedestrian signals at all approaches of signalized intersections where there is significant pedestrian activity.

2. ELEMENTS OF COMPLETE STREETS 3. STREET TYPOLOGIES 4. PLACEMAKING AND HEALTH 5. INTERSECTIONS AND MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS 6. TRANSIT INTEGRATION 7. HOW TO USE THE COMPLETE STREETS GUIDE

CS Future Land Use Policy 15-2.2 CDC

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CS Guide - Intersections Intersections and Midblock Crossings ▪ INTERSECTIONS ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪

GEOMETRY CROSSWALKS RIGHT-TURN CHANNELIZATION ISLANDS TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL BICYCLE INTERSECTION TREATMENTS TRANSIT INTERSECTION TREATMENTS YIELD AND STOP CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS

▪ MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS

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CS Guide Content Table of Contents With respect to development regulation, continue to create incentives that support transit usage, such as requiring transit amenities and facilities in development projects, and promoting pedestrianfriendly, transit-friendly, disability-friendly environments in new development projects.

1. INTRODUCTION 2. ELEMENTS OF COMPLETE STREETS 3. STREET TYPOLOGIES 4. PLACEMAKING AND HEALTH 5. INTERSECTIONS AND MIDBLOCK CROSSING CONSIDERATIONS 6. TRANSIT INTEGRATION 7. HOW TO USE THE COMPLETE STREETS GUIDE

CS Transportation Policy 2.1.4

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CS Guide - Transit Transit Integration

Contexts

Local Service Stop Spacing

Express, Premium, or BRT Service Stop Spacing

▪ TRANSIT PRINCIPLES

C1 & C2

N/A

N/A

C3R, All Typologies

0.25 - 0.5 Miles

1 Mile

C3C, All Typologies

0.25 - 0.5 Miles

1 Mile

C3T, Town Neighborhood

0.25 - 0.5 Miles

1 Mile

C3T, Town Center

0.25 Miles

0.5 - 1 Mile

C4, All Typologies

<0.25 Miles - 0.25 Miles

0.5 - 1 Mile

▪ OPTIMIZE ACCESS TO TRANSIT ▪ TRANSIT STOP SPACING ▪ TRANSIT STOP CHARACTERISTICS ▪ TRANSIT AMENITIES ▪ BUS LANES ▪ TRANSIT OPERATIONS AND SAFETY ▪ FUTURE LIGHT RAIL, STREET CARS, AND BUS RAPID TRANSIT

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CS Guide - Transit

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CS Guide Content Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION

The County shall adopt policies and design standards that provide safe, convenient and enjoyable bicycle and pedestrian facilities to increase the use of cycling and walking for all travel purposes.

2. ELEMENTS OF COMPLETE STREETS 3. STREET TYPOLOGIES 4. PLACEMAKING AND HEALTH 5. INTERSECTIONS AND MIDBLOCK CROSSING CONSIDERATIONS 6. TRANSIT INTEGRATION 7. HOW TO USE THE COMPLETE STREETS GUIDE

CS Transportation Policy 3.2.0

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Test Fit th South 78 Street Corridor

(E. Adamo Drive to Causeway Blvd)

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South 78th Street Corridor General Characteristics

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2 Miles

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5-lane Road

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45 MPH

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ROW 80’ – 107’

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18,200 AADT

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Sidewalks on Both Sides

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No Bicycle Accommodations

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Transit Service

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Vision Zero Top 20 High Injury Network Corridor – One of the deadliest corridors in the County

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VZ South 78th Street Corridor Study

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20 Minute Neighborhoods – Greater Palm River Area

South 78th Street Corridor Test Fit Design Sites ▪

Tidewater Trail Area – Bus Stops, crossings

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Claire Mel School – Safe Crossing / Refuge

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Palm River Road – Roundabout / Greenway Connection

Palm River Road Claire Mel School

Tidewater Trail

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South 78th Street Corridor Potential Typologies ▪ Urban Neighborhood, C4

▪ Main Street, C4

Context Class

Potential Typologies

Review Future Land Use Categories Understand the future character of the area

Select appropriate typology

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South 78th Street Corridor Potential Typologies ▪ Urban Neighborhood, C4

▪ Main Street, C4

Context Class

Future Land Use ▪ Residential (9-SF, 12-MF); Light Industrial; Community Mixed Use; Public / Quasi Public

Potential Typologies

▪ Greater Palm River Area Community Plan –

Review Future Land Use Categories

▪ ▪ ▪

Understand the future character of the area

Select appropriate typology

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Community nodes at Causeway and Palm River Road Signature roads – S. 78th Street Safe routes to schools, parks, services

South 78th Street Corridor Potential Typologies ▪ Urban Neighborhood, C4

▪ Main Street, C4

Context Class

Future Land Use ▪ Residential (9-SF, 12-MF); Light Industrial; Community Mixed Use; Public / Quasi Public

Potential Typologies

▪ Greater Palm River Area Community Plan –

Review Future Land Use Categories

▪ ▪ ▪

Understand the future character of the area

Community nodes at Causeway and Palm River Road Signature roads – S. 78th Street Safe routes to schools, parks, services

Typology Selected ▪ Mix of Both

Select appropriate typology

▪ Priority Elements ▪ ▪ ▪

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Narrow travel lanes, Separated Bike Lanes, tree lawns/buffer, parking, wider sidewalks Trees, landscaping, lighting, amenities 20-25 MPH Target Speed

South 78th Street at Claire Mel School

Ped/Street Lighting

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South 78th Street looking North at Claire Mel School Crossing

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South 78th Street looking North at Claire Mel School Crossing

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South 78th Street at Tidewater Trail

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Ped/Street Lighting

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South 78th Street looking Northeast at Tidewater Trail

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South 78th Street looking Northeast at Tidewater Trail

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Thank You Contact: Matt Lewis, AICP Lewism@Hillsboroughcounty.org Angelo Belluccia, PE Angelo.Belluccia@burgessniple.com Paula Flores, FITE, Pflores@gpinet.co Fancy Woman’s Bike Ride - FancyWormensBikeRide.com