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Innovation Place Subarea StudySkipper Road / 42nd Street / 46th Street

September 20, 2017

Study Area

INTRODUCTION2

Study Objectives

INTRODUCTION3

❖ How can we improve safety and travel efficiency for all modes?

❖ What are the potential solutions?

❖ What are the infrastructure costs for these solutions?

Review of Past Studies and Land Use Plans

INTRODUCTION4

❖ Consistent key themes of 13 past studies within proximity to the study area

❖ Pedestrian safety improvements in the University Area

❖ Improve auto connections between New Tampa and USF

❖ Transit options recommended (e.g., circulator, expanded service)

New and Proposed Developments

INTRODUCTION5

Student Housing

❖ 512 new rooms

❖ 725 rooms under construction

❖ 1,797 rooms proposed

❖ 1,000 new rooms on USF

campus

Other Development

❖ New Publix on campus

Origin-Destination Study Key Questions

EXISTING CONDITIONS6

❖ Where are drivers on Bruce B. Downs north of the focus area going?

❖ For those drivers on Bruce B. Downs north of the focus area going to

USF, which route are they taking?

❖ What percentage of trips on Bruce B. Downs from north of the focus

area are less than three miles?

Destination of southbound trips passing through Bruce B. Downs gate

EXISTING CONDITIONS7

❖ The AM peak is divided into two

periods:

❖ AM peak 1 represents

typical commuters

❖ AM peak 2 is more

representative of students

❖ Typical AM peak hour is

7am-9am

❖ 17 to 28 percent of drivers are

going to USF

Route choice of southbound trips passing through Bruce B. Downs gate destined for USF

EXISTING CONDITIONS8

❖ More than half of vehicles

traveling south from Bruce B.

Downs to USF take Bruce B.

Downs the entire way

❖ 58 percent during the

typical AM peak period

❖ Of the vehicles traveling through

the Focus Area:

❖ 79 percent take 42nd Street

❖ 33% vs. 9%

Southbound trips passing through Bruce B Downs gate with total trip distance less than three miles

EXISTING CONDITIONS9

❖ Most of the trips destined for the

Influence area are less than

three miles long

❖ These trips are a potential

market for mode shifts from

automobile to transit or bicycle

❖ Building new roadway capacity

may not be the only solution

Injury Crash Analysis (past five years)

EXISTING CONDITIONS10

Source: Crash Data Management System (2012-2016)

❖ Fletcher Avenue averages 41 or

more injury crashes per mile

annually

❖ 42nd Street and 46th Street

intersections with Fletcher are

high crash intersections

averaging ~50 crashes annually

❖ Intersection of Bruce B Downs

and Fletcher Avenue is

experiences over 60 injury

crashes annually

Injury Crashes Involving Pedestrians and Bicyclists (past five years)

EXISTING CONDITIONS11

Source: Crash Data Management System (2012-2016)

❖ 21 bike/ped crashes on Fletcher

Avenue north of USF

❖ 1 fatality

❖ 3 severe injury

❖ 6 injury

❖ 11 minor injury

❖ 19 crashes on Bruce B Downs

between Fowler Avenue and

Bearss Avenue

❖ 1 fatality

❖ 3 severe injury

❖ 6 injury

❖ 9 minor injury

Identified Issues

EXISTING CONDITIONS12

Existing Typical Section – 42nd Street @ Fletcher Avenue

EXISTING CONDITIONS13

❖ Cut-through traffic to the University

❖ Conflict between auto traffic and

bicyclists / pedestrians

❖ Increase emphasis on pedestrians,

bicyclists, and transit users

Existing Typical Section – 46th Street @ Fletcher Avenue

EXISTING CONDITIONS14

❖ Cut-through traffic to the University

and other areas to the east

❖ Conflict between auto traffic and

bicyclists / pedestrians

❖ Provide efficient auto throughput to

move auto traffic away from

pedestrians/bicyclists on 42nd Street

Planned Improvements

EXISTING CONDITIONS15

Source: Hillsborough County CIP

❖ Construction on-going on Bruce

B. Downs – widens road to eight

lanes and constructs multi-use

trail on south side of the road

❖ A PD&E study of 46th Street

and Skipper Road is planned

for October 2017

❖ A PD&E study of Bruce B.

Downs and Bearss Avenue

intersection is planned for

2017

❖ Funds have been committed to

fill sidewalk gaps and install a

mid-block crossing on 42nd

Street

Today

Next steps16

❖Are there any other issues, ideas, or opportunities for the

study area?

❖Are there any fatal flaws in the study?

❖Please fill out a COMMENT FORM before you leave

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Innovation Place Subarea StudySkipper Road / 42nd Street / 46th Street

September 20, 2017