The Gulf Coast Safe Streets Summit (GCSSS) is excited to partner with the Safe Routes to School National Conference! The 2019 Safe Routes National Partnership Conference and 2019 Gulf Coast Safe Street Summit (VIEW THE SUMMIT PROGRAM) will be jointly held at the Hilton Tampa Downtown from November 12-14, 2019. Be sure to save the date…
Community leaders will be gathering for the second of four Vision Zero workshops on January 31, 2017 from 9am – 11am at the Town & Country Regional Library (7606 Paula Drive). Part of the workshop includes a walking audit of Hillsborough Avenue and Hanley Road. Attendees will make observations of traveler behavior, road design, and…
If you suggested Kennedy Boulevard should be twice as wide as it is, or have half the driveways or a passenger rail line, chances are good that you would hear from some concerned neighbors. But would anything less dramatic really make a difference on this heavily traveled corridor? If the MPO’s Kennedy Boulevard Corridor Study…
Many of the most congested roadways in Hillsborough County are on arterials lined with destinations attractive to people living and working in the area. Creative ways of using the existing roadway to move people more effectively was the motivation for the MPO’s Congestion Management/Crash Mitigation Process Lane Operations Study. One of the recommendations out of…
East Hillsborough Avenue, roughly from Interstate 275 to east of 50th Street, was identified through the Congestion Management/Crash Mitigation Process studies as an important multimodal corridor with persistent safety and mobility issues. East Hillsborough Avenue is an essential roadway for residents to access jobs, businesses, churches, and schools, as well as for commuters and delivery trucks traveling along the corridor. …
The Congestion Management/Crash Mitigation Process is designed to assist the local jurisdictions and transportation agencies with implementing projects and programs that have the most impact on the reliability, safety, and efficiency of moving people and goods around and through Hillsborough County, improving the overall quality of life. Current Projects & Drafts For projects currently under…
Interests Be Involved Technical Advisory Committee Intelligent Transportation Systems Documents Interests Congestion Management/Crash Mitigation Process A Congestion Management/Crash Mitigation Process (CM/CMP) is a systematic approach for managing congestion that provides accurate, up-to-date information on transportation system performance and recommends alternative strategies that meet state and local needs. In light of funding constraints, environmental impacts, and…
Faced with the challenges of worsening congestion and limited funding, the MPO’s Crash Mitigation/Congestion Management Process is focused around three goals: Improving reliability – Congestion cannot be eliminated, but making our roads less unpredictable reduces negative impact on the economy and quality of life. Shifting trips to non-single-occupancy modes – This goal is to improve system-wide efficiency…
