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>> THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.
LET'S DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[2. Moment of Silence - Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Remembrance]
HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL REMEMBRANCE.NOW WE HAVE ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL.
[3. Electronic Roll Call]
>> CARL EMA, BROWARD MPO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO INDICATE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT.
THERE SHOULD BE A BUTTON THERE, IT'S GREEN, MARKED PRESENT.
JUST HIT THAT AND WE'LL RECORD YOUR ROLE FOR TODAY.
FOR ANYONE ONLINE, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING, WE'RE MONITORING THAT AND WE'LL RECORD YOUR ATTENDANCE.
>> IF EVERYONE'S HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECORD THE ROLE FOR TODAY.
>> THANK YOU. NOW, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[4. Approval of Minutes]
MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THAT? WE HAVE A MOTION BY JAFFE AND SECOND DUNN.CAN WE HAVE A VOTE ON IT? FIRST VOTE.
>> I THINK WE HAVE EVERYONE, UNLESS BOARD MEMBER FURR. [OVERLAPPING]
>> BOARD MEMBER COOPER HAS JOINED US.
VICE CHAIR COOPER, AND SHE'S TRYING TO VOTE. [LAUGHTER]
>> I'M ABLE TO ADD BOARD MEMBER COOPER AFTER THIS VOTE.
I APOLOGIZE. THE SYSTEM, I CAN'T OPEN IT UP [OVERLAPPING].
>> THERE IS SEVERAL NEW FEATURES THAT MR. EMA HAS NOT LEARNED, BUT OUR GOOD FRIEND IS MS. REBECCA.
[LAUGHTER] IT'S BEEN A WHILE [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] BEEN DOING THIS SINCE HE'S DONE THIS.
>> WE DO HAVE A EXCUSE ABSENCES TO APPROVE.
[5. Approval of Excused Absences]
WE HAVE BOARD MEMBER HARDEN AND BOARD MEMBER HARTMAN.MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSE THOSE MEMBERS?
>> ONE MOMENT, CHAIR, COLBOURNE.
I JUST WANT TO ADD THE NEW MEMBERS WHO HAVE JOINED US.
WE HAVE BOARD MEMBER SCUOTTO AND BOARD MEMBER COOPER.
LET ME JUST ADD THEM REAL QUICK.
>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD? NO, NOT YET.
>> YES. I'M GOING TO SET THE NEXT ITEM NOW FOR THE APPROVAL OF EXCUSED ABSENCES.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GANZ, SECOND BY MEMBER WELCH.
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MOTION PASSES.[6. Approval of Agenda]
WE DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO IT.ACTION ITEM NUMBER 1 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AT THE REQUEST OF BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.
MAY I HAVE AN APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE OF THE AGENDA?
>> FOR THE RECORD, MAYOR GANZ WAS THE MOTION, AND THE SECOND WAS A MEMBER LEWELLEN.
THEY POPPED UP AND THEN DISAPPEARED.
>> IT APPEARS WE HAVE ALL VOTES, MADAM CHAIR, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND RECORD.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ONCE, PUBLIC COMMENTS TWICE, [LAUGHTER] PUBLIC COMMENTS GONE.
[ CONSENT ITEMS (All Items Open for Public Comment) ]
MAY WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT ITEMS? WE HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER GANZ AND SECOND BY MEMBER DUNN.>> YES. MOTION PASSED, MADAM CHAIR.
>> THEN WE HAVE ACTION ITEM NUMBER 2,
[2. MOTION TO ACCEPT Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Audit Report Prepared by HCT Certified Public Accountants & Consultants, LLC]
AND GREG WILL INTRODUCE OUR AUDITORS.>> MR. HARVEY, PLEASE COME ON UP.
THIS IS A MOMENT OF GREAT PRIDE FOR ME AS WE CONTINUE OUR GREAT STREAK OF HAVING WONDERFUL AUDITS, [NOISE] AND MYSELF AND THE ENTIRE TEAM HERE, WE WORK VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY THAT WE HAVE CLEAN AUDITS, BUT THAT WE ALSO HAVE VERY CLEAN REVIEWS THAT WE GET AUDITED BY FTA, HUD, FHWA, FDOT, USDOT BRANCHES, AND THE ALPHABET SOUP.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT COULDN'T BE PROUDER AND WE'RE WELCOMING MR. HARVEY BACK.
ACTUALLY, HOW MANY YEARS AGO WERE YOU OUR AUDITOR? FIVE?
>> FIVE YEARS AGO. WE ALSO MAKE A HABIT OF SWITCHING AUDITORS UP, FIVE-YEAR CONTRACTS. WELCOME BACK.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS RODERICK HARVEY WITH HCT.
HCT IS THE AUDIT FIRM OF RECORD FOR BROWARD MPO.
WE WILL BE SPENDING A FEW MINUTES THIS MORNING GOING THROUGH THE AUDIT RESULTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2024.
WE PERFORMED OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH AUDITING STANDARDS.
OUR GOAL WAS TO EXPRESS AN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TAKEN AS A WHOLE.
WE CONSIDERED THE INTERNAL CONTROL ENVIRONMENT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
WE DID NOT EXPRESS AN OPINION ON THE OVERALL INTERNAL CONTROL ENVIRONMENT.
OUR AUDIT OPINION IS NOT DESIGNED TO NOTE ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES THAT MAY EXIST THAT MAY NOT BE IDENTIFIED, AND I'LL CLEAR THAT UP LATER.
LOOKING AT THE FINANCIAL REPORTING PROCESS, WE OBTAINED THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS.
WE LOOKED AT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GAAP.
OF COURSE, WE PERFORMED OUR AUDITING STANDARDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GASB.
WE REVIEWED THE ACCOUNTING DISCLOSURES TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL APPLICABLE DISCLOSURES WERE RECORDED IN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THE NUMBERS: REVENUES TOTALED 19.7 MILLION FOR THE '24 YEAR AS COMPARED TO 10.7 MILLION FOR THE SAME PERIOD ENDED '23.
WE LOOKED AT A SAMPLE OF SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS IN THE REVENUE STREAMS AND TESTED THOSE TRANSACTIONS FOR COMPLETENESS,
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ACCURACY, AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE REVENUE RECORDED.EXPENSES FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD, 19.8 FOR THE '24 YEAR AS COMPARED TO 10.7.
WE TESTED SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURE TRANSACTIONS, WE TESTED THOSE TRANSACTIONS FOR COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, AND PRESENTATION.
CAPITAL ASSETS FOR JUNE 24, 0.4 MILLION AS COMPARED TO 1.7 FOR THE '23 YEAR'S, RECEIVABLES 3.1, AGAIN, FOR JUNE 30, 2024, AS COMPARED TO TWO MILLION FOR '23.
LONG-TERM DEBT, 8.7 MILLION FOR THE '24 YEAR AS COMPARED TO 6.5 MILLION FOR '23.
OUR CONCLUSIONS. OUR AUDIT WAS, AGAIN, PERFORMED FOR THE '24 YEAR.
WE PERFORMED OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER WHICH WAS DATED AUGUST 15, 2024.
AS A RESULT OF OUR TESTING, WE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OR CLEAN AUDIT REPORT.
THE DATE OF OUR AUDIT REPORT IS JANUARY 9TH, 2025.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL DO MY VERY BEST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF ME BASED ON OUR AUDITS THAT WE PERFORMED.
>> I HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS IN A QUEUE.
MEMBER WHITMAN AND THEN MEMBER JAFFE.
>> THAT WAS EARLIER? MEMBER JAFFE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE STAFF FOR THE BROWARD MPO FOR WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE AUDITOR TO PROVIDE THIS REPORT TO US BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF COORDINATION BETWEEN ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS AND YOUR OFFICE TO GET THESE TYPE OF DOCUMENTS COMPLETED.
I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF HERE FOR WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOU. THANK YOU.
>> NO OTHER COMMENTS. THANK YOU SO FOR THE PRESENTATION.
>> THIS NEXT STOP FOR THE AUDIT IS TO BE FILED UP IN TALLAHASSEE.
>> THAT NEEDS TO BE VOTED. MOTION TO ACCEPT FISCAL YEAR 2024 AUDIT REPORT PREPARED BY HCT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND CONSULTANTS, LLC. PLEASE VOTE.
>> IT'S BEEN MOTIONED BY GANZ AND SECOND BY LEWELLEN. PLEASE VOTE.
>> MOTION PASSES. NEXT, WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIR.
[8. Comments from the Chair]
[LAUGHTER] I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME NEW MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE HERE.I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO JUST GIVE THEM A FEW MOMENTS IF THEY WOULD JUST INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
NEW MEMBERS ARE: WE HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER REBECCA THOMPSON.
>> THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO [LAUGHTER].
>> BOTTOM LEFT ON THE COMPUTER.
>> THIS IS AN UPGRADE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR SURE.
I REPRESENT DISTRICT 2 ON THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, WHICH IS PEMBROKE PINES, MIRAMAR, SOUTHWEST RANCHES, AND A TINY PART OF DAVIE AND COOPER CITY, AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
>> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WE HAVE NEED HELP WITH THE MIC?
>> WE HAVE BOARD MEMBER MCHUGH.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. NAME'S JOE MCHUGH.
NEWLY ELECTED COMMISSIONER IN THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS.
I SPENT 30 YEARS WITH THE CORAL SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DECIDED TO TAKE A WALK TO THE POLITICAL SIDE. [LAUGHTER]
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? I KNOW MEMBER DUNN STARTED LAST TIME.
DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
>> VERY GOOD. WELL, WELCOME, EVERYONE AGAIN. THANK YOU.
THAT'S IT FOR ME. MEMBER WALKER WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. YES.
[9. Member Comments Click here to submit a comment to go before the Board.]
>> I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE MPO AND THE BOARD FOR THE MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WHILE THE TRAGEDY HAPPENED IN PARKLAND AND CORAL SPRINGS COMMUNITY, OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW IT CAN HAPPEN EVERYWHERE OR ANYWHERE, AND IT CAN AFFECT EVERYONE.
BUT AS THIS BOARD SHOWS TIME AND TIME AGAIN,
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WE'RE BETTER WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER, AND TODAY MEANS A LOT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.[10. Executive Director’s Report]
>> WELL, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY, AND TO THE NEW MEMBERS, WELCOME TO THE OLDER MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE.
TO MAYOR GANZ, WHO WILL BE STEPPING OFF, THIS IS HIS LAST MEETING AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE YEARS. [APPLAUSE]
>> TOGETHER, WE WENT THROUGH A LOT.
ACTUALLY, IT WAS MARY GANS WAS AROUND WHEN WE LEFT BROWARD COUNTY.
I WANT TO SAY 16, 17 YEARS AGO NOW.
HE'S SERVED ON THIS BOARD FOR QUITE A LONG TIME AND HIS VOICE WAS VERY STEADY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME AND I APPRECIATE IT.
THAT SAID, WE'RE GOING THROUGH ANOTHER INTERESTING TIME.
MAY YOU BE BLESSED TO LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES AND WE ARE LIVING IN THEM.
WE HAD A MOST INCREDIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT'S ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR THREE YEARS OF ITS FIVE, AND IT IS NOW IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION THAN IT WAS TWO MONTHS AGO.
I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO REALIZE THAT IT TAKES US ABOUT FIVE YEARS TO GET ANYTHING INTO A PROGRAMMING STATE AND KNOWING THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A GIANT WINDFALL, WHICH IT WAS.
IT WAS ABOUT DOUBLE WHAT WE HAD.
WE ALSO HAD TO DEAL WITH INFLATION ON A SERIES OF PROJECTS THAT CAME IN MUCH HIGHER OUT IN PARKLAND, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I THINK THAT WE DOUBLED OR TRIPLED IN PRICE JUST OVER A FEW YEARS.
THERE LITERALLY, IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT VIEW AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS.
WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY GET THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION'S ISSUES ON DEI AND THINGS.
THERE WAS A CONSENT ITEM YOU PASSED, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT WILL BE CHANGING.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION JUST SENT OUT SOME GUIDANCE TO THE MPOS THAT HAVE NOT ADOPTED THEIR LONG RANGE PLANS.
WE ALREADY DID BACK IN DECEMBER TO ACTUALLY MAKE CHANGES AND EXPECTATIONS.
I'VE ALREADY DIRECTED STAFF TO START GOING THROUGH OUR PLANS AND DOCUMENTS TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL GUIDANCE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE AN EXCUSE FOR US NOT TO GET OUR FUNDING.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TOP OF THAT AND AHEAD OF IT.
WE HAVE ENOUGH THAT'S GOING TO DRAG US THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH.
THAT SAID, I HAVE WORKED WITH THE CHAIR A LITTLE BIT.
SHE KNOWS THAT I WAS LOSING SLEEP MANY A NIGHT, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO HAVE A 90 DAY FREEZE ON FUNDS.
WE ARE A GRANT FUNDED ORGANIZATION AND WE ARE 100% REIMBURSABLE THE WAY WE WORK.
IF WE DIDN'T GET REIMBURSED ONE MONTH, THAT MEANS WE'RE CARRYING MORE DEBT INTO THE SECOND MONTH INTO THE THIRD MONTH, 90 DAYS WOULD BE A REALLY BIG DEAL.
SO WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE, MY FINANCE DIRECTOR AND THE TEAM HAVE ACTUALLY COME UP WITH MULTIPLE OPTIONS.
I'VE BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT WITH THE EMPLOYEES.
THEY COULD ARGUE I'VE BEEN TOO TRANSPARENT, BUT I WANT THEM TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND THEM, SO THAT WAY THEY'RE NOT SURPRISED WHEN AND IF WE NEED TO TAKE ANY TYPE OF ACTION.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO BE REIMBURSING US ON MULTIPLE GRANTS.
FLORIDA, SENATOR SCOTT, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING THE MEETING UP IN DC, MAYOR.
BIGGER PICTURE WITH THIS IS THEY ARE GOING TO BE APPEARS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE HONORING THE EXISTING CONTRACTS. YEAH, HOPEFULLY.
THAT'S TODAY. BUT THAT SAID, WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT THAT WASN'T SIGNED, UNFORTUNATELY.
IT'S NOT QUITE ZONE, BUT THE RAIL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT'S SITTING IN LIMBO A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE JUST WAITING TO HEAR BACK.
THAT PARTICULAR GRANT HAS SOME THINGS THAT PROBABLY WILL NEED TO BE CHANGED IN THE CONTRACT.
WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD IF WE NEED TO.
YOU GAVE THE APPROVAL TO EXECUTIVE.
IF WE PULLED AN EMERGENCY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, IT'S JUST TO TAKE CARE OF SOME MINOR CHANGES TO CONTRACTS TO FOLLOW THE ADMINISTRATION'S NEW DIRECTIVES.
IT'S BEEN REALLY FASCINATING, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND YOU DEAL WITH IT WHAT YOU HAVE TO.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH ROUGH TIMES BEFORE.
I CAME TO THIS ORGANIZATION BACK WHEN WE HAD ONE OF THE LARGEST ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT WE'VE EVER HAD IN THE UNITED STATES NEXT TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND ADMINISTERED OVER THAT RA FUNDS AND BUILT A BRIDGE IN DEERFIELD.
DEERFIELD HAS A LOT TO DO WITH US EVERY TIME.
[LAUGHTER] IT WAS LITERALLY, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS, THAT MUCH, I PROMISE YOU.
WE REALLY WILL, AS A COMMUNITY.
I DO WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE ARE SCHEDULING MEETINGS WITH NEW US DOT STAFF,
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OUR LOBBYING TEAM, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM, I THINK FROM MR. CAVALZI, IF HE'S ON THE CALENDAR.BASICALLY, THEY'RE VERY TIGHT WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, OUR LOBBYISTS.
IN FACT, ONE, ANTHONY BEDEL SERVED UNDER TRUMP THE LAST TIME.
HE SAID TO ME THE OTHER DAY, IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS, AND I SAID, "WELL, FOR SOME PEOPLE." [LAUGHTER] BUT IT'S GOOD WE HAVE CONNECTIONS AND WE'LL CONTINUE.
I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON A COUPLE OF OTHER GRANTS.
THE SMART GRANT IS CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD.
OUR CONSULTANT DALOT, HAS BEEN DOING A YEOMAN'S LIFT AS FAR AS CREATING THAT SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH.
WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING THAT TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF SECRETARY IN APRIL.
THE MODELING IS ACTUALLY GOING REALLY WELL.
IT FITS AND STARTS WHEN YOU TRY TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THERE'S ALWAYS A LEARNING CURVE, AND THAT LEARNING CURVE IS STEEP BECAUSE IT'S ALL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT WILL ACTUALLY PRIORITIZE PROJECTS, PRIORITIZE NEEDS, AND THEN ULTIMATELY BE EXPANDABLE TO OTHER SERVICES.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COY OVER BCT.
IT CAN ACTUALLY DO ROUTE PLANNING, IT CAN DO ALL CLIMATE CHANGE, WE'LL CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE.
IT WILL DO ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR US IN OUR FUTURE, AND A LOT OF OUR PEER AGENCIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE VERY INTERESTED IN BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY FOR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES TO DO WORK.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT KEEPS GOING FORWARD AND IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL AT THAT BY DECEMBER, THEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OF ANOTHER $15 MILLION TO EXPAND THE PROGRAMMING OUT.
YOU CAN USE IT AT YOUR CITIES, YOU CAN USE IT AT THE COUNTY.
AT THE STATE LEVEL AND ULTIMATELY AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
ANOTHER GRANT WE HAVE IS SAFE STREETS FOR ALL.
THAT IS BEING REIMBURSED STILL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SOMEWHAT WOKE, BUT SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES, I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T IN THE AREAS THAT ARE GETTING WORKSHOPS, CONGRATULATIONS, THAT MEANS YOUR SCORE IS GOOD.
WHEN YOU ARE GETTING WORKSHOPS IN YOUR AREA, THAT MEANS YOUR SCORE IS NOT SO GOOD.
WE'RE LOOKING AT IT BASED ON CRASH DATA.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ON BASICALLY DEATHS AND ALL THE REST THAT HAPPENED THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY WANT. THAT'S MOVING FORWARD.
JAMES WILL TALK TO YOU A LOT MORE ABOUT THAT AS WELL, JAMES AND FASSEL.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT, WHICH WE DID WITH FORT LAUDERDALE.
THAT IS ACTUALLY BEING REIMBURSED AS WELL.
WE'RE PUTTING OUT A SCOPE TO BRING IN CONSULTANTS TO HELP US WITH DOING EITHER UNDERPASSES OR OVERPASSES AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TRAFFIC MOVES SMOOTHLY AND EFFICIENTLY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ONE OF PRESIDENT'S GOALS TO INCREASE CAPACITY AND MAINTAIN CAPACITY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT.
THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE TEAMS WILL BE JOINING US ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE AND YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.
BUT IT ULTIMATELY HAS AN IMPACT FOR EVERY CITY ALONG A RAIL CORRIDOR BECAUSE WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE WE THINK THIS WILL BE IMPORTANT IN HALLANDALE AND POMPANO, UP THE COAST TO DEERFIELD.
THEN WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS WITH FLYOVERS IN POMPANO AND IN PEMBROKE PINES TO HELP CAPACITY ON THE ROADWAYS.
THIS CONCEPT OF GOING OVER OR UNDER IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN CONTEMPLATING FOR A WHILE.
WE WEREN'T READY FOR IT AS FAR AS A COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT FORWARD AND 30 YEARS FROM NOW, THEY MAY ACTUALLY EXIST BECAUSE IT TAKES TIME. IT JUST DOES.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE BASED ON THE PRIORITIES.
I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THERE WAS ONE THING IN THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WILL HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON US IS NATIONAL PRIORITIES TAKE PRECEDENT ON OUR FUNDING.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE FOLKS AT US DOT AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AND FRA TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR NATIONAL PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO BE.
THEN WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU.
YOU REALIZE THAT, THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DECISION MAKING TOOL AND THAT WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND.
WE'LL PASS THAT ON TO OBVIOUSLY YOUR TECHNICAL STAFF AS YOU APPLY FOR GRANTS INTO THE FUTURE, THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.
THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE GREAT LOVE FOR COMPLETE STREETS AND VISION ZERO.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THERE WILL BE SOME CONVERSATIONS UP IN WASHINGTON TO SAY HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS NOT TO HAVE PEOPLE DIE CROSSING THE STREET.
AND WITH THAT, THE OTHER GRANT SEEMS TO BE MOVING FORWARD.
I KNOW WE HAVE SOME STUFF IN DIFFERENT CITIES,
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WHETHER IT'S COCONUT CREEK AND IN SUNRISE AND WHATEVER.>> LET'S GO BIKING. I WILL GET THERE.
BUT THANK YOU. THERE'S ANOTHER SLIDE.
>> I WAS TOLD THERE WAS ANOTHER SLIDE.
WELL, I WENT ON TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE I ONLY GET TO SEE YOU A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THE REALITY IS WE ALSO HAVE OUR GREAT, LET'S GO BIKING EVENT, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PAST, WE HAD IT IN OAK PARK.
IT'S THIS YEAR IN WESTON. I CAN'T WAIT.
IT'S A LITTLE FAR FROM MY HOUSE, BUT I'M STILL GOING OUT THERE AND BRINGING MY BIKE ALONG WITH ME.
OH, I'M ON VACATION. I'M ON VACATION, SO I WILL BE MENTALLY WITH YOU.
[LAUGHTER] APRIL 5TH, YEAH, I AM, ACTUALLY.
>> I WANT TO INVITE ALL THE IRON MEN AND IRON WOMEN.
>> TO COME AND JOIN US ON THAT EVENT.
>> IT'S FUN. IT ACTUALLY IS A LOT OF FUN.
IT IS ONE OF THE MORE FUN EVENTS THAT WE GET TO DO.
I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER FURR JUST WENT ON A BIKING ADVENTURE THIS LAST WEEK, WHICH YOU DIDN'T FALL. THAT WAS ACTUALLY FUNNY.
THAT'S A GOOD GOAL. I NEED THOSE GOALS TOO.
I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT IN WESTON.
WE'VE HAD IT IN SUNRISE, WE'VE HAD IT ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THAT WAS THE MOST ADORABLE THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, AND IF YOU'D WANT TO DO IT PUBLICLY, GREAT, IF YOU NEED TO DO IT PRIVATELY, THAT'S FINE TOO.
I WILL BE RIGHT THERE NEXT TO ALLEN.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME ALLEN BACK.
IT'S NICE SITTING NEXT TO HIM AGAIN.
>> ABSOLUTELY. YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE?
>> OH. NEW MEMBER DAVIS IS ATTENDING VIRTUALLY. HELLO MEMBER DAVIS.
>> WELCOME COMMISSIONER ALEXANDRA DAVIS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. MEMBER COOPER.
>> YES. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
FIRST OF ALL, I'M GLAD YOU HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE BIKING EVENT.
I CALLED AND LET STAFF KNOW I WAS UNABLE TO.
BUT THE WORK PRODUCT FROM THAT THEY SENT OUT, WHICH IS REALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WENT TO THE FULL MPO BOARD.
SOME OF THEIR APPLICATIONS ARE REALLY INTRIGUING.
I'M GOING TO FORGET THE FULL NAME.
THEY DID A WHOLE RIDE ALONG THE DIXIE CORRIDOR, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO IN REDUCE A LANE BUT INCREASE IT AS A TRAIL.
BUT SOME OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT THEY'RE DOING OVER IN EUROPE WERE QUITE ENLIGHTENING THROUGH THAT POWERPOINT.
THE OTHER THING I HAD A CHANCE TO AND I THANK HIM FOR HIS ACCESSIBILITY, HAVE A CHANCE TO GO OUT WITH THE DISTRICT SECRETARY, PARTICULARLY IN OUR CITY.
BUT I WAS FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WERE EVEN QUEUED FOR 261 PARTICULAR HALE BEACH BOULEVARD WAS SUPPOSED TO BE QUEUED IN FOR 27.
IT HAS BEEN DEFERRED UNTIL 2030.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS IMPACTING EVERYTHING AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE AN ITEM TO MAYBE REVIEW OR ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO HAVE THEIR STAFFS REVIEW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THANKFULLY, WE CAN POSSIBLY DO SOME TYPE OF JPA BECAUSE THAT ISN'T JUST A PRETTY PROJECT.
WE HAVE NO STRIPING IN OUR ROADWAYS THERE REALLY, AND THAT IS A HIGHLY TRAVERSED CORRIDOR TO BE CONTINUED, BUT I WANTED TO PUT THAT ON EVERYBODY'S RADAR THAT SOME OF THESE BIG PROJECTS HAVE BEEN DELAYED.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY [INAUDIBLE].
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE [NOISE] EVERYBODY REALIZES WHEN WE DO THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THAT'S WHEN THE DOT AND THE MPO PRESENT WHAT PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD AND FALLING BACK.
YOUR TEAM MEMBERS, YOUR CITY, OR COUNTY STAFF DO GET TO REVIEW THOSE SO THEY ARE MADE AWARE AND THEN IT COMES TO OUR BOARD.
THIS LAST WORK PROGRAM, WHICH WE DID IN DECEMBER, BASICALLY SHOWED THINGS MOVING ON AND OFF.
I KNOW IT CAN GET OVERWHELMING BECAUSE IT'S $1.5 BILLION AND YOU NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT.
THAT'S WHAT STEVE BROWN, THE DISTRICT SECRETARY WAS EXPLAINING TO YOU.
THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES IN MOVING PARTS ON THE STATE BUDGET SIDE.
OF THE FORMULA MONEY WE GET, THE STATE OF FLORIDA GETS 50% RIGHT OFF THE TOP WHEN IT GOES TO TALLAHASSEE BEFORE IT COMES HERE.
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THEY MOVE A LOT OF THAT AROUND.IT'S CALLED STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEMS, WHICH IS CIS.
NICE WAY OF SAYING, I'M GOING TO TAKE MY MONEY AND PUT IT WHEREVER I NEED TO.
THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE GIVES THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
WELL, WE HAVE SOME MEGA PROJECTS HERE.
WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE MEGA PROJECTS.
YOU LOOK AT MY FRIENDS IN TAMPA BAY, AND IN ORLANDO, AND SPECIFICALLY IN JACKSONVILLE, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THEY CHOSE TO FUND.
THE GOVERNOR HAS HIS STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HE WANTS TO DO WITH ROADWAYS AND A LOT OF THE MONEY THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN HERE GETS REMOVED AND PUT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
ULTIMATELY, IT ALL BALANCES OUT IN THE END, BUT IT WILL BE BEYOND ALL OF OUR LIFETIMES BEFORE THE BALANCE ACTUALLY DOES SHOW UP.
SOUTHEAST FLORIDA PROVIDES A LOT OF MONEY UP TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH GAS TAX AND OTHERS AND IT'S REGULAR TAX, AND THAT'S THEN JUST DIVIDED OUT BY FORMULA PASSED BACK DOWN.
FIRST, WE'RE DONOR STATE TO BEGIN WITH, ON GENERAL TAXES, AND ON GAS TAX, AND THEN YOU JUST FILTER IT DOWN FROM THERE.
PAY ATTENTION TO WHEN WE COME FORWARD WITH THESE THINGS.
IF YOU HAVE ISSUES, MAKE SURE YOUR TEAM MEMBERS THAT SERVE ON OUR TAC AND EVEN THE CAC MEMBERS, THE CITIZENS, IF THEY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE IN THE BUDGET, THEY NEED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
WE PROVIDE YOU A SUMMARY EVERY YEAR.
WELL, ACTUALLY, WE DON'T. WE DO PROVIDE YOU A SUMMARY EVERY YEAR.
COMMISSIONER DAVIS WAS GREAT TO REMIND ME THAT WE SHOULD DO IT BY COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT TOO.
I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COVER MULTIPLE CITIES.
IT'S A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS, BUT WE'LL GET THERE SO THAT WAY YOU SEE IT.
IT DOES COME BEFORE YOU THEY TAKE THE MONEY AWAY.
BUT THERE'S ALSO ONE OF THOSE, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO.
MAYOR, THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT.
>> DO WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU. GREG, THANK YOU FOR THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY IT HAS BEEN WITH EXCEPT FOR A BRIEF SABBATICAL TO BE ON THE PLANNING COUNCIL.
SIXTEEN YEARS OF BEING HERE A PART OF THIS AND SEEING IT START WITH THE DIXIE HIGHWAY FLYOVER AND DEERFIELD BEACH AND GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE STUFF THAT WE DID IN 10TH STREET.
I WANT TO TELL YOU YOUR STAFF AND YOU HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL.
PAUL CAVARI. PAUL, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
ALAN, BRIAN, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A BOARD MEMBER HERE.
IT'S BEEN TREMENDOUS, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, AND TO THE NEW MEMBERS, THE WORK THAT YOU DO HERE MEANS A LOT.
IT'S BEEN GREAT TO BE A SMALL PART OF SOME OF THESE BIG CHANGES THAT WE'VE DONE.
BUT FOR ME, I FOUND IT TO BE INCREDIBLY EDUCATIONAL FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
IF YOU WERE TO GO BACK AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, NOT JUST WITHIN YOUR CITY BORDERS, BUT HOW IT ALL CONNECTS.
TRAFFIC IS SUCH A BIG ISSUE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON RESIDENTS LIVES WITH THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE HERE AND MADE IN A WAY THAT IS INCREDIBLY PROFESSIONAL, WELL THOUGHT OUT, AND IS REALLY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS HAS BEEN A TRUE PLEASURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. CHAIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME.
>> THANK YOU. [NOISE] MEMBER TRANTALIS.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
THERE YOU GO. GETTING BACK TO THE CONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT?
>> THAT'S JUST FOR YOU. DIDN'T HAPPEN ANY OTHER TIME.
>> THERE. I THINK IT WENT AWAY.
>> WHAT ROADS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THAT THE STUDY IS GOING TO BE CONDUCTED FOR THE UNDERPASSES? IS IT ONE ROAD SEVERAL? I JUST WAS CURIOUS. REFRESH MY MEMORY.
>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. THE FIVE ROADS THAT ARE IN THE GRANT APPLICATION ARE DAVIE BOULEVARD, BROWARD BOULEVARD, SOUTHWEST SIX, ALSO KNOWN AS CIS TRUNK, ANDREWS AVENUE.
>> NORTHWEST SIXTH, I'M SORRY. SUNRISE BOULEVARD.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO DO A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY AS WELL AS THE COST OF DOING THE PROJECT?
>> WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED NOW THAT THE FUNDING HAS BEEN CONFIRMED? WHEN IS THAT SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE?
>> I'M GOING TO INVITE ANDREW RIDDLE UP, WHO'S OVERSEEING THE STAFF MEMBER, WHO'S THE PM FOR THAT PROJECT.
>> GOOD MORNING. WE ARE PUTTING OUT THE RFQ, AND IT SHOULD COME TO THE BOARD IN EITHER APRIL OR MAY FOR EXECUTION, AND THEN WE WILL START WORK.
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IT SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP WITHIN 18 MONTHS?>> BY THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2026, WE'RE LOOKING AT PERHAPS HAVING SOME ANSWERS TO THE STUDY.
>> WE SHOULD HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENT EARLIER THAN THAT.
MAYBE NOT THE FULL ADOPTION, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME ALTERNATIVES FOR THE CITY AND STAKEHOLDERS TO REACT TO.
>> CORRECT. WE PUT A LITTLE SLACK IN THE SCHEDULE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN OR COORDINATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES THAT WE CAN BUILD INTO THAT PROJECT SCHEDULE.
>> CAN YOU DO ONE AT A TIME AND THEN OR ARE YOU GOING TO DO THEM ALL AT ONCE? IN OTHER WORDS, ARE YOU HIRING ENOUGH CONSULTANTS TO DO ALL THE INTERSECTIONS OR JUST ONE GROUP OF CONSULTANTS WHO IS DOING ONE ROAD AT A TIME?
>> WE'RE HIRING A CONSULTANT TEAM TO DO ALL FIVE.
>> ONE IS NOT GOING TO COME IN SOONER THAN THE OTHER.
>> THE THING IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE FOR THE NEW RIVER CROSSING, RIGHT? THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE IMPACT OF BROWARD BOULEVARD, SHOULD THERE BE A BRIDGE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF AN UNDERPASS APPROACH WAS BEING CONSIDERED AS FAR AS THE BRIDGE PROJECT IS CONCERNED, HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING TO BE ADDED TO THE TOTAL PROJECT COST WISE AS WELL AS THE TIME FRAME IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE CONCLUDED, AND THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THAT DISCUSSION.
>> UNDERSTOOD. WE CAN WORK WITH YOUR STAFF.
THEY ARE ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE.
THERE'S THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE TAM DEPARTMENT.
>> ALL THOSE INTERSECTIONS ARE WITHIN FORT LAUDERDALE EXCEPT ALLISON PARK, CORRECT?
>> OLE PARK BOULEVARD IN FORT LAUDERDALE.
>> IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE GRANT. YOU SAID SUNRISE.
>> SUNRISE IS THE NORTHERN ONE.
>> NORTHERN PARK IS THE WORST.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU. MEMBER MALLOZZI.
>> TWO THINGS. MEMBER JAFFE, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO YOUR BIKING EVEN THOUGH I LOVE TO BIKE, BUT I'M HOSTING A PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT TO BENEFIT RELAY FOR LIFE THAT SAME EXACT DAY AND IT'S GOING TO START AT 8:00 AM AND GO UNTIL IT ENDS.
THERE'S NO WAY I CAN HOST AND PARTICIPATE.
>> WHO ARE THE TEAM COMMITTEE FOR RELAY FOR LIFE.
>> WE ARE BECAUSE WE'LL BE IN HIS CITY FOR RELAY, SO I CANNOT RAISE MONEY AND BURN CALORIES AT THE SAME TIME.
EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A FEELING, I WILL BE BURNING CALORIES AT THE PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT, BUT IF ANYONE WANTS TO PLAY PICKLEBALL AND NOT RIDE A BICYCLE, I HAVE A TOURNAMENT BENEFITING RELAY FOR LIFE IN COOPER CITY AT MY SIX PICKLEBALL COURTS.
>> IN REFERENCE TO NATIONAL PRIORITIES.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THE THING THAT I'D LIKE CLARIFICATION ON NATIONAL PRIORITY IN OKLAHOMA, DC, WASHINGTON STATE IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THAN A NATIONAL PRIORITY IN FLORIDA.
>> I CAN TELL YOU REPRESENTING THIS AGENCY, I WILL BE DEFENDING THE REGIONAL ASPECT OF NATIONAL PRIORITIES.
SOUTHEAST FLORIDA IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN TALLAHASSEE.
>> THAT WAS MY OTHER THING IS EVEN IF YOU WERE GOING TO COMPARE US TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE, THERE ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PRIORITIES.
>> WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH SECRETARY DUFFY AND HIS TEAM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS ACTUALLY MEANS AND HOW IT'S APPLIED.
AS LONG AS WE'RE AROUND, WE'RE GOING TO BE ADVOCATING FOR WHAT WE NEED HERE IN THE REGION, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO REALIZE.
BUT IF THEY TAKE AWAY THE ROLE OF THE MPO, THEN THE NATIONAL PRIORITY WILL BE WHATEVER IT IS.
>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBER COMMENTS?
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I THINK I SKIPPED MEMBER COMMENTS..THANK YOU, GREG. APPRECIATE IT.
[11. Monthly Legislative Reports]
NOW WE HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT.>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PAUL CALVARESI.
I DON'T WANT TO ALREADY COVER WHAT OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS, BUT REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE, YES, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES COMING OR WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WE EXPECT MORE TO COME.
BUT WHAT THAT SAYS THAT WE NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE.
AS MR. STEWART SAID ABOUT NATIONAL PRIORITIES, WELL, THAT'S THE ROLE OF THIS BOARD IS TO IMPLEMENT NATIONAL PRIORITIES.
ALTHOUGH THEY MIGHT BE DIFFERENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THEY'RE TYPICALLY FLEXIBLE ENOUGH THAT WE CAN GET WHAT WE NEED.
WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATION SEEMS TO BE LEANING TOWARDS IS DOING.
CAN WE GET STUFF DONE? THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK OF PLANS SUCH AS GET PUT ON A SHELF.
I CAN PROUDLY SAY THAT THIS BOARD IS ONE OF THE NATIONAL EXAMPLES OF GETTING THINGS IN THE GROUND AND GETTING THINGS DONE.
I WANT TO THANK MAYOR GANZ FOR POINTING OUT THE BRIDGE IN DEERFIELD BEACH.
THAT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF GETTING SOMETHING DONE.
>> RIGHT AWAY. JUST A POINT OF PERSONAL NOTE, I'VE KNOWN HIM LONGER THAN I'VE KNOWN MY CHILDREN.
WHAT WE'RE WORKING OUT OF THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
>> OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ONCE AGAIN, IS VERY HUMBLE BECAUSE HE SITS ON THE BOARD FOR THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL COUNCILS, AND HE'S THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE ASSOCIATION PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE OFFICES IN DC AND ARE WORKING VERY CLOSE WITH DC STAFF TO COMMUNICATE YOUR NEEDS.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, HOW DO WE ARTICULATE THEM DIFFERENTLY? THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING AND WHERE WE'VE SEEN HIS LEADERSHIP BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH HE SAYS HE'S THE OLD GUY IN THE ROOM, WHICH MIGHT TECHNICALLY BE RIGHT, HE HAS A LOT OF NEW IDEAS AND GETTING THAT ACROSS TO OUR PEER AGENCIES.
THEY LOOK TO US AS THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE BECAUSE THIS BOARD IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED.
NOW, ON THE STATE SIDE, SAME THING.
THE STATES LOOKING AT SOME NEW IDEAS.
WE RECEIVED THE DRAFT TRANSPORTATION BILL YESTERDAY, WE'RE REVIEWING.
SOME OF IT IS A REPEAT FROM LAST YEAR, WHERE THE WHOLE BILL JUST WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO MAKE IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND IT DIDN'T, BUT THERE'S SOME NEW REVISIONS.
THANKFULLY, FOR YOUR STATE ADVOCATES, THEY PROVIDE US WITH THIS INFORMATION.
WE PROVIDE NOTES, AND THEN THEY SET UP MEETINGS FOR STAFF TO TALK TO STAFF OR STAFF TO TALK TO THE STATE REPRESENTATIVES WHO PRESENT THESE BILLS TO GET IDEAS.
ONCE AGAIN, THEY LOOK AT THIS BOARD AS A BEST PRACTICE AND GETTING THINGS DONE.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO BROWARD MPO ALUMNI REPRESENTATIVE CHIP LAMARCA, WHO'S NOW CHAIR OF THE ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH HANDLES TRANSPORTATION.
IN THE LAST THING IS A PLUG FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION ACADEMY.
AN E-MAIL WILL GO OUT TODAY IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY SIGNED UP.
IT STARTS NEXT THURSDAY, 9:00 AM SHARP.
WE DO HAVE SOME ALUMNI ON THE BOARD HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND YOU WANT TO KNOW THEIR EXPERIENCE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE.
[12. General Counsel’s Report]
GENERAL COUNCIL REPORT.BOARD MEMBERS. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, BASICALLY, IT'S AVAILABLE FOR YOUR REVIEW.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR ANY COMMENTS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME.
I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE WITH YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD ONE MORE TIME, YOU HAVE OUR CONDOLENCES.
[1. Broward Safety Action Plan (BSAP) Update]
JAMES KROMER.>> GOOD MORNING, JAMES KROMER WITH THE BROWARD MPO, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
WE EXPECT TO BE WITH YOU IN A SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS THIS MONTH, NEXT MONTH AND THE FOLLOWING MONTH, AND I'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT PROCESS WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO DO.
BUT A REMINDER, BASICALLY THIS SS PHRASE STANDS FOR THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT.
IT'S PART OF THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.
THE BROWARD MPO APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED ONE OF THE LARGEST GRANTS IN THE COUNTRY OF
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$5,000,000 TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN FOR ALL OF BROWARD COUNTY.WE PARTNERED WITH BROWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT, WHO IS PROVIDING A 1.25 MILLION LOCAL MATCH OF IN KIND SERVICES, AND IN A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS, YOU'LL GET TO HEAR ABOUT ONE OF THOSE STUDIES THAT IS PART OF THE IN KIND MATCH.
PURPOSE IS THREEFOLD TO DO A DATA DRIVEN APPROACH THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE INFORMATION, NOT JUST HUNCHES, BUT ACTUALLY THINGS THAT WE CAN PROVE.
AN ACTION ORIENTED PLAN, AS MR. CAVALZI MENTIONED, THE POINT OF CREATING A PLAN IS NOT JUST TO DO THE PLAN, BUT ACTUALLY GET THINGS IMPLEMENTED.
WE'RE LOOKING AT FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS.
THEN A OVERRIDING GOAL IS TO REDUCE SEVERE INJURIES AND DEATH ON OUR ROADWAYS TO ZERO.
YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.
IF WE DO SAY KSI, THAT STANDS FOR KILLED IN SERIOUS INJURIES.
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU HEAR ACRONYMS AND SOMETIMES DON'T STOP US.
IF I SAY KSI, THAT'S KILLED IN SERIOUS INJURY, JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS.
THREE OUTCOMES WE EXPECT FROM THE PLAN ARE ONE A GOAL WITH A DATE OF WHEN WE WANT TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE KSI, THE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY ON THE ROADS.
SECOND, WE WANT TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS AND FIND A WAY TO GET THEM FUNDED AND IMPLEMENTED.
THEN THIRD IS IDENTIFY POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS SAFETY.
YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT SET OF MEETINGS.
I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS, BUT BROWARD COUNTY AND SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA ARE NOT DOING WELL COMPARED TO OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE HAD IN THE FIVE YEAR STUDY PERIOD THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, 01,000 PEOPLE KILLED BETWEEN 2018-2022 ON OUR ROADWAYS AND ALMOST 5,000 SERIOUSLY INJURED.
AS WE LOOK AT WHERE THOSE DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES OCCUR, WE DEVELOPED WHAT WE CALL A HIGH INJURY NETWORK AND ABOUT 77% OF THOSE CRASHES OCCUR ON 6% OF OUR ROADS, WHICH IS INTERESTING, AND IT ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS TO SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE DEADLY AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES THAT OCCURRING ON CERTAIN ROADWAYS.
THERE'S ALSO AN ECONOMIC COST TO THIS.
WE LOOK AT THE COST OF WHAT DOES A DEATH ON THE ROADWAY MEAN FOR A FAMILY FOR THE SURVIVORS? WHAT DOES A SERIOUS INJURY MEAN? THERE'S A CUMULATIVE COST, AND THAT HELPS AS WE LOOK AT A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO INVEST THIS MUCH MONEY TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM?
>> WE'VE BEEN DOING WORK UNDER THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN FOR OVER A YEAR AND RATHER THAN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, WHICH I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST TIME I WAS IN FRONT OF YOU, I WANT TO HIT ON FOUR THEMES THAT I THINK ARE INDICATIVE OF WHERE THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN IS GOING.
FOR EACH OF YOU, YOU REPRESENT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTY, HAVE DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS, SO I'M HOPING EACH OF THESE THEMES YOU CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, LIGHTING IS AN ISSUE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRAPH ON THE UPPER LEFT, THE RED INDICATES WHERE WE HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF KSI DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES DEPENDING ON TIME OF DAY, AND IT TENDS TO BE AROUND DUSK AND SO IT'S DUSK AND IT ALSO CHANGES BY TIME OF YEAR AND BY DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME SO THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON AROUND THAT TIME PERIOD THAT LIGHTING IS HAVING AN EFFECT ON THE CRASHES THAT ARE OCCURRING.
ON THE UPPER RIGHT THEN, THOSE TWO MAPS, AS WE STARTED THE ANALYSIS, I EXPECTED TO FIND THAT WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF KSI CRASHES WHERE THERE WAS NO LIGHTING, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE DOTS ON THE MIDDLE MAP, A LOT OF THESE CRASHES ARE OCCURRING WHERE THERE IS LIGHTING IN PLACE.
THE QUESTION IS, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE LIGHTING? IS IT INSUFFICIENT? WE DID SOME ANALYSIS AND IT MIGHT BE THAT THE LIGHTING ISN'T WORKING OR IT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN THE PLACES WHERE IT WILL LIGHT UP THE PLACES THAT PEOPLE NEED TO SEE AS THEY DRIVE.
FROM THAT, OUR TEAM IS RECOMMENDED LOOKING AT SOME NEW STANDARDS FOR PROVIDING LIGHTING AT INTERSECTIONS AND THE BOTTOM LEFT GRAPHIC SHOWS THE RECOMMENDED STANDARDS NOW IS TO HAVE FOUR LIGHTS AT EACH CORNER OF AN INTERSECTION, AND THEN SOME LIGHTS BACK BEFORE THE CROSSINGS SO THAT THEY PROVIDE ILLUMINATION FOR PEOPLE THAT COULD BE GOING INTO THE CROSSING ITSELF.
THIS WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT PEDESTRIANS, ABOUT BUS STOPS, ABOUT CROSSING AT SIGNALS AND THE NIGHT TIME.
SECOND THING IS THE ISSUE OF BUS STOP LOCATIONS.
AGAIN, YOU CAN THINK OF STREETS IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITIES, BUT I PICKED OUT THIS SECTION OF BROWARD BOULEVARD, EAST OF 95, GOING OVER TOWARD THE FEC CORRIDOR.
THE SYMBOLS INDICATE WHERE THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE, AND THEN THE BLUE SIGNS INDICATE WHERE THERE ARE BUS STOPS.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE BUS STOPS ARE LINED UP WITH WHERE THERE ARE SIGNALIZED CROSSINGS, AND SOME OF THE BUS STOPS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A LOCATION WHERE THERE'S NOT A SIGNAL.
WE HAVE FOUND THEN A CORRELATION, NOT NECESSARILY CAUSATION, BUT A CORRELATION IN TERMS OF THE CRASHES THAT ARE OCCURRING RELATED TO THE BUS STOP LOCATIONS.
THE BOTTOM GRAPHIC WITH THE HEAT MAP SHOWS ALL THE CRASHES THAT ARE OCCURRING,
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NOT ONLY THE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY, BUT THE DIFFERENT KINDS.YOU CAN SEE SOME CORRELATION WITH INTERSECTIONS, BUT THE MIDDLE GRAPHIC SHOWS WHERE THE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES ARE OCCURRING ON THE CARD AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES IF THEY'RE BICYCLE OR PAD OR JUST MOTOR VEHICLE AND YOU DO SEE SOME CORRELATION THERE WITH THE LOCATION OF BUS STOPS.
WE HAVE NOTICED, AND AGAIN, CAN'T PROVE, BUT THERE IS A RELATION THERE THAT THE LOCATION OF BUS STOPS CAN INFLUENCE WHERE THE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURIES ARE OCCURRING.
WITH THAT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO SAY, LET'S LOOK AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN EITHER RELOCATE THOSE BUS STOPS, SO THEY'RE CLOSER TO A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION OR BRING IN A MID BLOCK CROSSING WITH SOME LIGHTING AND SIGNALIZATION THAT MAKE IT SAFER FOR PEOPLE TO CROSS THE STREET IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
WE'RE COMING FORWARD WITH A VARIETY OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT REGARD.
THIRD ISSUE THAT WE TALK ABOUT THEN IS SPEED.
THERE'S A QUESTION OF SPEED ITSELF AND OUR PEOPLE SPEEDING GOING FASTER THAN THE SPEED LIMIT ITSELF.
BUT JUST IN GENERAL WITH SPEEDING, AS WE LOOK AT THE SPEED THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING, THE INTENSITY AND SEVERITY OF INJURY OR DEATH INCREASES BY THE SPEED THAT ONE IS GOING.
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT POTENTIAL IMPACT BASED ON THE SPEEDS THAT ONE IS MOVING.
WE ALSO KNOW AS WE DRIVE THAT OUR REACTION TIME AND ABILITY TO BRAKE IS DIFFERENT BASED ON HOW FAST WE'RE GOING, AND ALSO THE CONE OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS WE'RE GOING FASTER, WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE TUNNEL VISION.
WHAT WE'VE COME FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN IS LOOKING AT, HOW DO WE ADDRESS SPEEDS.
THERE'S THE SPEED LIMIT ITSELF.
THERE'S A TARGET SPEED OR THE SPEED THAT WE WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO BE DRIVING ON THE QUARTER IN TERMS OF THE CONTEXT AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN TERMS OF LAND USES AND PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE GOING AROUND THERE.
THEN THE ACTUAL SPEED, HOW FAST PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GOING.
WE DID SOME ANALYSIS AND FOUND THAT DRIVERS TEND TO BE GOING ABOUT 10 MILES PER HOUR OVER THE SPEED LIMIT.
IS THAT AN ISSUE? THAT'S THEN WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I DO WANT TO THROW OUT A STATISTIC HERE THOUGH THAT IN TERMS OF SCHOOL ZONES, WHEN THE FLASHERS ARE GOING, OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD THAT WE LOOKED AT 2018-2022, WE ONLY HAD ONE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY OF CHILDREN UNDER AGE 19 DURING THAT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
THAT'S A GOOD INDICATOR TO US THAT THOSE SCHOOL FLASHERS ARE WORKING TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR OUR CHILDREN.
THE QUESTION WILL COME UP AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THE STATE NOW ALLOWS SOME SPEED ENFORCEMENT NEAR THE SCHOOL ZONES.
DO WE WANT TO, AS AN MPO BOARD, ENCOURAGE LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS TO INCREASE SPEED ENFORCEMENT IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND OTHER TYPES OF CAMERA ENFORCEMENT? BUT AS WE LOOK AT SPEEDING, THERE ARE CERTAIN STRATEGIES.
WE'RE NOT JUST TRYING TO MAKE UP THINGS, BUT THERE ARE PROVEN COUNTERMEASURES THAT WORK.
THIS TABLE IS NOT THE PRETTIEST, BUT IT LETS YOU KNOW THAT IN TERMS OF THE CONTEXT, SO THE 2C IS RURAL ROADS.
C3, C4 GETS YOU INTO SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL, C5 AND C6 ARE MORE URBAN CORE.
DEPENDING ON THE CONTEXT AND THE SPEED LIMITS THAT ARE GOING ON, THERE ARE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN USE WITH MID BLOCK CROSSING, RAISED INTERSECTIONS, NARROWING LANES, THINGS OF THAT SORT.
WE WILL BE COMING FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO HOW TO APPLY THOSE SPECIFICALLY IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
FINALLY, THE LAST THING BEFORE I WRAP UP IS TECHNOLOGY, THAT THE BROWARD 2050 MTP INCLUDED A SECTION ON TECHNOLOGY OF HOW WE CAN TAP INTO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE OUR ROAD SAFER.
BIG PICTURE, WE HAVE THIS THING ABOUT CONNECTED VEHICLES, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, NEAR MISS, HOW WE CAN READ WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT IN THE NEAR TERM, WE CAN DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS SUCH AS ADJUSTING SOME OF OUR SIGNALS IN TERMS OF DIRECTING DRIVERS A BIT DIFFERENTLY.
MAYBE GIVING WHAT WE CALL LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL, LPI, SO THAT A PEDESTRIAN HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A FEW SECONDS OF ADVANCED TIME TO GO OUT AND START CROSSING BEFORE THE CAR START MOVING.
THERE'S VARIABLE LANES THAT CAN CHANGE THE SPEED DEPENDING ON TIME OF DAY.
WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT LOW COST HIGH IMPACT IMPROVEMENTS SO EVEN SOMETHING SOLAR PANELS THAT CAN HELP ILLUMINATE WHERE PEDESTRIANS ARE, I THINK WE DO HAVE SOME PHOTOS OF BCT PUTTING SOLAR PANELS ON THEIR BUS STOP SO THAT THEY CAN LIGHT UP AT NIGHT AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE VISIBLE.
WITH THOSE THEMES, THEY HAVE DEVELOPED OUT OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED.
IN THE LAST YEAR, WE COMPLETED A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS, OUR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PLAN, SAFETY ANALYSIS, THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK, HIGH RISK NETWORK MAPPING, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC MEETINGS.
WE WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER TO LOOK AT OUR SELECTED CORRIDORS.
WE ALSO HAVE WHAT WE CALL OUR FOCUS PLANS, AND YOU CAN SEE DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM, WE'VE DONE A SCHOOL ZONE SAFETY PLAN, LOOKING AT RAIL SAFETY, WHICH NOTING THAT A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE EXPECTED TO BE PAID FOR WITH THE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT COMES THROUGH.
BUT LIGHTING SAFETY, CONTINUING WITH THAT.
THEN IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE WOULD LIKE TO COME TO YOU IN APRIL TO GAIN MPO BOARD APPROVAL OF AN EXECUTIVE PLAN FOR THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
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THE INTENTION WAS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A SAFE STREETS FOR ALL IMPLEMENTATION GRANT IN COORDINATION WITH OUR PARTNERS IN BROWARD COUNTY, AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO HAVE OUR PLAN APPROVED BY APRIL 30TH.WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH ALL THAT INFORMATION, BUT MEANWHILE, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS DIRECTED ME TO KEEP ON WORKING, GO AHEAD AS PLANNED, SO WE'LL KEEP ON THAT TIMETABLE.
YOU'LL BE GETTING THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
WE'LL BE FINALIZING SOME OF THE ACTION PLANS IN TERMS OF NEIGHBORHOOD, SAFE SPEEDS, SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE LISTED HERE.
COMING INTO THE SUMMER THEN, OUR TEAM, AFTER THE BOARD APPROVES THE EXECUTIVE PLAN, WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE DETAILS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVE 11 QUARTERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT WE WILL HAVE THEN THE CONCEPTS, COST ESTIMATES, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MAKE THOSE TO BE PROGRAM READY TO PUT INTO OUR MTP, AND THEN WE WANT TO BE DOING OUTREACH TO OUR COMMUNITIES IN TERMS OF EDUCATIONAL GROUPS.
AS GREG MENTIONED, IF YOU DIDN'T GET A SAFETY MEETING DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE HOPE TO BE VISITING WITH YOU IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WITH OTHER SAFETY ACTIVITIES THAT WE CAN PROMOTE.
HERE'S A QUICK DRAFT OF THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH THAT NEXT MONTH, BUT BASICALLY, THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS ALL THE COMPONENTS THAT ARE IN WHAT THE US DOT REQUESTED OF US, WHERE THAT MIGHT BE CHANGING, SO WE'LL BE GIVING YOU UPDATES ON THAT.
THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE OUR SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE ALREADY THIS WEEK AND THESE ARE THE REST THAT ARE GOING ON AND SO WE'VE ALERTED YOUR STAFF AND HAD VERY GOOD COOPERATION WITH THE DIFFERENT LOCAL PARTNERS, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.
WITH THAT, I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I HAVE THREE SPEAKERS, MEMBER MALLOZZI.
>> THREE THINGS. ONE, CAN I GET MY CITY TO APPLY TO POTENTIALLY GET SOME MONEY FROM THIS GRANT? BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A FATALITY LAST YEAR OF A STUDENT.
>> DETAILS TO COME THOUGH. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY, PLEASE. [LAUGHTER]
>> TWO, IN MY CITY, WE PASSED AN ORDINANCE AND I CAN GET MY CHIEF IF YOU WANT THE INFORMATION TO PASS IT ONTO YOU, WHERE IN SCHOOL ZONES, WE DON'T ALLOW PARKING ON THE SWALES DURING, I BELIEVE WE JUST FINISHED PASSING IT, ONE HOUR PRIOR TO A SCHOOL DISMISSAL.
YOU MUST PARK THE WAY OF THE TRAFFIC AND A FEW OTHER THINGS TO LESSEN THE CHANCE OF A STUDENT BEING BLOCKED BY A CAR AND THAT WAY WE INCREASE VISIBILITY.
IF YOU WANTED ME TO POTENTIALLY GET THAT TO YOU TO ADD TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO PASS ON TO PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN YOUR BOOK.
>> THEN THREE, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD OR BAD, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING IN THE CITY OF PLANTATION, I NOTICED THAT, AND I ASKED MY HUSBAND ABOUT IT BECAUSE HE DOES KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY DO THERE.
WELL, HE DID SAY IT WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE CROSSING THE STREET.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, THEY HAD A VERY DECORATIVE AND VERY PRETTY, I'M GOING TO CALL IT A GATE, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T, BUT IT WAS LIKE A FENCE.
>> THE STATE? BUT IS IN THE CITY OF PLANTATION.
>> THE STATE DID IT, SO NOT PLANTATION, BAD PLANTATION. STATE DID IT.
WHERE THE SWALE WOULD BE, IT'S CONCRETE, AND THEY HAVE A VERY PRETTY FENCE.
IT IS VERY ATTRACTIVE TO PRECLUDE PEOPLE FROM CROSSING THE STREET AND POTENTIALLY GETTING HARMED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE ADDED TO YOUR LIST OF THINGS TO DO TO STOP PEOPLE FROM GETTING HARMED OR NOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POLITICALLY CORRECT OR NOT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
>> I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO FORMER MAYOR KAPLAN FROM LAUDERHILL.
HE STARTED THAT AND THAT WENT STATEWIDE.
HE CALLED IT [INAUDIBLE] AND THAT WHOLE PROGRAM.
WE STILL WORK WITH FDOT TO TRY TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
PLANTATION WAS THE SECOND AREA, I THINK, THAT OCCURRED ON STATE ROAD 7.
>> YOU CAN ADD THAT TO YOUR BOOK OF THINGS TO PUT OUT. THANK YOU.
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>> THAT SEGMENT OF STATE ROAD 7 IS ONE OF OUR CORRIDORS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND SO THE FENCING WAS COMING IN AND FDOT HAS PROVIDED SOME PRESENTATIONS THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO TRACK THAT INSTEAD OF THE RANDOM CROSSINGS, IT'S MORE CHANNELIZED AND THAT CAN RESULT IN SAFER CONDITIONS.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. MEMBER WELCH.
>> HELLO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SHOULD HAVE WAITED TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK BEFORE I GOT TO THE END SO THE 11 PRIORITY PROJECTS ARE ALREADY IN THE QUEUE TO BE FUNDED OR COME BEFORE.
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY TO ADD ADDITIONAL.
>> TWO SEPARATE QUESTIONS. THE 11 PRIORITY CORRIDORS ARE WHERE WE ARE FOCUSING ON DEVELOPING CONCEPTS, AND WE HOPE THAT THESE CONCEPTS ARE INDICATIVE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE ON DIFFERENT ROADWAYS.
>> YES. STATE, COUNTY, AND LOCAL FACILITIES.
WE DID SIX, FOUR-LANE, TRY TO LOOK AT TWO-LANE.
WE HAVE A THREE-LANE IN CIS TRUNK.
THERE ARE CERTAIN PRINCIPLES THAT WE CAN APPLY.
WE'RE HAVING, FORTUNATELY, KNOCK ON WOOD, GOOD SUCCESS WITH OUR PARTNERS IN TERMS OF SAYING, HEY, LET'S LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING NEW AND INNOVATIVE.
IF WE CAN GET THEM TO TRY THINGS AND SEE THAT THEY WORK, THEN IT MAY BE MORE LIKELY TO GET THOSE ON OTHER ROADWAYS.
>> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. AGAIN, WE UNFORTUNATELY HAD A DEATH ON ONE OF OUR MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADS.
WOULD SIGNALIZATION BE ONE OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED?
>> IS IT DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IN THAT KIS OR KSI METRICS?
>> IN TERMS OF THE SIGNALS, THERE ARE SOME WARRANTS THAT THE STATE OR THE COUNTY WILL PURSUE AND THE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY CAN BE PART OF THAT.
>> THIRD QUESTION. IS LIGHTING ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD VERSUS NOT BEING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD A CONSIDERATION FOR ONE OF THE CONCEPTS THAT COULD GO FORWARD?
>> BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE THAT'S WHAT THIS DEATH AS A RESULT OF. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I DO WANT TO MENTION, COCONUT CREEK PARKWAY WAS ONE OF THE QUARTERS WE LOOKED AT FOR THE BUS STOP LOCATIONS AND IN TERMS OF MIDBLOCK CROSSING.
>> THIS WAS ACTUALLY LIONS AND CULHAM ROAD.
YES. THAT WAS THE DEATH THERE.
RIGHT OUTSIDE MY DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY.
>> BUT I THINK THERE'S A PLAN TO GET LIGHTING ON LIONS.
>> ON THE WEST SIDE, WHICH WAS WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY LIGHTING.
>> IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME A SECOND WITH COMMISSIONER SHAUN TOO, THAT IN HOLLYWOOD, WE FOUND THAT ISSUE ON STATE ROAD 7 ROAD IN HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, THAT THE STATE CAME IN AND DID IMPROVEMENTS AND PUT LIGHTING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD.
THERE WASN'T ANY ON THE EAST SIDE, SO WE WERE ABLE TO COME IN WITH OUR MOBILITY HUB FUNDS AND DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS FOR PEDS AND TRANSIT AND ALSO GET THE PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING BECAUSE IT WAS LACKING.
IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE THERE, I THINK.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS, BUT JUST A QUESTION.
WHEN WE HAVE NEW AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN ANY STUDY OR ANYTHING.
YOU HAVE RESIDENTS OR WHETHER IS OUR STAFF THAT COMES UP AND SAY, LOOK, THIS INTERSECTION, WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS, WHAT CAN BE DONE? DO WE NEED TO WAIT FOR STUDY OR WHAT DO WE DO?
>> WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THESE LOCATIONS OF WHERE THE CRASHES ARE OCCURRING.
THERE'S AN ANNUAL UPDATE AS THE INFORMATION GETS CLEANED OUT.
ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING YESTERDAY AND TODAY, WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS WITH THE STATE IS INCREASING THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES IN TERMS OF ANALYSIS OF ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
THERE ARE SOME CASES WHERE THEY JUST LOOK AT ALL THE ACCIDENTS THAT OCCUR.
A REAR-END CRASH HAS THE SAME LEVEL AS A KSI.
WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE THAT CAN HAVE MORE IMPORTANCE IN TERMS OF REVIEW OF WHAT NEEDS TO GO FORWARD.
AS WE MOVE TOWARD FUNDING AND AS COMMISSIONER WELCH MENTIONED, WE WILL NEED TO LOOK AT A VARIETY OF OPTIONS FROM FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, LOCAL, PRIVATE CONTRIBUTORS AND SUCH.
WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT GETTING THINGS ON A RADAR AND INCREMENTALLY TRY TO MAKE OUR ROADWAY SAFER SO WE CAN GET TO THAT GOAL OF ZERO.
>> WE WOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND PRESENT IT TO YOU AND YOU WOULD AT THAT TIME, DO A STUDY ON IT.
>> LET ME MENTION TWO THINGS. FASO WAS WHISPERING TO ME, WE ARE DEVELOPING ALSO A SAFE STREET DESIGN MANUAL
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THAT WE'RE WORKING ON COORDINATING WITH BROWARD COUNTY IN TERMS OF ESTABLISHING THOSE STANDARDS FOR IMPROVING SAFETY ON THE ROADWAYS.THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED TO SAY. WE ALSO EXPECT, AGAIN, KNOCK ON WOOD, THAT WE'LL HAVE THE FUNDING THAT WE CAN DO AN UPDATE TO OUR SAFETY ACTION PLAN IN THE NEXT 3-5 YEARS AND THAT WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT THE NEW CONDITIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
IT'LL BE A BIT OF AN ITERATIVE PROCESS.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'LL COME UP WITH NOW, WE'LL NEED TO GO THROUGH A CYCLE OF GETTING THE FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATIONS.
WE HOPE WE'LL BE ABLE TO TEST SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN THEN LOOK TO APPLY IN OTHER PLACES.
SOMETIMES I WISH WE COULD MOVE FASTER, BUT WE'LL MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN WITH THE [OVERLAPPING]
>> UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. MEMBER JAFFE.
>> THANK YOU, JAMES, A VERY WELL DONE REPORT. THANK YOU.
THE ONLY THING THAT WAS A LITTLE HARD TO UNDERSTAND WAS THAT SPREADSHEET WITH THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET WITH THE RUNABOUT.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE SAFETY INITIATIVES, THE LIGHTING, THE BUS STOPS, THE SIGNALING, ETC.
ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T SEE ANYWHERE IN THERE WAS ANYTHING WAS WEATHER RELATED OR REDUCED VISIBILITY INCORPORATED IN THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT OR NOT ON THOSE CARDORS, WHERE THERE'S A LARGE KSI, WEATHER-RELATED OR REDUCED VISIBILITY DURING THOSE TIMES.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING. THE SECOND THING IS IN TERMS OF THE LIGHTING, IN THE CITY OF WESTON, IF IT'S A STREET LIGHT THAT THE CITY OF WESTON OPERATES, IMMEDIATELY WE GET THAT FIXED RIGHT AWAY.
I WILL SAY THOUGH, THERE'S A LARGE PORTION OF FLORIDA POWER AND STREET LIGHTS IN OUR CITY THAT AND I DON'T WANT TO BASH A SPECIFIC ENTITY, BUT THEY ARE VERY SLOW TO GET STREET LIGHTS FIXED AND I MEAN, REALLY BAD.
THEY TAKE FOREVER TO GET IT DONE.
STATISTICALLY, WET CONDITIONS WEREN'T A MAJOR FACTOR.
THERE WAS A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WITH THE KSI CRASHES.
VISIBILITY THAT HAS TO DO WITH LIGHTING AND SO DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY AND DUST SEEMS TO BE A BIT MORE PROBLEMATIC. THE LIGHTING.
IT'S INTERESTING WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT FPL.
THERE ARE ENTITIES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE EVEN WITHIN A CITY ITSELF.
I WON'T MENTION THE CITY'S NAME, BUT WE WERE TALKING TO ONE CITY THAT WAS WANTING TO HAND OVER THE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY TO FPL BECAUSE THEY KNEW FPL COULD RESPOND MORE QUICKLY THAN THE CITY COULD.
YOU'RE DOING WELL THEN IF YOU'RE ON TOP OF STUFF.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I REALLY JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO JAMES AND HIS TEAM.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'LL SEE HOLLYWOOD NUMBER ONE ON THAT SLIDE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE OTHER LOCATIONS AS WELL, BUT THIS HAPPENED TO BE A CITY STREET, CORRECT?
>> BUT A1A IN HOLLYWOOD, WE HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS. TWO COMMENTS. ONE IS IN HOLLYWOOD, WHICH IS A FAIRLY LARGE CITY.
OUR COMMISSIONS DIVIDED BY DISTRICTS, AND WE ARE NOT ELECTED AT LARGE.
WE'RE ELECTED WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS, AND THAT HAS PROS AND CONS, BUT ONE OF THE CONS IS WE TEND TO FOCUS VERY MUCH ON OUR DISTRICT.
WHEN JAMES AND HIS TEAM HAD ONE-ON-ONES WITH EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS, THIS NOT BEING IN MY DISTRICT, I WAS LIKE, I WANT EVERY SAFETY FEATURE, GIVE US ALL YOU GOT AND WHAT THEY SHOWED US I LOVED.
THEN WHEN I HEARD FROM OUR COMMISSION AS A WHOLE, I WAS SURPRISED, BUT IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
IF YOU LIVE RIGHT THERE AND YOU ACTUALLY FEEL WHAT ALL OF THAT IMPACT WOULD DO, YOU MIGHT WANT TO PULL BACK JUST A LITTLE.
I'M JUST SHARING AS THESE THINGS COME TO THE OTHER CITIES THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE BLINDERS ON.
IF YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY CROSSING THE STREET, USING THESE BUS STOPS, DRIVING THESE AREAS FREQUENTLY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO DEFER A LITTLE BIT TO THE FOLKS THAT DO.
THE COMMUNITY MEETING, CERTAINLY, I'M SURE, WAS VERY HELPFUL, THE WORKSHOP.
THE SECOND THING, I WOULD SAY, FIRST OF ALL, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE ON THE FPL.
WE'RE HAVING HUGE ISSUES ACTUALLY ALONG A1A AND OTHER STATE ROADS.
BUT ONE OF OUR ISSUES ON A1A HAS ALWAYS BEEN.
THIS IS OUR CENTRAL BEACH AREA.
IT'S A HIGHLY TOURIST-HEAVY AREA, AND FDOT HAS BEEN VERY RELUCTANT TO ALLOW US TO USE MID-BLOCK CROSSWALKS, AND WE WANT THEM DESPERATELY.
I'M HOPING AS A RESULT, AS A BYPRODUCT OF THIS EFFORT, THESE MID-BLOCK CROSSWALKS WILL BECOME MORE ACCEPTABLE, SO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THAT EFFORT TO BRING FDOT OVER THAT MORE CROSSWALKS ARE BETTER. THANK YOU.
>> TWO QUICK RESPONSES. THE IDEA OF THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS,
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WE WITH OUR CONCEPTS WANTED TO SEE HOW FAR CAN WE TAKE IT? HOW CAN WE ADDRESS MOST OF THE CONCERNS? IF WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, WE END UP RECOMMENDING ON TAP STREET WILL BE BETTER THAN WHAT'S THERE NOW.THAT'S A PLUS, BUT IT MAY NOT BE THE ULTIMATE.
IN TERMS OF MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS, WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO WITH OUR MID-BLOCK SAFETY ACTION PLAN IS TO ADD SOME PREDICTABILITY TO THE PROCESS SO THAT MUNICIPALITIES KNOW THAT WHEN THEY REQUEST A MID-BLOCK CROSSING, HERE'S WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A SENSE FROM SOME PEOPLE THAT IT'S NOT AS PREDICTABLE OR PROGRAMMATIC.
WE'RE HOPING WE CAN STREAMLINE IT AND AS MORE GO IN AND PEOPLE SEE THAT THEY WORK, THEN IT'LL BE EASIER TO INSTALL THEM IN OTHER PLACES.
>> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
[2. Premium Transit Education Series: High Frequency Bus Service]
NEXT, WE HAVE AMANDA CHRISTIAN WITH A PRESENTATION.I AM GOING TO ASK YOU ALL TO EXCUSE ME BECAUSE I DO HAVE TO LEAVE FOR A MEETING THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE CITY OF MERMAR, DO THE RIGHT THING WHERE WE HAVE TO PRESENT SOME CERTIFICATES TO OUR RESIDENTS.
I'M TURNING THIS OVER TO OUR VICE CHAIR COOPER.
>> THANK YOU. CAN I SIT HERE? [LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU LET ME STEALING THIS.
>> HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS AMANDA CHRISTIAN.
I AM THE TRANSIT MANAGER AT THE BROWARD MPO.
I'M GOING TO BE DOING A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU TODAY ABOUT HIGH-FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE AND HOW IT RELATES TO BUS SERVICE IN BROWARD AND HOW IT CAN BE A SYSTEM CHANGE AGENT FOR FOLKS THAT RIDE THE BUS HERE.
YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT PREMO BEFORE.
PREMO IS THE BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT PREMIUM MOBILITY PLAN.
I'M HERE TODAY TO JUST TALK TO YOU ABOUT ONE OF THE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THAT PLAN.
I'VE DONE PRESENTATIONS ABOUT LIGHT RAIL, COMMUTER RAIL, AND BUS RAPID TRANSIT FOR OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND I WILL BE PRESENTING THOSE TO YOU OVER THE COURSE OF 2025.
THE HIGH-FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE NETWORK AS EXPRESSED IN THE PREMO PLAN IS ABOUT 100 MILES OF HIGH-FREQUENCY SERVICE.
THAT IS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF UNIVERSITY AND STATE ROUTE 7, DIXIE HIGHWAY, AND THEN ALL OF US 1 THE EAST-WEST ROUTES ARE SAMPLE IN ATLANTIC, THE FULL CORRIDORS, AND THEN PARTS OF COMMERCIAL, SHERIDAN, HOLLYWOOD AND PINES.
THE ANTICIPATED INVESTMENT IS ABOUT $125 MILLION.
THIS IS DOLLARS FROM THE PREMO PLAN, WHICH WAS REVEALED TO US IN 2023.
I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT AN ANALOGY.
IMAGINE THAT YOU HAD A GATE AT THE END OF YOUR DRIVEWAY AND THAT GATE ONLY OPENED EVERY 30-60 MINUTES.
THINK ABOUT HOW THAT INFREQUENCY OF YOUR GATE OPENING AND CLOSING WOULD INFLUENCE THE WAY THAT YOU OPERATED YOUR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE.
THAT IS A CONSTRAINT THAT FOLKS THAT RIDE THE BUS HERE FOR SURE, BUT REALLY EVERYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES, MOSTLY, PEOPLE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE FREQUENCY AND BEING ABLE TO PLAN YOUR LIFE AROUND BEING ABLE TO GET THE BUS AT YOUR LOCATION.
THE MOST COMMON COMPLAINTS ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ARE UNPREDICTABLE DELAYS.
THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE THE WEATHER CAUSES A PROBLEM, THERE'S A CRASH, THERE'S AN INOPERABLE VEHICLE.
THEY NEED TO SWITCH THE BUSES, LONG WAITS THAT TRANSFER STOPS.
THAT IS YOU'RE WAITING FOR 30 MINUTES OR MORE, AND WHEN YOU'RE SITTING THERE YOU'RE WONDERING, I WONDER, IF THERE'S A PERSON THAT'S ACTUALLY PAID ATTENTION TO HOW ALL OF THESE BUS ROUTES GO TOGETHER AND THEY INTERSECT TO GIVE PEOPLE THE BEST RIDE POSSIBLE.
WE THINK THAT HIGH-FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE IS SO FREQUENT THAT YOU DON'T NEED A SCHEDULE.
LOW VOLUME IS ABOUT 15 MINUTE OR MORE HEADWAYS.
A MODERATE IS 10-15 MINUTE HEADWAYS, HIGH VOLUME IS 2-6 MINUTE COMBINED HEADWAYS.
SOME BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY CALLS DIFFERENT TYPES OF VOLUMES OF SERVICE.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIGH-FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE IN BROWARD,
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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INSTITUTING 15-MINUTE HEADWAYS.THAT IS INDUSTRY-WIDE CONSIDERED TO BE A LOW VOLUME, BUT INSTITUTING 15-MINUTE HEADWAYS ON THOSE PARTICULAR ROUTES BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY HIGHLY FREQUENTED ROUTES.
DIRECT SERVICE VERSUS TRANSFER BASE.
THIS IS A LITTLE COMPLICATED, BUT DIRECT SERVICE VERSUS TRANSFER BASED, THOSE TWO TYPES OF SERVICES ARE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIGH FREQUENCY AND LOW FREQUENCY.
DIRECT SERVICE IS REALLY WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
LONG ROUTES THAT TAKE YOU ESSENTIALLY DOOR TO DOOR AND TAKE YOU ON CIRCUITOUS ROUTES AROUND AND THROUGH THE CBD, TYPICALLY SPEAKING, OR RATHER THEY TAKE YOU FROM HOME TO WORK, JUST ALONG ONE LONG ROUTE.
TRANSFER-BASED, IT'S A GRID SYSTEM OR URBAN'S BOOK SYSTEM WHERE YOU TAKE A BUS TO A CENTRAL LOCATION, YOU TRANSFER, AND YOU TAKE THAT SECOND BUS TO YOUR FINAL DESTINATION.
BUT THOSE BUSES ARE OPERATING WITH SUCH FREQUENCY THAT YOU CAN REALLY SIT AND WAIT AND YOUR TRANSFER WILL COME WITHIN 10-15 MINUTES, AND IT MAKES FOR AN EFFICIENT SYSTEM THAT OPERATES WELL IN A HIGH-DENSITY AREA.
SOME ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL HIGH-FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE ARE SOME OF THOSE TECHNOLOGY ELEMENTS, THOSE ITS ELEMENTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE BEFORE, ACTIVE TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY, WHICH ALLOWS THE TRANSIT VEHICLE TO QUEUE JUMP OR GO THROUGH THE LIGHT.
IN LANE STOPS, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THERE'S A BUS BULB AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE LANE, THAT ALLOWS THE BUS TO STOP WITH TRAFFIC AND DOESN'T HAVE TO PULL OUT AND PULL IN AND JUST MAKES FOR A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT MOVEMENT.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT HERE BEFORE.
I THINK THAT WE ARE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WITH THE PREMO PLAN IN THE FUTURE, AND THEN SHARED BUS BIKE LANES.
WHY DEVELOP A HIGH-FREQUENCY BUS NETWORK? THERE ARE LOTS OF REASONS THAT MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT.
IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO NOT BE STUCK BEHIND THAT GATE, THAT'S KEEPING THEM INSIDE THEIR HOMES.
THEY HAVE GREATER INDEPENDENCE.
THE CONNECTION SYSTEM IS MUCH EASIER, AND IT LIMITS THE RELIABILITY PROBLEMS. IF THERE ARE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSFER, YOU'RE LESS BEHOLDING TO THE INCONSISTENCIES THAT MAY BE ENDEMIC IN YOUR SINGLE BUS ROUTE.
HERE, I JUST PUT IN SOME INFORMATION FROM THE PREMO PLAN THAT TELLS YOU SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW THE HIGH-FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE OPERATION ON THOSE ROUTES ACTUALLY MEETS THE GOALS THAT ARE STATED IN THE PREMO PLAN FOR IMPROVING BUS TRANSIT IN BROWARD.
THERE'S A GENTLEMAN WHO'S A BIG TRANSIT WALK AND HIS TERMS ARE FREQUENCY IS FREEDOM.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT IF YOU HAVE A FREQUENCY, YOU HAVE GREATER CHOICE.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. I'M OFTEN CONCERNED AS I SEE BUSES TRAVELING THROUGH FORT LAUDERDALE ARE USUALLY EMPTY, AND I'M STARTING TO SEE ATTENUATED BUSES TRAVELING THROUGH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE THAT ARE TWICE AS EMPTY.
DO YOU ANTICIPATE GREATER USE WITH THE FREQUENCY? IS THAT THE GOAL HERE? BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE CONVINCED PEOPLE TO USE BUSES BECAUSE WE'RE SO CAR-ORIENTED.
I WONDER WHERE THE MONIES ARE BEST SPENT AS WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.
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I'M CONCERNED THAT THE BUSES HAVE NOT YET CONVINCED PEOPLE THAT THIS IS THE BEST MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR FORT LAUDERDALE BECAUSE THEY DON'T LET ME OUTSIDE THE CITY.
BUT SERIOUSLY, IT JUST CONCERNS ME THAT WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER THE LONG TERM TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM THAT I'M NOT SURE HAS BEEN SELLING WELL TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? AM I WRONG? AM I RIGHT? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?
I CAN'T MAKE AN OPINION ABOUT YOUR OBSERVATIONS.
WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE PRETTY LOW COST THAT IF IMPLEMENTED WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE ON OPERATIONS, AND COULD CREATE A MUCH BETTER TRIP FOR THE RIDER. GO AHEAD.
>> WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE IN A PILOT PROGRAM NOW USING CIRCUIT.
>> YOU GO ON AN APP AND YOU CAN CALL UP A VEHICLE TO COME PICK YOU UP AND TAKE YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO GO.
IF YOU ACCELERATED THAT PROGRAM, WHERE YOU HAD CIRCUIT VEHICLES AND YOU HAD MORE DRIVERS AND PEOPLE BEING TAKEN DOOR TO DOOR, AS OPPOSED TO THE BUS SERVICE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SERIOUS MONEY HERE.
I'M JUST SAYING IN TERMS OF FORT LAUDERDALE, WHERE PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE GOING FROM PLACE TO PLACE, THE DISTANCES ARE CLOSER.
I'M WONDERING WHETHER THAT MIGHT BE A MORE EFFICIENT USE OF DOLLARS RATHER THAN BUSES, ATTENUATED BUSES, THAT REALLY ARE NOT DRAWING THE RIDERSHIP THAT I AM OBSERVING AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CITY HAVE BEEN OBSERVING OVER THE YEARS.
JUST SOME THOUGHTS I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. THAT'S BASICALLY IT.
>> HAVING BEEN A PUBLIC TRANSIT USER MYSELF.
I'M A NEW YORK TRANSPLANT, AND WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO THIS AREA, I HAD TO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
>> I CAN TELL YOU, FOR THOSE IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS FREEDOM.
>> I REALLY AM EXCITED TO HEAR THAT CHANGES ARE BEING MADE TO MAKE THE CONNECTION EASIER.
LAST WEEK, ONE OF MY RESIDENTS GOT IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON 95, HIT THE WALL.
SHE'S A SINGLE MOM WITH THREE CHILDREN, AND SHE HAS TO TAKE HER CHILDREN TO SCHOOL IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, SHE HAS TO GET HERSELF TO WORK.
THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM IS GOING TO HELP THAT SINGLE MOTHER IN MY CITY BECAUSE TAKING THE BUS, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WALKING TO GET TO OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AND THEN TAKING A BUS FROM OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD DOWN TO UNIVERSITY AND FROM UNIVERSITY TAKING A BUS UP TO CORAL SPRINGS IS A CHALLENGE.
>> IF SHE MISSES OR SOMETHING HAPPENS AND SHE DOESN'T GET TO OAKLAND PARK IN TIME, SHE MISSES THAT CONNECTION AT OAKLAND PARK AND UNIVERSITY.
HAVING SYSTEMS IN PLACE THAT CREATES FREQUENCY IS GOING TO HELP THAT SINGLE MOM.
I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE RIDDEN THE BUSES IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY AND IN BROWARD COUNTY, AND PART OF THE CHALLENGE THAT I'VE HAD IS WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP TODAY.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS WORK BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU PEOPLE IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE NEED THIS IN ORDER TO SURVIVE.
QUESTION. ANY THOUGHTS GIVEN TO FREQUENCY IN EVENINGS? A LOT OF MY RESIDENTS SOMETIMES WORK AND GET OFF VERY LATE, SOME PEOPLE WORK NIGHT SHIFTS, WHAT CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN FOR THOSE TYPES OF RESIDENTS?
>> WELL, AGAIN, I WORK FOR THE BROWARD MPO, I'M NOT A BCT EMPLOYEE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A PROGRAM NOW CALLED LATE SHIFT CONNECT, WHICH I WILL GET YOU THE INFORMATION FOR BEFORE YOU LEAVE TODAY, WHICH ALLOWS THE RIDER TO IMPLEMENT THE RIDE-HAILING SERVICES THAT MR. TRANTALIS WAS ALLUDING TO EARLIER TO ACTUALLY GET A RIDE HOME WHEN THERE IS INFREQUENT OR NO SERVICE POST-PEAK.
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>> THANK YOU. THAT WILL BE GREAT.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE PEOPLE IN QUEUE. MAYOR FURR.
>> THANK YOU. AMANDA, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THIS IS HELPFUL.
CAN YOU EXPAND ON WHAT YOU THOUGHT WOULD BE THOSE CHANGES THAT WOULD MAKE THIS A LOT BETTER? YOU SAID YOU THOUGHT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WOULD IMPROVE THIS QUITE A BIT.
>> IMPROVE THE HIGH FREQUENCY OR OUR SERVICE HERE.
>> JUST THE SERVICE IN GENERAL THAT THAT WOULD MAKE IT SO PEOPLE WANT TO BE TAKING THE BUS.
>> WELL, I THINK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL WITH FREQUENCY.
>> REALLY, IF I CAN JUST ADVOCATE PERSONALLY, THE NUMBER 1 THING THAT MAKES TRANSIT MORE USEFUL TO EVERYONE IS FREQUENCY.
THE FREQUENCY REALLY AFFECTS RELIABILITY, AND THOSE TWO THINGS ARE THE THINGS THAT A PERSON NEEDS TO BELIEVE IN ORDER TO REALLY TO PUT THEIR FINANCIAL VIABILITY ON THE LINE, BECAUSE THESE FOLKS ARE GOING TO WORK, AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE FREQUENCY OF THE SERVICE.
>> THEY NEED THE CONFIDENCE [OVERLAPPING].
>> YES. WITH THE HIGH-FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE, WITH THAT TRANSFER-BASED SYSTEM VERSUS A DIRECT SERVICE SYSTEM, THE PROBLEMS THAT ARISE WITH HAVING DIRECT SERVICE AND HAVING TO WAIT FOREVER FOR THOSE TRANSFERS, THAT IS ELIMINATED, AND THAT BECOMES THE KEY TO OPENING UP THE REST OF THE TRANSIT.
FOR A PERSON THAT JUST DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, GET TO WORK, GET THEIR KIDS, GO TO THE DOCTOR, THAT FREQUENCY IS THAT FIRST STEP.
>> BUT YOU'RE ALLUDING THAT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE THIS WORK BETTER.
>> IF I DID THAT, I DID THAT UNWITTINGLY. I DO KNOW THAT.
>> I WAS WAITING TO HEAR THAT.
>> THERE ARE INDUSTRY APPROACHES THAT WILL MAKE THINGS WORK EASIER AND BETTER.
IN FRONT OF YOU, ACTIVE TRANSIT CYCLE PRIORITY, TRANSIT APPROACH LANES, AND QUEUE JUMPS IN LANE, WHICH MEANS THE BUS DOESN'T HAVE TO GO IN AND OUT TO PICK UP PASSENGERS, THE BUS BULBS, THE ARTICULATED BUSES FOR HEAVILY TRAVELED ROUTES, THOSE ARE VERY USEFUL BECAUSE THEY HAVE MULTIPLE DOORS, YOU CAN BOARD IN AND OUR QUICKLY. THOSE THINGS.
>> ONE LAST BECAUSE BETWEEN YOURS AND JAMES' PRESENTATION.
IS IT BETTER THAT THE BUS IS IN FRONT OF THE LIGHT OR PAST THE LIGHT WHERE IT STOPS? BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT WHERE IT WAS AND I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE WAS BETTER.
>> BASICALLY JUST AFTER THE INTERSECTION.
>> YEAH, I COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT.
>> WE WANT THEM TO BE AS CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS.
THE LIGHTS ARE AT THE INTERSECTIONS, THE CROSSWALKS ARE AT THE INTERSECTIONS, SIDEWALKS, THOSE CREATE THE SAFEST ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE PASSENGERS.
>> [INAUDIBLE] SHOW WHAT WAS SAFER AND WHAT ALLOWED TRAFFIC TO GO THROUGH EASILY. THANK YOU.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. MEMBER THOMPSON.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
>> I JUST HAD A FEW QUESTIONS.
IT SAYS IT GOES INTO PINES, BUT NOT REALLY.
DO YOU KNOW WHY THEY DECIDED TO STOP BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL, ESPECIALLY TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO RIDE THE BUS? I WAS ON A PANEL YESTERDAY AT WEST BROWARD AND I'VE HAD SEVERAL STUDENTS TELL ME THAT THEY'RE LATE TO WORK BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DRIVE, AND THE BUSES DON'T SHOW UP ON TIME AND THIS BARELY GOES INTO PINES.
>> RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND. NOW, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I CAN SEND YOU THE DOCUMENTS, AND I CAN HIGHLIGHT IN THE APPENDICES WHERE THEY MADE THOSE DETERMINATIONS OF WHERE THE SERVICE IS GOING TO BEGIN AND END, WHERE THE TYPE OF SERVICE WAS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED, VERSUS TECHNOLOGY. I CAN SEND THAT TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU. MEMBER MALLOZZI.
>> I SEE SEVERAL POINTS OF VIEW.
I'M NATIVE NEW YORKER, IF YOU CAN'T HEAR IT IN MY VOICE.
EVEN GOING BACK, I TAKE THE PLANE TO THE TRAIN, AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL.
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BUT I LIVE IN SUBURBIA NOW.IF I WERE TO TAKE A BUS, I HAVE TO WALK TWO MILES TO GET TO THAT BUS.
WHEN YOU LIVE THERE, IT'S VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE WHERE I LIVE TO USE THAT TRANSIT, SO THAT'S WHERE THERE'S A DISCONNECT.
I TOTALLY APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT NEED THAT BUS TO GET TO WORK, THAT NEED THAT BUS TO GET TO WORK ON THEIR DAILY LIFE AND MAY NOT HAVE USE OF A CAR.
BUT THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE THAT LIVE WHERE I AM THAT NEED TRANSPORTATION AND CAN'T ALWAYS USE OR DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE COMMUNITY-DEVELOPED BLOCK GRANT SHUTTLE THAT GOES AROUND.
BUT IF IN YOUR TRAVELS AND WHATNOT, IF YOU CAN SOMEHOW FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN INCREASE OR FIGURE SOMETHING OUT WHERE WE CAN GET MORE CONNECTIVITY, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOREVER, AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN A SUBURBAN AREA THAT CAN GET TO A BUS THAT THEN CAN TAKE THAT BUS AND MAKE IT EASED AND MAKE IT EASIER, WHERE IT'S NOT A TWO-HOUR COMMUTE.
I LOVE THE RAPID, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET FROM OUR HOME WITHOUT HAVING TO WALK TWO MILES OR TAKE A BICYCLE BECAUSE A LOT OF MY RESIDENTS CAN'T DO THAT FOR A MULTITUDE OF REASONS, AND WE DON'T HAVE A LITTLE TROLLEY OR WHATNOT THAT CAN TAKE MY RESIDENTS, AND A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES ALSO DON'T.
SO WE NEED SOMETHING ELSE. THANK YOU.
GOING BACK TO MAYOR TRANTALIS'S COMMENTS AND MAYOR FURR ACTUALLY ASKED THE SAME QUESTION.
HOW ARE WE DOING WITH OUR MINI-BUS? HEADWAYS MATTER.
WE ADDED TWO BUSES RATHER THAN HAVING JUST FOUR AND THAT MATTERS.
BUT THE OTHER SWEETENER IS INTRODUCING THE TECHNOLOGY AND ALSO HAVING THAT REAL-TIME APP.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY EDUCATION FOR US.
THE LEARNING CURVE ON IT IS IMPORTANT AS WELL.
THE CIRCUITS, AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED THE OTHER ONE, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT DO THAT LIKE GAP.
WE'RE DOING IT TO FILL IN THAT NIGHT SPAN, BUT WE'RE DOING IT AS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR OUR RESTAURANTS.
IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE SINCE THAT'S NEWER AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE IMPLEMENTING IT, WHAT THE RATIOS OF TRIPS ARE? BECAUSE A LOT OF THE APPS, WE ENDED UP DOING A $10 DISCOUNT FOR UBER BECAUSE THE TRIP RIDE, WE HAD A CONTRACT FOR $60,000, BUT OUR TRIPS, IF YOU DON'T USE IT, THE TRIP IS SO FAR EXPENSIVE.
LYFT, WE'RE GETTING RID OF BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T DO OUR GEOFENCING OR THE NUMBERS.
BUT IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THERE'S BEEN A REAL STUDY ABOUT HOW THAT'S WORKING AND COLLABORATE WITH THE APP AND THE PROVIDERS TO SEE.
[OVERLAPPING] ARGUMENT WHEN WE SAY, WHY ARE WE DOING IT? WHAT WAS THE TRIP SAVED?
>> YOU ALL ARE BRINGING UP SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT POINT, WHICH IS WE'RE AT A TIPPING POINT, I THINK THAT TERM IS A LITTLE OVERUSED, BUT AT A TIPPING POINT FOR WHAT WE THINK IS TRANSIT.
WHERE REALLY PEOPLE'S INTEREST AND THEIR PREFERENCE AND THEIR COMFORT, PEOPLE REALLY DO LIKE THE RIDE-HAILING AND TRANSIT PROPERTIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO INTEGRATE THAT EASE, THE SAFETY, THE COMFORT OF THAT TYPE OF TRIP INTO A GREATER SUITE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.
>> I WOULD THINK THAT BCT IS ALSO GOING TO BE DOING THAT.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW IMPORTANT THE TRANSIT IS FOR US.
BUT AS FAR AS LAUDERHILL, LAUDERDALE LAKES, OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST HIGH-FREQUENCY AMOUNT
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OF USAGE THAT COMES TO US FOR THE SAWGRASS MILLS MALL.THE SAWGRASS MILLS MALL IS DEPENDENT UPON THE COUNTY FOR THE WORKFORCE.
BROWARD COUNTY HAS NOW PURCHASED PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY TO BUILD THIS TRANSPORTATION HUB, ALSO WE'RE THE SECOND OR FIRST FOR THE SHARE THE PARK-AND-RIDE.
I COULD AGREE WITH YOU WITH THE FORT LAUDERDALE SIDE WHERE OUR PARK-AND-RIDE HAS MORE PEOPLE THAT PARK THERE AND GO TO MIAMI AND THE ONE THAT USED TO GO TO FORT LAUDERDALE GOT CANCELED.
MAYBE YOU JUST NEED TO ATTRACT MORE BUSINESSES TO FORT LAUDERDALE.
[LAUGHTER] NO, I'M JUST SAYING, BUT IMAGINE HOW WE'RE IN THIS SYSTEM, AND WE GOT MORE PEOPLE PARKING AND RIDING AT THE ARENA SITE, WHICH IS THE COUNTY SITE.
AS LONG AS YOU GET A BRIDGE AND OUT OF TUNNEL, WE'LL BE RIGHT. [LAUGHTER]
>> BUT I'LL AGREE WITH [OVERLAPPING].
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE TRANSPORTATION, MORE IS BETTER.
>> THE FREQUENCY REALLY IS THE KEY.
[NOISE] JUST BRING THIS BACK TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. FREQUENCY IS FREEDOM.
>> THAT'S IT. GREAT. THANK YOU.
[3. Report From Partner Agency - Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) - Interstate 95 (I-95/SR 9) Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study]
>> [OVERLAPPING] PRESENTATION. WE HAVE A REPORT FROM PARTNER AGENCY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN REGARDS TO INTERSTATE 95 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND PD&E STUDY.
LESLIE WETHERELL IS HERE FROM FDOT TO SHARE THOSE COMMENTS WITH US. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR, MADAM, AND BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS LESLIE WETHERELL, I'M WITH THE FLORIDA DOT DESIGN OFFICE.
I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR PD&E STUDY ON I-95, AND THIS IS FROM SOUTH OF HALLANDALE BEACH BOULEVARD TO NORTH OF HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD.
AGAIN, HERE'S THE MAP IN BIGGER PRINT FOR YOU AND A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THE LEFT SIDE ABOUT THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT WE'LL BE IMPACTING WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF THIS PROJECT.
WITH EVERY PD&E STUDY, THERE'S A PURPOSE AND NEED.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ON THE SCREEN.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH IT IN DETAIL TO TRY TO KEEP US ON A QUICK CLIP HERE.
THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS TO LOOK AT THE THREE INTERCHANGES IN QUESTION.
THAT'S HALLANDALE BEACH BOULEVARD, PEMBROKE ROAD, AND HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD.
OUR GOAL IS TO HELP WITH NOT ONLY THE INTERCHANGE OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO THE TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE AND GETTING THEM OFF THE INTERSTATE SAFELY AND GETTING TRAFFIC ONTO THE INTERSTATE SAFELY.
AS MANY OF YOU ALL PROBABLY ARE FAMILIAR WITH, A LOT OF TIMES THE TRAFFIC FROM THE OFF-RAMP BACKS UP ONTO THE MAINLINE, AND THEN THAT PRESENTS CHALLENGES FOR THE TRAFFIC ON THE MAINLINE THAT ARE TRYING TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B, MAYBE IN NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF EFFORTS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP IMPROVE OUT THERE.
TODAY, WE ARE HERE IN ADVANCE TO TALK TO YOU PRIOR TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS PROJECT AND ON THE SCREEN, IT DOES SAY MARCH.
HOWEVER, IT WILL BE IN APRIL, AND I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO THOSE DATES AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU.
WE ALWAYS LIKE TO COME TO OUR PARTNERS IN ADVANCE OF THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WE'VE ALREADY MET INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, HALLANDALE BEACH, PEMBROKE PARK, AND, AS A COURTESY, WITH WEST PARK, THOSE ARE THE IMPACTED MUNICIPALITIES IN THE AREA.
PLEASE EXTEND MY THANKS TO YOUR STAFF FOR MEETING WITH US AND WORKING WITH US ON THIS REFINED PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING.
TODAY, THIS IS JUST A SIMPLIFIED GRAPHIC OF WHAT WE'VE GOT OUT THERE.
OF COURSE, AGAIN, THE THREE INTERCHANGES.
TO THE NORTH, IS ON THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN, WE'VE GOT HALLANDALE, PEMBROKE, AND HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, WHAT WE WILL CALL OUR TRADITIONAL DIAMOND SHAPE INTERCHANGES AT THESE THREE LOCATIONS.
HERE'S A GRAPHIC OF OUR REFINED PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.
EVERYTHING IN BLUE AND GREEN IS OBVIOUSLY THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ALONG THE LIMITS OF THIS SECTION OF I-95 TO, AGAIN, APPROVE THE OPERATIONS AT THE THREE INTERCHANGES, AS WELL AS TO GET THAT TRAFFIC OFF I-95 SAFELY AND ONTO I-95 SAFELY.
LET ME GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE REALLY QUICK.
HANG ON. LET ME CHECK MY NOTES.
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YES, I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE REASON WE'RE HERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT IN ADVANCE OF OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IS WE DID ORIGINALLY, OF COURSE, HAVE A FIRST PUBLIC HEARING.WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL, AS WELL AS FROM RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS THAT THEY HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE THAT WE PRESENTED TO THEM.
WE STOPPED THE CLOCK, IF YOU WILL, AND WE TOOK A STEP BACK AND SAID, HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS? WE HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT WE WERE ELIMINATING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL CONNECTIVITY TO USE THE INTERSTATE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE FOUND THAT WORKING WITH THE CITY OF HALLANDALE AND THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, THAT A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WILL GET ON THE INTERSTATE AT SAY HALLANDALE BEACH BOULEVARD TO GET OFF AT PEMBROKE ROAD.
OUR PREVIOUS ALTERNATIVE SEVERED THAT CONNECTIVITY.
WHILE IT DID IMPROVE THE OPERATIONS AND ACHIEVE OUR PURPOSE AND NEED, IT CAME AT THE EXPENSE OF SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY INTERESTED IN.
AS YOU CAN SEE, SHOWN IN THE REFINED PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE ON THE SCREEN, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD BACK IN THAT LOCAL CONNECTIVITY USING THE INTERSTATE WHILE ALSO STILL ACHIEVING OUR PURPOSE AND NEED.
SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE TOWN OF PEMBROKE PARK WAS THEY WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF RIGHT OF AWAY THAT WE WERE ACQUIRING WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THEIR MUNICIPALITY.
AGAIN, WE STEPPED BACK, WE PAUSED, WE SHARPENED THE SAW A LITTLE BIT, AND WE LOOKED AT SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO HELP ADDRESS OUR DRAINAGE NEEDS.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD ON SOME JOINT USE OF SOME OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE PROJECT THAT WILL HELP US ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS ALONG WITH SOME OTHER LOCATIONS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE FOR THE SECOND PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU.
MY APOLOGIES FOR THE LONG RESPONSE.
THE NEXT THREE SIDES ARE REALLY STARTING TO GET INTO THE WEEDS OF WHAT THE PLANS ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE.
I'M NOT REALLY GOING TO GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL ON IT, BUT WE'VE GOT HALLANDALE, PEMBROKE, AND THEN HOLLYWOOD.
THEN, OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT OUR COST ESTIMATE AND THE NUMBER OF IMPACTS EXPECTED WITH RIGHT OF AWAY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR ESTIMATED PROJECT COST IS A LITTLE OVER 300 MILLION, AND THE RIGHT OF AWAY IMPACTS, WE DO HAVE A VARIETY OF IMPACTS ALONG THE QUARTER.
ALTHOUGH WE'VE MINIMIZED THEM, THERE ARE STILL IMPACTS.
ON THIS SCREEN IS OUR SCHEDULE.
THE DATES ON THERE ARE OUR PREVIOUS DATES.
OUR NEW DATES ARE APRIL 3RD FOR THE VIRTUAL AND APRIL 8TH FOR THE IN-PERSON, WE'LL BE SENDING OVER THAT INFORMATION TO MPO TEAM MEMBERS SO THAT THEY CAN SHARE IT THROUGH ALL OF THEIR VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA AND EMAIL BLASTS AS WELL AS WE'LL BE SHARING IT AS WELL, AS WELL AS I'LL BE PERSONALLY SHARING IT WITH THE IMPACTED MUNICIPALITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR AS WELL.
ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN THE PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WE'RE AT STEP 2, WHICH IS PD&E, AND WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE STEPS TO GO.
ON THE LEFT, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IS ACTIVE IN EVERY PHASE THAT WE DO BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ENGAGE WITH YOU ALL AS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
AGAIN, OUR PUBLIC HEARING IS COMING UP HERE IN APRIL.
WE ARE ACTIVELY FUNDED FOR DESIGN, WE ARE NOT YET FUNDED FOR RIGHT OF AWAY AND CONSTRUCTION, SO THOSE WILL BE OUR NEXT STEPS TO TRY TO ACHIEVE THAT FUNDING IN THE FUTURE.
JUST A QUICK SLIDE OF THE NEXT STEPS.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, GET ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, INCORPORATE THOSE INTO OUR FINAL DOCUMENTATION SO THAT WE CAN GET APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PD&E DOCUMENTS TO THEN FULLY STEP INTO DESIGN.
MY APOLOGIES. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I THINK THAT YOU VERY WELL DESCRIBED THE PROCESS AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR MAYOR COOPER, BUT I THINK THAT THE CONCERNS OF HALLANDALE AND HOLLYWOOD WERE, WELL, I'LL SAY FOR HOLLYWOOD ADDRESSED.
NOT 100%, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S GIVE AND TAKE, BUT THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN WHERE WE STARTED. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THIS SECOND COMMENT GOES BACK TO THE UNDERPASS, WHICH IS WE'RE ALL VERY JEALOUS THAT FORT LAUDERDALE HAS ALL OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS IN THE UNDERPASS STUDY.
AS 95 IS IMPROVED, AND MORE PEOPLE THINK, OH, IT'S NOT SUCH A PAIN IN THE NECK, I'LL START TAKING 95, WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THESE BACKUPS AT THE EXIT RAMPS WILL ONLY GET WORSE.
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I'M JUST PUTTING A PLUG IN THERE THAT ONCE YOU GET PAST FORT LAUDERDALE, HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD WOULD BE A GREAT NEXT PLACE TO LOOK FOR ONE OF THOSE RAIL UNDERPASSES. THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. JAMES KROMER STILL IN THE ROOM ON THAT ONE. IS THAT JAMES?
>> I'LL BE BRIEF. I APPRECIATED THE TIME I SPENT WITH THE DISTRICT SECRETARY.
BUT WE STILL HAVEN'T RESOLVED AND OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S NOT FUNDING FOR $33 MILLION WORTH OF PURCHASING RIGHT OF AWAY RIGHT NOW.
BUT MY KEEN FOCUS AND MAKING IT CLEAR AND SHOWING HIM THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS PHYSICALLY.
NO MATTER WHAT WE DO TO 95, WE HAVE ZERO CAPACITY ON OUR SIDE STREETS, AND JUST TO CREATE STACKING AND ADD THESE LANES, REMOVING COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, TAKING AWAY CITY RIGHT OF AWAY IS NOT SOLVING A PROBLEM, YOU'RE JUST EXPANDING A FOOTPRINT FOR STACKING OF VEHICLES.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, MEMBER SHUHAM, WE HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES WITH DRAINAGE, AND THE MORE THEY TAKE THE EASEMENTS AWAY ON THE WEST SIDE OF HOLLYWOOD AS WELL AS PEMBROKE PARK, HALLANDALE, THERE ARE SEVERE DRAINAGE COMPLICATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO OCCUR.
I DON'T SEE ANY INFRASTRUCTURE WITH PUMPING STATIONS, ANY INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE HAVE A FAILING PUMPING STATION NOW AT PEMBROKE ROAD AND 95.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING SURE OUR RESIDENTS HAVE THIS INFORMATION AS WELL. THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
[4. Report from Partner Agency - Broward County - Low Stress Multimodal Mobility Network Master Plan]
OUR LAST REPORT WILL BE FROM BROWARD COUNTY LOW STRESS MULTIMODAL MOBILITY NETWORK MASTER PLAN.MR. CROMAR WILL BE PRESENTING, AGAIN, FOR US. [NOISE]
>> I SHOULD BE AWAY FROM HERE IN 30 SECONDS.
JAMES KROMER WITH BROWARD NPO.
BEFORE JOSETTE COMES UP, WHO'S THE BROWARD COUNTY PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS MULTIMODAL MOBILITY PLAN, I WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE THREE STUDIES THAT BROWARD COUNTY IS PROVIDING AS A LOCAL MATCH FOR THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
WE WILL LOOK TO INCORPORATE THE FINDINGS FROM THIS STUDY INTO THE PED BIKE SAFETY ACTION PLAN FOR THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN AND ALSO OTHER COMPONENTS AND LOOK TO SEE HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO FUND AND IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS. NOW, JOSETTE.
>> GOOD MORNING. I'M JOSETTE SEVERYN.
I'M WITH BROWARD COUNTY'S MOBILITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM.
I'M THE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR AND PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE LOW STRESS MULTIMODAL MOBILITY MASTER PLAN.
A FEW THINGS I WANT TO MENTION BEFORE I BRING UP OUR CONSULTANT, CHRISTINA FERMIN.
AS JAMES MENTIONED, THIS PROJECT DOES SERVE AS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF MATCH FOR THE SS4A BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
IT IS FUNDED BY GAS TAX AND SURTAX.
WHILE YOU LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE MASTER PLAN HAS A 20-YEAR HORIZON.
THE PROJECT AIMS TO PLAN FOR ALL AGES AND ALL ABILITIES, WHICH ESSENTIALLY MEANS WE'RE GOING TO PLAN FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE USER, WHICH IS OUR CHILDREN FIRST.
THIS PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON SAFETY, COMFORT, CONVENIENCE, AND INCLUSIVENESS.
I HOPE THIS HAS ULTIMATELY A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR SILVER TSUNAMI.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, CHRISTINA FERMIN.
>> THANK YOU, JOSETTE. THANK YOU, JAMES, FOR THE INTRODUCTION. GOOD MORNING.
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING ON THIS FINE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MORNING?
>> I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG MORNING SO FAR, SO I'LL TRY AND CAPTURE YOUR ATTENTION HERE.
MY NAME IS CHRISTINA FERMIN, AND I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER WITH MARLIN ENGINEERING LEADING THIS STUDY.
I WANT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE THE TRANSIT CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD EARLIER.
AS A BROWARD COUNTY NATIVE, IT BROUGHT ME BACK TO WHEN I USED TO RIDE THE BUS AS A LITTLE KID WITH MY GRANDMOTHER IN WEST PARK AND WALKING THE MILE TO THE BUS STOP AND WAITING FOR IT IN THE HEAT.
ULTIMATELY, SHE ENDED UP GETTING HER LICENSE BECAUSE OF RELIABILITY AND FREQUENCY ISSUES.
>> THAT'S UP TO BROWARD COUNTY AND THE MPO FOR LOOKING AT IMPROVING FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY HERE.
OUR VISION FOR THE BROWARD COUNTY MULTIMODAL MOBILITY TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BROWARD MMMP,
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IS TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE LOW-STRESS MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY.AS JOSETTE MENTIONED, WE HAVE A SILVER TSUNAMI COMING.
ONE IN FIVE BROWARD COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL BE OVER THE AGE OF 65 BY 2030.
OF COURSE, THERE ARE CHILDREN WE HEARD ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOLERS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING TO WORK OUT IN WEST BROWARD.
OUR GOAL THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS TO ENHANCE ACCESSIBILITY AND MOBILITY FOR ALL PEOPLE, AND WE AIM TO DO THIS THROUGH OUR SEVEN TASK SCOPE ITEMS. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
JUST NOW STARTING OUR FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS, AND WE'LL BE SUBMITTING A DRAFT COPY OF OUR DESIGN MANUAL SHORTLY.
>> HELLO. TODAY, I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER THE PROPOSED LOW-STRESS NETWORK, OUR PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, AS WELL AS THE PROJECT LIST.
I'LL GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON THE DESIGN MANUAL AND THEN I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
THE MAP THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS THE PROPOSED LOW-STRESS MULTIMODAL NETWORK.
THE GREEN LINES IN THE MAP WOULD BE FOR WALKING BIKING AND USING PERSONAL CONVEYANCE DEVICES, SO THINK WHEELCHAIRS, WALKERS, SCOOTERS, UNICYCLES, ETC.
THE NETWORK COMPRISES OF 250 IDENTIFIED PROJECTS, 60% OF THESE PROJECTS WE'VE DEEMED MODERATE TO IMPLEMENT.
MEANING THAT THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE AGENCY INVOLVED AND THEY MAY BE PINCH POINTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR WHERE DECISIONS NEED TO BE MADE.
FIVE PERCENT OF THIS NETWORK FALLS ALONG CANALS, PROVIDING TRAIL OPPORTUNITIES AND DISTANCE FROM VEHICLES.
ELEVEN PERCENT ARE EXISTING FACILITIES THAT WE MAY BE RECOMMENDING IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE IT MORE COMFORTABLE, TO MAKE IT SAFER, AND TO MAKE IT MORE INCLUSIVE.
THEN 1% OF THIS NETWORK IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION TODAY.
HERE'S A SUMMARY OF OUR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE NETWORK.
ROUGHLY HALF OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE TO WIDEN THE EXISTING SIDEWALK TO A SIDE PATH OR SHARED-USE PATH STANDARD, FILL IN MISSING SIDEWALK GAPS.
ROUGHLY 44% OF THE PROJECTS ARE ALREADY PLANNED OR IDENTIFIED IN A MASTER PLAN.
TWENTY PERCENT OF THE PROJECTS ARE NEW TRAILS OR EXTENSIONS OF EXISTING TRAILS.
WE'RE LOOKING ALSO AT TRAFFIC CALMING, LOOKING AT BICYCLE LANE MODIFICATIONS, MEANING PUTTING IN BUFFERING AND OR PHYSICAL SEPARATION, ENHANCEMENTS TO THE EXISTING GREENWAYS AND TRAILS.
LOOKING AT MAKING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS IMPROVING THE CROSSINGS, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE MAJOR CORRIDORS.
THEN WE'VE GOT A FEW PROJECTS THAT IDENTIFY PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE BRIDGES AND TUNNELS.
LIKE I SAID, PREVIOUSLY, 1% IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA.
WE IDENTIFIED SIX METRICS, SAFETY BEING THE TOP METRIC FOR OUR PRIORITIZATION, SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CRASHES AND CRASH SEVERITY.
FOLLOWED BY CONNECTIVITY AND COMFORT WITH THE SECOND RANK MOST POINTS.
CONNECTIVITY BEING ONE OF THE CORE OBJECTIVES OF OUR PROJECT, CONNECTING TO TRANSIT STOPS, CONNECTING TO SCHOOLS, CONNECTING TO PARKS, CONNECTING TO MEDICAL CENTERS, SHOPPING CENTERS, JOBS.
THEN ALSO LOOKING AT INCREASING THE COMFORT, SO MEANING HOW COMFORTABLE SOMEBODY FEELS USING A SIDEWALK OR A BIKE LANE.
OUR LEVEL OF TRAFFIC STRESS ANALYSIS IDENTIFIED THAT THE NETWORK HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY FOR BICYCLISTS IS PREDOMINANTLY A LEVEL OF TRAFFIC STRESS THREE OR FOUR, MEANING THAT REALLY PEOPLE ARE USING IT BECAUSE THEY EITHER HAD THE COURAGE TO OR THEY NEED TO.
THEN WHEN IT COMES TO PEDESTRIAN LEVEL OF TRAFFIC STRESS, MUCH OF OUR NETWORK FALLS WITHIN LTS 2 OR 3.
ULTIMATELY, OUR GOAL IS TO REACH AN LTS LEVEL OF TRAFFIC STRESS ONE OR TWO.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT EQUITY HEALTH AND DEMAND POTENTIAL USING SOME OF THE EXISTING TOOLS OUT THERE, THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING EQUITY ASSESSMENT MOUTHFUL AND THE US.EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY EXPLORE THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE POPULATION WITHIN A 15 MINUTE TRAVEL SHED OF THESE FACILITIES TO CAPTURE THE POTENTIAL DEMAND.
THIS IS OUR NETWORK PRIORITIZED.
THE COLOR PURPLE IS OUR HIGHEST RANKED SEGMENTS.
YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF PURPLE SEGMENTS IN THE NORTHEAST AND IN THE SOUTH.
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THESE SEGMENTS RANK THE HIGHEST IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION AND GOING AFTER AND STARTING TO FILL IN THAT NETWORK.THEN THE BLUE COLORS ARE LOWER SCORE PROJECTS.
WE WENT TO THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP, WE PRESENTED OUR LIST OF 250 PROJECTS, AND WE HAD A WORKSHOP WHERE WE HASHED OUT AND WE SELECTED 10 PROJECTS FOR FEASIBILITY SCOPE.
THIS IS THE LIST OF OUR 10 PROJECTS.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT PROJECT 190A WHICH IS DIXIE HIGHWAY FROM SAMPLE ROAD TO COUNTY LINE ROAD WAS RECENTLY SWAPPED OUT.
WE FOUND OUT THAT IT IS UNDER FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS, AND FDOT ALSO HAS A PLANNED RESURFACING PROJECT IN A FEW YEARS FOR THIS PARTICULAR SEGMENT.
WE WENT AHEAD AND SWAPPED IT OUT FOR PROJECT 160, WHICH IS NORTHEAST THIRD AVENUE.
ALSO KNOWN AS FAU RESEARCH PARK BOULEVARD.
THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH IS DOING A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THAT CORRIDOR FOR BIKE-PED.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE SEGMENT THAT'S IN POMPANO BEACH FROM SAMPLE ROAD DOWN TO OPENS AT BICYCLE-PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS.
THERE'S A SCHOOL ALONG THAT CORRIDOR, A LOT OF RESIDENTS, SO WE'LL BE SWAMPING OUT 190A FOR 160.
THESE 10 PROJECTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT FEASIBILITY.
MOST OF THEM ARE LOOKING AT WIDENING THE EXISTING SIDEWALK FOR SHARED-USE PATH OR SIDE PATH.
THEN ON DIXIE ROAD IN PARTICULAR BETWEEN MCNAB AND POMPANO PARK PLACE.
IT'S A ONE-WAY PAIR WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EXISTING BUFFERED BIKE LANE AND PUTTING SOME TYPE OF PHYSICAL SEPARATED BARRIER FOR PROTECTION.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A TRAIL SEGMENT ALONG BROWARD BOULEVARD IN PLANTATION BY THE TRANSIT HUB THERE, AND ALSO TRAFFIC CALMING, AND OF COURSE, IMPROVING THE CROSSINGS AND CROSSWALKS.
FOR OUR FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS, WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT OF WAY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ELEVATION AND DRAINAGE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, EXISTING CONDITIONS, UTILITIES, STREETSCAPE, LIGHTING, IMPACTS TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES, AND ANY POTENTIAL FATAL FLAWS.
WE ARE WRAPPING UP OUR APPROXIMATE PLANNING COST ESTIMATES FOR OUR 250 PROJECT LIST.
THEN WE'LL BE GOING TO THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP IN A FEW WEEKS TO PRESENT OUR FINDINGS.
THEN WE WILL WORK TOGETHER WITH THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP TO ADVANCE FIVE OF THESE PROJECTS FOR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.
FOR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT CREATING RENDERINGS, CROSS-SECTION PLANS, AND AERIAL PLANS FOR THE FIVE SEGMENTS THAT ARE CHOSEN.
WITH THAT SAID, WE'VE GOT OUR SUB-CONSULTANT WORKING ON THE DESIGN MANUAL, AND THE DESIGN MANUAL IS FOCUSED ON CREATING LOW-STRESS FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
IT'S RESPONSIVE TO CONTEXT, CLASSIFICATION, AND ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS.
IT'S ALSO BUILDING OFF OF THE BROWARD MPO'S COMPLETE STREETS DESIGN GUIDE.
WITH THAT SAID, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR FOR.
>> THANKS. FIRST OF ALL, NICE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.
ONE THING I'M INTERESTED IN IS, WE'RE SEEING TRI-RAIL WANTING TO FIND A WAY TO HAVE CONNECTIVITY AT ALL THE STOPS.
RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE 1,000 BIKES THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON THE TRAIN EVERY DAY, AND BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A FACILITY AT EACH OF THE TRAIN STATIONS.
SOMEBODY HAS TO TAKE THEIR BIKE ONTO THE TRAIN.
I THINK WHAT TRI-RAIL IS WANTING TO DO IS TO HELP ON THAT FIRST MILE LAST MILE.
I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE WHERE THOSE STOPS ARE.
SOME OF THOSE WHATEVER THE PLANS ARE SO SOMEBODY CAN GET OFF AT THE STOP, GET ON THEIR BIKE, AND GO WHEREVER THEY GOT TO GO.
>> WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR ANALYSIS IN THE GAPS ANALYSIS AND OUR DESTINATION ACCESSIBILITY ANALYSIS.
TRANSIT STOPS AND STATIONS WERE ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF MEASURING DISTANCE AND CONNECTIVITY.
LET ME GO BACK TO THE MAP HERE.
>> I WAS SURPRISED THE HOLLYWOOD DIXIE HIGHWAY PROJECT IS NOT ON THERE. IS THERE A REASON?
>> THE ONE IN HOLLYWOOD AND HALLANDALE.
>> YES. CAN I USE THIS? NO. IF YOU LOOK AT DIXIE HIGHWAY,
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IT IS ON THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTION OF THE COUNTY.YOU'LL SEE DIXIE HIGHWAY IS ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH FORT LAUDERDALE AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE [OVERLAPPING].
>> WHAT IS TRYING TO HAPPEN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROJECT IS DONE BY THE TIME THE RAILROAD STATION [OVERLAPPING].
>> THAT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF YEARS FROM NOW.
I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY HIGH PRIORITY.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS AND WE TOOK A BIKE RIDE WITH THE PEOPLE FROM THE NETHERLANDS THIS LAST WEEK, BACK AND FORTH, LOOKING AT IT.
BUT I'M NOT SURE WHY I DON'T SEE IT.
>> IT'S ACTUALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP HERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
>> IT IS IN GREEN, NOT PURPLE.
>> I THINK THAT'S US ONE, IS IT?
US ONE ISN'T INCLUDED IN THIS.
>> WHAT'S THE US ONE IS IT PURPLE?
>> YES. THE REASON THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT IT FOR OUR FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS IS BECAUSE IT IS MOVING FORWARD FOR DESIGN.
>> BUT I GUESS FOR ALL THE OTHER STOPS WITH TRI-RAIL.
I KNOW DAVE DEM WITH TRI-RAIL IS TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO HAVE A BIKE NETWORK FROM EVERY ONE OF THOSE STOPS.
BUT UNLESS SOMEBODY IS MOVING WITH A PLAN ON THAT, IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT BECAUSE SOMEWHERE THAT EVERY CITY THAT HAS A STOP THERE IS GOING TO PROBABLY NEED TO HELP ON THE INVESTMENT ON THAT.
OR DO AN RFP AND GET SOME COMPANY THAT'S WILLING TO HELP ON THAT.
BUT WITHOUT A PLAN TO PULL THAT TOGETHER, I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.
I GUESS I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PLAN THERE FOR EVERY STOP ON TRI-RAIL.
I THINK WHEN MANY OF US WENT OVER TO THE NETHERLANDS TO SEE HOW THEY DID IT.
I WAS PARKING LOTS AT EVERY TRAIL AND IT JUST WORKED.
WE'RE NOT DOING THAT HERE WHEN WE HAVE THAT OPTION.
>> I HEAR YOU. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WE DID TAKE THE STATIONS INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE DID OUR ANALYSIS.
NEXT TIME I COME BEFORE YOU, I'LL MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE STATIONS ON THE MAP FOR YOU.
BUT PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, A, OUR DESIGN MANUAL DOES ADDRESS TRANSIT WALKING AND BIKING IN THE NETWORK.
B, WE DO HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NOT ONLY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, CROSSINGS, CONNECTIVITY, BUT WE'LL BE PROPOSING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AMENITIES, THINGS LIKE BICYCLE RACKS, BICYCLE PARKING, SHOWER FACILITIES, WATER FOUNTAINS, AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO BICYCLE SHARE, AND EXPANDING THAT NETWORK HERE IN THE COUNTY BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE BIKE SHARE STATIONS ARE REALLY CONCENTRATED IN TOURIST DESTINATION.
>> I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO IS WAIT AROUND ON THAT. TO BE HONEST.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT'S SO OBVIOUS THAT PEOPLE WHEN YOU HAVE 1,000 BIKES THAT ARE HAVING TO BE ON THE TRAIN, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT THOSE FACILITIES RIGHT NOW, AND NOW YOU'RE LOSING CAPACITY ON THE TRAIN BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY BIKES ON THERE.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO START TO DEAL WITH THAT.
>> IT'S LIKE, WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE DOING THIS.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT. THANK YOU.
>> YES, I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS MAYOR FOR WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BICYCLES.
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, I WAS TAKING THE TRI-RAIL ON A REGULAR BASIS FROM THE FALL LAUDERLL AREA DOWN TO MIAMI DADE TO MIAMI AIRPORT.
I WILL SAY THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF BICYCLE RIDERS THAT WERE ON THE BIKES WITH THE BIKE WRECKS.
I WOULD RECOMMEND FOR MY OWN PERSONAL USE IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THOSE FACILITIES FOR BICYCLE PARKING AT THE TRI-RAIL STATIONS.
THE FIRST ONE SHOULD BE AT THE FALL LAUREL HOLLYWOOD AIRPORT, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE SHOULD BE AT THE MIAMI AIRPORT BECAUSE THOSE STATIONS GO RIGHT INTO THE AIRPORT AND MIAMI, SO PEOPLE DON'T NEED THEIR BIKES WHEN THEY GET THERE.
THEN IN THE FALL LAUREL ONE, I KNOW THERE'S A SHUTTLE SERVICE, I BELIEVE, FROM THE FALL AURAL STATION TO THE AIRPORT, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DOING.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THOSE WILL BE THE TWO ONES THAT YOU WOULD.
>> ANOTHER FOLLOW UP BEAM? OR YOU JUST HIT BY MISS?
>> I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HANGING IN THERE AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
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>> AWESOME.
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