Mar 04, 2026 Citizens' Advisory Committee

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GO AHEAD. THE FIRST AND ONLY ACTION ITEM TONIGHT IS A MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO

[1. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the Draft Fiscal Year 2027 - Fiscal Year 2028 Unified Planning Work Program for Submittal to Funding Agencies for Review]

UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE TO FUNDING AGENCIES REVIEW.

AND CAROL EMMA IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THAT.

CARL.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SORRY ABOUT THAT CHAIR.

YOU GOT MY NAME, RIGHT, BY THE WAY. THANK YOU. EVERYONE SAYS EMMA.

SO YEAH. SO TONIGHT CARL.

EMMA BROWARD MPO STAFF. I'M GOING TO PRESENT THE DRAFT UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM OR UPW. AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER FROM OUR WORKSHOP LAST JUNE, WE WENT THROUGH SOME OF SEVERAL OF OUR CORE PRODUCTS WITH YOU ALL.

SO THE BWP IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE.

YOU SEE IT HERE ON THE TOP LEFT.

IT'S, IT'S REALLY AN INTERNAL OPERATIONS DOCUMENT AS OPPOSED TO SOME OF THE PROJECT PROGRAMING PRODUCTS THAT WE PRODUCE.

AND YOU KNOW, WE CALL IT THE UPP INTERNALLY, BUT REALLY YOU CAN JUST SAY IT'S THE BUDGET AND OUR BUDGET LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS.

SO THE ONE WE'RE DEVELOPING NOW WILL GO INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR AND RUN THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2028. IT ACTS AS SORT OF A SCOPE OF SERVICES FOR US.

SO WE ENTER AN AGREEMENT EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS WITH FDOT AND FOR OUR FUNDING.

AND SO THE UPP IS BASICALLY EXHIBIT A TO THAT AGREEMENT.

IT SUMMARIZES ALL OF THE WORK WE PLAN TO BE DOING.

IT TALKS ABOUT WHO WE ARE GOING TO BE COORDINATING WITH, WHAT AGENCIES THE TIME FRAMES WE'RE WORKING WITH FOR THE PROJECTS HOW MUCH THE WORK WILL COST AND THEN THE SOURCES OF THE FUNDS AS WELL.

SO THAT'S IN A NUTSHELL, WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE U P WP IS UP WP CONTENT. SO OUR UP WP IS SPLIT INTO SIX SECTIONS.

SECTION A IS THE COST ANALYSIS CERTIFICATION STATEMENT.

THAT'S A SIMPLE ONE PAGER FROM FDOT THAT'S SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LOOKED AT YOUR NUMBERS. EVERYTHING IN YOUR PWP IS APPROPRIATE.

MAKES SENSE. ALL THE FINANCIALS ARE CORRECT.

AND SO THEY'LL A LITTLE LATER ON IN THE PROCESS THEY PROVIDE THAT TO US AND SIGN OFF ON THAT. SO THAT'S ALL SECTION A IS.

SECTION B IS THE INTRODUCTION.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE WHERE WE DEFINE WHAT A UPW IS AND HOW IT'S DEVELOPED.

WE WE DO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR PLANNING TASKS THAT APPEAR IN SECTION D.

AND WE ALSO TALK ABOUT OTHER GUIDANCE THAT WE INCORPORATE THAT THAT INFLUENCES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UPW P, SUCH AS THE FEDERAL PLANNING FACTORS.

SECTION C FOCUSES ON THE MPO SO THAT.

THAT GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE MPO BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES, AS WELL AS THE INFORMATION.

IT WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON RULES, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT GOVERN THE MPO SECTION. D IS THE BIG ONE, WHICH I'LL GET TO IN A SECOND, BUT IT'S IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PERFORMED BY THE MPO.

SECTION E IS A SUMMARY TABLES OF ALL THE FINANCIALS WITHIN THE DOCUMENT.

SO IN, IN ONE PLACE WE HAVE SEVERAL TABLES THERE SUMMARIZING EVERYTHING.

AND THEN THE APPENDICES IN SECTION F CONTAIN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE COMMENTS REVIEW COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, AND FDOT, THOSE ARE CAPTURED THERE AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THEM AND WE ADDRESS THOSE COMMENTS.

AT THAT POINT, WE ALSO HAVE ACRONYMS LIST OF CURRENT AGREEMENTS IN EFFECT AS WELL AS THE PLANNING ACTIVITIES FOR FDOT DISTRICT FOUR AS WELL AS OTHER BROWARD COUNTY AGENCIES AND MUNICIPALITIES. SO THAT'S THE CONTENT.

BUT IF YOU WERE TO IGNORE THE REST OF THE UP WP AND FOCUS ON ONE SECTION, I WOULD DIRECT YOU TO, SECTION D PLANNING TASKS.

SO THIS IS THE REAL MEAT OF THE DOCUMENT AND WHAT YOU WANT TO KIND OF SPEND YOUR TIME WITH. IF YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT BEFORE.

WE HAVE EIGHT TASKS IN THE UP WP I KNOW THERE'S A NINE AT THE BOTTOM AND THAT'S JUST DUE TO, YOU KNOW, I'LL SPARE YOU THE DETAILS AND JUST SAY THERE'S A, THERE'S A, SOME LIMITATIONS WITH OUR ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE.

WHEN WE ENTERED ALL THESE TASKS INTO THE SYSTEM YEARS AND YEARS AGO NINE WAS ASSIGNED FOR LOCAL ACTIVITIES AND TO REDO THAT AND MAKE IT AN EIGHT IS SURPRISINGLY DIFFICULT.

WE FOUND OUT. SO FOR NOW, WE'LL JUST WE'LL KEEP THE NINE AND MAYBE CORRECT THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IN EACH OF THESE TASKS.

SO TASK ONE IS MPO ADMINISTRATION.

YOU COULD PROBABLY GUESS WHAT YOU'LL FIND HERE.

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, TASKS NECESSARY FOR THE DAY TO DAY FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION.

IT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE STAFF MANAGEMENT REVISIONS TO THE UP UP WP ITSELF MANAGEMENT OF THE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES LIKE THIS ONE, AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASES AND OTHER SERVICE FEES. TASK TWO IS OUR DATA COLLECTION, SO THERE'S SOME RELATED ACTIVITIES IN THERE

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SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE TARGETS ARE SET.

SOME OF THEM ARE SET AT LEAST ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

SO YOU'VE SEEN THAT COME REGULARLY.

WE ALSO HAVE THINGS LIKE UPDATES TO THE ROADWAY, FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS, LEVEL OF SERVICE.

YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THOSE TERMS. AND THAT'S ALL COMING OUT OF TASK TWO THERE.

TASK THREE IS GOING TO BE OUR BIGGER REGIONAL SCALE EFFORTS.

SO METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

PROBABLY THE MOST OBVIOUS ONE OF THOSE YOU'VE SEEN AND BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PLAN OVER THE YEARS.

OTHER THINGS ARE COORDINATION WITH OUR NEIGHBORING MPOS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH, MIAMI DADE AND PALM BEACH FREIGHT RELATED ACTIVITIES AND ALSO OTHER BIG PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS THE SMART METRO DIGITAL TWIN PROJECT, WHICH IF YOU WERE AT THE SAFE ROAD SUMMIT, I KNOW I SAW SOME OF YOU THERE.

YOU PROBABLY KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AFTER SOME OF THE SESSIONS THAT WE HAD.

TASK FOUR IS GOING TO BE MORE LOCAL PLANNING EFFORTS.

THESE ARE SMALLER SCALE.

YOU PROBABLY HEARD OF THE ROADS FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY REV PROGRAM USED TO BE THE COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHER LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM.

SEE SLIP. THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THERE.

ALSO OTHER SMALLER PROJECTS LIKE CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND CORRIDOR STUDIES THAT FOCUS ON A SPECIFIC AREA. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN FOR TASK FIVE IS ANOTHER CORE PRODUCT. SO IT GETS IT'S THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND IT HAS ITS OWN TASK AT THE TIP. AND ALSO IT ALSO ENCOMPASSES THE LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS OR LEP.

SO TWO CORE PRODUCTS IN THERE.

AND THEN SOME OTHER THINGS SUCH AS THE INTERACTIVE TIP.

TASK SIX IS REGIONAL TRANSFER.

SO WE PARTNER WITH SOME REGIONAL ENTITIES.

SO MIAMI DADE TPO, PALM BEACH, MPO AND FDOT DISTRICTS FOUR AND SIX.

SO WE WORK TOGETHER WITH THEM ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.

THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING MODEL AND THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH SORT OF TIES ALL THE MTPS THAT THE MPO PRODUCED TOGETHER.

SO THOSE, THOSE ARE THE TWO EFFORTS THAT WE CONSISTENTLY WORK TOGETHER WITH THEM ON AND THE LEAD AGENCY CHANGES AS THE EACH UP CYCLE.

SO WE HAVE TO HAVE IDENTICAL TASK SIXES, YOU COULD SAY IN EACH OF THE MPO UP PIECE THAT SAY WE ARE TRANSFERRING MONEY TO OR, OR WE ARE RECEIVING MONEY FROM FOR A SPECIFIC TASK, DEPENDING ON IF YOU'RE THE LEAD AGENCY.

SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW THAT ONE WORKS.

TASK SEVEN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY OBVIOUS WHAT THAT IS.

IT'S ALL OF OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS, OUR EVENTS OUR WEBSITE UPDATES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND THEN TASK NINE LOCAL ACTIVITIES.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE THIS IS JUST LOCALLY FUNDED EFFORTS.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MPO HAS ADVOCACY TEAMS IN WASHINGTON AND TALLAHASSEE.

WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT WITH FEDERAL FUNDS.

SO FORTUNATELY OUR BOARD HAS DOES A LOCAL CONTRIBUTION COLLECTION.

WE'RE ABLE TO USE THOSE LOCAL DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THOSE ADVOCACY EFFORTS AND TRY TO BRING BETTER OUTCOMES FOR, FOR THE BROWARD REGION.

THROUGH THAT MEANS WE ALSO HAVE THE METRO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION COOPERATIVE THAT MTECH THAT IS ALSO IN THERE.

SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT MORE OBVIOUSLY IF YOU GO IN THE DOCUMENT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL FIND AND GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S IN THESE TASKS.

WHEN YOU GET INTO THE TASKS, THEY'RE ALL SET UP VERY SIMILARLY.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE STRUCTURE, SO IT STARTS WITH A NARRATIVE.

IN THIS CASE, I'VE SELECTED TASK FIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

IT ALWAYS STARTS WITH THE PURPOSE. WHAT THIS IS PREVIOUS WORK COMPLETED ARE SORT OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, THE GREATEST HITS FROM THE PREVIOUS UP.

SO THAT'LL BE UPDATED ACCORDINGLY.

AND THEN BELOW THAT YOU HAVE REQUIRED ACTIVITIES, WHICH IS REALLY THE DAY TO DAY STAFF ACTIVITIES THAT, THAT ARE, THAT ARE GOING ON.

TO THE RIGHT OF THAT IS WORK PRODUCT. SO WHAT, WHAT ARE ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES END UP CREATING? AND THEN TO THE RIGHT OF THAT IS COMPLETION DATES WHEN WE ESTIMATE THESE WORK PRODUCTS TO BE COMPLETED.

IF YOU SCROLL PAST THAT, YOU'LL GET DOWN TO THE BUDGET TABLES.

I'M SHOWING ONE BUDGET TABLE FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, BUT YOU'LL SEE TWO FOR EACH TASK.

SO YOU'LL HAVE A 27 AND 28.

AND THAT BREAKS DOWN THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO STAFF AND ANY CONSULTANTS THAT WE HAVE. AND IT'LL ALSO GO THROUGH THE TYPE OF FUNDING THAT'S ASSIGNED THERE.

SCROLLING PAST THAT, YOU'LL GET DOWN TO THE DESCRIPTION TABLE, WHICH SERVES AS LIKE A MINI SCOPE FOR OUR CONSULTANT EFFORTS.

AND MOST OF THE. ALMOST ALL OF THE TASKS ARE SET UP WITH THIS STRUCTURE IN MIND.

THERE'S A COUPLE TASKS LIKE ONE AND NINE.

YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE TRAVEL EXPENSES OR DIRECT EXPENSES, BUT TYPICALLY THEY'RE ALL GOING TO FOLLOW THIS, THIS LAYOUT THAT YOU SEE HERE.

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AND ONCE THAT'S DONE OUR SUBMISSION IS OF THE DRAFT IS DUE MARCH 15TH, WHICH I THINK IS A SUNDAY.

SO WE ARE GOING TO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THE BOARD IS COMFORTABLE, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THAT SAME DAY AFTER THEY APPROVE.

ONCE THAT'S DONE, THE PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD STARTS THAT'S BEING ADVERTISED RIGHT NOW IN THE PAPERS. THAT'LL KICK OFF MARCH 19TH, APRIL 20TH.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING PARTNERS ARE GOING TO INITIATE THEIR REVIEW ON THE DOCUMENT.

TAKE THEM SEVERAL WEEKS TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE COMMENTS.

ONCE THEY GET THOSE BACK TO US, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT, ADDRESS IT AS BEST WE CAN, AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK TO YOU ALL IN APRIL 22ND. WITH THE THE FINAL VERSION, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S CHANGED, IF ANYTHING. HISTORICALLY IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, USUALLY PRETTY MINOR CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED.

SO, YOU KNOW, KNOCK ON WHATEVER THIS IS.

HOPEFULLY THAT'S THE SAME THIS YEAR. SO APRIL 22ND.

THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL TAKE IT TO THE BOARD IN MAY. AND THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER THE BOARD MEETING, MAY 15TH, IT'S DUE BACK TO THE SAME FEDERAL AND STATE REVIEW AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE SATISFACTORILY ADDRESSED THE COMMENTS THAT THEY SHARED WITH US.

AND THEN WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE IT WILL GO INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR.

AND THAT'S REALLY IT ON THE UP.

CHAIR REINHART I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU.

CARL. WE DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

JOCELYN PROFIT. HEY, JUSTIN.

I THINK YOUR MIC MIGHT BE.

MIGHT HAVE TO ENTER THE QUEUE AGAIN.

HIT IT AGAIN. MIC IS ON NOW.

OH, HERE WE GO. THERE YOU ARE. JUST REALLY QUICK. SO AM I RIGHT BY SAYING THE FY 20? WHATEVER IS THE OPERATING BUDGET? THAT'S THE TOTAL BUDGET.

THAT'S LIKE THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF ALL.

YEAH. YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SUMMARY. YES.

THE BOTTOM. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT'S THE WHOLE BUDGET FOR THE MPO.

YES. OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT I FIGURED. I'M JUST WHEN I LOOK AT THESE THINGS, I'M USED TO LOOKING AT OKAY, HERE'S THE NUMBER FOR THIS YEAR. HERE'S THE NUMBER FOR LAST YEAR. HERE'S THE NUMBER FOR NEXT YEAR. SO DO YOU RECALL WHAT THE TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET WAS FROM LAST YEAR? IF YOU DON'T, THAT'S FINE.

I'D HAVE TO LOOK. ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS YEAR IT'S 20 MILLION.

APPROXIMATELY 20 MILLION. NEXT YEAR IT GOES DOWN TO 18 MILLION.

CAN YOU JUST TELL ME DO YOU KNOW BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE SAVINGS, I GUESS LET'S CALL THEM SAVINGS THAT THE MPO IS MAKING.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES? IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE SPENDING LESS MONEY NEXT IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR OR THE NEXT COUPLE FISCAL YEARS.

AND DO WE KNOW WHAT THOSE GENERALLY ARE? IT LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THEM MAY BE CONSULTING.

SORRY. I'M JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE WHAT? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? YEAH. TO THE CHAIR.

BILL CROSS BROWARD MPO.

SO THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE ARE THE GRANTS.

SO WE, WE'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN PULLING DOWN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS PARTICULARLY WITH THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, A LOT OF GRANTS TO THIS REGION AND THOSE STAY ON THE BOOK FOR, FOR A COUPLE OF FEW YEARS.

THOSE ARE GOING OFF BEYOND THAT ARE KIND OF PLANNING BUCKET THE PL THAT YOU SEE IN THERE AND THAT'S. U THEY'RE FAIRLY STATIC.

THE S U GOES UP BY ABOUT A HALF A MILLION EVERY OTHER YEAR.

SO PRETTY REALLY WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY FLAT.

OKAY. AND SAME STAFFING LEVELS, HOPEFULLY MORE OR LESS.

YES. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. IN THAT CASE, IT'S TIME FOR A VOTE.

IF WE COULD HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

JUSTIN. AND LET US VOTE.

OKAY. UNANIMOUS. IT IS PASSED.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. CARL. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT WE'LL GO INTO THE NON ACTION ITEMS. AND BILL I'D LIKE TO SWITCH THE TWO AND HAVE A BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.

START OFF HERE. WE CAN LET THEM GO AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN. SO IT IS REPORT FROM THE PARTNER AGENCY,

[2. Report from Partner Agency - Broward County Transit - Transit Development Plan]

AND BARNEY MCCOY IS GOING TO LEAD US THROUGH THAT.

BARNEY. ABSOLUTELY. GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD EVENING. RATHER, BARNEY MCCOY. I'M THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR SERVICE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION ON OUR ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR OUR TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN. OKAY.

THE TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHAT IT IS, IT'S A STATUTORILY REQUIRED DOCUMENT THAT WE THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE EVERY YEAR.

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IT'S A TEN YEAR PLAN. AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT QUALIFIES US TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE STATE BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FROM THE STATE.

WHAT THE ANNUAL REPORT ENTAILS IS THAT IT'S A NEW UPDATED 10TH YEAR.

IT SUMMARIZES OUR COORDINATION EFFORTS WITH THE BROWARD MPO.

THERE'S A NEW ELEMENT TO IT BASED ON THE LAST RULE CHANGE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THAT SAYS WE HAVE TO ALSO START PRIORITIZING OUR PROJECTS.

OKAY. STATUTORILY, THERE'S ALSO A CHECKLIST OF ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO INCLUDE IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT INCLUDES A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE AGENCY'S ACTIVITIES, THE TDP PROCESS. AND THEN WE HIGHLIGHT OR CALL OUT ANY AREAS WHERE WE'VE HAD SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL CHANGES.

THERE'S AN UPDATE, AS I MENTIONED, TEN YEAR SCHEDULE OF PROJECTS. WE HAVE TO DO AN UPDATED FINANCIAL PLAN, OF WHICH THE FIRST FIVE YEARS HAS TO BE FISCALLY CONSTRAINED. I MENTIONED THE NEW UPDATED PRIORITY LIST OR PRIORITIZATION, AND AGAIN, A REFERENCE TO THE SUMMARY OF COORDINATED COORDINATION EFFORTS THAT WE DO WITH THE BROWARD MPO. PART OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ALWAYS SPEAKS TO OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM RIDERSHIP. WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS A COMPARISON OF FISCAL YEAR 24 VERSUS 25.

AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THAT WE HAD A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE FIXED ROUTE RIDERSHIP.

WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN BREEZ RIDERSHIP, BUT THERE WAS ALSO A SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WE SUSPENDED THE SERVICE IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. YOU HAVE AN INCREASE IN PARATRANSIT RIDERSHIP AND AN INCREASE IN THE COMMUNITY SHUTTLE PROGRAM.

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE REPORT OUT ON, WE HAVE PROGRESS WITH THE PRIMO PROGRAM PROJECTS THAT WE ADVANCED BCR SOUTH TO ENGINEERING. WE BEGAN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE AIRPORT SEAPORT CONNECTOR, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO ADVANCED THE OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD BRT PROJECT THROUGH CONTINUED COORDINATION AND DESIGN EFFORTS WITH THE CITY'S. THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. WE PARTICIPATED AND SUPPORTED THAT EFFORT. WE CONTINUE TO MAKE UPGRADES TO OUR SYSTEM WITH REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, INSTALLATION OF SHELTERS, INSTALLATION OF BUS STOPS.

WE'VE ALSO INTRODUCED SOME SOLAR LIGHTING IN THAT EFFORT AS WELL. AND WE ALSO HAVE REDUCED SAFETY EVENTS, WHICH IS A NEW FTA REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR US WHERE, WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO TRACK OPERATOR ASSAULTS.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT THROUGH ONE.

WE'VE INCREASED OUR SECURITY PRESENCE THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM.

IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING DE-ESCALATION TRAINING FOR OUR FRONTLINE STAFF SPECIFIC TO OUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE OUTREACH, WE'VE LAUNCHED THE SOFOUL GO APP IN COORDINATION WITH NPO.

WHO ARE THE LEADS ON THAT PROJECT? WE DELIVERED DELIVERED TARGETED OUTREACH FOR THE OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD BRT.

WE'VE HAD THE MOBILITY ACTIVITIES WHEN WE HAD THE INDUSTRY DAY SPECIFIC FOR THE OAKLAND PARK BUS RAPID TRANSIT AND THE MIRAMAR PARK AND RIDE.

OKAY. I MENTIONED TEN YEAR SCHEDULE OF PROJECTS HERE. WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS AN EXCERPT FROM OUR TEN YEAR SCHEDULE OF PROJECTS.

AND IT INCLUDES ACTUALLY IN THIS SNIPPET HERE ACTUALLY AN ORDER OF PRIORITIES AND THAT WE MAINTAIN THE EXISTING FIXED ROUTE STRUCTURE, EXISTING PARATRANSIT AND SECURITY.

BUT ON THE LEFT HERE YOU SEE WHAT WE DEFINE AS KEY PROJECTS.

AND THIS IS ALSO IN PRIORITIZATION ORDER THAT WE MAINTAIN EXISTING SERVICES AND PROGRAM WHAT WE CALL STATE OF GOOD REPAIR.

YOU'VE GOT THE PRIMO PROJECTS LISTED HERE, NEW OR RENOVATED FACILITIES THAT WOULD ENHANCE THE CURRENT SYSTEM IN TERMS OF FACILITIES, FACILITIES THAT NEED REPLACING OR NEW FACILITIES. AND WE ALSO NEED NEW FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH THAT WE EXPECT FOR THE SYSTEM. IN TERMS OF PRIMO.

WE MENTIONED THE COA COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS ANALYSIS, WHICH IS NOW ACTUALLY BEING BRANDED AS TRANSIT FOR 2040.

I MENTIONED THE BUS STOP AND SHELTERS UPGRADES THAT WE WILL NEED TO SUPPORT THESE EXPANDED SERVICES. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE PARK AND RIDE LOTS THAT ARE BEING INTRODUCED AS WELL. WHAT YOU HEAR HALF HERE IS THE FINANCIAL PLAN, AND I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A TEN YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN, OF WHICH THE FIRST FIVE YEARS HAS TO BE FISCALLY CONSTRAINED.

BUT WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING RIGHT NOW IS A FISCAL IMPACT OF $9.9 BILLION.

YOU HAVE HERE ON THE RIGHT THE OPERATING COST.

THE LION'S SHARE, WHICH AGAIN GOES BACK TO SHOWS WE BE MAINTAINING THE CURRENT SYSTEM STATE OF GOOD REPAIR. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE CAPITAL COST ON THE RIGHT RATHER, I'M SORRY, THE SHOWS AGAIN, A LARGE PORTION THAT IS DEDICATED TO THE TRANSIT WAYS IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE NEW PROJECTS. BUT AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING ALL IN OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS IS A $9.9 BILLION PROGRAM OF PROJECTS. I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE NEED TO OR WHAT WE'VE BEEN REQUESTED WITH THE NEW TDP RULE TO PRIORITIZE THE PROJECTS.

AND WHAT YOU HAVE HERE ON THE LEFT DEFINES HOW YOU KNOW WHAT WE USE FOR CRITERIA FOR PRIORITIZATION. YOU'VE GOT ONE AGAIN, WHICH MAINTAINS THE EXISTING SERVICE OF THE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR PRIORITY TWO OR YEARS ONE THROUGH FIVE, PRIORITY THREE OR YEAR SIX THROUGH TEN.

AND PRIORITY FOUR IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL LONG TERM.

AND THIS YEARS 11 THROUGH 15, 11 THROUGH 15 ARE NOT REPRESENTED HERE IN

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BUT AGAIN, THE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE HERE SPECIFIC TO TWO AND THREE ARE PROJECTS THAT ALL HAVE SOME SORT OF FUNDING ASSIGNED TO THEM WITH AN IMPLEMENTATION DATE DOWN ON THE RIGHT HERE IN THE TABLE.

OKAY. MENTIONED ALSO ABOUT THE COLLABORATION WITH THE BROWARD AND MOSS BEING A REQUIREMENT AS WELL. AND WHAT YOU HAVE HERE ARE THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE'VE DOCUMENTS OUR EFFORTS, RATHER THAT WE'VE COORDINATED WITH THE MPO ON FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.

THAT INCLUDES UPDATING THE TIP.

WE JUST HAD A RECENT AMENDMENT TO THE 2050MTP THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN, WHICH CARL SPOKE TO EARLIER, AND THEN THE SOFOUL GO APP, WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THOUGH, WE CONTINUE OUR PARTICIPATION IN COORDINATING THROUGH PARTICIPATION ON THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, PARTICIPATE AND PRESENTING BEFORE THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE ALSO SIT ON THE COMPLETE STREETS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND ALSO WE SUPPORT THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED LOCAL COORDINATION BOARD.

HAVING SAID THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY? HEY, MAX. HEY, BARNEY.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. YES. A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.

THE FIRST IS THAT I KNOW THAT THE COA GOT REBRANDED AS VISION 2040.

I WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE I DO SEE IT AROUND IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE DOCUMENT.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 2040 PLAN WAS INCLUDED IN THIS NEW TDP, JUST BECAUSE TIMING, THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS TDP MAX BECAUSE OF THE TIMING, BECAUSE WE WERE ACTUALLY VETTING THE DOCUMENT THROUGH OUR BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS WE WERE TRYING TO. WE WERE TRYING TO CUT THE TIMELINE OFF TO BE ABLE TO GET THE BUDGET FIXED FOR THIS. SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE WITH NEXT YEAR'S UPDATE AND THE FOLLOWING YEARS IS THAT WE WILL GO IN, TAKE EACH YEAR'S PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN INCORPORATE THEM INTO THE TDP DOCUMENT.

GOTCHA. MY OTHER QUESTION IS I WAS LOOKING IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, AND I SAW THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT BCT ACTUALLY HAS, AND IT'S ABOUT 370 VEHICLES RIGHT NOW.

AND IT'S PROPOSED TO BE EXPANDED TO ABOUT 400 VEHICLES BY 2031.

SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF WE HAVE ENOUGH BUSSES TO MEET THESE, THE NEW HIGH FREQUENCY CORRIDORS, THE NEW BRT CORRIDORS, OR WILL WE NEED MORE BUSSES ON TOP OF WHAT IS PROPOSED HERE IN THIS TDP UPDATE, YOU WILL NEED MORE BUSSES ON TOP OF WHAT'S PROPOSED HERE.

YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE ROLL OUT THE OUR REQUEST FOR THE OPERATING DOLLARS.

WE WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO ORDER BUSSES AT THAT TIME FROM THE MANUFACTURERS.

OKAY. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS FOR THAT COA THE VISION 2040.

WHEN WILL THAT BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW? WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN EVENT SCHEDULED IN THE DISTRICTS.

WE WOULD START WITH THE DISTRICT OPEN HOUSES.

BUT AGAIN THE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE ON THE WEBSITE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

THERE ARE FOUR TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS THAT BE ON THE WEBSITE.

WE'RE STARTING THE DISTRICT WIDE COMMISSION MEETINGS OR DISTRICT WIDE.

I'M SORRY. DISTRICT MEETINGS SPECIFIC TO THE COMMISSIONERS START ON MARCH THE 10TH IN DISTRICT SEVEN. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE LISTENING SESSIONS ACROSS ALL 3031 MUNICIPALITIES IN ADDITION TO ABOUT 17 OR 18 POP UP EVENTS.

BUT THERE'S SOME ROBUST PUBLIC OUTREACH SCHEDULED BEHIND YOU KNOW, THE EDUCATIONAL FOR THE FOR THE COA.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. HEY, MICHAEL SMITH.

GOOD EVENING. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT VERY QUICKLY WAS MENTIONED A RATE INCREASE.

AND I'M WONDERING IF, IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF THE INCREASE. INCREASE SPECIFIC TO.

WELL, YOU MENTIONED I THOUGHT IT WAS A FAIR INCREASE.

NO, NO NO NO FAIR INCREASE.

I DIDN'T MENTION A FAIR. I'M, I MISS MISINTERPRETED THAT THEN.

OKAY. THE OTHER JUST A COMMENT IN ANY FUTURE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT, I HOPE WHATEVER THE FARE COLLECTION SYSTEM IS, I HOPE THAT IT. ANY NEW SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE DOES NOT END THE MY EASY CARD FROM MIAMI DADE, WHICH IS GOOD ON ON TRI-RAIL IN, IN BROWARD COUNTY. WHATEVER, WHATEVER.

BROWARD TRANSIT AND TRI-RAIL AGREEMENT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE.

AS FAR AS FARE IS CONCERNED, IT WILL REMAIN INTEGRATED.

THAT'S THE EFFORT. IT'S TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN TRAVEL SEAMLESSLY ACROSS THE REGION, BUT IT WILL REMAIN INTEGRATED AND HOPEFULLY FOR WHATEVER LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM IS MENTIONED IN THE OPERATING COSTS ON THE FINANCIAL PLAN THAT THAT THE CARD WOULD BE VALID ALSO ON ANY LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM IN BROWARD.

YES, SIR. THE PLAN IS TO HAVE A SEAMLESS.

THE PLAN IS TO MAKE IT SEAMLESS. WE WOULDN'T TAKE A STEP BACKWARDS, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF

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OKAY. NEXT. GREGORY GALE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF FEW QUESTIONS.

WE SAW AN INCREASE IN TERMS OF RIDERSHIP TABLE.

I THINK IT'S ONE FAST TWO TRANSIT SYSTEM, ANNUAL RIDERSHIP.

SO THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN COMMUNITY SHUTTLES AND TOPS.

DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA AS TO WHY THERE WERE INCREASES IN THOSE TWO SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY SHUTTLE PROGRAM? PART OF THAT INCREASE IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD THAT'S BACK IN THE COMMUNITY SHUTTLE PROGRAM NOW. SO SOME OF THAT SPECIFIC TO THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD AS IT RELATES TO PARATRANSIT, THAT'S JUST AN APPLICATION BASED TYPE OF SERVICE, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, THERE'S CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE FOR THAT. SO IN TERMS OF THAT, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THERE ARE MORE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NEEDING THAT TYPE OF SERVICE ACROSS THE COUNTY.

OKAY. YEAH. I DO KNOW INDIVIDUALS WHO USE TOPS AND THAT'S REALLY THEIR MAIN MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. JUMPING TO THE NEXT SECTION, THE BUS SYSTEM.

I KNOW THERE'S AN ALGORITHM THAT YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF WHERE BUSSES TO GO, BUT I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW FOR OUR 55 PLUS COMMUNITIES, OUR SCHOOLS, ETC., ARE THOSE LOCATIONS PART OF THE DECISION CONCERNING WHERE BUSSES ARE ARE MASS TRANSIT ROUTES ARE DESIGNED BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS WHEN SCHOOL STARTS, EVERYONE KNOWS WHEN WE'RE IN SPRING BREAK.

AND I'M WONDERING TO KNOW IF OUR BUS SYSTEM CAN BE INTEGRATED SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THESE AREAS WHERE WE KNOW THESE INDIVIDUALS OR INDIVIDUALS WOULD NEED MASS TRANSIT AS WE'RE DESIGNING THE SYSTEM WE DO LOOK AT EBBS AND FLOWS IN TERMS OF SPRING BREAK RIDERSHIP SNOWBIRDS, YOU KNOW, RIDERSHIP DECLINES OVER THE SUMMER. WE DO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AS WE TALK ABOUT LEVELS OF SERVICE.

THERE ARE SOME ROUTES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY IMPACTED BY SPRING BREAK.

YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO INCORPORATE INTO TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF MAYBE PUTTING ADDITIONAL TRIPPER SERVICE OUT TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.

OR IN SOME INSTANCES, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO REROUTE SERVICES.

CASE IN POINT FOR SOME OF OUR SERVICES THAT GO ALONG THE BEACH DURING SPRING BREAK.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE THAT AREA.

SO THEN THE QUESTION COMES UP IS IF YOU PUT MORE BUSSES IN THAT AREA TO ACCOMMODATE THE LOADS, THE ONLY THING YOU'RE DOING IS CONTRIBUTING TO THAT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC. SO THEN THE CONVERSATION BECOMES, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PULL BACK SOME OF THE SERVICE OR MAYBE HAVE A COMMON MEETING POINT THAT'S OFF OFF THE, YOU KNOW, A ONE OR US ONE TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YEAH, THOSE ARE PART OF THE CONSIDERATIONS, BUT IT'S REALLY A ROUTE BY ROUTE ROUTE TYPE OF ANALYSIS FOR THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE TRIP GENERATORS, WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE REPLICA, WHICH IS NON-IDENTIFIABLE CELL PHONE DATA, BUT WE DO INCORPORATE ALL OF THAT INTO THE SERVICE PLANNING ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF WHERE THE BUSSES SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT GO AND WHAT TIME YOU KNOW TO WHAT FREQUENCY AND WHAT TIME OF DAY. I KNOW IT'S A CHALLENGING SORT OF SORT OF PROCESS TO, TO HAVE AND, AND GOING BACK TO THE SCHOOLS, HOW WELL DO YOU COORDINATE? I'M ASSUMING YOU DO COORDINATE, BUT HOW WELL DO YOU COORDINATE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD IN TERMS OF PROVIDING ROUTES SO THAT AND YOU KNOW, WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS, THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE THEIR CARS PARKED BLOCKING TRAFFIC, WAITING FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

IN MANY BIG CITIES, THERE'S INDIVIDUALS TAKE MASS TRANSIT IN SOUTH FLORIDA, THEY WAIT FOR THE SUVS OUTSIDE IN ORDER TO GO HOME.

SO HOW DO YOU DO YOU COORDINATE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH THAT? WE COORDINATE WITH THE SCHOOL SPECIFIC TO THE TO THE BELL TIMES.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS WHERE WE HAVE STOPS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOLS OR ADJACENT TO THE SCHOOLS, AND WE COORDINATE WITH THE SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THE, THE, THE ROUTES ARE ABLE TO SERVICE THAT LOCATION AND MOVE THE KIDS. BECAUSE PART OF THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN AND WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH BSO AS WELL IN TERMS OF MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO WHEN THESE KIDS GET OUT OF SCHOOL AND CONGREGATE WAITING FOR THE BUS. BSO YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BEEN GOTTEN CALLS OUT TO COME TO THE SCHOOL. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS HAD TO YOU KNOW, CHANGE SOME FREQUENCIES OR ALIGNMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSSES ARE THERE WITHIN 5 OR 10 MINUTES, THE KIDS GETTING OUT OF SCHOOL AND MOVE THEM OUT OF THAT AREA. SPECIFIC TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE BUS LANES, THAT THAT'S A CHALLENGE IN AND OF ITSELF BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME ROUTES WHERE WE CAN TALK WITH THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ABOUT NOT HAVING FOLKS IN THAT LANE BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PLACES WHERE THAT LANE IS ACTUALLY WHERE WE WOULD HAVE A BUS STOP INCONVENIENT TO THE CUSTOMERS BECAUSE WE CAN'T ALLOW OR WE WON'T

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SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A CITY BY CITY DISCUSSION, BUT THERE'S SOME MUNICIPALITIES, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE CAN GET THAT TYPE OF ASSISTANCE, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THEM OUT OF THE SCHOOL LANES AND THEY'LL STAY OUT. BUT SOME, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL GET THEM OUT ONE MORNING AND THEN IT'S THE NEXT MORNING. IT'S THE SAME ISSUE. I KNOW IN SOME CITIES THEY HAVE DEDICATED BUS LANES. IS THERE ANY THOUGHT OF HAVING THAT IN BROWARD DEDICATED BUS LANES? THAT'S A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE STATE AS REGARDS TO THE PRIMO CORRIDORS, BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE ARE WITHIN THE STATE RIGHT OF WAY. SO WE DO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS ONGOING, BUT IT'S SPECIFIC TO THE PRIMO PROJECTS BUS, RAPID TRANSIT, LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT, NOT NECESSARILY TO THE DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES WITH THE SCHOOLS.

OKAY. AND THEN ONE FINAL QUESTION ON THE CHART.

TABLE TWO HYPHEN THREE.

YOU'VE LISTED THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND SORT OF THE MINUTES FOR THE HIGH FREQUENCY.

SO IS IT GOING TO BE A SITUATION WHERE IF I MISS A BUS, I KNOW IN 15 MINUTES THE NEXT BUS WILL BE THERE? YES. THAT'S WHAT THE HIGH FREQUENCY IS BEING DESIGNED, 15 MINUTE SERVICE DURING THE PEAK, AND THEN FOR SOME OF THEM THEY WILL GO TO 30 MINUTES OFF PEAK, BUT AT A MINIMUM IT WILL BE 15 MINUTE FREQUENCY DURING THE PEAK PERIODS.

AND I SEE SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY GO FROM 505 TO 12:18 A.M.

YES. WOW, THAT'S THAT'S VERY GOOD.

AWESOME. IT'S JUST MY IMPRESSION THAT INDIVIDUALS TELL ME THAT THEY DON'T SEEM TO SEE THE BUSSES FREQUENTLY.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE ANYMORE? IT WON'T BE THE CASE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WITH THE TRANSIT FOR 2040.

SO IMPLEMENTATION. YES, SIR. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? IT'S NOT OKAY, BERNIE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT,

[1. Broward Safety Action Plan Policy Analysis]

OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM IS BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

POLICY ANALYSIS. JAMES CROMAR.

AMY. SO YOU'RE SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST, RIGHT? THANK YOU. JAMES CROMAR WITH THE BROWARD MPO.

AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT A PARTICULAR ELEMENT OF THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LAST MONTH.

WE CAME TO YOU AND REQUESTED A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, WHICH THEY DID AT THE FEBRUARY 12TH MEETING.

IF I REMEMBER THE DATES. RIGHT. AND SO AS WE COMPLETE THE PROCESS OF APPROVING THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, ONE PROCESS ENDS AND ANOTHER STARTS AND WE'RE MOVING, MOVING TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION.

AND SO YOU SAW LAST MONTH ALSO WE INCLUDED THREE PRIORITY PROJECTS FROM THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN AS PART OF AN MTP AMENDMENT SO THAT THOSE COULD GET INTO THE COST FEASIBLE PLAN. AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING THOSE FUNDED FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. CARL. TODAY.

EMMA. DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? EMMA. EMMA. WHATEVER. DJ.

CARL. THE THE UP WP INCLUDES SOME PROGRAMS THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

THERE'S GOING TO BE FUNDING TO MOVE THOSE FORWARD. WE WILL BE HAVING TWICE A YEAR MEETINGS OF OUR OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

THAT REPRESENTS A BROAD RANGE OF THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS, BUT HEALTH HEALTH WORKERS, EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE CHAIR HERE PRIVATE BUSINESS, ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS.

AND THEY WILL BE MEETING TWICE A YEAR TO REVIEW OUR PROGRESS TOWARD IMPLEMENTING THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN. AND WE DO AN ANNUAL REPORT CARD TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. WE ARE LOOKING AT COMBINING THE FUNCTION OF THAT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WITH WHAT WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS OUR COMPLETE STREETS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OR OUR ROADS FOR FAMILY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THAT GROUP IS NO LONGER PART OF OUR MPO RULES, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THAT FUNCTION CONTINUE AND HAVE THAT OVERLAP A LITTLE BIT WITH WHAT THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE DOES.

AND SO THIS POLICY ANALYSIS THEN TIES INTO WHAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPENING WITH OUR MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVES AND ALSO ALSO THE BROADER COMMUNITY.

AS WE LOOK AT POLICIES, ONE OF THE NECESSARY COMPONENTS OF A SAFETY ACTION PLAN WAS A POLICY AND PROCESS CHANGES.

AND SO WE NEEDED TO IDENTIFY PARTICULAR AREAS IN WHICH WE COULD IMPROVE OUR POLICIES.

AND SO THIS THIS PRESENTATION GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE DID.

AND WE'LL LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE ACTIVITY AS WE GO FORWARD.

WE WANT TO CLARIFY THE IDEA OF POLICIES ARE KIND OF SOMETHING A LOCAL COMMISSION MAY APPROVE TO SAY, THIS IS SOMETHING WE SUPPORT AND WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

AND THEN AT A LOCAL LEVEL, AND JUSTIN KNOWS ALL ABOUT THAT.

YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE THAT POLICY AND THEN IMPLEMENT IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS IN YOUR COMP PLAN, IN YOUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, IN YOUR DIFFERENT REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCES.

AND SO WE WANTED TO SEPARATE THOSE.

AND WITH THOSE REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCES, SOMETIMES THERE MIGHT BE STANDARDS LIKE ON ROADWAY DESIGN THAT ESTABLISHED WHAT IT IS THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE ENGINEER TO

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SO ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE A ROLE AS WE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF POLICY AND PROCESS CHANGE. THE POLICY ANALYSIS THAT WE DID THEN HAD TWO MAIN PHASES.

AND THEN THERE'S NOT A AS BILL CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED, THERE'S NOT A PHASE FOR THE LAST ITEM BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF THE OUTCOME OF THE PROCESS.

BUT WE DID A GENERAL INVENTORY OF WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL IN TERMS OF COMPLETE STREETS, VISION ZERO, AND A SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH.

WE REVIEWED SOME OF THE NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES AND THEN DID A COMPARISON OF THOSE AND LOOKED AT SOME GAPS AND SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO MOVE FORWARD.

THEN OUR SECOND PHASE, WE WE WITH THAT GAP ANALYSIS SAID, HEY, LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING. ARE WE DOING SOME OF THAT WITH OUR BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN, AND IS THERE A CHANCE TO DO SOME OF THAT DIFFERENTLY? SO, FOR EXAMPLE, CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO HAS A SAFETY ACTION PLAN RELATED TO OLDER POPULATION.

WE DON'T NECESSARILY IDENTIFY THAT, BUT WE DID IDENTIFY STUFF FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN THAT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN MAKE IT WORK FOR AN EIGHT YEAR OLD, THAT WORKS WELL FOR AN 80 YEAR OLD IN TERMS OF SAFETY.

AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT SOME WAYS THAT WE COULD QUANTIFY WHERE DIFFERENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE ON THAT SCALE.

AND WITH THAT, THEN WE CREATED THIS FRAMEWORK WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE DIFFERENT FOCUS AREAS THAT OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN PURSUE TO HELP INCREASE SAFETY AND BRING OUR OUR DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY IN OUR ROADWAYS DOWN TO ZERO.

SO HERE AS WE DID OUR DATA COLLECTION, WE DID AN INVENTORY OF ALL THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS.

SOME OF THEM RESPONDED, SOME DIDN'T.

AND SO WE DID SOME FOLLOW UP AND WE, WE TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS COMPLETE.

WE PROVIDED THIS, I THINK, TO OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND SO THERE WAS A CHANCE FOR THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS TO RESPOND SEVERAL TIMES TO WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP THEN THE DIFFERENT COLORS TO INDICATE RED, THEY DON'T HAVE IT GREEN.

THEY DO OF PLACES THAT DO HAVE A COMPLETE STREETS VISION ZERO OR SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH.

AND SO THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, THE PREVALENT LEVEL IS TO NOT HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOOD INTENTIONS.

I WON'T MENTION ONE CITY, BUT THEIR LEVEL OF ACTIVITY ON COMPLETE STREETS IS THEY HAD A PRESENTATION TO THEIR COMMISSION IN 2018.

THAT WAS IT. SO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT DOESN'T COUNT AS ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO MONITOR WHERE PEOPLE ARE. SOME CITIES ARE DOING GREAT. COCONUT CREEK IS PRETTY GOOD WITH TWO OUT OF THE THREE.

CORAL SPRINGS IS PRETTY GOOD.

FORT LAUDERDALE, DEERFIELD BEACH, POMPANO.

SOME OF THOSE HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT IN IN DOING SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO WITH THAT, THEN THAT LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.

AND THIS GIVES YOU THE LITTLE INVENTORY FOR EACH CITY, BREAKING IT DOWN INTO DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.

A RESOLUTION, DO THEY HAVE A POLICY? THEY ADOPT A PLAN. HAVE THEY STARTED DOING SOME REGULATORY WORK, CREATING STANDARDS, THINGS OF THAT SORT.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE ACHIEVED AND WHERE THERE IS ROOM FOR DOING SOMETHING.

I'LL REPEAT THIS PROBABLY SEVERAL TIMES.

WE ARE NOT IN THE MPO IN THE POSITION TO SAY YOU NEED TO DO THIS.

WE WANT TO SHOW THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY.

WE WANT TO SHOW THE VALUE OF THIS.

WE WANT TO MONITOR US.

WE WILL PUBLICLY SHAME PEOPLE IN MEETINGS IF WE HAVE TO.

THANK YOU FOR LAUGHING BECAUSE THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO NOT BE TOTALLY SERIOUS. BUT THAT IS ONE WAY THAT WE CAN SAY.

AND AGAIN, JUSTIN NOT PICKING ON YOU, BUT COCONUT CREEK HAD TWO OUT OF THE THREE.

SO WE'LL POINT THAT OUT.

AND YOU'LL GO BACK MAYBE TO YOUR LEADERS AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO SOMETHING.

SAME WITH VISION ZERO. WE HAVE MANY FEWER OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE DONE SOMETHING. FORT LAUDERDALE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE SOUTHWEST TO ACTUALLY BECOME A VISION ZERO COMMUNITY.

DEERFIELD BEACH HAS DONE SOME STUFF.

AND THEN OUR SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH, THERE WAS EVEN LESS FORMAL ACTIVITY IN THAT REGARD. AND SO SOME OF OUR FINDINGS, SOME OF THIS INCONSISTENCY CAN CREATE ISSUES IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION.

SO LET'S SAY FORT LAUDERDALE WANTS TO DO A PROJECT, BUT ONE OF ITS NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME GUIDELINES IN PLACE.

SO FORT LAUDERDALE ENGINEER HAS THE BACKING OF THE COMMISSION AND OFFICIAL ACTIONS TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO. SOMEBODY IN A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY SAY, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT MY BOARD HASN'T APPROVED ANY OF THESE THINGS, AND I DON'T WANT TO RISK MY LICENSE OR RISK BEING SUED FOR NOT DOING SOME OF THESE THINGS. SO THERE'S THERE'S A QUESTION OF BEING CONSISTENT. I ALSO WANT TO BARNEY'S.

THEY'RE GOOD. I ALSO WANT TO PRAISE OUR PARTNERS AT BROWARD COUNTY THAT THEY HAVE CREATED. THEY HAVE ADOPTED THE COMPLETE STREETS GUIDELINES.

THEY HAVE A COMPLETE STREETS TEAM. THEY ARE LOOKING AT INCORPORATING SOME OF THESE THINGS IN THEIR REGULATIONS. SO THAT HELPS ON A COUNTY WIDE BASIS AS THEY DEAL WITH A LOT OF THE, THE SIGNING, STRIPING AND, AND, AND SIGNALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

ANYWAY, SO THERE'S A QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR TEAM CAME IN SAYING, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO DO THIS, BUT NO, WE, WE RESPECT OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUT WE JUST WANT TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR MOVING FORWARD.

SO WITH THAT FRAMEWORK, THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS. SO THE FIRST ONE IS AT A POLICY LEVEL.

HAS YOUR LOCAL BOARD TAKING ACTION TO SAY WE SUPPORT THIS EITHER IN TERMS OF APPROVING A

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AND AGAIN, IT'S OKAY. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN THEN IN TERMS OF OUR OUR COMP PLAN? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IN TERMS OF OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS? WHAT KIND OF ORDINANCES DO WE NEED TO PURSUE? THEN THE FINAL LEVEL IS IMPLEMENTING THESE PARTICULAR POLICIES AND PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, AGAIN, JUST PICKING A RANDOM CITY, LET'S SAY THERE'S A VISIONARY ENGINEER THAT WANTS TO DO A COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT.

AND IF THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE POLICIES OR APPROVED REGULATIONS, THAT PERSON IS KIND OF ON THEIR OWN.

WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO DO THESE IN ORDER, BUT THERE IS A VALUE IN GETTING SUPPORT FROM YOUR COMMISSION TO DO SOME OF THESE THINGS, AND THEN CREATING THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK THAT THEN ALLOWS THAT THAT THE PROFESSIONAL TO THEN IMPLEMENT THESE PARTICULAR IDEAS.

AND SO WE'VE BROKEN THIS DOWN IN TERMS OF SOME DIFFERENT APPROACHES. SO AT A POLICY LEVEL, ADOPTING A RESOLUTION, ADOPTING AN ACTION PLAN, WHATEVER IT IS, THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN, AGAIN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BROWARD COUNTY, IT COVERS THE ENTIRE AREA OF BROWARD COUNTY.

AND SO ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT COULD APPROVE THAT AND ADOPT THAT GOAL OF ZERO DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY ON OUR ROADWAYS BY 2050.

WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL CITIES, I THINK SEVEN, THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED FUNDING TO CREATE THEIR OWN LOCAL SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

SO WE HAD A $5 MILLION COVERED A LOT OF AREA, BUT WE HAD 338 SEGMENTS ON OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK, AND WE DID 11 PRIORITY CORRIDORS.

SO THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT CAN BE DONE.

AND THERE ARE CERTAIN ROADWAYS THAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT IN THE CITY THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO, TO GIVE ATTENTION.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH AT THE REGULATORY LEVEL.

THEN INSERTING INFORMATION INTO YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, CREATING CODE, ORDINANCE REVISIONS, LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, GUIDANCE MANUALS. WE HAD A WONDERFUL WORKSHOP.

I THINK YOU WERE THERE TO LOOK AT A SAFE STREETS DESIGN GUIDANCE MANUAL.

BROWARD COUNTY IS LOOKING AT HOW TO INCORPORATE THAT MAYBE AS PART OF THEIR COMP PLAN, NOT NECESSARILY ADOPT IT SEPARATELY, BUT LOOKING AT AT HAVING THAT AS GUIDANCE.

AND THEN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN LOOK TO SEE HOW THAT MIGHT WORK FOR THEM.

AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO IMPLEMENTATION, THEN YOU HAVE THE TOOLS IN PLACE TO DO THESE THINGS WHERE YOU CAN INTEGRATE COMPLETE STREETS AND VISION ZERO SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH INTO YOUR PROJECTS. AND THEN FINALLY, WE THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

AND OUR ANNUAL REPORT AS PART OF OUR SAFETY ACTION PLAN, IS TO GO IN AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE'VE DONE, AND WE ARE PROGRESSING OR NOT TOWARD ACHIEVING THESE GOALS OF REDUCING THE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY.

SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO LEAVE TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THERE IS A FINAL SLIDE IN YOUR PACKET THAT GETS INTO MORE DETAIL IF YOU EVER WANT TO GET INTO THAT, BUT WE WILL BE USING THAT, I THINK.

KEN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON OUR OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, AND WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS WITH OUR PARTNERS. QUITE OFTEN.

WE'VE HAD THE COMPLETE STREETS ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT HELPED DEVELOP THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN, MOST RECENTLY.

BUT BUT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THEY'VE JUST COME AND OBSERVED PRESENTATIONS.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING LIKE, YOU COME, WE'LL TALK TO YOU, BUT YOU THEN GO BACK AND DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR COMMUNITY AND WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK AND ENCOURAGE SAFER COMMUNITY.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. JUSTIN PROPHET QUESTION.

AND I DIDN'T PICK ON YOU ON PURPOSE. NO THAT'S FINE. YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY LIKE THIS CHART SHOWS, YOU KNOW, WHO'S ADOPTED WHAT AND, AND HOW MANY HAVE NOT ADOPTED ANYTHING.

SO THEN THE QUESTION IS YOU'VE GOT A, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS AN ACTION PLAN AT THE BOTTOM AND A FUTURE AREA OF DISCUSSION ON WHERE TO GO NEXT.

WILL IT INVOLVE POTENTIAL GRANTS FOR PLANNING FOR THESE POLICIES AND GETTING THEM ADOPTED.

SO RIGHT NOW THERE IS THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT PROGRAM.

IT'S IN ITS FINAL YEAR WHERE THEY'LL BE, WE'RE EXPECTING A NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.

AND AND SO LIKE I MENTIONED, SOME OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS, IF THERE IS NOT FUTURE GRANT AVAILABLE, WE DO HAVE DATA THAT THE MPO IS PROVIDING.

YOU MAY RECALL, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR SAFETY DASHBOARD AND SO WE WILL BE UPDATING THAT EVERY YEAR. SO LET'S SAY YOUR CITY DOESN'T GO FOR THE FUNDING, BUT THEY WANT TO DO A SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

AND YOU DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING IN HOUSE BY PROVIDING THAT DATA FOR YOU, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY SO THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING OUT AND HAVING TO FIGURE ALL THIS STUFF OUT. YOU CAN GO TO OUR DASHBOARD AND PULL DOWN A LOT OF INFORMATION IN AN HOUR OR TWO. AND THAT ALSO SAVES RESOURCES AND MONEY AND TIME BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN START FIGURING OUT THEN AREAS WHERE YOU WANT TO DO WORK AND DEVELOP ALTERNATIVES. SO, SO LESS MONEY SPENT ON GATHERING DATA THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE NEXT FUNDING BILLS, YOU KNOW, WITH CONGRESS AND BUT, BUT THERE IS SOME MONEY THIS YEAR IF, IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE.

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AND IT USED TO BE THAT MORE PEOPLE WERE GOING AFTER IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS THAN THE FUNDING THAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR PLANNING AND DEMONSTRATION GRANTS.

BUT IT GOT TO BE KNOWN THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD MORE EASILY GET MONEY FOR PLANNING. AND SO THIS YEAR THEY, THAT TENDED TO BE UNDERSUBSCRIBED.

AND NOW THIS YEAR WAS LAST YEAR WAS OVERSUBSCRIBED.

BUT THEY ARE LOOKING TO SPEND THE REST OF IT. SO LET'S, LET'S ASSUME IT'S ABOUT A BILLION. IF IT WAS 5 BILLION OVERALL, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT. ALL RIGHT.

GREAT. THANK YOU. AND IT'S NOT ALL GOING TO GO TO ONE CITY, THOUGH. OF COURSE. DREAM BIG THOUGH, RIGHT? JAMES, VERY QUICK QUESTION.

THE SAFE STREETS DESIGN GUIDANCE MANUAL.

DOES THAT INCLUDE THE ACTUAL PROCESS, THE STEP BY STEP PROCESS GUIDELINES FOR HOW THE ENGINEER SHOULD APPROACH DESIGNING IT? LIKE THE ACTIVITY THAT WE DID AT THE SAFE ROAD SUMMIT.

YOU KNOW, STEP ONE, FIND THE CONTEXT CLASSIFICATION.

STEP TWO. YEAH. YEAH. SO THAT'S THANK YOU.

AND, AND YOU'RE ALMOST SETTING ME UP TO DO THAT. EXACTLY. RIGHT. SO YEAH, SO THIS, THIS COMPLETE STREETS DESIGN GUIDANCE MANUAL WE HAVE SEEN OVER TIME, LET'S SAY WE GET DIFFERENT PARTNERS INVOLVED IN A PROJECT AND IT'S HARD NOT TO NAME THEM.

LET'S SAY FDOT COMES IN AND THEY'RE DOING A PROJECT IN A CITY AND IT'S ON A LOCAL ROAD, BUT THEY HAVE THEIR DESIGN STANDARDS AND THEIR CONFLICT SOMETIMES BETWEEN LIKE WHAT FDOT STAFF WAS USED TO DOING AND WHAT CITIES EXPECTED.

AND SO WHEN THESE PROCESSES GO FORWARD.

THE IDEA IS, LET'S TAKE A STEP BACK.

FIRST STEP IS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S WHAT'S THE CONTEXT.

YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT IS THIS AREA SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE? AND IF THE CONTEXT, FOR EXAMPLE, ON US ONE BETWEEN BROWARD BOULEVARD AND SUNRISE, IT HAD A CERTAIN CONTEXT.

BUT THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE HAS HAD A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THERE IN MIXED USE. THEY'RE SAYING, HEY, WE WANT TO CHANGE THIS TO MAKE THIS MORE URBAN CORE THAN JUST URBAN CORRIDOR. AND THAT ALLOWS DIFFERENT THINGS TO HAPPEN. SO WITH THE CONTEXT CLASSIFICATION, THEN THERE ARE SOME THINGS ABOUT WHAT ARE THE WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE SPEED RANGE.

AND AGAIN, IN AN URBAN CORE, IF YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MIXED USE DISTRICT, THAT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IF YOU'RE OUT IN WEST BROWARD COUNTY ON PINES BOULEVARD, WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, SIX LANES AND GATED COMMUNITIES AND SUCH. SO BY ADJUSTING THE SPEEDS, THEN THERE'S A LIST OF COUNTERMEASURES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT SPEED.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN PEOPLE SAY, OH, WE NEED TO PUT SPEED, SPEED HUMPS ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY.

NO, THAT DOESN'T WORK.

THAT'S NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A MAYBE A 45 MILE PER HOUR.

IF IT'S A 30 MILE PER HOUR ROAD, YES, YOU CAN START LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE VERTICAL ELEMENTS. AND AGAIN, TO PRAISE OUR PARTNERS AT BROWARD COUNTY.

31ST AVENUE IS A CORRIDOR THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A FIVE MILE AREA THROUGH FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES. AND BROWARD COUNTY A FEW YEARS AGO REDUCED THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 45 DOWN TO 35 BECAUSE WE WERE DOING SOME BIKE LANES.

AND NOW WITH THIS NEXT ROUND OF IMPROVEMENTS, THEY'RE LOOKING TO LOWER IT FROM 35 TO 30, WHICH THEN ALLOWS THEM TO DO SOME DIFFERENT TESTING OF RAISED INTERSECTION, RAISED CROSSWALKS, DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT SORT. THEY'RE GOING TO TEST THAT ON 31ST AND SEE HOW WELL THAT WORKS. AND THEN FINE TUNE THAT TO THEN GO TO SOME OF THE OTHER CORRIDORS.

WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CITY TO THE NORTH THERE.

WELL, WHERE DO YOU HAVE THESE RAISED ELEMENTS? WELL, LIKE LAS OLAS. OKAY. WELL, THAT'S NOT LIKE COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF BROWARD.

BUT IF WE START SEEING THESE IMPROVEMENTS IN DIFFERENT CONDITIONS, THEN WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THESE THINGS IN PLACE.

GOING BACK TO THE SPEED LIMIT. IT'S NOT JUST A QUESTION OF CHANGING THE SIGNAGE ON THE SPEED LIMIT, BUT IT'S THE ROADWAY DESIGN. THE ROAD KIND OF TELLS YOU HOW FAST YOU CAN GO.

AND SO IF IT'S DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT, LIKE WILTON DRIVE RECENTLY WENT FROM FOUR LANES TO TWO, AND WHEN I GO THERE, I JUST FEEL LIKE I NEED TO GO SLOWER BECAUSE THE ROADWAY ISN'T AS WIDE OPEN AND THERE'S PEOPLE AROUND AND CROSSWALKS.

AND SO THE ROAD TELLS YOU.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE IDEA WITH THE DESIGN GUIDANCE MANUAL IS TO ALLOW THOSE ELEMENTS TO GO TO, TO PUT THE COUNTERMEASURES IN PLACE THAT, THAT, THAT ENCOURAGE SAFER MOVEMENT.

SO THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? HAVE YOU APPLIED AI TO ANY OF THIS SEEMS TO BE A POPULAR THING.

YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT AT THE SUMMIT.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DELOITTE ON OUR SMART METRO, CREATING A DIGITAL TWIN FOR BROWARD COUNTY.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AND THEY HAD A, IN A CERTAIN ITERATION, THEY'RE GOING TO ADD WHERE THEY'VE BROUGHT IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT BITS OF INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SYSTEM HERE ROADWAYS AND SUCH.

AND THEY ALSO IMPORTED THE SAFETY INFORMATION, THE CRASHES. AND ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WE HAVEN'T QUITE GOT THERE YET, BUT THERE ARE 50,000 CRASHES A YEAR ON OUR ROADWAYS IN BROWARD AND ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE OVER A LITTLE UNDER A

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WE'VE TALKED ABOUT COULD AI GO IN AND YOU SELECT AN AREA AND IT CAN SCAN THROUGH THE THE TRAFFIC REPORTS, THE CRASH REPORTS AND PULL OUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MAKE SENSE. THEY'VE ALSO LOOKED AT IT IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT AN AREA AND THEN IT COULD IDENTIFY CERTAIN PATTERNS AND THEN START TO IDENTIFY, HEY, YOU'RE HAVING THIS KIND OF CRASH.

THESE ARE THE APPROPRIATE KINDS OF COUNTERMEASURES. OKAY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE WORKING ON. THE NEXT LEVEL IS THESE ARE THE KIND OF COUNTERMEASURES.

AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE POTENTIAL FUNDING OPTIONS.

AND LET'S LOOK AT NOT ONLY THE MONEY THAT THE BROWARD MPO HAS AVAILABLE, BUT WHAT'S IN THE BROWARD COUNTY TAIL AND WHAT IS IN YOUR LOCAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, A CITY IS DOING ITS ROADWAY MAINTENANCE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING REPAVING AND THEY HAVE A CERTAIN PATTERN. WELL, LET'S SAY TWO YEARS OUT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE REPAVING THIS ROAD AND THERE'S SOME CRASHES. LET'S LOOK AT AS WE AS THE ROAD THEY GO THROUGH REPAVING AND REPAINTING, MAYBE THERE CAN BE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE LANE WIDTHS.

MAYBE THERE CAN BE SOME OTHER THINGS.

SO SO IT'S A QUESTION OF KIND OF CREATIVE APPROACHES THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE REALM OF POSSIBLE. WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THAT.

THEY HAD SOME INITIAL STUFF, I DON'T KNOW, YOU GOT TO SEE THAT KEN AT THE, AT THE SUMMIT, THEY HAD A LITTLE DISPLAY OF WHAT, WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH SO FAR, BUT THERE'S A VISION OF ADDING MORE TO IT.

SO AND THE POTENTIAL IS GREAT.

I MEAN, NOW THE OTHER THING TOO IS WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL.

THAT AND AGAIN, MR. GALE, WITH THE SCHOOL STUDENTS, THE STUDENTS MIGHT TRY TO THINK A. I GIVE THEM THE WHOLE ANSWER. IT'S KIND OF THE START. AND SO IT CAN COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DIFFERENT COUNTERMEASURES. BUT THEN THIS QUESTION OF GOING OUT, TRUTH TESTING, HAVING THE ENGINEERS LOOK AT IT SAY THAT IT ALL MAKES SENSE.

BUT BUT IT COULD SAVE A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT.

SO. GREAT, GREAT. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS THIS OLD BS AP IS AN EXCITING PROGRAM.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GREAT THINGS HAPPENING.

YES. AND YOU'RE PART OF ALL OF YOU WILL BE PART OF IT.

ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN PART OF IT. SO I'M TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD.

THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. WE ARE RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE END HERE.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR MEMBER COMMENTS FOR ISSUES THAT NOT PERTAIN TO SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS.

[1. Member Comments]

WHAT STATE THE OIL ENERGY CARRIERS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND HOW THAT MAY AFFECT MOTOR FUEL PRICES. BUT ONE THING I WAS THINKING ABOUT IF IT WAS WITH THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES AND MAJOR CRASHES IN BROWARD COUNTY, I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT MIGHT BE EITHER IN THE NORTH NORTH AMERICA OR ELSEWHERE WHERE A LIKE POPULATION YOU KNOW, LIKE URBAN AREA, ROUGHLY 25 MILES BETWEEN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY AND MIAMI DADE COUNTY LINE.

WOULD WOULD COMPARE WITH THE TYPE OF MODES THAT ARE, ARE IN PLACE IN OTHER AREAS.

AND THE FATALITY RATES.

AND ONE, ONE AREA I WAS THINKING WAS MAYBE SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, WHICH HAS TRANSIT, RAIL, TRANSIT, COMMUTER RAIL AND LIGHT RAIL.

AND THE OTHER WAS PANAMA WITH THREE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA WITH, IN, IN THE PANAMA, PANAMA CITY AREA WITH THREE RAIL LINES.

ONE PASSENGER GOES ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE ISTHMUS AND TWO OTHER LOCAL TRANSIT LINES. AND IN THE FUTURE, BUILDING A HIGHER SPEED RAIL WHICH WILL BE ELECTRIFIED. JUST JUST A THOUGHT ABOUT COMPARISON OF URBAN AREAS.

THANK YOU. OKAY. WE ARE AT THAT POINT NOW WHERE WE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE NEXT MEETING APRIL 22ND.

[ NEXT MEETING: APRIL 22, 2026 *MOTION TO ADJOURN ___________________ * Motion Requested]

EXCUSE ME. CHAIR CHAIR, MR.

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I HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE.

FIRST OFF WE WILL NOT BE HOLDING A APRIL.

I'M SORRY, THE MARCH. THIS IS REMEMBER, THIS IS THE RESCHEDULED FEBRUARY.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HOLD A MARCH A CAC WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT TO APRIL, AND THEN YOU CAN EXPECT THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS APRIL, MAY, JUNE AND JULY WILL BE IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, JULY, BUT WILL BE IMPORTANT MEETINGS.

THAT'S WHEN ALL OF OUR CORE PRODUCTS MOVE FORWARD.

SO APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE TONIGHT.

BUT YOU GET THE REST OF MARCH OFF.

THE OTHER THING I DID WANT TO MENTION, BECAUSE MR. GALE, YOU HAD ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT AN AIRPORT TOUR.

I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE REQUEST AND THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IT AND MAKING POSITIVE PROGRESS. SO I'M HOPING NEXT TIME WE'RE BACK HERE TOGETHER IN APRIL WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOGISTICS AND DATES IN THAT LETTER.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ON THAT CHEERFUL NOTE, THEN, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? AND SECOND TO ADJOURN? ANYBODY NOT GOING TO? OKAY, WE ARE DONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.