[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]
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HELLO EVERYONE, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START.
OUR CHAIR IS RUNNING A LITTLE LATE AND SO I AM ACTING CHAIR UNTIL THE CHAIR ARRIVES.
REBECCA, DO WE WANT TO START WITH INTRODUCING OUR NEW MEMBERS, OR DO WE PROCEED WITH THE AGENDA AS LISTED? EITHER OR.
WE CAN WAIT FOR THE CHAIR TO COME, SINCE HE'S ON HIS WAY, SO THAT HE COULD ALSO MEET THE NEW MEMBERS DURING MEMBER COMMENTS.
MAYBE? OH NO, I THINK WE SHOULD GET TO KNOW THEM FIRST, SO.
IT'S UP TO YOU. UM, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR.
WONDERFUL, ACTING CHAIR. I LIKE THAT TITLE MUCH BETTER.
IT GIVES ME A BETTER PARKING SPACE. UM, WELL, HELLO EVERYONE. UM, WE DO HAVE TWO NEW MEMBERS, AND I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO US. UM, WE ARE A VERY FRIENDLY GROUP, AND SO, WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO TELL US WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE.
OH, I HAVE, YOU HAVE TO PRESS, AND I, SHANNON.
HI, MY NAME IS SHANNON CHARLTON, AND I'M WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL.
HI, MY NAME IS MELODY MANNING, AND I'M THE CITIZENS REPRESENTATIVE OF WILTON MANORS.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START.
[2. Electronic Roll Call]
AGENDA ITEM IS TO DO A ROLL CALL.JOE, I DO HAVE YOU AND I WILL ADD YOU IN AFTERWARDS.
[3. Approval of Minutes - April 22, 2026]
OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS APPROVAL OFF THE MINUTES.AND SO I'M MAKING THE ASSUMPTION EVERYONE HAS READ THE MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE MINUTES? NOT SEEING ANY.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND IF THERE'S AN APPROVAL, WE HAVE A FIRST, WE HAVE A SECOND.
MARK, I WILL ADD YOU AT THE NEXT VOTING ITEM, AS VOTING HAS ALREADY STARTED FOR THIS ITEM.
I HOPE I HAVE THE RIGHT AGENDA.
I'M LOOKING AT THE WRONG ITEMS. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL
[4. Approval of Agenda]
OF THE AGENDA.EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF THEM.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE WHO WOULD LIKE? TO COMMENT.
ALRIGHTY, NOT SEEING ANY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.
[1. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the Draft Fiscal Year 2027 List Of Priority Projects]
ALRIGHTY, SO, OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM IS THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 2027 LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS.THIS PRESENTATION WAS HEARD AT LAST MEETING AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
WOULD IT BE HELPFUL IF WE GOT A SYNOPSIS FOR THE NEW MEMBERS OR AT LEAST THE MEMBERS FROM LAST TIME, IF YOU CAN REMEMBER WHAT WE DISCUSSED? GOOD EVENING, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
OH, YOU DON'T HAVE THE PRESENTATION? LAST MEETING I PRESENT THE DRAFT 2027 LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS.
THIS LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS INCLUDE SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS. THEY ORGANIZED BY SIX FUNDING PROGRAM.
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HIGHWAY AND FREIGHT, TECHNOLOGY, SAFETY, ROAD FOR FAMILY AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE HARDENING PROGRAM.SO, THIS TIME WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOTE FOR THIS IOPP.
SO, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SO, STAFF IS HERE, IS READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
VINCENT? (INAUDIBLE) INADVERTENTLY.
JUST ONE STATEMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE ABOUT ONE PROJECT.
IT'S NUMBER 20 UNDER ROADS FOR FAMILIES, AND IT'S SR 811, THE DIXIE HIGHWAY, FROM SAMPLE ROAD NORTH TO THE COUNTY LINE.
AND IT INVOLVES BIKE PATHS AND OR SIDEWALKS.
AND IF THIS IS GOING TO BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF DIXIE, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE FEC TRACKS, I HAVE A CONCERN THAT SINCE FEC FREIGHT CARGO TRAINS HAUL OPEN CONTAINER GRAVEL AND ROCK, CONTAINER CARS THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE FOR ROCKS TO COME OFF AND HIT THE GROUND EVEN IF IT'S SLOW SPEEDS OF A TRAIN IS ONLY 40 MILES AN HOUR THAT CAN BE LETHAL TO ANYBODY THAT'S ON THE ADJACENT PATH SO, I'M ASKING IF A AT LEAST A 15-FOOT FENCE ALONG THIS PROJECT BE CONSIDERED TO KEEP ROCKS FROM HITTING THE USERS OF THE BIKE PATH OR SIDEWALKS.
PHIL? MICHAEL, YOU MEAN 15 FEET HIGH AND WHAT? TYPE OF MATERIAL? (INAUDIBLE) OKAY.
THE COUNTY LINE TO HILLSBORO, I GUESS.
AND I HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT.
PAGE 34 OF THE LIST OF PROJECTS IS ON INFRASTRUCTURE.
HARDONING PROGRAMS, I THINK THAT'S A TYPO.
HARDENING? OH, THEY HAVE A TYPO? YEAH.
MAX? I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER OF THE ITEMS SPECIFICALLY, BUT IT WAS THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE TRI-RAIL ELECTRIFICATION.
BECAUSE I SAW THAT THERE WAS A CHANGE WHERE IT WAS LIKE THE WILLINGNESS OF PARTNERS TO WORK ON THE PROJECT, AND IT WAS CHANGED FROM YES TO NO.
SO, I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW WE CAN HAVE THAT WHERE THE OWNER OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT AND WE CAN STILL HAVE IT IN THE LOPP.
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO KEEP IT IN THE LOPP.
SO, THROUGH THE CHAIR OF BILL CROSS OF BROWARD MPO, YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
AND SO, WHEN WE PUT A PROJECT FOR FEASIBILITY INTO OUR PLAN.
GENERALLY, DOT IS ACCEPTING OF THAT, BUT IT IS A STATE-OWNED CORRIDOR AND THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS STUDY.
SO, AND WE HAD IDENTIFIED, I BELIEVE, THE STUDY WITH STATE FUNDS, SO, THEY DO HAVE A SAY.
AND SO, THAT'S WHY THAT CHANGED FROM READY TO BE FUNDED AND MOVE FORWARD TO ONE OF THE RED BALLS THAT SAYS NO.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE CAN DO TO KIND OF BREAK, LOOSEN THAT UP AND LOOSEN THE GRIP ON THAT ONE.
BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
I MEAN, I DID RAISE THE ISSUE.
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THIS IS NOT THE ONLY STUDY THAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, RUN INTO THAT WITH THE STATE.SO, WE'LL CONTINUE TO TALK TO THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO UNLOCK THESE SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
THIS ONE WAS ALSO A LITTLE CHALLENGING IN THAT WE ALSO NEEDED TO COORDINATE WITH DISTRICT 06, AND OUR PARTNERS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH.
VINCENT, I'M CONFIRMING YOU STILL DO NOT WANT TO SPEAK.
ALRIGHTY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NOT SEEING ANY.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE DO HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? NOT SEEING ANY.
[1. Federal Discretionary Grants]
OUR NEXT NON-ACTION ITEM, OR OUR NEXT ITEM IS A NON-ACTION ITEM, FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ACTING CHAIR.
I'M WITH THE BROWARD MPO GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION OUTREACH GROUP, AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT...
TO YOU THE BROWARD, THE GRANTS UPDATES AND DISCUSSION, IF THERE IS ANY, AS OF MAY 26TH, OR MAY 2026.
AS YOU KNOW, THE COORDINATION IS REALLY KEY WHEN IT COMES TO APPLYING FOR GRANTS ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, ESPECIALLY IN BROWARD COUNTY.
IF WE ARE DOING BETTER COLLABORATION, THERE'S MORE.
SO, WITH THAT WE DO HAVE A MONTHLY GRANTS MEETING THAT IS OFFERED FOR PEOPLE TO JOIN.
IT'S THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH AS A WAY FOR EVERYBODY TO CONNECT AND COLLABORATE TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF FIND OUT SEE WHERE MUNICIPALITIES ARE AT, WHAT THEY MIGHT BE OR MIGHT NOT BE APPLYING FOR AND WHATNOT.
YOU CAN USE THIS QR CODE TO SIGN UP FOR IT OR THE LINK THAT IS IN THE PRESENTATION.
HERE IS THE OUR ACTIVE DISCRETIONARY GRANTS AND WHERE THEY ARE KIND OF IN THE PROCESS.
WE HAVE SMART METRO, THE BROWARD COUNTY SEALED CORRIDOR PROJECT, WHICH IS THE RAIL CROSSING ELIMINATION PROGRAM, THE FORT LAUDERDALE ROADWAY RAILROAD UNDERPASS FEASIBILITY STUDY, ALSO KNOWN AS TRACS, AND THE QUAD P, THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PLANNING.
PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PILOT PROGRAM.
WE ALSO SELL SEASHELLS DOWN BY THE SEASHORE.
BUT WE BROKE IT DOWN INTO THIS GRAPH TO BE ABLE TO, THIS CHART TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF SEE WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF EACH ONE.
THESE ARE THE ACTIVE FTA GRANTS THAT WE...
CURRENTLY HAVE WITH THE SOUTHEAST 17TH STREET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LIONS ROAD SAFETY PROJECT, THE PEMBROKE PINES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND JOSH LEE BOULEVARD.
YOU CAN SEE BROKEN DOWN INTO THE PERCENTAGE AS TO WHERE THEY'RE AT.
SO, GRANTS HAVE BEEN INTERESTING IN THE LAST YEAR.
WE ARE EQUALLY SURPRISED WHEN THEY SHOW UP OR DON'T.
BUT LUCKILY, IT SEEMS TO BE THAT THEY ARE BEGINNING TO KIND OF ROLL OUT WITH SOME, A LITTLE BIT OF CONSISTENCY OF UNDERSTANDING, LIKE THAT, OH, THESE ARE COMING UP.
BUT HERE, THESE ARE THE OPEN ACTIVE GRANTS FOR THE FEDERAL GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED.
EACH ONE YOU CAN CHECK OUT WITH THE HYPERLINKS.
NOW I WILL SAY THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHAT USED TO BE KIND OF A 90-DAY NOFO TO CLOSE DATE.
YOU KNOW, I COME IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS NOT VERY OFTEN.
BUT IT HAS GONE FROM 90 DAYS DOWN TO 60 DAYS ROUGHLY.
IT SEEMS TO BE TRENDING THAT WAY.
SO, YOU NEED TO BE KIND OF STAYING ON TOP OF WHEN GRANTS ARE OPENING AND CHECKING
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THIS.LIKE I SAID, THAT GRANT MEETING THAT WE HAVE, THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS GRANT PRESENTATION OFTEN GETS PUT INTO THE ADDITIONAL PACKET, THAT THE ADDITIONAL NON-ACTION ITEMS WHERE I'M NOT PRESENTING.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE TERMINOLOGY RIGHT NOW.
BUT YEAH, SO, THIS IS A WAY TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP ON WHAT'S COMING UP AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR...YOUR TIME.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M MICHAEL SMITH.
GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HERE.
IS THERE ANY WAY IN THE GRANTS.GOV SYSTEM THAT CAN SHOW WHICH PROJECTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED? BY CROSSING OR IS THAT TOO SPECIFIC? I BELIEVE THAT'S POSSIBLY TOO SPECIFIC.
I MEAN, ALL IT WILL SHOW IS KIND OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY OPEN AND POSSIBLY WHAT IS COMING UP.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE STARTED POSTING THAT AGAIN IN THE GRANTS.GOV, BUT IF THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY APPLIED TO, THAT WEBSITE FOR THAT GRANT MIGHT HAVE THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THERE ONCE THEY, I BELIEVE, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.
AND IF I COULD, THROUGH THE CHAIR, SO, YOU ASKED ABOUT SPECIFIC CROSSINGS, RAILROAD CROSSINGS.
SO, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, BUT I JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, HERE WE WERE TOUCHING ALMOST EVERY CROSSING ON THE FEC BETWEEN OURSELVES AND FDOT.
FDOT RECEIVED A GRANT BEFORE WE DID.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT BEHIND WHERE WE ARE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO MOVING FORWARD.
AND WHEN WE'RE DONE, THANKS TO THESE TWO FEDERAL GRANTS, WE'LL HAVE A FOUR QUAD CROSSINGS ALONG THE FEC AT THE VAST MAJORITY.
THERE WILL BE A HANDFUL, MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE, SIX, THAT WON'T BE FULL QUAD.
SO, WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL GETTING SAFETY GRANTS FOR THE FEC, AND WE ALSO HAVE A RECONNECTING COMMUNITY GRANT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING IN THE FORT LAUDERDALE AREA FOR NEW CONNECTIONS THAT WE CAN MAKE, EITHER BRINGING THE ROADS UNDER THE TRACKS.
OR OVER THE TRACKS, AGAIN, TRYING TO REMOVE CONFLICTS.
SO, THAT'S JUST IN THE RAIL WORLD, BUT AS AN MPO, WE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL OVER THE LAST THREE, FOUR YEARS AT NABBING GRANTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY HERE AND IN SOME CASES IMPLEMENTING THEM OURSELVES.
I WAS LOOKING UNDER GRANTS.GOV, AND THE TITLE IS FI 2526 RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION GRANT PROGRAMS AND I THOUGHT THERE WAS IF THERE WAS A LIST AVAILABLE FOR ANY OF THOSE.
SO, THAT'S THE GRANT THAT WE DO ALREADY HAVE.
WE WERE AWARDED THAT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND WE ARE ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT WITH THEM.
AND WE ARE GOING TO GO OUT AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR IN BROWARD COUNTY. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DOLLAR NUMBER.
NO, I WASN'T CONCERNED ABOUT A DOLLAR, JUST A LOCATION.
OKAY, SO, LET ME GET TO YOU VIA EMAIL AFTER THE MEETING A LIST OF THE CROSSINGS THAT OUR GRANT COVERS.
I THINK OTHER THAN OAKLAND PARK, AND THERE MIGHT BE ONE OTHER CITY, I THINK WE'RE DOING AT LEAST ONE CROSSING IN EVERY CITY UP AND DOWN THE CORRIDOR.
YES, ON THE 17TH STREET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDY, I'M ASSUMING IT'S A STUDY, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THAT? OKAY, AGAIN, THROUGH THE CHAIR, BILL CROSS, BROWARD MPO.
SO, SOUTHEAST 17TH STREET IN FORT LAUDERDALE, WE HAVE AN FTA GRANT.
IT WAS SOME MONEY THAT WE HAD RECEIVED EARLIER FROM FTA TO MAKE VARIOUS BIKE PED
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MULTIMODAL TYPE IMPROVEMENTS.ONE OF OUR COMPLETE STREET PROJECTS WAS AT THAT LOCATION.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.
ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN US DELIVERING THAT PROJECT.
THAT PROJECT IS BEING DELIVERED IN KIND OF A UNIQUE WAY.
I THINK SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME SPEAK PREVIOUSLY ABOUT M-TECH, WHICH IS KIND OF THE ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY GROUP THAT WAS FORMED BY THE BROWARD MPO TO HELP DELIVER PROJECTS.
THE MPO TEAM WORKED WITH THE CITY ON THE PLANNING.
M-TEC IS NOW WORKING ON THE DESIGN.
THEY'RE COORDINATING WITH BROWARD COUNTY TO INCLUDE SOME NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH FECR.
WE'VE GOTTEN THEIR APPROVAL TO HAVE THE SIDEWALKS CONTINUE ACROSS THE FEC.
SO, RIGHT TODAY THERE'S GAPS IN THE SIDEWALKS AND BIKE FACILITIES.
SO, IT'S A REALLY GOOD PROJECT, AND THEN M-TEC IS GOING TO DELIVER THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
AND IT'S ALL FUNDED WITH FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION FUNDS.
WE HAVE BECOME REALLY GOOD AT GRANTS AND DOING THEM FROM WHATEVER SOURCE.
SO, FEDERAL HIGHWAY IS LIKE, YEAH, THE OBVIOUS ONE, BUT FTA, FRA, WE'RE RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, THROUGH MTEC, WE'RE BUILDING A SAFETY PROJECT IN COCONUT CREEK WITH HUD MONEY, FEDERAL GRANT MONEY.
WE'RE DOING A COUPLE PROJECTS OUT IN PEMBROKE PINES THAT WERE ECONOMIC HUB PROJECTS, ALSO, WITH DIFFERENT FEDERAL GRANTS.
HAD AN EARMARK GRANT CAME DOWN FOR CITY OF SUNRISE.
THE CITY WASN'T SURE EXACTLY WHAT TO DO WITH THAT GRANT MONEY, SO, WE GOT INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT AND GAVE THEM A HAND GETTING THAT ONE UP AND OFF THE GROUND.
SO, AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE'VE BEEN EXTREMELY ACTIVE.
IN GRANTS AND, YOU KNOW, HELPING THE COMMUNITY BY DELIVERING THEM.
AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THE REASON IT'S CALLED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THE BIKE, THAT MORE EASILY THE TRAFFIC MOVES AND THE MORE BUSINESS THERE IS.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY YOU CALL IT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WELL, AGAIN, THROUGH THE CHAIR.
THE REAL ANSWER IS THAT A YEAR OR SO AGO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A NEW ADMINISTRATION COME TO TOWN IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND SO, WE RENAMED MANY OF OUR PROGRAM AREAS TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION SO THAT WE'LL CONTINUE GETTING FUNDED.
SO, WHILE IN THE PAST WE MIGHT HAVE CALLED THAT, YOU KNOW, A HUB, WE MIGHT HAVE CALLED THAT A COMPLETE STREET PROJECT, TODAY IT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
BUT WE'RE DELIVERING THE SAME SCOPE.
I BELIEVE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS MAY HAVE BEEN ANSWERED ALREADY.
I'M PROBABLY GOING TO SOUND MORE LIKE A STATEMENT JUST TO UNDERSTAND IT.
ON THE RCN, AS FAR AS THE RAILROAD CROSSINGS GO, THEY'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE THE ACTUAL CROSSING OF THE VEHICLES TO GO EITHER UNDER THE TRACKS OR GO OVER THEM SO THEY'RE NOT CROSSING THEM AND GETTING STUCK ON.
PEOPLE STOPPING OR TRYING TO BEAT OUT THE TRAIN, IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT? THOSE ARE ACTUALLY, AGAIN, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY TWO SEPARATE PROGRAMS. OKAY.
THE RAIL CROSSING ELIMINATION IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS.
I MEAN, IDEALLY, WHAT THEY WANT, THE RAILROADS WOULD LIKE TO ELIMINATE SOME CROSSINGS.
AND, OF COURSE, THE FEC HERE IN THE EAST COAST, LOTS AND LOTS OF ROADS EVERY COUPLE HUNDRED FEET.
SO, THEY'D LOVE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE CLOSED DOWN.
WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT MONEY IS WE'RE NOT CLOSING ANY, BUT WE'RE MAKING THE EXISTING CROSSINGS MUCH SAFER BY IMPLEMENTATION OF A WHOLE SERIES OF KIND OF STANDARDIZED SAFETY MEASURES OUT THERE.
THAT'S THE RAIL CROSSING ELIMINATION GRANT THAT I MENTIONED.
WE ALSO HAVE A RECONNECTING CITIES GRANT, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE USING TO FUND A PLANNING STUDY.
FOR JUST LOOKING AT, HEY, CAN WE GO UNDERGROUND? CAN WE GO OVERGROUND? WHAT CAN WE DO TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, DE-CONFLICT THAT INTERSECTION OF AUTOS AND TRAIN? THE OTHER ONE IS AN ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES, OVERPASS, UNDERPASS, THAT'S A PLANNING STUDY AT THIS POINT.
AND IT'S ACTIVE, I THINK, JUST THIS WEEK.
WE WERE DOWN IN THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, YOU KNOW, PRESENTING SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS, SO, THAT'S ONGOING.
THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS GOING TO KICK OFF.
YOU'RE GOING TO START TO SEE THINGS HAPPENING
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IN THE CORRIDOR.THIS IS KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT BRIGHTLINE HAS STEPPED AWAY.
THEY WERE THE ONES THAT WERE DOING THE DESIGN, AND WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER THE PROJECT.
AND WE'VE HAD TO WORK WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND FECR TO MOVE THE PROJECT TO THEM.
THEIR CREWS ARE GOING TO DELIVER THE PROJECT.
IT'S STILL GOING TO HAPPEN, SO, KEEP AN EYE OUT LATER THIS FALL.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU SOME CONSTRUCTION DELAYS, BUT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO FOLLOW.
THAT MAKES SENSE ON THAT PERFECTLY.
AND TWO MORE QUESTIONS, IF I MAY.
FOR PEMBROKE PINES, WHAT WAS THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY WERE LOOKING TO DO OVER THERE? PEMBROKE PINES IS ANOTHER KIND OF HISTORIC HUB PROJECT.
SO, IT WAS IDENTIFIED MANY YEARS AGO.
WE FINALLY WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, COBBLE TOGETHER SOME FUNDING FROM AN OLD FEDERAL GRANT THAT WE HAD.
WE'VE COMBINED THAT WITH SOME CITY MONEY.
AS WELL AS THERE WAS A DEVELOPER WHO WAS BUILDING IN THE AREA AND HAD TO MAKE SOME CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY.
AND IT'S ALL RIGHT AROUND CITY HALL THERE, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA.
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEW PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL, THAT WOULD KIND OF GO FROM THAT MAIN DOWNTOWN AREA THERE AT CITY HALL ACROSS THE STREET.
SO, THAT WAS SOMETHING WE FOUGHT FOR OVER A YEAR. YOU KNOW.
WE NEGOTIATED WITH FDOT TO GET THEM TO APPROVE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A STATE ROAD, BUT ULTIMATELY, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL.
SO, A NICE LITTLE PROJECT AND OTHER BIKE PED LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT.
IT WOULD HELP OUT A LOT OVER THERE.
I'M A RESIDENT THERE 45 YEARS IN PINES, SO, I KEEP UP WITH THINGS ON THAT END AND TRY TO KEEP MY TWO CENTS IN IT FOR THE BEST OF EVERYTHING.
JUST THE LAST ONE ON HERE, I WASN'T SURE ABOUT THE BRICK.
THE BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY.
I THINK I IN MY MIND I KNOW WHAT IT SHOULD BE BUT EXPLAIN IT PLEASE.
SO, THE INFRASTRUCTURE HARDENING PROGRAM IS THAT A GRANT? IT IS.
OKAY THEN JENNIFER MAYBE YOU CAN PULL THAT SLIDE UP BECAUSE THAT ONE I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH.
WELL, IT'S THE YEAH IT IS AN SOMETHING THAT IS CURRENTLY OPEN. ONE OF THE TAC MEMBERS OR ONE OF THE MUNICIPALITY CITY MANAGERS HAD MENTIONED IT IN ONE OF THE GRANTS COORDINATION MEETINGS TO BRING IT UP.
I APOLOGIZE THAT I WILL HAVE TO ACTUALLY OPEN IT UP AND REREAD WHAT IT IS.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP THE TIME ON IT NOW.
IF YOU WANT TO GET WITH ME AFTER AND LET ME KNOW WHAT THAT DEALS WITH, THAT'S FINE.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TIME ON THAT.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP YOU AFTERWARDS.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION BEFORE YOU GO, BILL.
YOU'RE SAYING YOU ARE VERY GOOD AT GETTING GRANTS.
THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT QUESTION, THOUGH.
FLORIDA WAS ALLOTTED MONEY FOR EVS, AND WE HAVEN'T SPENT ANY PART OF THAT.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR AN MPO TO ACTUALLY GET GRANTS FOR THAT OR APPLY TO GET THE FUNDING FOR EV CHARGING? I THINK IT IS AT THE NEVI? NEVI? NEVI? YES.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE RIGHT PRONUNCIATION OR NOT, CHAIR.
SO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THEY'RE IN THE, I GUESS IT WAS CALLED THE IIJA, WHICH IS UNDER THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROGRAM.
IT DID INCLUDE MONEY THAT WAS TO COME DOWN TO THE STATES BY FORMULA, SO, KIND OF A POPULATION, ET CETERA, BASED.
AND IT WAS ALSO THEN SUBALLOCATED DOWN TO THE DISTRICTS AND TO THE MPOS.
AND WE HAD WORKED WITH THE STATE.
WE HAD IDENTIFIED LOCATIONS, FACILITIES.
WE WERE EVEN LOOKING AT MAYBE GOING OUT TO SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES TO OPEN UP KIND OF A MINI GRANT TO HELP THEM.
YOU KNOW, INVEST ON EV CHARGING WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING BECAUSE IT COULDN'T BE DONE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
IT HAD TO, WHERE YOU GOT IT INSTALLED, YOU HAD TO AGREE TO OPERATE IT, MAINTAIN IT KIND OF THING.
SO, THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES TO THE PROGRAM.
HOWEVER, ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, OUR GOVERNOR PULLED ALL THAT MONEY BACK AND THEN GAVE IT BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO, SOME OF THE MONEY HAD ALREADY BEEN SPENT.
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OF THAT MONEY, AND IT WAS PULLED OUT OF OUR PROGRAM AND HAS GONE BACK TO D.C.SO, WE DO NOT ANY LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO FUNDS THAT ARE SPECIFIC FOR THAT PURPOSE.
SO, WE'RE NOT ABLE, DOES THE LAW PREVENT THE MPO FROM APPLYING FOR THAT, OR IS IT THE LAW ONLY GIVES STATES THE ABILITY TO APPLY? SO, THE...
YOU KNOW, IN D.C., WHEN THEY PASS A TRANSPORTATION BILL, RIGHT, IT'S A FRAMEWORK, AND THEN THERE'S GENERALLY APPROPRIATIONS THAT OCCUR OFTENTIMES ANNUALLY, EVEN RIGHT? AND SO, AT THIS POINT, THERE IS NO APPROPRIATION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROGRAM.
SO, I BELIEVE THAT THE PROGRAM STILL EXISTS IN WRITING.
THERE'S A FRAMEWORK, BUT THERE'S NO MONEY FOR IT.
SO, IN EFFECT, YOU KNOW, IS IT AGAINST THE LAW? NO.
COULD THE MPO UTILIZE SOME OF OUR OTHER FUNDS TO BUILD EV CHARGERS? PERHAPS, AND I MEAN THAT JUST AS I SAY IT BECAUSE IT'S UNCLEAR IF WE WOULD GET A CHALLENGE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IF WE TRIED TO DO THAT.
I BELIEVE, NOW WHY DO WE GO FROM ONE TO THREE FOR JENNIFER? CAN JENNIFER NOT DO THREE WHILE SHE'S HERE? IF YOU, I CAN ABSOLUTELY.
[3. Micromobility]
ALLITERATION.I'M HERE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU, KIND OF GIVE YOU A BASELINE OVERVIEW OF MICROMOBILITY, WHAT'S GOING ON IN BROWARD COUNTY AND THE MUNICIPALITIES.
SO, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THIS, SO, PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.
IS YOUR CITY HAVING ISSUES WITH MICROMOBILITY? ALRIGHT, NOT EXCELLENT, BUT EXCELLENT.
IS IT A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION IN YOUR CITY CURRENTLY? GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.
IN THE LAST SIX PLUS MONTHS, HAS YOUR CITY TAKEN ANY STEPS TO ADDRESS IT? ANY ORDINANCES OR DRAFTING OR OF THAT NATURE? EXCELLENT, YEAH.THAT'S...
FOR, ACTUALLY, SINCE LAST YEAR.
I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COUNTY AND WHO HERE IS ACTUALLY CURRENTLY AN OUTDATED LIST BECAUSE THE NEW ONE, I'VE BEEN CURRENTLY, I'VE BEEN UPDATING SINCE THERE HAS BEEN SUCH ACTIVE MOVEMENT WITH THE CHANGES IN DRAFTS OF ORDINANCES FOR ALL FOR MUNICIPALITIES BUT I KNOW.
BUT WHAT IS MICRO MOBILITY? SO, AS DEFINED BY FLORIDA STATUTE 316.003, A MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION DEVICE DESIGNED FOR INDIVIDUAL USE, WHICH IS TYPICALLY 20 TO 36 INCHES IN WIDTH AND 50 POUNDS OR LESS IN WEIGHT, AND WHICH OPERATES AT A SPEED OF TYPICALLY LESS THAN 15 MILES PER HOUR, BUT NO MORE THAN 28 MILES PER HOUR.
THIS TERM INCLUDES BOTH HUMAN-POWERED AND NON-HUMAN-POWERED DEVICES SUCH AS BICYCLES, ELECTRIC BICYCLE, MOTORIZED SCOOTER, OR ANY OTHER DEVICE THAT IS OWNED BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR PART OF A SHARED FLEET.
SO, THAT OFFERS A PRETTY CLEAR, WELL, SEEMS TO BE A CLEAR DEFINITION OF SIZE, SPEED, AND TYPE OF LOCOMOTION.
WITH THAT, WE KNOW THE DEFINITION, BUT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? SO, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A VARIETY OF POSSIBLE MICRO MOBILITY HERE.
ELECTRIC BICYCLE, MOTORIZED SCOOTER, ONE WHEELS, BICYCLES, MOPEDS, MOTOR SCOOTER, LOW SPEED VEHICLES, AND ELECTRIC BICYCLES.
SO, WHICH OF THESE FITS THE TERM? THE TOP ROW.
THE BOTTOM ROW DOES NOT ACTUALLY FIT THE TERM ANALOGY FOR IT.
EVEN THOUGH, YES, THERE IS AN ELECTRIC BIKE ON THERE AS A SECOND ONE.
THAT IS BECAUSE THAT IS ADVERTISED ONLINE AS 30 MILES
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PER HOUR AND OVER.THAT IS OUTSIDE THE ONE OF THE THREE CLASSIFICATIONS OF ELECTRIC BIKES.
THE... ALSO APPEARS TO BE MICRO MOBILITY IN FLORIDA DOES NOT REQUIRE A LICENSE OR THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A REGISTRATION FOR IT.
WHEREAS MOPEDS, MOTORCYCLES, LOW SPEED VEHICLES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A LICENSE PLATE.
WHAT IS THIS? YOU MAY SHOUT IT OUT IF YOU WANT.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, THAT'S OKAY.
I WON'T HOLD YOU IN SUSPENSE THAT LONG.
NOW, I BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE I WAS OUT IN COOPER CITY FOR A, DOING A WALKING AUDIT FOR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
AND I WAS TAKING PICTURES AT A SCHOOL TO SEE HOW KIDS' BEHAVIOR WAS GOING ON AND WHAT, HOW THEY RIDE AND WALK AND ALL THESE THINGS.
I WAS LIKE, GREAT PICTURE, CAN'T WAIT TO USE IT IN MY PRESENTATION, PUT IT IN THE PRESENTATION, UNDER AN ELECTRIC BIKE.
IT TOOK ME A WHILE UNTIL I FINALLY LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, MY GOODNESS, THAT DOESN'T HAVE PEDALS.
SO, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY RATHER DIFFICULT TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT MODES THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL.
HOW DO THESE OPERATE IN A PREDICTABLE MANNER? YOU KNOW, WILL THEY USE, WE HAVE TO, SORRY, RULES OF THE ROAD, PROPER PROTECTION.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED POTENTIAL OF SAFETY CAMPAIGNS.
I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP.
I'VE HEARD THAT FROM OTHER, YOU KNOW, FROM PEOPLE IN GENERAL, FROM MUNICIPALITIES.
AND WE ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER WHO IS ACTUALLY USING MICROMOBILITY AS WELL.
WE SEE DEFINITELY A LOT OF KIDS, BUT WE ALSO SEE A LOT OF ADULTS.
WHO ARE USING IT TO GET TO WORK OR, YOU KNOW, FIRST MILE, LAST MILE TYPE THINGS.
THERE IS INCONSISTENCIES OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES AND DEFINITIONS WITH MUNICIPALITIES, I HAVE FOUND.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS WITH THIS.
EACH MODE HAS A SPECIFIC DEFINITION THAT IS NOT INTERCHANGEABLE.
AND I HAVE SEEN THAT SINCE THE, WHILE THE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE BEEN UPDATING THEIR ORDINANCES TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE FLORIDA STATUTE, THERE IS STILL THAT LACK OF CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE CAN GO FROM ONE CITY TO THE NEXT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU COULD BE BREAKING A LAW WITHOUT RECOGNIZING IT.
AND THESE ARE JUST PEOPLE NECESSARILY GOING ABOUT THEIR DAY.
WITH INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, WE, OH, SORRY, BACK TO THE LAW.
ALSO, POLICE OFFICERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THE LAWS, MEANING THERE NEEDS TO BE AS LITTLE GRAY AREA AS POSSIBLE.
AS WE JUST WITNESSED, IF IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR US TO IDENTIFY, WAS THIS A BIKE, WAS THIS NOT, HOW DO WE MAKE THIS CLEAR CUT FOR THOSE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THINGS ENFORCEABLE? INFRASTRUCTURE, WHERE ARE THESE OPERATING? WHAT IS THE SAFEST FOR ALL USERS? THERE ALSO COULD BE, THESE ARE SMALLER WHEELS THAN JUST...
ON SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE A SCOOTER, AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER, HITTING A CRACK IN A SIDEWALK IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE BICYCLE GOING OVER IT.
YOU KNOW, ARE THESE INFRASTRUCTURES SAFE FOR THAT AND ALSO PLACES TO RIDE WITH THEM? SO, WHAT'S DOWN THE ROAD? SO, CURRENTLY WITH THE STATE, SB 382 IS...HAS BEEN PASSED THROUGH.
IT IS A WAITING SIGNATURE FROM THE GOVERNOR.
IT IS FOCUSING UPON REGULATIONS AND RULES ON HOW TO RIDE ON SIDEWALKS AND PATHWAYS, WHICH INCLUDE SPEED WHEN PEDESTRIANS ARE PRESENT, MEANING IT WOULD LIMIT TO 10 MILES AN HOUR IF YOU'RE ON A SIDEWALK OR PATHWAY AND YOU'RE SEEING A PEDESTRIAN WITHIN 50 FEET OF YOU.
IT'S ALSO GOING TO, WILL HOPEFULLY BE ESTABLISHING A MICROMOBILITY DEVICE SAFETY TASK FORCE TO COLLECT DATA SO THAT WE COULD BE BETTER SHAPING OF THE RULES, REGULATIONS, AND WHATNOT FOR THE...
LOCALLY, AS I SAID, MUNICIPALITIES ARE MAKING CHANGES.
I'M TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH EVERYBODY.
I'M GLAD THAT PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVING REACTIONS TO THIS IS CLEARLY AN ISSUE IN THE CITIES THAT NEEDS TO BE FOCUSED ON.
AND THE LIST CONTINUES TO GROW WITH IT.
BUT IF WE CAN GET A COLLECTION OF DATA AND COLLABORATION.
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IT'S DOING SO WELL, GUYS.A COLLABORATION, WORKING TOGETHER FOR COHESIVE LAWS FOR CONSISTENCY IS GOING TO PUT US IN A BETTER POSITION, AT LEAST WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY, SO THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT BE WONDERING IF THEY'RE BREAKING A LAW IN ONE PLACE AND NOT IN ANOTHER WITH SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE USING TO JUST TRAVERSE BACK AND FORTH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR BEARING WITH ME.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? BECAUSE I HAVE QUESTIONS.
LAST NIGHT, I ACTUALLY HAD A...
WAS AT A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, AND THIS WAS A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION.
SO, WE HAD THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR.
THE ISSUE IN COCONUT CREEK IS WE HAVE TEENAGERS WHO, IN GROUPS OF FIVE OR MORE, ARE ACTUALLY RIDING AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THEY ESSENTIALLY ARE GOING AT HIGH SPEEDS IN THE ROAD, SOMETIMES NO HELMET, AND LITERALLY SOMETIMES CUTTING OFF TRAFFIC.
AND IT'S A VERY CONCERNING KIND OF SITUATION.
THEY'RE ON SIDEWALKS, AND THAT'S A CONCERN FOR INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY RESPECTFUL OF PEDESTRIANS ON THE SIDEWALK.
THERE WAS A REALLY ACTIVE DISCUSSION CONCERNING WHETHER THE CITY SHOULD HAVE OWNERS ACTUALLY BE LICENSED, NOT LICENSED, BUT ACTUALLY, HAVE TO TELL THE CITY THAT THEY OWN ONE OF THESE.
AS YOU SAID, POLICE OFFICERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ORDINANCE.
HOWEVER, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, BE IN A CAR AND RACE, TRY TO FIND A 14-YEAR-OLD RIDING ONE OF THESE THINGS.
AND SO, THE IDEA IS IF WE KNOW THE OWNERS.
THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY FIND WHO THEY ARE.
AS YOU'VE MENTIONED, THESE DON'T HAVE LICENSE PLATES, SO, THEY'RE NOT IDENTIFIABLE.
AND SO, IF YOU'RE A PEDESTRIAN, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, DOING YOUR EVENING WALK, A BUNCH OF TEENAGERS GO BY YOU, YOU FALL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO REAL WAY OF YOU IDENTIFYING THE INDIVIDUALS.
SO, THOSE WERE SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT CAME UP AND REALLY THERE AREN'T ANY ANSWERS RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, AND THAT'S KIND OF PART OF THIS IS THAT, OKAY, WHAT KIND OF ANSWERS CAN WE COME TO, ESPECIALLY IF WE COULD ALL POTENTIALLY TRY TO LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS TOGETHER IN THIS? BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE, YEAH.
AND IT IS KIDS AND IT IS ADULTS AS WELL.
LIKE, SOMETIMES I'M SURPRISED.
AND THERE WAS SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE, AN ADULT, WHO USES THIS AND WOULD NOT RIDE ON THE ROADWAY FOR HER SAFETY.
AND SO, SHE ONLY GOES AROUND THE CITY ON SIDEWALKS.
AND SHE SAID SHE'S VERY RESPECTFUL OF PEDESTRIANS, BUT, YOU KNOW, OTHERS ARE NOT.
THEY'RE LITERALLY, AND I'VE SEEN THEM WHERE THEY'RE GOING AT REALLY HIGH SPEEDS ON THE SIDEWALK.
AND I COME TO AN INTERSECTION.
AND I'M JUST NOT QUITE SURE IF THEY'RE GOING TO STOP.
AND SO, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, I THINK, THE ISSUES THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE CONCERNING NOT THE DEVICE ITSELF, IT'S THE HUMAN OPERATOR THAT THE ISSUE IS FOR US ANYWAY.
YES, NO, I THINK THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RIDER, THE ETIQUETTE OF HOW TO OPERATE ON A ROAD SAFELY, I THINK THERE IS...
WHAT WE AS ADULTS KNOW, ESPECIALLY AS DRIVERS, KIDS DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW.
AND IT IS, THERE IS, THEY SHOULD BE LEARNING THAT.
AND IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT IN THAT ASPECT OF TRYING TO FIND THE BEST WAY TO BRING EDUCATION INTO THAT FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND BETTER HOW THEY SHOULD BE OPERATING THESE.
IT'S ALSO LIKE ON THE SIDEWALKS.
ONE OF THE SB 382, IS BECAUSE OF THAT, IS GIVING, TRYING TO MAKE IT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT RIDING ON ROADWAYS AS MUCH BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE IN THAT, WHICH IS THEN A BROADER INFRASTRUCTURE CONVERSATION.
AND THE LAST THING, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE LAW, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WEAR HELMETS.
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TO LOOK THAT UP AGAIN, BUT I DO KNOW THAT...FROM WHAT I RECALLED OF THE CURRENT, I CAN LOOK UP AND FOLLOW UP ON IT FOR YOU INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THROUGH HERE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S SOME STANDARDS OF BICYCLES THAT HAVE REGULATIONS THAT DO CARRY OVER TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES AT LEAST, BUT I'M NOT SURE OF ANY OF THE OTHER ADDITIONAL MICROMOBILITY.
VINCENT? IT'S A SHAME IN OUR SOCIETY THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE PEOPLE DO THE RIGHT THING, UNFORTUNATELY.
UM AND WHAT THE CO-CHAIR, LET ME ASSISTANT CHAIR. I'M GONNA MAKE HIM THE CHAIR TONIGHT. I'M GONNA ELEVATE HIM.
I'M GONNA GIVE HIM UNDER TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT WITH 316.003 UH REMEMBERING WHY I DON'T REMEMBER WHY I REMEMBER THIS AFTER BEING RETIRED FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT 13 YEARS DON'T ASK ME BUT UH IF YOU LOOK UP 316.130 AND ELABORATE, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD ADDRESS A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.
I THINK A LOT OF THAT WOULD FALL INTO THAT STATUTE THAT'S ON THERE.
A LOT OF ITS PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLES, ET CETERA.
AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, THE OFFICERS ARE JUST, WITH TODAY'S SOCIETY, JUST ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE TIME TO RUN AROUND AND ENFORCE THAT STUFF.
YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO START DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE STREET TAKEOVERS.
LUCKILY, WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN THAT.
COMING ABOUT TOO MUCH IN BROWARD COUNTY LUCKILY BUT THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER CONCERN, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I WANTED TO THROW OUT THAT STATUTE FOR YOU.
I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE I IT'S 316-130, YOU SAID? CORRECT.
PERFECT, BECAUSE, YEAH, I DO LOVE RESEARCH.
PHIL? ARE THERE ANY ORGANIZATIONS OF USERS WHO MIGHT BE APPROACHABLE? THAT'S A REALLY EXCELLENT QUESTION. THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF CURRENTLY, BUT I WILL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT, AT LEAST MAYBE TRY TO REACH OUT TO SOME BIKE CLUBS TO SEE IF THEY'RE ALSO.
NOT JUST TRADITIONAL BIKING BUT ELECTRIC BIKES AS WELL. SO, I WILL, I WILL FIND OUT BUT THANK YOU. THAT'S EXCELLENT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT SEEING ANY. THANK YOU, SO MUCH JENNIFER.
[2. Safe Streets 4 Broward - Safety Dashboard Demonstration]
UH AND NOW WE GO BACK TO OUR SAFE STREETS FOR BROWARD SAFETY DASHBOARD DEMONSTRATION WITH THE DUO OF JAMES COMAR AND FAZEL QURESHI.GOOD AFTERNOON, OR GOOD EVENING, JAMES COMAR WITH THE BROWARD MPO.
AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE FAZEL QURESHI TO SHOW YOU THE SAFETY DASHBOARD FROM THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AS YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE THE MPO BOARD, FOLLOWING YOUR RECOMMENDATION, APPROVED THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN TECHNICAL REPORT BACK IN FEBRUARY.
AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN CONTINUING ON LOOKING AT HOW TO IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT PLAN, INCLUDING GETTING PROJECTS IN OUR AMENDMENTS TO THE MTP, GETTING THEM IN THE LIST OF PRIORITIZED PROJECTS, SETTING UP OUR OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT OUR FIRST MEETING WILL BE IN JUNE.
AND THEN THIS YEAR, JENNIFER WAS TALKING ABOUT THE GRANTS.
THERE WAS A NEW CYCLE OF THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL FUNDING CYCLE, AND 12 DIFFERENT AGENCIES IN BROWARD, 12 DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES, WELL, 11.
11 MUNICIPALITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY ARE APPLYING FOR FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR BUILDING ON THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN AND SO SOME OF THEM ARE LOOKING TO DO LOCAL PLANS WHERE THEY CAN FOCUS ON LOCAL ROADS, SOME OF THEM ARE LOOKING TO DO DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS, AND THERE ARE THREE APPLICATIONS TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT PROJECTS.
WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
AS PART OF THAT REVIEW FOR THE SAFETY ACTION OF THE SS4A FUNDING, EACH OF THE APPLICANTS NEEDED TO SHOW THAT THEY WEREN'T DUPLICATING THE EFFORT.
WE WANT TO BE EFFICIENT WITH THE USE OF FEDERAL RESOURCES THAT THEY PAID FOR DIFFERENT TOOLS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND SO,THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS NEED TO BUILD ON THAT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS COMMON IN THE APPLICATIONS FOR PLANNING SOME OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SAY, WELL, WE WANT A SAFETY DASHBOARD JUST LIKE YOU'VE DONE.
AND WE LET THEM KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A SAFETY DASHBOARD.
WE HAVE IT AND YOU CAN PERSONALIZE IT, OR LOCALIZE IT FOR YOUR MUNICIPALITY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO RECREATE THIS.
AND SO, WITH THAT, FALAZ IS GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW THAT WORKS AND WHY THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING TOOL. SO, FAZAL.
JUST TO CONTINUE THE JOKE FROM THE TAC MEETING EARLIER.
MY NAME IS FAZAL QURESHI FROM THE BRAD MPO.
BUT, YEAH, SO, THANK YOU, JAMES, FOR THAT INTRODUCTION.
I AM GOING TO POP UP IF I CAN FIGURE THIS OUT.
SO, THE EASIEST WAY OF GETTING TO OUR SAFETY DASHBOARD.
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OR BEFORE I EVEN START WITH THAT, THIS IS A VERY SIMILAR PRESENTATION THAT I DID I THINK ABOUT SIX TO NINE MONTHS AGO. I THINK WITH YOU ALL WE HAVE MADE SOME UPDATES TO OUR SAFETY DASHBOARD SINCE THAT POINT IN TIME. SO, I AM EXCITED JUST TO SHOW WHAT SOME OF THOSE UPDATES ARE AS WELL AS JUST JUST PROVIDE ANOTHER TUTORIAL OF HOW YOU CAN ACCESS THE DASHBOARD, HOW YOU CAN USE THE DASHBOARD, AND MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE DASHBOARD THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO HOME AND YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND THE REST OF YOUR FOUR OR FIVE HOURS TONIGHT PLAYING AROUND WITH OUR DASHBOARD.SO, THE EASIEST WAY OF GETTING TO OUR DASHBOARD, THERE'S TWO WAYS.
ONE WAY IS YOU CAN GO TO OUR BROWARD MPO WEBSITE.
YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN ON OUR HOMEPAGE AND CLICK ON THIS PHOTO OR THIS ICON HERE, OR YOU CAN GO TO SAFESTREETS4BROWARD.ORG.
IF YOU CLICK ON THIS, IT WILL TAKE YOU TO OUR HOMEPAGE.
ON OUR HOMEPAGE, THE WAY WE HAVE IT SET UP IS WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION DIRECTLY ON OUR HOMEPAGE AND WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT TABS AT THE TOP.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU CAN VIEW OUR FINAL BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN RIGHT HERE DIRECTLY FROM THE HOMEPAGE.
IT WILL REDIRECT YOU TO THE LINK.
THERE ARE SOME DOCUMENTS THAT ARE POSTED HERE.
NOT ALL THE DOCUMENTS ARE HERE.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT ELSE WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE THROUGH OUR GRANT, YOU CAN EITHER CLICK ON THIS ICON HERE OR YOU CAN GO TO OUR ARCHIVE RESOURCES AND EXPLORE MANY OF THE DELIVERABLES, MANY OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE CONDUCTED HERE IN THE BOARDROOM.
SO, TO GET TO THE DASHBOARD, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE LINK UP HERE.
SO, ONCE YOU GET TO THE DASHBOARD.
THE PAGE THAT IT DROPS YOU ON AT THE TOP, THIS IS A HOW-TO VIDEO THAT WE CREATED, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR, OR MAYBE EARLIER THIS YEAR, OR LAST YEAR ACCORDING TO THIS, THAT WILL GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION RELATED TO HOW TO USE THE DASHBOARD IN CASE YOU DON'T REMEMBER SOMETHING FROM WHAT I TALKED ABOUT TODAY.
IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, YOU'LL SEE A DISCLAIMER FOR OUR DASHBOARD.
THERE IS SOME JUST BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING JUST A LAYOUT OF THE DASHBOARD. WHAT SOME OF THE FUNCTIONALITIES ARE AND SOME OF THE DEFINITIONS OF WHAT A FATALITY IS, WHAT'S A SERIOUS INJURY, WHAT'S AN INJURY CRASH.
ONCE YOU'RE DONE READING THAT YOU CAN CLICK CLOSE HERE.
AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO OUR HANDY DANDY DASHBOARD SO THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE IT IS BEST VIEWED ON A COMPUTER. IF YOU USE YOUR CELLULAR DEVICE IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY MINIMIZED VERSION OF SOME OF THESE COMPONENTS IT DOES. IT WILL NOT PROVIDE YOU ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONALITIES THAT VIEWING THIS ON A COMPUTER WILL HAVE. SO, THE WAY WE HAVE THIS SET UP IS ON THE LEFT YOU HAVE MANY DIFFERENT FILTERS AND ALL THE FILTERS UPDATES. ALL THE INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE DASHBOARD ON THE FLY YOU, YOU MAY HAVE TO PROVIDE IT JUST A FEW MINUTES FOR IT TO LOAD.
AT THE TOP YOU HAVE SOME GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF KILLED IN SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES, AS WELL AS THE DIFFERENT USERS.
BELOW IT, THE SMALLER BOXES, THOSE ARE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
SO, ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS COULD BE, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR TOTAL KSI CRASHES AT 06,849.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS 1,371 PEOPLE THAT UNFORTUNATELY...
DIED ON THE ROADWAYS AND ANOTHER 6728 PEOPLE THAT SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES.
NOW THOSE TWO NUMBERS IN THE SMALLER BOXES OBVIOUSLY DON'T ADD UP TO THE TO THE NUMBER ABOVE BECAUSE SOME OF THESE CRASHES DID HAVE MULTIPLE FATALITIES OR SERIOUS INJURIES OR A MIXTURE OF BOTH. SO, THAT'S WHY THOSE NUMBERS ARE NOT JUST A DIRECT ONE-TO-ONE CORRELATION.
TO HELP WITH THIS DASHBOARD I AM JUST GOING TO GO TO THIS CRASH HERE AND I'M JUST GOING TO CLICK A RANDOM YEAR HERE.
SO, IT HELPS SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS SO AS THEY PLAY AROUND WITH THE DIFFERENT CHARTS, IT'LL UPDATE A LITTLE BIT FASTER BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE TO PROCESS A LOT OF DATA.
ALRIGHT, SO, THEN ONCE YOU SCROLL DOWN TO THE LEFT OF THE MAP, THERE IS DIFFERENT LEGENDS.
THE LEGENDS ALIGN WITH THE DIFFERENT TABS HERE AT THE BOTTOM.
THIS IS A DISCLAIMER THAT WAS SHOWN PREVIOUSLY WHEN YOU OPEN UP THE DASHBOARD.
SO, IN CASE YOU WANT TO REFERENCE IT AGAIN, YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT ABOUT TAB.
OKAY, SO, IN THE MIDDLE HERE, YOU HAVE THE MAP.
THIS IS WHERE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CRASHES ARE MAPPED BASED UPON THE FILTERS THAT ARE SELECTED ON THE LEFT SIDE.
NOW TO THE RIGHT OF THE MAP BEFORE I GO INTO THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE MAP SHOWS, I'LL QUICKLY GO OVER WHAT SOME OF THESE CHARTS ARE.
SO, ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THERE ARE KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS
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OF CHARTS.THE ONES AT THE TOP ARE KIND OF BY CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND THE CHARTS ON THE BOTTOM ARE OTHER CHARACTERISTICS RELATED TO THOSE CRASHES. SO, AS YOU SEE HERE THE FIRST TAB THE FIRST TAB THAT'S DISPLAYED IS THE SEVERITY BY YEAR SO THIS IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CRASHES AND THE DIFFERENT COLOR CODES AS YOU HOVER OVER THEM WILL GIVE YOU THE SPECIFIC NUMBER AMOUNTS AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE IT BY MONTH AND ALSO BY TIME OF DAY EVEN. AT THE BOTTOM YOU HAVE CRASH TYPES. SO, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRASHES IN TERMS OF HOW THE IMPACT OCCURRED OR WHAT THE IMPACT OF A VEHICLE WAS WITH.
YOU HAVE THE POSTED SPEED VERSUS NUMBER OF LANES.
YOU HAVE JURISDICTIONAL OWNERSHIP, FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION, AND ROTARY CLASSIFICATION.
SO, THE COOL THING ABOUT THE CHARTS ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS YOU CAN ACTUALLY CLICK ON THESE.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU JUST WANT TO SEE WHERE THE...
FATAL CRASHES WERE IN APRIL OF 2021.
YOU CAN ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
CAN'T ACTUALLY CLICK ON ANY OF THESE AND IT'LL ONLY SHOW YOU THOSE CRASHES, ONES THEY LOAD.
IT SHOULD LOAD AND IT WILL LOAD.
SO, THESE ARE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT LEFT TURN KILLED IN SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES THAT OCCURRED IN BROWARD.
AND JUST SO ON THE MAP ITSELF, UNDERNEATH THE INDIVIDUAL CRASHES TAB, THE CRASHES THAT WILL ONLY BE DISPLAYED WILL BE THE KILLED IN SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES, HOWEVER, IF YOU ZOOM IN BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER TYPES OF CRASHES, THESE BLUE DOTS THAT BECOME DISPLAYED, THOSE ARE ALL OF THE OTHER TYPES OF CRASHES.
INJURY CRASHES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY CRASHES.
YOU CAN ALSO CLICK ON THESE DOTS OR ON THOSE ICONS AND IT WILL PROVIDE YOU SOME INFORMATION REGARDING THAT SPECIFIC CRASH, SUCH AS WHAT WAS PROVIDED THROUGH SIGNAL FOR ANALYTICS AND, AND THERE'S YOU KNOW THE TIME OF DAY THAT THE CRASH HAPPENED, WHERE DID IT HAPPEN, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, AND SO ON, RIGHT AND YOU'RE SEEING AS I'M CLICKING ON STUFF EVERYTHING IS UPDATING AROUND IT. SOME OTHER COOL FUNCTIONALITIES IS ON THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER, THE FIRST ICON IS THE LEGEND. SO, IT'S A DUPLICATION OF THE LEGEND HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE SECOND ONE IS THE LAYERS. SO, THERE ARE DIFFERENT LAYERS THAT YOU CAN TURN ON AND OFF. YOU CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW WHERE THESE CRASHES ARE RELATIVE TO THE HIGH ENTRY NETWORK THAT WE DEVELOPED. OUR HIGH-RISK NETWORK. YOU CAN EVEN LOOK AT WHERE THE FIXED BUS, BUS ROUTES ARE. FIGURE OUT WHY THAT ONE'S NOT TURNING ON, SHOULD BE TURNING ON. YEAH YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT WHERE THE FIXED BUS STOPS ARE AS WELL YOU KNOW IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES. YOU CAN ALSO TURN THAT ONE ON AND IT'S VERY NICELY DISPLAYED SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION OF WHICH CITY YOU ARE LOOKING AT. UH THERE'S THE OTHER ICON IS THE BASE MAPS YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS TYPE OF MAP IT DOESN'T REALLY GIVE YOU A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WIDE THE INTERSECTIONS ARE, THE LEFT TURN LANES, RIGHT TURN LANES, UM HOW WIDE THE MEDIAN IS. SO, YOU CAN EVEN GO TO LIKE IMAGE HYBRID AND THIS WILL SHOW YOU A GOOGLE EARTH OR GOOGLE MAPS IMAGE OF OF THE ROADWAY ITSELF. FOR SIMPLICITY'S SAKE I'M JUST GOING TO GO BACK TO WHAT WE HAD AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS SO YOU CAN PLAY AROUND WITH THAT, THERE IS A VERY NEAT TOOL HERE AT THE TOP LEFT IT LOOKS LIKE A WRENCH, YOU CLICK ON THAT AND YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS. YOU HAVE RECTANGLES AND IF YOU HIGHLIGHT A CERTAIN AREA, IT'LL UPDATE ALL THE INFORMATION REGARDING JUST THAT SPECIFIC AREA AND LIKE I SAID SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO GIVE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR IT TO LOAD. AND AS WE KNOW, THERE ARE SOME STREETS THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST.
OR IF YOU'RE TRYING TO LOOK FOR A SPECIFIC DISTANCE OR, OR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SPECIFIC AREA, YOU CAN ALSO WANT TO CLICK ON THIS.
THERE IS A, A TOOL CALLED LASSO AND IT'LL LET YOU KIND OF FREE FORM DRAW THE AREA THAT YOU WANT TO ANALYZE AND IT'LL GIVE YOU THE SAME FUNCTIONALITY.
ALSO, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTOR INFORMATION, SUCH AS AGGRESSIVE DRIVING, ALCOHOL-RELATED KSI CRASHES, HIT AND RUN, AGING DRIVER.
AND SOME OF THESE BOXES ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL TABS THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON AND IT WILL GIVE YOU THAT PERTINENT INFORMATION.
NOW, WHAT HAPPENS IF, YOU KNOW,
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LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT, WELL, HOW MANY SPEEDING CRASHES ARE HAPPENING, NOT JUST KILLED IN SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES, MAYBE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.
SO, IF YOU GO DOWN HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN FIND, LET'S SEE, SPEEDING CRASHES, SPEEDING CRASHES.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU CAN GO TO AGGRESSIVE DRIVING.
YOU CAN CLICK ON YES AND IT'LL UPDATE ALL THE INFORMATION.
IT'LL SHOW YOU WHERE ALL THE AGGRESSIVE DRIVING CRASHES ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTY.
YOU ALSO HAVE THIS HEAT MAP TAB IT'LL PROVIDE YOU A NICE NEAT HEAT MAP IF YOU'RE INTERESTED ON WHERE CERTAIN TYPES OF CRASHES ARE HAPPENING MORE PREVALENTLY COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES AND IT UH WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT TIME TO LOAD, WE'LL GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION, IT'LL ALSO EVEN GIVE YOU A CRASH TYPE DIAGRAM. THESE ARE, THESE EACH OF THESE ICONS ARE IN RELATION TO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF COLLISION. THE ONES THAT ARE IN BLUE ARE THE KILLED IN SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES WHILE THE THE REDS AND SOME OF THE OTHER COLORS THEY ARE FOR JUST THE REGULAR TYPES OF CRASHES. THIS ISN'T A PERFECT CRASH DIAGRAM BECAUSE THE ICONS ARE ALL FACING THE SAME DIRECTION. IF YOU WANT A TRUE CRASH DIAGRAM YOU WOULD HAVE TO SEE IN THE DIRECTION WHICH THEY OCCUR AND FLIP THE ICONS AROUND, BUT THIS AT LEAST PROVIDES SOMEWHAT OF A TOOL SO YOU CAN HOPEFULLY SEE SOME TYPES OF TRENDS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN YOUR COMMUNITIES. ONE EXAMPLE I ALWAYS ENJOY PROVIDING IT'S YOU KNOW WE, WE ALL MIGHT BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A ISSUE AT A PARTICULAR INTERSECTION.
BEFORE, IT'S MORE OF A BELIEF.
BUT USING THIS DASHBOARD, YOU CAN AT LEAST HAVE SOME CONCRETE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON IF THERE IS ACTUALLY AN ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, IS... ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY DYING AT THIS INTERSECTION? OR IS IT OTHER TYPES OF INJURIES? OR ARE THEY LEFT TURN CRASHES? YOU KNOW, WHAT IS REALLY THE PROBLEM? AND THIS WILL ALL PROVIDE YOU THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, WITH YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WITH YOUR...
CITY AND TECHNICAL STAFF MEMBERS.
SO, I HOPE THIS WAS USEFUL AND WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
I MISSED SOMETHING YOU SAID ABOUT FLIPPING THE ICONS AROUND HAVING TO DO WITH DIRECTION.
WHAT WAS THAT? SO, WE DID NOT DO A TRUE CRASH DIAGRAM.
CRASH DIAGRAMS, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRASHES, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU HAVE A LEFT TURN CRASH AND YOU'RE GOING EAST TO WEST AND YOU'RE TAKING A LEFT GOING NORTH YOUR, YOUR LEFT TURN ARROW WILL BE POINTED TOWARDS THE NORTH SIDE, BUT FOR OUR PURPOSES WE ONLY PROVIDED AN ICON, THEY ALL FACE THE SAME NORTH DIRECTION FOR FOR INSTANCE, AND THEY'RE NOT DEPENDENT UPON THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE CRASH OCCURRED. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
ALL OF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED COMING FROM LAW, LAW ENFORCEMENT, CORRECT? YES, SO THAT IS A REALLY GOOD POINT.
SO, WE DO WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS UPDATE ONCE A YEAR.
LAST TIME I BELIEVE WHEN WE CAME TO YOU ALL I THINK WE ONLY HAD UP TO 2022.
SINCE THEN, WE WE UPLOADED THE DASHBOARD 23 WITH 2023 INFORMATION AS WELL AS 2024.
LATER ON, THIS YEAR WE WILL BE UPLOADING THE 2025 INFORMATION.
WE'RE WAITING ROUGHLY ABOUT NINE MONTHS AFTER THE...
NINE MONTHS AFTER THE END OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR, SO, WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE DATA HAS BEEN QAQC'D BY THE STATE AND THAT THE DATA IS, IS WHAT THEY CONSIDER PUBLISHED.
BUT YES, WE'RE GETTING IT FROM SIGNAL 4 ANALYTICS, WHICH IS THE STATEWIDE DATA SOURCE FOR ALL POLICE CRASH REPORTING.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER THAT SOME MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ASKED FOR THEIR OWN VERSION, AND YOU EXPLAINED THAT YOU CAN FILTER ACCORDING TO CITIES.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A VERY RICH TOOL.
WHAT IS THE PLAN CONCERNING USING THE DATA? SO, ARE YOU, FOR INSTANCE, ABLE TO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT...
HAVE A HIGH PROPENSITY FOR A CRASH. DOES THAT INFORM US CONCERNING HOW WE MAKE THOSE AREAS SAFER? IS THAT A CONVERSATION YOU INITIATE WITH THE MUNICIPALITY OR YOU'RE EXPECTING THE MUNICIPALITY TO ARRIVE AT THAT CONCLUSION? SO, THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE TAKING IT'S, THIS IS, THIS CRASH DATA
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IS IT DOES NOT KIND OF INCLUDE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF EACH OF THESE PARTICULAR LOCATION.SO, WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY A CRASH PATTERN OR A SAFETY RISK OR ISSUE, YOU DO HAVE TO EXAMINE SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL FACTORS, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THE ALIGNMENT OF THE INTERSECTION, ARE THERE SITE ISSUES? IS THERE NO LIGHTING THERE AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION? THAT'S SOME INFORMATION WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE IN HERE.
WHAT JAMES AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THE CITIES IS WE'RE DOING ALL OF THE UPFRONT WORK FOR ALL OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES.
WE'RE PROCESSING THE DATA, WE'RE WE'RE RUNNING IT THROUGH OUR TOOL TO CLEAN IT UP.
WE'RE REMOVING A LOT OF DIFFERENT CRASHES THAT ARE CODED INCORRECTLY.
AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE THE CITIES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EACH TO NOT HAVE TO PAY A CONSULTANT TO DO THAT EXACT WORK.
SO, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE, SO, WE FIGURED OUT A WAY THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THEM THE INFORMATION ONCE IT'S REQUESTED.
YOU KNOW, THE YEARS, THE PARTICULAR LOCATION, DO THEY WANT IT FOR A WHOLE MUNICIPALITY? AND WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO THEM WITHIN FIVE TO TEN MINUTES.
THAT IS THE EFFORT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE OUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES. SO, THEY CAN USE THOSE SAME RESOURCES FOR OTHER EFFECTIVE SAFETY ANALYSES.
FOR DEVELOPING CONCEPTS INSTEAD OF PAYING A CONSULTANT TO DO THE WORK THAT WE ALREADY DO.
YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
MY THOUGHT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, A QUESTION I'VE ASKED BEFORE IS DO WE HAVE A MAP OF ALL THE SIDEWALKS IN BROWARD? AND WE DON'T, RIGHT? AND SO, CAN A CITIZEN USE THIS AND GO TO CITY HALL AND SAY, THIS AREA? A LOT OF CRASHES.
THIS AREA HAS A LOT OF FATALITIES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS.
AND YES, YOU GUYS HAVE THIS INFORMATION.
WE DO HAVE SOME MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE ALWAYS FRONT AND CENTER MOVING FORWARD, BUT WE ALSO HAVE MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE NOT HERE.
AND SO, MY QUESTION AGAIN IS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THE MUNICIPALITIES USE THIS EFFECTIVELY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY SAFEGUARD THEIR CITIZENS AND TO PROMOTE SAFETY? SO, I KNOW IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME CITIES JUST AREN'T INTERESTED IN THIS.
OR IF THEY WERE, THEY WOULD HAVE ACTED BEFORE.
IF I COULD SHARE, BILL CROSS, BROWARD MPO.
SO, I THINK THIS INFORMATION IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD FOR THE REGION JUST TO HAVE THE DATA AVAILABLE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU CARE ABOUT SOMETHING, RIGHT, MEASURE IT.
AND SO NOW WE'RE MEASURING IT.
THIS DATA ACTUALLY IS GETTING USED MULTIPLE WAYS ALREADY.
IT DOES FLOW INTO SOME OF OUR TOOLS HERE.
OF COURSE, THIS WAS JOINTLY DEVELOPED WITH BROWARD COUNTY AND THEIR TRAFFIC OPS DIVISION.
SO, NOW THEY HAVE ACCESS TO IT AND THEY HAVE THEIR PROGRAM OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY DO.
AND I DON'T KNOW, BUT I PRESUME THAT FDOT IS ALSO LOOKING AT THIS.
SAME DATA SET THAT'S NOW SO RICH AND AVAILABLE TO THEM.
AND, OF COURSE, FDOT IS ALSO A BIG INVESTOR IN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT OUR REGION.
SO, THOSE ARE KIND OF THE TOP-DOWN WAYS THAT WE GET AT EVERYBODY, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A CITY THAT MAYBE IS AS ENGAGED AS SOME OTHER CITY.
SO, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET SOME FROM THIS.
THE OTHER THING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN...
CALLS FROM DIFFERENT FIRMS THAT ARE USING THIS FOR VARIOUS REASONS TO EITHER GO TO THE CITIES AND TRY TO SELL THEM SOME SAFETY MITIGATION.
I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE ATTORNEYS FIND THIS AND START SHOWING UP AT CITY HALLS.
SO, THAT COULD BE A HIGHLY MOTIVATING FACTOR FOR SOME OF THE CITIES.
IT'S UNCLEAR, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY ALL THE WAYS THAT THIS COULD BE USED, BUT I WILL CIRCLE BACK TO MY EARLIER POINT, WHICH IS THAT WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB GETTING GRANTS FOR THIS REGION, AND THIS WAS PAID FOR BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH A GRANT.
ONE FINAL TOPIC, AND I'LL HAVE DARREN GO NEXT.
MANY OF US WORK OR LIVE BESIDE SCHOOLS, AND DURING THE MORNINGS OR THE EVENINGS, THERE ARE LINES OF CARS AND LOTS OF STUFF THAT HAPPEN.
AND IT IS JUST SURPRISING THAT WE HAVEN'T ACTED IN THAT REGARD.
AND I'M CURIOUS AGAIN, IS THE SCHOOL BOARD AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION? AND ARE THEY ACTING ACCORDINGLY WITH THIS? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY, EVERY YEAR IT'S THE SAME THING.
LINES AND LINES OF VEHICLES WAITING FOR STUDENTS.
AND I'M JUST SO SURPRISED THAT WE HAVEN'T TAKEN CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THIS.
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OF OUR BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN, SOMETHING THAT MAKES OUR SAFETY ACTION PLAN A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER SAFETY ACTION PLANS AROUND THE COUNTRY IS WE DECIDED TO DO EIGHT DEEP DIVES INTO DIFFERENT TYPES OF SAFETY ISSUES OR CONCERNS THAT BOTH THE BROWARD MPO HAD AS WELL AS BROWARD COUNTY.AND ONE OF THEM WAS OUR SCHOOL ZONE OR SCHOOL ZONE AND BUS STOP SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT, WE DID WORK WITH BARROW COUNTY, WITH FTOT, AND WITH THE BARROW COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE DID IDENTIFY, FOR INSTANCE, IS WE ONLY HAD, UNFORTUNATELY, WE STILL HAD ONE KILLER SERIOUS INJURY CRASH WITHIN A SCHOOL ZONE FOR A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD THAT WE ANALYZED, WHICH WAS FROM 2018 TO 2022, AT THAT TIME.
SO, WE THROUGH OUR ANALYSIS WE DID FIND THAT EVEN THOUGH SCHOOL ZONES ARE WORKING DECENTLY WELL FOR FOR PEOPLE UNDERNEATH THE AGE OF 18, THERE'S STILL SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AS AS JAMES STATED EARLIER, WE JUST ADOPTED A BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR WE DO HAVE ACTIONS IN THE BACK OF OUR SAFETY ACTION PLAN THAT TALKS ABOUT WITH THE BROWARD MPO, BROWARD COUNTY, FDOT IS GOING TO WORK ON ON A YEARLY BASIS. WE DO HAVE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS AND OTHER TYPES OF INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE WE DID OUR PLAN DOESN'T MEAN THE WORK IS DONE.
YEAH. RIGHT AND WE DON'T WANT THIS PLAN JUST SITTING ON A SHELF AND ASSUME THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO READ IT. SO, JAMES AND I IN THE BARRETT MPO ARE GOING TO BE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH OUR DIFFERENT PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY INCREASING, CONTINUOUSLY FURTHERING THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SAFETY INITIATIVES, AS WELL AS SAFETY INITIATIVES THAT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE.
SO, WE ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ROUTES, AND HOPEFULLY IT MAKES AN IMPROVEMENT.
SO, HOW IS THIS INFORMATION TRANSMITTED TO THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THE SCHOOL BOARD AND UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, ET CETERA? HOW DID THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS, OR HOW WOULD THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS? FOR THE SAFETY DATA OR FOR THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN? THE DASHBOARD.
THE DASHBOARD, OUR PARTNERS AS PART OF OUR OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, OUR TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP MEMBERS THAT WE WORKED WITH THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PLAN, OUR TAC MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL THAT WE PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION TO.
BUT WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING DURING NEAR THE END OF OUR DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PLAN, WE DID ATTEND DIFFERENT TYPES OF POP-UPS.
AT NOVA, WE ATTENDED FORT LAUDERDALE SCHOOL NIGHT.
SO, WE ATTENDED DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE DID AND HOPEFULLY TRYING TO GET OTHER NON-TRADITIONAL PARTNERS OR PEOPLE LOOKING AT OUR DASHBOARD AND SOME OF THE OTHER PRODUCTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE.
YOU KNOW THERE'S GROUPS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THIS INFORMATION.
THE BARRETT MPO WILL MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO DO A SHORT DEMONSTRATION OR PRESENTATION REGARDING.
I WAS MORE INTERESTED IN SENDING SOME SORT OF FORMAL COMMUNICATION TO THE MUNICIPALITIES AND LARGE STAKEHOLDERS AND SAY THIS EXISTS. SO, THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO THIS REALLY RICH DATA. SO, IT CAN HELP THEM IN THEIR DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.
BECAUSE I'M NOT QUITE SURE, EVEN IF I WERE TO ATTEND AN EVENT AND YOU TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT, THAT IT WOULD HAVE RESONATED WITH ME, THAT I WOULD HAVE KEPT THAT INFORMATION.
BUT IF YOU SENT IT TO THE HEAD OF WHATEVER, AND THIS IS WHERE I THINK THE LAWYERS WOULD HAVE A FIELD DAY THAT MPO ACTUALLY SENT A LETTER TO YOU SHOWING YOU ABOUT THE DASHBOARD AND YOU DIDN'T ACT ON IT.
I THINK YOU GET ACTIONS AFTER THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, I'M TALKING TOO MUCH.
THE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS THAT NOW EXIST THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, ARE YOU ABLE TO GET THAT DATA THAT HAS BEEN COLLECTED? WE HAVE NOT PURSUED THAT AVENUE AS OF YET.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE BECAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE IS KIND OF LIKE A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR MANY OF THESE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS WHERE PEOPLE FROM...
COMPANIES FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR INSTALL THE CAMERAS FOR FREE FOR MANY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES, AND THERE'S SOME COST SHARE REGARDING THE TICKETING THAT DOES OCCUR, BUT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE PURSUED YET, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T.
AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM, THE CITIES DO RECEIVE REVENUE, SO, THEY MUST HAVE ACCESS TO THE DATA.
SO, IF THE CITIES ARE RECEIVING THE DATA, IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION.
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I WOULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO MAYBE COLLECTING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER STREAM OF DATA THAT YOU CAN INPUT INTO YOUR GIS.FOR SURE, AND SIGNAL 4 IS, ALL SIGNAL 4 THE THE STATE CRASH DATABASE THEY ARE EXPANDING SOME OF THE USES OF THAT AND THEY OR EXPLAIN THE USES OF THAT PLATFORM AND ONE OF THE USES IS THEY ARE EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF ALSO INCLUDING CITATIONS ON THAT PLATFORM. SO, THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY DEPENDING UPON IF THOSE TYPE, IF THE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERA TICKETS THAT ARE BEING ISSUED, IF THOSE APPEAR, IF THOSE WILL APPEAR ON THEIR STATEWIDE PLATFORM.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THIS IS SOMEWHAT TIED TO WHAT DARYL HAD ASKED, THE FIRST PART OF MY QUESTION.
WOULD BE, ARE THERE OTHER DATA SETS ON CAPACITY AND LOAD ON DIFFERENT ROADWAYS THAT HAVE BEEN OR COULD BE COMBINED WITH CRASH DATA TO TEST HYPOTHESES AND DEVELOP CONCLUSIONS? LET ME THROW IN THERE, GOING BACK MORE TO WHAT DARYL WAS SAYING, THERE'S A VAST AMOUNT OF DATA AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC SAFETY ON, YOU KNOW, MOVEMENT OF...
I MEAN WE'RE BEING LOOKED AT CONSTANTLY WHEREVER WE GO.
NOW I'M SURE SOME OF THAT'S VERY PROPRIETARY OR YOU KNOW BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY DIFFERENT AGENCIES BUT I JUST THINK OF A WAY OF MARRYING ALL THESE DATA SETS IN A GREAT UNDERSTANDING.
YOU ARE, JAMES CROMER HERE, YOU'RE LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THE MPO IS WORKING ON IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
FIRST OFF, THE DATA SETS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, THIS IS THE SIGNAL FOR DATA THAT REPORTS ON CRASHES ON THE ROADWAYS.
WE DO NOT INCLUDE THE COLLISIONS OR INCIDENTS INVOLVING THE TRAINS BECAUSE THAT'S A DIFFERENT DATABASE, AND THEY LOOK AT THE DATA DIFFERENTLY.
THEY LOOK AT DEATH AND THEN IT'S...
CASUALTY, IS THAT IT? OR INCIDENT? CASUALTIES AND I THINK INCIDENTS.
BUT THEY USE A DIFFERENT TYPE, SO, THE DATA DIDN'T COMBINE HERE.
SO, WE'RE AWARE AS WE LOOK AT CRASHES, THIS IS THE ROADWAY CRASHES, THEN THE TRAIN CRASHES ARE SEPARATE.
SO, THE DASHBOARD, WE THOUGHT, WHAT DO WE TRY TO MAKE IT DO? DO WE TRY TO MAKE IT DO EVERYTHING? AND WE THOUGHT, OKAY, NO, IT'S GOOD AT WHAT IT DOES FOR THE SIGNAL 4 DATA.
BUT THEN WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT, OTHER THINGS ABOUT CONTEXT, AND WE ARE, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, OR...
YOU KNOW, MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE SMART METRO, THE DIGITAL TWIN THAT THE MPO IS WORKING ON.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT INGESTING ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT DATA SOURCES FROM THE WHOLE COUNTY.
SO, IT'S ABOUT LAND USE AND ZONING AND TRAFFIC AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS AND UTILITIES, ALL THESE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT COME TOGETHER IN DIFFERENT LAYERS.
AND SO, THEN WE CAN BRING IN THE CRASH DATA AND THEN WE CAN BRING IN ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS AND COME TO MORE COMPLEX ANSWERS TO THESE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.
SO, THE DASHBOARD IS GOOD FOR WHAT IT IS ABOUT CRASHES.
BUT THERE'S MORE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND YOU WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THIS WHEN WE ASK ABOUT THE P4, THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PILOT PROGRAM.
WE'RE DEVELOPING A TOOL TO HELP RANK STUFF, AND THAT'S GOING TO FEED INTO THE SMART METRO.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT VARIOUS WAYS THAT THIS DIGITAL TWIN CAN PROVIDE THAT MORE COMPLEX CALCULATION OF, YOU KNOW, BUS RIDERSHIP AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS AND BRING IT TOGETHER.
AND SIGNALIZATION UNDOUBTEDLY MUST HAVE HUGE DATABASE FOR KNOWING WHEN CARS REACH INTERSECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
YEAH, YEAH, TRAFFIC COUNTS, SIGNAL TIMING, DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT SORT.
IT'S, IT'S AMAZING WHAT, AND, AND, TO BRING THE DATA IN AND THEN DO A QUICK CALCULATION AND PLAY WITH DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
HEY, WHAT IF THIS LAND USE HAPPENS OR THIS OTHER LAND USE AND DIFFERENT DESIGN'S COMING INTO PLACE.
IT'S GOTTEN PRETTY FAR, BUT YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND IT CAN COME UP IN VARIANCES AND PERMITS.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN ON ONE SIDE OF THIS TRYING TO FIGHT INVASIVE DEVELOPMENT IN SOME AREAS, AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK VERY WELL, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO PUSH THE DEVELOPERS, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS ISSUES OF TRAFFIC CAPACITY.
AND SO, THEY, THEY, HAVE TO CONTRACT TO DO STUDIES.
IF YOU STICK AROUND ON THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, YOU'LL BE HEARING UPDATES ON HOW THAT'S PROCEEDING.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'M NOT SEEING ANY.
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WE HAVE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY MEMBER COMMENTS? ANY MEMBERS? I SEE MICHAEL SMITH.OKAY, TWO ITEMS. FIRST ONE IS A COPY OF THE MY MAY HERALD ARTICLE FROM MAY 25TH.
SOCCER FANS LIFT TRI-RAILS SUNDAY RIDERSHIP TO A RECORD.
AS AN EXPOSITION IN INTER-MIAMI.
THE RECORD WAS 8,600 RIDERS FOR THAT DAY, WHICH WAS A RECORD FOR THE TRI-RAIL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE TRI-RAIL'S BEEN UNDER THE GUN FOR THE STATE PORTION OF THE SUBSIDY.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF THEY EVER GOT IT OR NOT WHEN THE LEGISLATURE WAS IN SESSION, BUT IT'S A NECESSARY ADJUNCT TO KEEP 8,600 RIDERS PER DAY OFF I-95.
THE OTHER PART OF IT WAS HISTORICALLY, IN 1981, SAN DIEGO INSTITUTED ITS LRT WITH D WAG VEHICLES MADE IN GERMANY.
LATER, IT BECAME SIEMENS WITH A FACTORY IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY HAVE NOW OVER EIGHT LINES.
WHILE FROM 1981 AND FLORIDA STARTED TRI RAIL IN 1989 AND IT HAS THREE. SO, OR OR ACTUALLY TWO AND THEIR WORK ON TRI RAIL SERVICE ON THE FEC. WE REALLY NEED TO DO BETTER AND REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
DORIS? TONIGHT, IN THE LOBBY, I'M DORIS VANN, THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DON'T FORGET WILLIE FOUNDATION.
SO, YOU ALL KNOW MY HUSBAND DIED AS A PEDESTRIAN IN A CRASH.
I'M OUT IN THE LOBBY, THE RESIDENT GUIDEBOOK, WELCOME TO YOUR RESIDENT GUIDE TO NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSPORTATION.
AND WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE IS HOW CAN I REQUEST A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL? AND I'M THINKING THAT ALSO INCLUDES MODIFYING AN EXISTING SIGNAL.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
MY HUSBAND DIED CROSSING MID-BLOCK, ALL RIGHT? SO, HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE RESULT.
I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT AT LEAST FIVE TIMES CROSSING AT THE CROSSWALK ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE BETWEEN MCNABB COMMERCIAL IN TAMARACK AND THEN 44TH IN LAUDERHILL.
THE DRIVERS HAVE THEY SEE THAT THEY CAN GO EITHER RIGHT ON RED OR THEY HAVE THE GREEN BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ARROW FOR RED, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ONES WHO HAVE GREEN TO GO, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT EITHER PAYING ATTENTION OR THEY ARGUE WITH ME TELLING ME THAT I'M WRONG AND I'M POINTING, NO, I HAVE THE LIGHT.
THE DRIVERS, IN MY EXPERIENCE, I WON'T SAY THAT THEY'RE DOING IT ON PURPOSE, BUT THEY'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON OTHER DRIVERS AND NOT PEDESTRIANS.
AND THOSE ARE VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS.
SO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M THINKING THIS IS THE STEPS THAT I WOULD GO THROUGH TO SEE THAT SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN THERE.
BECAUSE I'M NOT BEING FACETIOUS.
I REALLY FEEL SAFER, ESPECIALLY UNIVERSITY AND COMMERCIAL.
I FEEL SAFER CROSSING MID-BLOCK THERE, TAKING MY CHANCES.
THEY KNOW SHE'S DOING WRONG, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE HER A BREAK.
BUT AT THE INTERSECTION, THE DRIVERS ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO PEDESTRIANS, MYSELF AND A BICYCLIST, WERE TRYING TO PROTECT EACH OTHER JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
THERE WERE AT LEAST FIVE CARS THAT TURNED BEFORE WE COULD GO.
PHIL, DID YOU WANT TO TALK? WOULD YOU MIND?
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THANK YOU.I GUESS WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY COULD WAIT BECAUSE I THINK WHAT...
YOU SAID IS SO TRUE ABOUT IT BEING SAFER TO CROSS AWAY FROM THE CROSSWALK AT THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION BECAUSE YOU KNOW...
I THINK IT ALSO GOES BACK TO MY FOCUS ON ALL THIS DATA, WHICH I THINK IS VERY, VERY VALUABLE AND HELPFUL, BUT THERE'S ALSO JUST LOOKING AT COMMON SENSE AND WHAT WE CAN SEE AROUND US IS IMPORTANT IN SOME WAYS AS SEEING THE BIG PICTURE WITH ALL THE DATA.
THE THING I DO WANT TO SAY FOR ANOTHER MEETING SOMETIME IS TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING ABOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS HAVING TO DO WITH COST ESTIMATION.
I REMEMBER IT WAS IN ONE OF THE REPORTS ABOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS THAT COST ESTIMATION, AND I JUST CAN SEE HOW THROUGH ALL THE LONG-RANGE PLANNING THAT IS INVOLVED IN TRANSPORTATION THAT THINGS CHANGE ECONOMICALLY.
AND I'M SORT OF CURIOUS ABOUT WHEN PROJECTS ARE SET OUT TO BID AND IF THE BIDS COME IN FAR DIFFERENT FROM THE COSTS.
I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GO INTO IT SO MUCH NOW BECAUSE I'D RATHER LEAVE WITH A THOUGHT ABOUT THE COMMON SENSE.
THINGS WITH THE ROADWAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS SAY THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD OR IT'S REALLY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL WITH THESE CROSSWALKS AND THINGS THAT WE CAN SEE EVERY DAY.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE DRIVEN BY THE DATA.
SO, IF I COULD RESPOND THROUGH THE CHAIR.
SO, FIRST OFF, I'M VERY SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND.
YEAH, THE ROADS DOWN HERE ARE DANGEROUS, AND THE SPEEDS ARE HIGH BY DESIGN, AND A UNIVERSITY IS A STATE FACILITY.
IT'S MEANT FOR HIGH-SPEED TRAVEL, AND SO, YOUR VEHICLES OUT THERE ARE MOVING.
YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN A TIME WHERE EVERYBODY'S ON THEIR SMARTPHONE, IN TEXTING, EVEN WHILE THEY'RE DRIVING.
I THINK THERE'S JUST A GENERAL LACK OF ATTENTION THAT ARE OUT ON THE ROADS.
SO, I PERSONALLY PERCEIVE THE ROADS TO BE MORE DANGEROUS THAN EVER, PARTLY BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS TWO, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO PEOPLE.
YOU BOTH BETTER BE PAYING ATTENTION.
I KNOW FOR MYSELF, I PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE I'M NOT ASSUMING THAT THE OTHER GUY IS PAYING ATTENTION FOR ME.
SO, BUT IT IS A CHALLENGE DOWN HERE.
WE HAD OAKLAND PARK AND STATE ROAD 7, I BELIEVE, WAS MAYBE 10 YEARS AGO, NOW.
IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS OUR MOST DANGEROUS LOCATION, MAINLY BECAUSE PEDESTRIAN INTERACTIONS WITH TWO STATE ARTERIALS.
THERE WERE A LOT OF BCT BUS STOPS AT THAT LOCATION AND PEOPLE WERE CUTTING ACROSS AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE.
I WISH I COULD TELL YOU THAT WE'VE REALLY FOUND A SILVER BULLET SOLUTION FOR THAT, BUT WE HAVEN'T.
BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT DIFFERENT PARTNER AGENCIES ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING, AND SAFETY IS BECOMING MORE ELEVATED THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN DOWN HERE.
BUT WE SPENT DECADES BUILDING HIGH-SPEED ROADS WITHOUT A WHOLE LOT OF CARE ABOUT PEDESTRIANS.
SO, THIS ORGANIZATION HAS SPENT THE LAST...
20 YEARS WORKING REALLY HARD ON COMPLETE STREETS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS A SAFER STREET.
SO, WE'RE TRYING TO BEND THE CURVE ON THAT, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SEE IMPROVEMENT.
TO YOUR COMMENT, WELL, FIRST OFF, MR. SMITH'S COMMENT ABOUT TRI-RAIL.
SO, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE...
LEGISLATURE DID NOT GET THEIR MAIN JOB DONE WHICH IS TO PASS A BUDGET. SO, THEY WILL BE GOING BACK IN SPECIAL SESSION TO DEAL WITH THE BUDGET. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT ON THE HOUSE SIDE A DEAL HAS BEEN CUT AND FUNDING HAS BEEN RESTORED FOR TRI-RAIL THAT'S NOT THE CASE ON THE SENATE. SO, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHERE ALL THAT GOES AND I'M SORRY BUT I'M DRAWING A BLANK NOW ON YOUR ISSUE THAT YOU RAISED.
I DID HAVE A THOUGHT FOR YOU, BUT I'M DRAWING A BLANK NOW.
SO, I WILL JUST TELL YOU, IT'S NOT STATIC.
AND IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROPOSING THE PROJECT, OURSELVES, THE PEOPLE DELIVERING IT, AND IT'S UPDATED ANNUALLY.
SO, YOU GUYS, YOU JUST SAW THAT
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TODAY YOU APPROVED THE LOPP.SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS IN THERE IS YOU SEE THE SAME PROJECT COME IN FRONT OF YOU MULTIPLE YEARS AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHY DOES THIS THING KEEP COMING BACK HERE? WELL, EACH YEAR, OUR STAFF, FAZAL, STILL SITTING HERE IN THE FALL, HE WORKS WITH THE PEOPLE, THE LOCALS WHO ARE DELIVERING THOSE DIFFERENT PROJECTS ALONG WITH FDOT AND OTHERS, TAKES A LOOK AT THE COST.
DO WE NEED TO RAISE IT? HAS THERE BEEN AN UPDATE? HOW DO WE CHANGE IT? AND IF THERE'S AN INCREASE, THAT INCREASE IS REFLECTED IN THE LOPP, THE LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS.
AND IT SAYS, HEY, WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT $2 MILLION WAS WHAT WE WERE GOING TO NEED FOR THIS PROJECT.
NOW WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE $3 MILLION.
THAT WILL BE IN THAT LOPP BECAUSE THEN IT GOES ACROSS THE STREET TO FDOT.
AND IT'S BASICALLY A REQUEST TO FUND NOT ONLY THAT ORIGINAL $2 MILLION, BUT NOW $3 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE BECAUSE OF COST INCREASES.
AND WE KNOW WE'RE LIVING IN A HIGHLY INFLATIONARY ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW BETWEEN THE TARIFFS THAT HAVE JACKED UP THE PRICE OF STEEL TO THE PETROLEUM THAT GOES INTO ALL OF OUR ASPHALT.
COSTS HAVE GONE UP, BUT IT MAY BE COUNTERINTUITIVE, BUT LAST WEEK I WAS IN A MEETING WITH THE STATE DOT, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY STARTING TO SEE NOW A LITTLE DECREASE IN HOW THEIR BIDS ARE COMING IN, WHICH IS...
FIRST TIME SINCE THE PANDEMIC.
MAYBE THINGS WERE STARTING TO STABILIZE.
BUT COST ESTIMATION, IT'S DONE MULTIPLE TIMES.
WE DO IT AT A PLANNING LEVEL, THEN IT GETS DONE AT A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN LEVEL, THEN IT GETS DONE MULTIPLE TIMES AS THE DESIGN IS BEING WORKED THROUGH.
AND THEN IF IT'S PUBLIC SECTOR, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO GO OUT FOR A COMPETITIVE BID, AND THAT'S WHEN THE MARKET GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN AND SPEAK AS TO WHAT THE PRICE SHOULD BE.
SO, HOPEFULLY THAT COVERED THAT ITEM FOR YOU.
I SEE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
[ NEXT MEETING: JUNE 24, 2026 *MOTION TO ADJOURN ___________________ * Motion Requested]
OUR NEXT MEETING IS JUNE THE 24TH. OH, I'M SO SORRY.AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT TOUR.
I DID SEND AN EMAIL OUT LAST WEEK AND I HAVE NOW 14 RESPONSES, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF YOU THAT HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO ME YET, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO DO SO.
AS SOME DETAILS I'VE ADDED HERE, WHICH WAS ALSO IN THE EMAIL, WE DO HAVE TO TAKE ONE BUS TOGETHER, WHICH WE WILL BE MEETING THAT SO THE FULL TOUR WOULD BE ABOUT FIVE HOURS LONG. I'M GIVING MYSELF EXTRA TIME FOR DRIVING THERE AND BACK, BUT IT IS A THREE-HOUR TOUR.
AGAIN, THE ONE HOUR THERE, THREE HOURS THERE, AND THEN AN HOUR BACK.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG? AND AS YOUR QUESTION, LAST TIME IT WAS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, WHICH WAS THE AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIREFIGHTING STATION, AIRPORT OPERATIONS, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
SOME OF THE ONGOING AND SOME FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, MARK, AS WELL AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A GROUP PHOTO ON THE RUNWAY.
SO, THE SURVEY THAT I DID SEND OUT, AND YOU CAN SCAN WITH YOUR PHONE ON THIS AS WELL AS, AND I CAN PULL UP THE WEBSITE HERE SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF FRIDAY DATES AVAILABLE IN 2026 AND 2027 THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST FOR.
THAT WAY I THEN SUBMIT THOSE DATES TO THE AIRPORT AND THEN THEY SELECT OFF OF THAT.
THE DATES OF AVAILABILITY AT THIS POINT IS, THEY GAVE ME THE EARLIEST WAS OCTOBER.
OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, THEN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF 2027.
I'VE NEVER PLANNED ANYTHING THAT FAR.
I WAS LIKE, WHAT YEAR? BUT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT TIME, WILL WE HAVE A NARROWING LIKE THREE DAYS TO CHOOSE? OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO BE STUCK WITH SOMETHING THEY GIVE US? OKAY, THANKS.
THEY'RE ASKING IT THIS FAR OUT IN ADVANCE.
THAT'S HOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WANT THOSE DATES.
ANY QUESTION ABOUT SECURITY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN OR SHOULD DO OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I JUST NEED TO GIVE THEM YOUR NAMES.
I WILL SUBMIT TO THEM A LIST OF NAMES OF THOSE THAT WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.
AND, YES, I REALIZE IT IS FAR AWAY, BUT, WELL, THIS IS A PLANNING AGENCY.
[01:35:02]
SO, YES.DO WE GET T-SHIRTS? NO, KIDDING.
THAT IS THE EARLIEST, SO PLEASE, THAT IS HISTORIC.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.