Manatee County Government Administrative Center Commission Chambers, First Floor 9:00 a.m. - July 28, 2015

July 28, 2015 - Regular Meeting Agenda Item #62

Subject Central Manatee Network Alternative Analysis

Briefings None

Contact and/or Presenter Information

Sage Kamiya, P.E., PTOE Deputy Director, Traffic Management (941) 708-7407, ext. 7425

Lawrence Massey Systems Planning Administrator Florida Department of Transportation, District 1 (239) 225-1980

Action Requested

No Board action required

Enabling/Regulating Authority

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Background Discussion

Central Manatee Network Alternatives Analysis

The Florida Department of Transportation has partnered with the Federal Highway Administration, Manatee County, the Cities of Palmetto and Bradenton, and the Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to conduct a transportation analysis called the Central Manatee Network Alternatives Analysis (CMNAA). The study area encompasses 13 square miles in Manatee County and includes the two cities of Palmetto and Bradenton. This report will provide a status update on the project.

County Attorney Review Not Reviewed (No apparent legal issues)

Manatee County Government Administrative Center Commission Chambers, First Floor 9:00 a.m. - July 28, 2015

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1 FDOT Project Team

FDOT Project Manager Lawrence Massey Systems Planning Administrator Florida Department of Transportation, D1 239.225.1980 [email protected]

FDOT Assistant Project Manager Consultant Project Manager Patricia S. Hurd Marty Peate, AICP Kittelson & Associates, Inc. Project Manager Transportation Engineering / Planning AECOM 407.540.0555 813.636.2477 [email protected] [email protected]

2 Presentation Agenda 1. Project Overview 2. Existing Conditions 3. Programmed and Recommended Investments 4. Measures of Effectiveness 5. Next Steps

3 Study Area

The Study area is Central to Tampa Bay Region and Beaches

4 Study Area

• Northern limit 17th Street W, Palmetto 17th Street W • Southern limit Road Gillette 17th Avenue W, Bradenton - Ellenton • Eastern limit Ellenton-Gillette

Road, Palmetto Bridge Desoto • Western limit Street West Street

26th Street W, th Bradenton 26 17th Avenue W

5 Study Area = 13 square miles Project Intent • Use Planning & Environmental Linkage (PEL) • Build upon existing investments • Identify short and long term investments • Short-term ‒ Operations & Maintenance (O&M) ‒ Intersection treatments ‒ Transit ‒ Pedestrian Connectivity (Sidewalk gaps) ‒ Safety • Long-term ‒ Major vehicle capacity improvements ‒ Regional transit • Focus on Implementation 6 Study Process

Phase 1 Goals and Objectives Phase 2 Concept Development

Phase 3 Programming

7 Presentation Agenda 1. Project Overview 2. Existing Conditions 3. Programmed and Recommended Investments 4. Measures of Effectiveness 5. Next Steps

8 Phase 1 – Goals and Objectives

Step 1: Technical Information (Safety, Connectivity, Freight, and Congestion) 1 1 Step 2: Community Input - Reach Out to Identify Community Based Priorities

Step 3: Use Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) to Evaluate Potential Concepts Phase (Mobility, Safety, Benefit/Cost)

9 Study Area – Commercial & Employment

Downtown Palmetto Feld Entertainment Studios

Manatee Memorial Hospital Old Manatee Downtown

Bealls Inc.

Tropicana Downtown Bradenton

10 Study Area – Cultural & Historic

Bradenton Area Convention Center

Manatee County Fairgrounds Gamble Plantation Historic State Park (NHRP*) Downtown Palmetto Palmetto Armory (NHRP*) Woman’s Club of Palmetto (NHRP*) Palmetto Historical Park Manatee Village Sutton Park Neighborhood/ Manatee

Mineral Springs

Regatta Point Marina Braden Castle Historic

District (NHRP*)

Downtown Bradenton

Historic District Bradenton Pier and Twin Dolphin Marina

Bradenton Riverwalk Manatee Village Historical Bradenton Carnegie Library (NHRP*) Park/ Historic Cemetery Manatee County Courthouse (NHRP*)

Original Manatee County Courthouse

(NHRP*) Old Manatee Richardson House (NHRP*) Historic District

Village of the Arts McKechnie Field *On the National Historic Registrar of Places

11 Census Employment Data Study Area

26,852 15,292

4,986

Legend Employed in Study Area, Live Outside Live in Study Area, Employed Outside Employed and Live in Study Area

12 Existing Bridges Green Bridge Desoto Bridge •Built - 1986 (28 years) • Built – 1957 (57 years) •Service Life Remaining – 22 years • Service Life Remaining – End of Service Life •Programmed Improvements – Multiuse • Programmed Improvements – None Trail • Structural Issues – Repairs (NBI 6 Rating – •Structural Issues – Maintenance & Minor Satisfactory) Repairs (NBI 7 Rating – Good) • Not Meeting Current Standards – Shoulder •Not Meeting Current Standards - Guardrail Widths, Bridge Curb & Traffic Railing, No Sidewalk End Treatment, USCG Horizontal Clearance or Bicycle Access, Guardrail End Treatment, USCG between Fenders Horizontal Clearance between Fenders

13 Traffic Analysis

• Data Collection • Traffic Counts • Blue Tooth Data • Employment Data

• Data Analysis • Existing Conditions • Future Projections

14 Origin and Destination Data Percent of total traffic that is pass through by corridor: 9% • Palmetto East- West Through Traffic 35% • Bradenton East- West Through Traffic 20% • North-South Through Traffic

15 Average Travel Times

Length: 2.75 miles Peak: 8 mins Off Peak: 5 mins

Length: 3.7 miles Length: 3.1 miles Peak: 13 mins Peak: 11 mins Off Peak: 7 mins Off Peak: 6 mins

Length: 3.2 miles Peak: 12 mins Off Peak: 7 mins

Length: 3.2 miles Peak: 14 mins Off Peak: 9 mins Legend Segments Study Area

16 2035 Forecast LOS

2014 AADT: 34600 2035 AADT: 41100 2035 LOS: F

Legend 2014 AADT: 57500 2014 AADT: 33000 2035 AADT: 70100 Segments 2035 AADT: 46900 2035 LOS: F Study Area 2035 LOS: F 2014 AADT: 38500 2035 AADT: 61000 2035 LOS: F

2035 LOS: F 2014 AADT: 9200 2035 AADT: 16300

17 Community Identified Areas of Concern

Legend Areas of Concern Locations of Concern Intersection Concerns

18 FDOT High Crash Locations

193 209 6 215 4 Legend: 9 5 153 5 FDOT 5-Year Crash Data 5 4 Segments 2 209 Vehicles 111 4 Bicycles 4 5 Pedestrians 2 Intersections 111 Vehicles 102 139 1 4 Bicycles 0 2 Pedestrians 0 2 Study Area 298 4 342 2 5 542 5 247 4 4 8 109 2 106 2 1 8 1

19 Multi-Modal Travel Demand

Households with No Access to a Vehicle

20 Multi-Modal Travel Demand

21 Source: MCAT 2014 – 2023 Transit Development Plan Bike/Ped Trails Connectivity

Source: Sarasota/Manatee MPO Bike, Ped, Trails Master Plan

22 Existing Bicycle Facilities and Proposed Trails

Emerson Point Trail Willow-Ellenton Trail

Perico-Desoto Trail

23 Existing Sidewalk Conditions

Legend Sidewalk Coverage 0 – 20% 21 – 40% 41 – 60% 61 – 80% 24 81 – 100% Transit System

25 Local Context

Feld Entertainment Studios

Downtown Palmetto Legend Manatee Memorial Hospital Parks Schools Old Manatee Downtown Downtown Bradenton Palmetto CRA Bradenton CRAs Riverfronts Major Employers Tropicana Historic Commercial Centers

26 Presentation Agenda 1. Project Overview 2. Existing Conditions 3. Programmed and Recommended Investments 4. Measures of Effectiveness 5. Next Steps

27 Local Investments

10 AVE W

Bradenton Downtown Complete Streets 10th Avenue West

Green Bridge Multi-Use Path Palmetto Riverfront Bradenton Riverwalk 28 Relevant Studies • US 41 Scenic Highway Corridor Management Plan • Bradenton-Palmetto Downtown Mobility Study • US 41 Multimodal Emphasis Corridor • Urban Land Institute Manatee County (How Will We Grow?) • SMART Connect Transit Study • MPO Bike, Ped, Trails Master Plan • Manatee County Transportation Disadvantaged Service Plan • MCAT Transit Development Plan • MPO 2035 LRTP • Comprehensive Plans

29 Downtown Mobility Study

Short Term (by 2015) completed or underway • Traffic signal retiming (complete) • Manatee Ave. lane reduction & ped enhancements (underway) • Green Bridge Shared Path (underway) • W 13th St. Transit Mall (complete) Mid Term (2015– 2020) ) Overview • US 41 Bus (9th St West) from 3rd Ave to Manatee Ave add right turn lanes • Extend 7th St. to Haben Blvd. • Roundabouts @ 15th W and 14th W Streets • Lane reduction on 6th Ave. • Lane reduction on W 14th St. and 8th Ave. • 4-lane West MLK Jr. Blvd. • Widen 15th Street W from Manatee to 9th • Multi-use trail along rail ROW • Local circulators Long Term (after 2025) • New bridge or regional road (US 41/301) • Rebuild 301/10th interchange • Widen E 27th St. • Local and Regional Transit • Parking

30 Bike/Ped MP Priority Projects Pedestrian: • 16th Ave. W from 13th St. W to 9th St. W • Riviera Dunes Way from US 41/US 301 to Haben Blvd. • South Tamiami Trail from 17th St. E to 10th St. E Bicyclists: • 15th St. E from Braden River to Cortez Rd. • Manatee Ave. (EB & WB) from 12th St. to 75th St. W • US 41/9th St. from Manatee Ave. to Cortez Rd. • 10th St. W/E from 14th Ave. to West Canal Rd. • US 41 from 10th St. W to Manatee Ave. • 17th St. W/E from 14th Ave. W to Canal Rd. Complete Streets Pilot Projects: • 9th St. W between 13th Ave. & 17th Ave. • 8th Ave. W between 10th St. W & Riverside Dr. • 26th St. W & 60th Ave. W near State College of Florida • 15th St. E 31 US 41 Multimodal Emphasis

8th Ave W / US 41 Business

US 41 Business / Green Bridge

14th St W

32 Green Bridge Bike & Ped Corridor • Under design by FDOT District 1 • Construction Funded for FY 2016/17 • Widen the existing sidewalk on western side of the bridge to a 10 foot wide shared use path • Will require lane widths to be reduced • Lanes and barrier walls will shift toward the East.

33 Presentation Agenda 1. Project Overview 2. Existing Conditions 3. Programmed and Recommended Investments 4. Measures of Effectiveness 5. Next Steps

34 Study Goals • Accessibility • Connectivity • Safety • Economic Feasibility • Mobility • Conformity with Existing Plans • Consistency with Stakeholder Goals

35 Goals and Measures of Effectiveness Accessibility Mobility • Does it increase non-motorized • Are modal options increased? /pedestrian/bicycle access to • Is LOS in the corridor improved? schools & work/non-work • Is regional LOS improved? opportunities? Transportation Plan Connectivity Conformity • Does it reduce shortest path trip • Is the project part of a local, length? regional, or state plan? • Are sidewalk gaps filled? Consistency with Stakeholder Safety Goals • Is bike/ped LOS improved? • Does the project conform with • Will there be a reduction in redevelopment goals? number or severity of vehicular • Have “complete streets” concepts crashes been applied? Economic Feasibility • Is the project currently funded or Is there a funding source available?

36 Individual Project Evaluation

Connectivity Accessibility

Alternative Safety Consistency A with Stakeholder Goals Economic Feasibility Transportation Plan Conformity Mobility

37 Individual Project Evaluation

Connectivity Accessibility

Safety Consistency with Stakeholder Alternative Goals B Economic Feasibility Transportation Plan Conformity Mobility

38 Individual Project Evaluation

Connectivity Accessibility

Alternative Safety Consistency with C Stakeholder Goals Economic Feasibility Transportation Plan Conformity Mobility

39 Individual Project Evaluation

Connectivity Accessibility

Safety Consistency Alternatives with Stakeholder Goals A+B+C Economic Feasibility Transportation Plan Conformity Mobility

40 Presentation Agenda 1. Project Overview 2. Existing Conditions 3. Programmed and Recommended Investments 4. Measures of Effectiveness 5. Next Steps

41 Project Stakeholders Engaged • Neighborhoods/Community Organizations • Major Employers • Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) - Manatee Chamber of Commerce - Manatee Memorial Hospital - • City of Bradenton • City of Palmetto • Manatee County • Sarasota – Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) • Permitting Agencies • Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) • Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)

42 Local Input Events

Bradenton Farmers Market Grind For Life Skateboard Event DeSoto Seafood Festival 43 Outreach Next Steps • Walking Audits • Focus Groups • Visioning Workshop

44 2015 - 2016 Milestones Phase 1 • Transportation Analysis Methodology Coordination • Establish Technical Coordination Group • Existing Conditions Analysis • Public Outreach Phase 2 • Stakeholder Visioning Workshop • Identify System Deficiencies and Potential Improvement Strategies Using Reasonable and Measurable Criteria • Screen to identify Viable Concepts for Potential Projects Phase 3 • Submit Projects to MPO for Prioritization & LRTP Update • Fund & Program Project(s)

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