PHASE 1: RESOURCE DOCUMENT STATEWIDE LANE ELIMINATION GUIDANCE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Transportation Statistics Office FEBRUARY 2014 PHASE 1: RESOURCE DOCUMENT STATEWIDE LANE ELIMINATION GUIDANCE February 2014 Prepared for: Florida Department of Transportation Transportation Statistics Office FDOT Project Manager: John Taylor 605 Suwannee Street, MS-27 Tallahassee, FL 32399-0450 (850) 414-4930 [email protected] Prepared by: Kittelson & Associates, Inc. Statewide Lane Elimination Guidance Phase 1: Resource Document TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 2.0 Lane Elimination Projects in Florida ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 3.0 Impacts of Lane Elimination Projects.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 4.0 Lane Elimination Issues ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 5.0 Existing Processes for Reviewing Lane Elimination Requests ..................................................................................................................................................... 45 6.0 References .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 61 Appendix A: FDOT District Four Draft Process Appendix B: FDOT District Seven Draft Process Appendix C: Michigan DOT Process Appendix D: City of Sunnyvale (CA) Process Appendix E: FDOT District Five Conceptual Process February 2014 | i LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Bradenton Lane Elimination Project ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Figure 2. Lakeland Lane Elimination Projects .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Figure 3. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave (Lakeland) .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 4. Ingraham Ave (Lakeland) .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Figure 5. Lake Wire Dr (Lakeland) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Figure 6. E Parker St (Lakeland) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 7. Gainesville Lane Elimination Projects ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Figure 8. Tallahassee Lane Elimination Projects ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Figure 9. Franklin Blvd (Tallahassee) ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Figure 10. Boynton Beach Lane Elimination Project .................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Figure 11. Delray Beach Lane Elimination Project ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Figure 12. Atlantic Avenue (Delray Beach) .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Figure 13. Vero Beach Lane Elimination Project .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 14. Orlando Lane Elimination Project ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 15. Edgewater Drive (Orlando) ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Figure 16. Tampa Lane Elimination Project ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Figure 17. Nebraska Ave in Tampa .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Figure 18. Clearwater Lane Elimination Project .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Figure 19. St. Petersburg Lane Elimination Project ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Figure 20. 1st Ave South and Pinellas Trail (St. Petersburg) ........................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Figure 21. Indian Rocks Beach Lane Elimination Project ............................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Figure 22. St. Petersburg Beach Lane Elimination Project........................................................................................................................................................................... 13 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Lane Elimination Projects on State Highways in Florida ............................................................................................................................................................... 3 Table 2. Before-and-After Crash and Operations Data ............................................................................................................................................................................ 24 Table 3. Functional Classification and Federal System ............................................................................................................................................................................. 34 Table 4. Example Lane Elimination Project Costs ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Table 5. Summary of FDOT District Four Lane Elimination Review Process ............................................................................................................................................. 47 Table 6. Summary of FDOT District Seven Lane Elimination Review Process .......................................................................................................................................... 50 Table 7. Summary of Michigan DOT Lane Elimination Review Process ................................................................................................................................................... 53 Table 8. Summary of City of Sunnyvale Lane Elimination Review Process .............................................................................................................................................. 56 Table 9. Summary of FDOT District Five Conceptual Lane Elimination Review Process .......................................................................................................................... 58 ii | Kittelson & Associates, Inc. Statewide Lane Elimination Guidance Phase 1: Resource Document tion request that are not covered in