Client:
Florida DOT – District One
Background:
The City's Bayfront has historically been considered an underutilized recreational destination of
parks and cultural amenities located directly on the waterfront. The City of Sarasota has seen a
significant growth in residential and commercial development around Downtown during the past
10 years. However, the relatively high-speed, pedestrian-unfriendly character of US 41 separating
the Downtown and the Bayfront has remained unchanged.
Following upon the adopted recommendations from the City of Sarasota's "Connecting the
Downtown to the Bayfront" project, Florida DOT has sponsored Phase 1 of the Program, which
performs engineering and feasibility analyses for the section of US 41 between 10th Street and
14th Street located in downtown Sarasota.
The objective of this project is to improve multi-modal accessibility along the corridor in both the
east-west and the north-south directions, while also maintaining the existing vehicle capacity. The
evaluation of roundabouts, multi-use trails, pedestrian crossings, and landscaping, are some of the
elements included in this project.
Services:
- Public Involvement
- Alternatives Development and Design
- Preliminary Cost Estimates
- Access Management
- Traffic Engineering and Simulation Review
- Multi-modal Accommodations
- Maintenance of Traffic Analysis
- Typical Design Variation Application
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