Client:
City of Tampa, Florida
Background:
The importance of quality pedestrian and bicycle facilities has become a
priority for many mixed-use neighborhoods to remain economically competitive.
West Shore Boulevard has a substantial concentration of destinations,
particularly major office and retail space within the Westshore neighborhood,
and is expected to see continued growth. It will be difficult to continue
serving this development with an exclusively auto-oriented corridor. Therefore,
the City of Tampa and ADEAS-Q evaluated alternatives to improve the bicycle and
pedestrian experience. This included repurposing two of the existing six travel
lanes down to four travel lanes to provide wider sidewalks, new bicycle lanes,
and better landscaping all within the existing public right-of-way. Significant
opportunities to reduce pedestrian crossing distances and to reduce unnecessary
pavement were then also identified throughout the study area.
This project identifies feasible options to make West Shore Boulevard
more of a “complete street” between Kennedy Boulevard and Spruce Street without
a significant decline in vehicle capacity. Project activities include concept
development, travel demand modeling, detailed capacity analysis, preliminary
design, policy recommendations, and cost estimation. This effort included a
stakeholder review committee comprised of various business organizations and
public review agencies to identify priorities, participate in the concept
development, and to review different alternatives before adopting
recommendations.
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