Hillsborough MPO School Safety Study School Transportation Working Group October 25, 2017
Hillsborough MPO School Safety Study Study Purpose Improve Safety for Students in Hillsborough County Task Prioritize school areas for multimodal safety and access reviews aimed at identifying opportunities to enhance the safety and comfort of getting to and from school. This is just a reminder, they’ve seen it before, so you don’t need to go through it all Result Complete Field Reviews at 10 School Areas
Project Approach Overview Multi-Step Process: D. Screening 2 –Contributing Factors C. Screening 1 – Crashes + Students B. Define School Evaluation Areas A. Define School Types Select 10 School Areas for Review Prioritize Schools Step 1 Conduct Field Reviews of Highest Priority Schools Step 2 An overview of the project approach, went through this in detail last month, spend a couple of seconds to remind them of the process, then that we are focusing on the Screen 1 evaluation and some of Screen 2 G. Follow-Up Activities F. Complete School Safety Audits E. Detailed School Area Review Identify enhancements for highest priority schools Results
Schools in Hillsborough County Perform Screening 1 Crash Data + Area Students All Schools
Schools in Hillsborough County Short List of School Areas Perform Screening 2 All + Short List Schools
Screening 2 Measures Arterial Road Intersections Collector Road Intersections Percent of Students on Free/Reduced Lunch Within MPO Defined Community of Concern Getting to School Survey Results Unfunded Transportation Students Recent RSA or other Safety Study
School Area Prioritization Sulphur Springs Community School Coleman Middle Hillsborough High Pierce Middle Plant High Brandon High Ferrell Middle Magnet King High Young Middle Magnet Gaither High Leto High B. T. Washington Elementary Muller Elementary Magnet Memorial Middle Chamberlain High Mort Elementary Middleton High Wilson Middle Van Buren Middle Riverview High
School Areas for Review Chamberlain High School Coleman Middle School Ferrell Middle Magnet + Middleton High + Young Middle Magnet School King High School Leto High School Muller Elementary Magnet School Pierce Middle School Plant High School Sulphur Springs K-8 Community School Van Buren Middle School
Next Steps Finalize the 10 School Areas for further review Begin School Area evaluation (desktop audit) and schedule field reviews Agency coordination/follow-up, feasibility reviews, and finalize recommendations
ELEMENT Engineering Group Thanks and Questions Contact Information: MPO Project Manager Lisa Silva, AICP, PLA silval@plancom.org Consultant Contacts Tindale Oliver Chris Keller, AICP ckeller@tindaleoliver.com ELEMENT Engineering Group Matthew Weaver, P.E., CPM mweaver@elementeg.com