1. BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AND EDUCATION HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS MPO SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP 5.25.2016

2. SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL (SRTS) 5 E’S  Engineering – Local county or city engineer - Creating operational and physical improvements to the infrastructure surrounding schools that reduce speeds and potential conflicts with motor vehicle traffic, and establish safer and fully accessible crossings, walkways, trails and bikeways.  Education – Teachers - Teaching children about the broad range of transportation choices, instructing them in important lifelong bicycling and walking safety skills, and launching driver safety campaigns in the vicinity of schools.  Encouragement – PTA or School Staff - Using events and activities to promote walking and bicycling.  Enforcement – Local Law Enforcement - Partnering with Local Law Enforcement to ensure traffic laws are obeyed in the vicinity of schools (this includes enforcement of speeds, yielding to pedestrians in crossings, and proper walking and bicycling behaviors), and initiating community enforcement such as crossing guard programs.  Evaluation – Designated person - Monitoring and documenting outcomes and trends through the collection of data, including the collection of data before and after the intervention(s). 2

3. MORT ELEMENTARY LOCATION 3

4. MORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY 4

5. MORT ELEMENTARY INFORMATION  Serves Levels: PK-5  Students Enrolled: 839  Capacity: 1026 Student Stations  Free & Reduced Meal Status: 97.02%  Transportation: Only one school bus serves this school, and does not serve the proposed improvement area 5

6. REQUESTED IMPROVEMENTS/STUDY AREAS Sidewalks  E 142 nd Ave from US 41 to 12 th N Street  Segments from E 140 th Ave from US 41 to 19 th N Street  Segments from E 139 th Ave from US 41 to 15 th N Street  Segments N 12 th Street from E 138 th Ave to E Fletcher  N 19 th Street from E 142 nd Ave to E 138 th Ave  N 20 th Street from E 143 rd Ave to E 142 nd Ave Crosswalks  Intersection of 12 th Street and E 142 nd Ave, E. 140 Ave, E 139 Ave, E 138 th Ave  N 15 th Street and E 143 rd Ave, E 142 nd Ave, E 140 th Ave, E 139 th Ave  N 19 th Street and E 142 nd Ave, E 140 th Ave, E 139 th Ave  N 12 th Street and E 142 nd Ave, E 140 th Ave, E 139 th Ave, E 138 th Ave  N 20 th Street and E 143 rd and E 142 nd Ave  N 22 nd Street and E 142 nd Ave 6

7. Crosswalk TBD Sidewalk Needed Mort Elementary SRTS Requests Mort Enrolled PK-5 Student

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9. IMPACTED STUDENTS  Average Number of Walking Students: 159 average out of 281 surveyed (57%)  Average Number of Biking Students: 5 out of 281 surveyed  Students Residing on Selected Routes: 160 students  Students Already Participating in Walking School Bus Program: 44 students 9

10. IMPACTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS  Transportation Disadvantaged Population  Many Area Service in Surrounding Area  University Area Community Center and Park  Bowers-Whitley Career Center  Muller Magnet School  University Areas Community Center provided a Letter of Support 10

11. ENFORCEMENT  Variable Sign Boards placed outside of the school reminding children and parents to use crosswalks  Phone calls were sent out to parents on Sunday evenings reminding parents to use the crosswalks and sidewalks in the area  Sheriff's Office conducts traffic enforcement to ensure vehicles are following the 25 MPH speed limit in the residential areas  Originally suggested the improvements and supplied a letter of support 11

12. ENGINEERING  Roadway Safety Audits were conducted by Hillsborough County Public Works and identified needed improvements  Traffic Engineering Investigations  Signs, pavement marking improvements, and parking congestions issues  Two Meetings MPO’s USF Area Multimodal District Study in 2010  Participants commented on improvement needs for sidewalks and crosswalks  Total Cost of All Segments: $697,541 12

13. SRTS TAMPA BAY PROGRAM  Pedestrian and bicycle safety education  20+ schools since 2008  Parent surveys  Student travel tallies  Walking school buses and bicycle trains  Community partnerships  Community trainings  Walk and Bike to School Days  School administration trainings, partnerships and participation

14. SCHOOL PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE EDUCATION  K-8  15-20 minute presentation  Interactive  NHTSA curriculum  Various levels  Participating schools  Special requests

15. WALKING SCHOOL BUS PROGRAM

16. PARTNERSHIPS  Blue Foundation of Florida  YMCA  UACDC  PedNet  FDOH  City of Tampa  City of Temple Terrace  School District of Hillsborough County  MORE HEALTH  St. Joseph’s Hospital  All Children’s Hospital  Deveraux Kids  WalkWise  Alert Today Florida

17. PARTNERS DIRECTLY INVOLVED SRTS APPLICATION  Corporal Steven Cherpock, Hillsborough County Sherriff's Office  Lucy Gonzalez, CUTR  Mike Flick, Hillsborough County Public Works  Ann Andersen, HCPS  Woodland Johnson, Mort Elementary Principal  Stephen Benson, FDOT  Sarah Combs, Executive Director/CEO, Community Development Corporation  Gary Tait, Tindale Oliver 17

18. HIGHLIGHTED CHALLENGES Improvements  No Priority List of ALL Projects  Funding Source is not pertinent  One list of all of the jurisdictional projects  Current priory lists not based on data (complaint driven)  Working off of Transportation Alternative List  Contact Area Superintendents  Proposed projects may only impact 2 students (cost/benefit)  This group can assist with project prioritization methodology & research  Hazardous walking conditions  Missing sidewalk segments  Number of students impacted  Courtesy busing Education  Difficult to obtain survey data required for funding from the schools  No one contact, have to go school by school  Funds are allocated for paper surveys that may not be completed  Many different groups and programs, but no one source to ensure all students are getting the information 18

19. QUESTIONS?  Amber K. Wheeler, Department Manager, HCPS Planning and Siting amber.wheeler@sdhc.k12.fl.us  Jason Jackman, Research Associate, CUTR jackman@cutr.usf.edu 19