1. Hillsborough MPO School Safety Study
School Transportation Working Group
October 25, 2017

2. 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

3. 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

4. Schools in Hillsborough County
Perform Screening 1
Crash Data + Area Students
All Schools

5. Schools in Hillsborough County
Short List of School Areas
Perform Screening 2
All + Short List Schools

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. ELEMENT Engineering Group
Thanks and Questions
Contact Information:
MPO Project Manager
Lisa Silva, AICP, PLA
Consultant Contacts
Tindale Oliver
Chris Keller, AICP
ELEMENT Engineering Group
Matthew Weaver, P.E., CPM