- Provide eleven-foot-wide lanes, wider sidewalks, and median islands with landscaping
- Improved access management
- Two-way turn lanes at key locations
- Roundabouts at 17th Avenue W and 12th Avenue W
- Mid-block crossings
- Sidewalk network connectivity
- Traffic calming measures
- Curb ramp improvements / curb radii reduction
- Detectable warning additions
- Pavement marking improvements
- Signal repairs / pedestrian push button improvements
- Wayfinding signage
- Stormwater improvements
3. Completed Work
The scope for the study included development of project Goals and Objectives and Measures of Effectiveness; public outreach; traffic counts and field reviews on the US 41 corridor; traffic analyses; existing conditions analysis; and development of initial strategies to improve multimodal mobility along US 41. The specific tasks completed for the project included:
- Development of the Goals and Objectives and the Measures of Effectiveness
- Reviews of previous studies and local comprehensive plans
- Data collection (for a comprehensive list, see the data collection table later in this summary)
- Public involvement including:
- oDevelopment of a Communication Plan
- oPresentations and meetings with the Sarasota-Manatee MPO staff and their boards
- oOne-on-one stakeholder meetings
- oGeneral public correspondence (no public meetings were held)
- Traffic analysis including methodology and existing traffic conditions (including a multimodal analysis)
- Engineering analysis including field reviews, data collection, transit coordination, alternative typical sections development, and access management determination
- The creation of two primary deliverables:
- oExisting Conditions Report
- oUS 41 CMASS Story Map