Sarasota/Manatee Barrier Islands Traffic Study

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1 Sarasota/Manatee Barrier Islands Traffic Study FPID: December, 07 Welcome to the Sarasota/Manatee Barrier Island Traffic Study Public Information Workshop. The Florida Department of Transportation is conducting a study to examine the feasibility of improving the overall transportation infrastructure, including traffic operations and circulation, on the Sarasota/Manatee Barrier Islands as well as island-to-mainland connections. To ensure a comprehensive approach, this study is evaluating a variety of elements including: travel patterns of users on the islands, trips on and off the islands, destination points, existing transit service, existing parking facilities, bicycle/ pedestrian facilities and needs, and land development codes as it relates to parking. At the meeting tonight there are recommendations based upon the data collection analysis performed. The following items were analyzed during this phase: Origin and Destination, Existing Traffic Operational Conditions,, Existing Transit field observations, and Safety. It should be noted that there are different dynamics within the barrier islands. For the purposes of this study, the barrier islands were separated into separate zones according to their individual characteristics: Zone : Anna Maria; Zone : Coquina Beach; Bradenton Beach Zone : boat Key; St Armands Circle; Lido Key The recommendation rankings and timeframes were generally based upon the following items to develop an overall score: Benefit vs cost Implementation Process Right-of-way / Land Needs Public Acceptance Safety Linkage For more information about the project, please contact Tanya King P.E., Project Manager Florida Department of Transportation (86) 9-09 tanya.king@dot.state.fl.us Nathan Kautz P.E., Assistant Project Manager Florida Department of Transportation (86) 9-47 nathan.kautz@dot.state.fl.us. Tonight, please talk with project representatives, they are here to answer your questions and take your input. Please fill out a comment sheet here tonight, or you may take it and mail it back to us. You may also provide your input through the project website shown below.

2 ZONE Anna Maria & Draft Recommendations Provides the projected amount of parking Recommend discussing with the church to use the church spaces with the use of Lutheran Church parking parking inventory during non-church activity periods $0-$00 per month lease spaces 60± during non-church activity periods Provides an excess of 0± parking spaces Recommend discussing with the church to use the church with the use of three community church parking inventory during non-church activity periods. Without parking locations: Crosspointe Fellowship 60± church parking options experience a shortfall of 48± spaces spaces, Church of the Annunciation 80± spaces, St Bernard Church 70± spaces $0-$,000 per month lease depending on size and location Gulf Drive at Marina Drive Incorporate Access Management improvements to reduce delays along Marina Drive, north of the Gulf Drive intersection The close proximity of these features to the signalized intersection of Gulf Drive at Marina Drive causes a lot of friction and congestion in this area during peak periods, especially with the number of unfamiliar drivers frequenting the area. Between 4th Street and Gulf Drive, evaluate Pedestrian and Access Management improvements such as pedestrian signals and refuge at the signalized intersection, driveway modifications to the shopping center and bank entrances or modifying/relocating the unsignalized pedestrian crosswalk or transit shelter $90,000 According to the SimTraffic analysis, the northbound, eastbound, and westbound left-turn lanes spill over into the adjacent thrulanes. Allowing more vehicles to turn left per cycle would reduce Change left-turn signal phasing to reduce left-turn lane spill over. Change the left-turn phasing for all overall intersection delay, especially for all leftturn movements approaches from protected-only to protected/permitted. This change allows left-turning vehicles to turn left during the adjacent thru-green after yielding to opposing thru-vehicles $,000 Electric cart-way from to City Pier Potential Private Solution with the provision of facilities Assume no capital cost - simply advertise available thirdparty options using signage and web apps Extend the northbound left-turn lane to reduce left-turn vehicle spillover into the northbound thru-lane According to the SimTraffic analysis, the northbound left-turn average queue was 07' and max. queue was 40'. The speed limit along 7th Street is 40 mph which requires ' of deceleration distance according to FDOT Standard Index 0. Required turn-lane length should be the max. queue (40') + the deceleration length (') = 9' rounded up to 400' using an average vehicle length of '. Extend the northbound left-turn lane from ' to 400'. $7,000 Reduce eastbound left-turn vehicle spillover into the eastbound thru-lane According to the SimTraffic analysis, the eastbound left-turn average queue was 4' and max. queue was 9'. The speed limit along Manatee Ave is 4 mph which requires 8' of deceleration distance according to FDOT Standard Index 0. Required turn-lane length should be the max. queue (9') + the deceleration length (8') = 480' rounded up to 00' using an average vehicle length of '. Extend the eastbound left-turn lane from 90' to 00' $00,000 Would not recommend for on-street parking and smaller offstreet Technology parking lots. Tends to over-promise and under-deliver Central parking repository; allow people to when available inventory totals are heavily and consistently 4 $7-00k Review local MCAT transit services, as well as the development of a public-private partnership for free ride services provided by street-legal electric low-speed vehicles to assist with the connection of these parking inventory locations to desired destinations Provides for a local parking management strategy before deciding to develop off-island park-and-ride programs and locations Privatize service and allow vendor to offset costs through private sponsorship opportunities. Administrative salary to review and modify ordinance The roundabout shows significantly reduced delays vs East Bay Drive (SR 789) at Gulf Drive the existing signalized intersection for all study periods. Proceed to Step : Benefit/Cost analysis for installing a TBD If unable to utilize church parking inventory, Satisfy projected parking demand during typical peak periods of then pursue additional remote parking activity using existing shared parking inventory options before inventory in the form of a mainland park-andride location and charge a fee to park at designated public beach parking spaces purchasing and developing surface and structured parking options If purchase land and develop parking inventory, must explore land purchase price and $,000-$,000 cost per space to develop surface lot parking inventory. Structured parking inventory requires $6,00 to $8,000 per space Construct a northbound right-turn lane to reduce overall intersection delay, especially the northbound approach The northbound right-turn volume averages vehicles per hour with a maximum observed volume of 07 vph. An exclusive right-turn lane will allow more thru-vehicles to clear the intersection per cycle. Install an exclusive northbound right-turn lane $00,000 The roundabout shows reduced delays vs the existing signalized intersection for all study periods and could be part of Gulf Drive at Marina Drive the access management improvements proposed north of this intersection. TBD Proceed to Step : Benefit/Cost analysis for installing a Palm Drive/Marina Drive at Key Royale Drive/66th Street The roundabout shows similar side street delays vs the Reduce side street delay. Improve vehicular existing stop control. Do NOT Proceed to Step : Benefit/Cost and pedestrian safety at a multileg skewed analysis for installing a intersection with left-turn crashes in the past TBD years Water shuttle to Bradenton Beach and Coquina Water Shuttle Keep cars from going onto the islands by creating an $00,000 Beach The roundabout shows similar side street delays vs the Gulf Drive at nd Street existing stop-control. Do NOT Proceed to Step : Benefit/Cost TBD Reduce nd Street side street delay analysis for installing a Vehicle technology is changing providing more narrower and smaller vehicle options for shuttles. Narrow pavement paths Create a new transit-only access at north end become a viable to provide shared-ride services. Transit of and create transit priority Shared Autonomous Vehicles are within the -year horizon as a lane potential. These vehicles do not need or have sideview mirrors, further reducing the required width of a roadway facility Ferry shuttle connections (8-0 passenger Water Shuttle Keep cars from going onto the islands by creating an $00,000 boats) to connect from Cortez 0-00k for each of three $0-00k for each crossing (assume sign

3 ZONE Bradenton Beach & Coquina Beach boat Key Recommend discussing with the community business owners Provides an excess of 0± parking spaces with the use of to use the business parking inventory during nonpeak financial institution, office and potential supermarket spaces business activity periods $0-$00 per month lease per property depending upon the amount of inventory Coquina Beach Provides a projected shortfall of (86± spaces) at typical peak weekend demand periods Charge a fee specific to Coquina Beach parking inventory and pursue available park-and-ride program options and locations to accommodate typical peak demand activity $0K per solar-powered pay station, $,000 per location for environment design and setup. No cost to jurisdiction for pay-byphone platform setup Extend the eastbound left-turn lane to prevent the eastbound thru-lane from blocking entrance into the left-turn lane According to the SimTraffic analysis, the eastbound thru-lane max. queue was 6' which would block entrance to the 80'- long left-turn lane. Extending the left-turn lane to 00 appears to be the longest feasible distance given the existing physical constraint of a left-turn median opening approximately 0 west of 7th Street. Extend the eastbound left-turn lane from 80' to 00' $60,000 Extend the northbound left-turn lane to reduce left-turn vehicle spillover into the northbound thru-lane According to the SimTraffic analysis, the northbound left-turn average queue was 99' and max. queue was 0'. The speed limit along 7th Street is 0 mph which requires 40' of deceleration distance according to FDOT Standard Index 0. Required turn-lane length should be the max. queue (0') + the deceleration length (40') = 4' rounded up to 0' using an average vehicle length of '. Extend the northbound left turn-lane from 80' to 0' $00,000 Extend the westbound left-turn lane to prevent the westbound thru-lane from blocking entrance into the left-turn lane According to the SimTraffic analysis, the westbound thru-lane max. queue was 7' which would block entrance to the 40' long left-turn lane. Extending the left-turn lane to 00 appears to be the longest feasible distance given the existing physical constraint of a left-turn median opening approximately 0 west of 7th Street. Extend the northbound left-turn lane from 40' to 00' $0,000 Cortez Road at 7th Street NW Install eastbound and westbound right-turn lane to reduce overall intersection delay The eastbound and westbound right-turn volumes average vehicles per hour, each. Exclusive right-turn lanes will allow more thru-vehicles to clear the intersection per cycle $400,000 Total for both turn lanes Cortez Rd (SR 684) west of 7th Avenue Create transit priority to allow parking shuttles and transit Improved travel times make transit a more attractive option to Transit vehicles to pass the queues along Cortez, and avoid the driving a personal vehicle reducing the consumption of TBD amount of traffic ignoring the right-turn only lane signage at roadway and parking capacity th Street West Gulf of Mexico Drive (SR 789) at Broadway Street The roundabout shows similar side street delays for Reduce side street delay and provide a gateway onto the side streets vs the existing stop-control. Do NOT Proceed to TBD boat Step : Benefit/Cost analysis for installing a Bradenton Beach/Cortez Beach enables motorists to take advantage of remote parking locations located off-island Coquina Beach enables motorists to take advantage of remote parking locations located off-island 0-00k for each of three 0-00k for each of three

4 ZONE boat Key, St. Armand's, & Lido Key If desirable by the community, pursue available park-and-ride Lido Key program opportunities and locations to accommodate typical Provides a projected shortfall of (44± spaces) peak demand activity. Charge a fee to park similar to the plans to charge a fee to park on St Armands Key $0K per solar-powered pay station, plus $,000 per location for environment design and setup. No cost to jurisdiction for pay by phone platform setup St Armands Key The City has plans to construct a 00-space parking structure Provides a projected shortfall of (86± spaces) which will provide 00 net spaces to the community for shortfall needs Cost already incurred by City of Sarasota bond imitative Beach-based shuttle on Lido Beach by using Provides a low-speed circulator that may not have the vehicle/pathway lanes at the back of the to use the surface roadway system. Reduces the need for beach next to the berm to allow all-terrain cart-hoteshuttle services along the beach island patrons and other on-island visitors to not use a car for on- travel $0,000 Wayfinding Informational Signage (dynamic or static) Provide information at key decisions points at various points 0-00k for each of three crossings (assume sign Increase westbound turn-lane storage as much as possible to reduce queue spillover and blocking between westbound right- and left-turning vehicles. John Ringling Parkway (SR 789) at Ken Thompson Parkway The existing westbound left turn lane is about 7' long which can only accommodate about vehicles, assuming an average length of '. The westbound left turn volume averaged 0 vph and blockage was observed in the SimTraffic analysis. $00,000 Would not recommend for on-street parking and smaller offstreet Technology parking lots. Tends to over-promise and under-deliver Central parking repository; allow people to when available inventory totals are heavily and consistently rd-party vendor subscription service for repository use and access could potentially run $,00 to $4,000 per month To widen the existing bike lanes into cart lanes to allow motorized carts that are rented on the Island to travel outside of the general purpose lanes Vehicle technology is changing providing more narrower and smaller vehicle options for shuttles. Narrow pavement paths become a viable s to provide shared-ride services. Shared Autonomous Vehicles are within the -year horizon as a potential. These vehicles do not need or have side view mirrors, further reducing the required width of a roadway facility TBD Partnering with waterfront developments with existing docks can shorten/eliminate a major permitting process. (Examples: Water Shuttle P opportunities Sarasota Quay, Sarasota Yacht Club, Ramada Inn/Legacy Inn, TBD SR64/Ave B ). Partnering with private water taxi/shuttle providers may reduce costs by incentivizing service St Armands If desirable by the community, pursue available park-and-ride After new parking structure completed, program opportunities and locations to accommodate typical provides a projected shortfall of (86± spaces) peak demand activity. Continue with plans to charge a fee to park If purchase land and develop parking inventory, must explore land purchase price and $,000- $,000 cost per space to develop surface lot parking inventory. Structured parking inventory requires $6,00 to $8,000 per space Counter-flow options in terms of capacity and operational ability to implement on Ringling Maximizes existing roadway capacity during seasonal peak hour periods. This will need to be used in concert with an event routing strategy at US 4/Gulfstream intersection,067,00 Gulf of Mexico Drive (SR 789) at boat Club Proceed to Step : Benefit/Cost analysis for installing a Road TBD Allow buses to bypass any queues on the Improved travel times make transit a more attractive option to Transit mainland to improve speed and reliability driving a personal vehicle reducing the congestion of roadway TBD Priority on Manatee Avenue and parking capacity Keep cars from going onto the islands by creating an Water Shuttle Water shuttle from Sarasota to Bird Key 0-00k for each of three crossings (assume sign Keep cars from going onto the islands by creating an Water Shuttle Water shuttle from Sarasota to City Island Park 0-00k for each of three crossings (assume sign The roundabout shows significantly reduced delays John Ringling Parkway (SR 789) at Ken vs the existing signalized intersection for all study periods and Thompson Parkway. 4 TBD several approaches during multiple study periods. Proceed to Step : Benefit/Cost analysis for installing a Provide direct communication to guests, ParkMe App provides parking locations with static rate Technology customized travel directions, "no parking near information. App may be upgraded for a fee to provide 4 beaches" types of messages dynamic information from parking count sensors. Cost depends on number of facilities included in data sharing. Approximately $0K to $0K initial development fee using Passport, Parkmobile or Streetline Parker App. Use the Van Wezel Center for the Performing Water Shuttle Arts as a Park-and-Ride Site. Keep cars from Keep cars from going onto the islands by creating an going onto the islands by creating an 4 $00,000 Reconfiguration of the intersection at Gulf Drive and the north access to the Manatee Beach parking lot or reduce fleet vehicle size To allow buses to access directly to the terminal without going through the entire parking lot in both directions $00,000 Lido Key 0-00k for each of three crossings (assume sign St Armands 0-00k for each of three crossings (assume sign Water Ferry to Pine Avenue terminal and pier Keep cars from going onto the islands by creating an Water Shuttle $00,000 from mainland Create an experience as a way to get to the Encourage park-and-ride locations while creating a potentially Urban Cable 0,000,000 island marketable visitor attraction

5 ALL ZONES (-) Anna Maria to Lido Key Pursue available park and ride program Bradenton Beach opportunities and locations to accommodate Provides a projected shortfall of (4± spaces) at typical peak demand activity. Charge a fee to typical peak demand periods park in public parking spaces to subsidize pursuit of public parking locations. $0K per solar powered pay station; plus $,000 per location for environment design and setup. No cost to jurisdiction for pay by phone platform setup Signage and wayfinding not consistent Consistency will reduce confusion 0-00k for each of three To connect mainland park-and-ride services with Address both traffic congestion and parking Transit $,00,000 per year key destinations consumption by reducing demand To provide parking to bus or ferry shuttle services Park and Ride Park-and-Ride locations on mainland to the Islands and reduce cars coming across bridges Restriping and bus set-up area $00,000 per location Informational Signage (dynamic or static) Provide information at key decision points at Wayfinding Examine locations and provide information at various points key decisions points 0-00k for each of three Garage and Lot entrance videos - Allows user to interpret parking availability upon Technology accumulation count arrival at parking facility $0,000 parking facility count (surface lot); $40,000 parking facility count (parking structure) Develop a phone app to provide direct Allows visitors to plan ahead and make informed communication to guests, customized travel decisions. Existing ParkMe App provides static Technology 6 $0,000 directions, "no parking near beaches" types of parking information for free; does not account for messages real-time updates Would not recommend for on-street parking and Technology smaller off-street parking lots. Tends to overpromise and under-deliver when available Central parking repository, allow people to inventory totals are heavily and consistently 7 rd-party vendor subscription service for repository use and access could potentially run $,00 to $4,000 per month Creates justification for TDM strategies. Pricing Analysis Payment for premium spaces differential must be significant to justify need Included as a function of pay-byphone and pay-by-plate revenue control $0K per revenue-control device. No cost to municipal jurisdiction for pay-byphone implementation Establish Uber pick-up and drop-off location, Capitalize on existing privately provided service Technology staging of Uber for departure, geofencing, to add convivence and order to s to $0,800 develop logistics plan for Uber, Uber Pools parking on the Barrier Islands boat Key review local MCAT & SCAT transit Transit services as well as the development of a publicprivate partnership for free ride services provided Provides for a local parking management strategy before deciding to develop off-island by street-legal electric low-speed vehicles to park-and-ride programs and locations assist with the connection of these parking inventory locations to desired destinations Privatize service and allow vendor to offset costs through private sponsorship opportunities authority could be created through state Analysis Single authority for parking enforcement, policies legislative act, supported by each municipal 4 charter. Time and effort for city administrators and attorneys to develop draft language for charter amendment. Administrative salary to execute charter amendment