The Florida Department of
Transportation (FDOT), District One, recently conducted a pedestrian traffic
management program for St. Armands Circle on St. Armands Key in Sarasota,
Florida. The traffic program’s goal was to document and measure the
effectiveness of controlling and metering pedestrians at the crosswalks in
regards to improving vehicular traffic and pedestrian flow around the circle.
The
program took place on Wednesdays through Sundays from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM,
March 9, 2016 through April 3, 2016.
Uniformed Pedestrian Traffic Managers (PTM’s)
were stationed at the curb of selected crosswalks and metered pedestrian
activity. The PTM’s periodically held back pedestrians from entering the
crosswalk in order to create gaps for vehicles to exit the circle freely.
St Armands
Circle Traffic Program Questions
1. Do you feel that that the Pedestrian Traffic
Program helped improve traffic circulation around the circle? Yes or No with an
explanation.
2. Do you feel that the Pedestrian Traffic Program
improved the safety of pedestrians using the circle to visit businesses? Yes or
No with an explanation.
3. Overall, do you feel the Pedestrian Traffic
Management Program was beneficial to the users of St. Armands Circle? Yes or No
with an explanation.
4. Were the days and times the PTM’s were stationed
appropriate in your opinion? Yes or No with an explanation.
5. Do you feel the program should be used again in
spring 2017? Yes or No with an explanation.
6. Please provide any suggestions for improvement
of the program.
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Please Provide Name and Contact Information – Preferred for
possible follow up but optional
Name:
Address:
Business Name (if applicable):
Phone Number:
Email Address:
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Return survey via email or regular mail by May 13, 2016 to:
Ms. Tricia Labud
Project Manager
Florida Department of Transportation
District One, MS 1-8
801 N. Broadway
Bartow, FL 33830
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