How To Build A Pedestrian Safety Program In Central Florida

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1 Florida Department of Transportation Orange County Osceola County Seminole County City of DeBary Town of Eatonville City of Orlando Orange City City of Winter Park City of Longwood

2 Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program TABLE OF CONTENTS Project Summary... 1 Table 1: Project Area Population... 2 I. Project Description... 2 (i) DeBary... 4 (ii) Eatonville... 4 (iii) Longwood... 4 (iv) Orange City... 4 (v) Orange County... 4 (vi) Orlando... 7 (vii) Osceola County... 7 (viii) Seminole County... 7 (ix) Winter Park... 8 (x) Florida Department of Transportation... 8 II. Project Parties... 8 III. Grant Funds and Sources/Uses of Project Funds Table 2: Sources of Project Funds Table 3: Uses of Project Funds IV. Selection Criteria a) Long-Term Outcomes (xi) State of Good Repair: (xii) Economic Competitiveness: (xiii) Livability: (xiv) Environmental Sustainability: (xv) Safety: b) Job Creation and Near-Term Economic Activity Table 4: Project Area Economic Characteristics c) Innovation d) Partnership Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Table of Contents

3 e) Results of Benefit-Cost Analysis Table 5: Benefit-Cost Analysis Data and Analysis V. PROJECT READINESS AND NEPA VI. PREAPPLICATION CHANGES VII. DETAILED PROJECT LIST VIII. APPENDIX: FEDERAL WAGE RATE CERTIFICATION AND LETTERS/RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT... 1 Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Table of Contents

4 PROJECT SUMMARY 1) Project Title: Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program 2) Type of Project: Bicycle and Pedestrian 3) Applicant: Prime Applicant: Orange County Government DUNS Number: Contact Person: Project Partners: Brian R. Sanders, E.I., Chief Planner Orange County Transportation Planning Division 4200 South John Young Parkway Orlando, FL Telephone: Fax: Florida Department of Transportation; Osceola County; Seminole County; Cities of DeBary and Orange City (Volusia County); Cities of Orlando and Winter Park (Orange County); City of Longwood (Seminole County); Town of Eatonville (Orange County) Project Location: While many know the Orlando area as one of the world s most visited tourist destinations, Orlando holds another top ranking that is of concern one of the most dangerous areas in the country for pedestrians. Orlando s rapid growth, distributed population centers, suburban context, roadway characteristics, and under-resourced communities have contributed to a regional need for pedestrian safety solutions to improve livability and accessibility. Given this regional imperative, nine Central Florida jurisdictions have joined together with the Florida Department of Transportation to create a TIGER IV proposal comprised of pedestrian safety construction projects in all nine jurisdictions, serving a variety of land use and transportation contexts that includes urban areas, suburban neighborhoods, and rural communities. All of the areas are a County or are within a County that is a Census-designated Urbanized Area based on the US Census 2000 data. The project is located in Florida s 3 rd, 7 th, 8 th, and 24 th Congressional Districts. General population characteristics for participating jurisdictions are highlighted in Table 1. Several of these communities have suffered economic distress as a result of national, state, and local recessionary conditions and continue to have higher poverty and unemployment than national averages, as discussed in the Job Creation and Near-Term Economic Activity section. Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 1

5 Table 1: Project Area Population 2010 Population 2010 Persons Per Square Mile Orange County 1,145,956 1,268.5 Osceola County 268, Seminole County 422,718 1,367.0 City of DeBary 19,320 1,018.7 Town of Eatonville 2, City of Longwood 13,657 2,505.0 City of Orlando 238,300 2,327.3 City of Orange City 10,599 1,497.9 City of Winter Park 27,852 3,208.4 Sources: 2010 U.S. Census State & County QuickFacts, ) Funding Requested TIGER Federal Funding Requested: $10,573,031 Committed Funding/Local Match: $8,680,392 Total Project Cost: $19,253,423 5) Project Period: April 2012-June 2014 I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program is a regional and multimodal program encompassing 340 construction projects in nine Central Florida jurisdictions and an additional 27 projects by the Florida Department of Transportation. This application, if approved, would provide over $19 million in construction projects to improve pedestrian safety in four counties in the Orlando metropolitan area. Since the mid-1990 s, Dangerous by Design and other national publications have consistently ranked Metropolitan Orlando among the worst of U.S. major metropolitan areas for pedestrian safety. Dangerous by Design notes Orlando has a high pedestrian fatality rate of 3.0 per 100,000 people and that only 1.2 percent of people walk to work, stating the few people who do walk in Orlando face a relatively high risk of being killed in a traffic crash (Dangerous by Design 2011). If this fatality rate holds constant, Orange, Seminole, and Osceola Counties would annually suffer over $341 million in pedestrian losses annually, based on standard economic loss factors explored in more detail in the Results of Benefit-Cost Analysis section. To address these urgent needs and prevent further pedestrian fatalities in Central Florida, member governments of MetroPlan Orlando (Orange, Seminole, and Osceola Counties; the City of Longwood in Seminole County; the Cities of Orlando and Winter Park and the Town of Eatonville in Orange County; and the Cities of DeBary and Orange City in Volusia County) have Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 2

6 joined in this application with the Florida Department of Transportation in a regional approach to address pedestrian safety. In Central Florida, Orange County is the primary regional employment center and features significant workforce in-migration from surrounding counties and movement of the workforce through the county. LYNX is the primary transit provider within three counties and serves a geographic area that is three times the national average for transit systems serving a similar population base. (VOTRAN is the transit provider in Volusia County.) Based on Central Florida s status as a worldwide tourist destination, welcoming over 50 million visitors in 2010, over 26 percent of the Orlando MSA workforce is in Accommodation and Food Services or the Retail Trade sectors (Florida Research and Economic Database 2011), with relatively low average wages. With Central Florida s suburban land use patterns and distributed activity centers, access to workplaces and reliable transportation are major quality of life and economic issues for Central Florida s low-income communities. These transportation challenges would be addressed, in part, by the project s sidewalk construction and widening, mid-block pedestrian refuge islands and signals, intersection safety projects, and other pedestrian safety initiatives, which enhance pedestrian safety, transit access, and accessibility of workplaces, goods, and services. 8.4% 5.2% Project Types 18.6% Sidewalks 67.8% Mid Block Crossing Intersection Safety Percentage of Requested Funds Addressing Dangerous by Design Concerns PED INFRASTRUCTURE SPEED ARTERIAL 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 3

7 Source: City of Orlando, 2012 The Program would provide extensive sidewalks, intersection improvements, mid-block crossings, and other pedestrian safety features on both functionally-classified and local roads. Each of the improvements proposed, including design modifications, connectivity, and traffic control, would address identified pedestrian infrastructure deficiencies and key recommendations of these national publications, as depicted in the chart following. This relationship between recommendations and improvements is intended to ensure the program will have immediate and meaningful effects on pedestrian safety on a regional level in Central Florida, while creating positive long-term outcomes for the region. A summary description of projects within each jurisdiction is provided below, with specific project description found in the Detailed Project List section of this application: (i) DeBary The City of DeBary s Highbanks Road Sidewalk Project would widen approximately 3,300 linear feet of sidewalk from 5 feet to 8 feet in width at an estimated project cost of $220,000. There have been two fatalities on Highbanks Road in the City, and a wider sidewalk will encourage pedestrian use and increase pedestrians distance from vehicle traffic, thus increasing safety. (ii) Eatonville The Town of Eatonville, the oldest African-American chartered municipality in the United States, has pursued an extensive streetscape and beautification program along Kennedy Boulevard to enhance pedestrian safety and aesthetics in the Town. The Town of Eatonville s project would leverage these initial efforts by replacing approximately 1,500 linear feet of 5-foot sidewalk along various roadways within the Town for a total project cost of $105,000. (iii) Longwood In the City of Longwood, three projects will create an integral east-west connection that is a priority of the City s Bicycle-Pedestrian Master Plan via a multi-use bicycle and pedestrian connector between Rangeline Road and Grant Street that connects neighborhoods and the SunRail Station, South Seminole Hospital, key City parks, the Historic District. It also will provide the City s first connection to Seminole County s popular regional trail network, including the Seminole-Wekiva Trail and the Cross-Seminole Trail. The project also provides funding for an Oleander Street bridge that will dramatically increase the connectivity between the SunRail station and proposed senior housing development on Orange Avenue, while improving circulation within the SunRail TOD area as a whole. The three projects have a total cost of $1,851,400. (iv) Orange City The City of Orange City will complete over 12,790 linear feet of sidewalk construction and widening under the rubric of its adopted Complete Streets Program and transit access initiatives. The City s seven construction projects would cost an estimated $895,300 and benefit several sections of Enterprise Road and Saxon Boulevard within the City. (v) Orange County At a project cost of $7.4 million, Orange County will complete 45 sidewalk projects that total miles in length. These projects are widely distributed throughout Orange County s urban, Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 4

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10 suburban, and urban fringe areas to provide the maximum benefit to affected pedestrians throughout Orange County, particularly in Bithlo and other under-resourced communities. With TIGER IV funding, Orange County also would install pedestrian refuge islands on Holden Avenue (1 island), S. Rio Grande Avenue (6 islands), N. Hiawassee Road (5 islands), Old Winter Garden Road (2 islands), and N. Pine Hills Road (9 islands), which serve many low-income communities that are heavily transit and pedestrian-dependent. The estimated cost for the 23 pedestrian refuge islands serving 34,432 linear feet of roadway is $2 million. (vi) Orlando The City of Orlando s TIGER IV proposal includes 3 types of projects to enhance pedestrian safety and the walking environment at locations throughout the City that have a history of frequent and severe pedestrian/vehicular crashes. The first type is installation of mid-block pedestrian refuge islands to allow crossings to be made in 2 stages, so pedestrians avoid simultaneously gauging the speed and proximity of vehicles traveling in 2 directions. The 14 proposed island locations have crash histories that warrant such treatments, and installation is estimated at $1.26 million. The second project type includes audible pedestrian signals for safer pedestrian crossings for sight-impaired persons, the elderly, children, and other vulnerable populations. Audible pedestrian signals would be installed at 100 intersections with high pedestrian activity at a total cost of $1.5 million. The third project type is the installation of curb ramps and warning mats at 1,000 crossings throughout Orlando to make all the City s sidewalks ADA-compliant. While 72.3% of Orlando s crossings are fully compliant, an additional 1,007 (7.3%) have ramps, but no warning mats installed, and 2,823 (20.4%) do not have ramps or warning mats. This portion of the City s projects would cost an estimated $400,000. (vii) Osceola County Osceola County will complete several important sidewalk projects at estimated cost of $763,900 for 10,690 linear feet of new construction. A key project would provide a 5- foot sidewalk along the west side of International Drive near Osceola Parkway to fill in facility gaps along an existing transportation facility serving a high volume of pedestrian traffic, including significant tourist activity. The sidewalk provides access to major concentrations of tourist commercial land uses on US 192 and on Osceola Parkway. The Pleasant Hill Road Sidewalk project would provide a 6-foot sidewalk along the west side of Pleasant Hill Road to improve pedestrian access on an existing transportation facility and access to the signalized intersection at Brighton Lake Boulevard. The local match for this project includes completed design plans at $17,430 with the remaining funds from the proposed 2012/ /17 Osceola County Capital Improvement Program. The third project will install a new 5-foot sidewalk along the west side SR 535/Vineland Road, and the fourth project will install a new 5-foot sidewalk along the south side of Koa Street from New Castle Road to an existing sidewalk adjacent to Koa Elementary School. The fourth project would construct sidewalks along Neptune Road. (viii) Seminole County Using TIGER IV funds, Seminole County will complete nine sidewalk projects that create 1.87 miles of new sidewalk. These projects have an estimated cost of $719,500 for construction only, as Seminole County would provide project design services. Sidewalk projects on Merritt Street, Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 7

11 Williams Street, Leonard Street, Marker Street, Station Street, Leon Street and Morse Street are within the designated East Altamonte HUD Target Area. Seminole County is providing a local match of 50 percent for these projects, not including additional funding from the Florida Department of Transportation. (ix) Winter Park In the City of Winter Park, seven projects would improve pedestrian safety at key locations throughout the City at a total cost of $1.4 million. Projects include a new signalized pedestrian mid-block crossing and 2 signalized pedestrian crosswalks at the intersection of Lakemont Avenue and Palmer Avenue near Winter Park Hospital, 4 signalized pedestrian crosswalks at Glenridge Way, pedestrian refuge islands on US at Gay Road and at Fairbanks Avenue, and a pedestrian refuge island on Fairbanks Avenue at Park Avenue. Winter Park also would implement a road diet on Denning Drive, an underutilized corridor serving the low-income community of West Winter Park. The project would modify the existing roadway corridor to three lanes with bicycle lanes. (x) Florida Department of Transportation As a partner in this TIGER IV grant application, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has committed $4.1 million in funding to leverage the local support of other project parties, ensuring an overall local match of 55% in support of TIGER IV projects described in this application. With TIGER IV funding, FDOT would complete 27 sidewalk gap projects serving five state roadway corridors: SR 500, SR 438, SR 435, SR 50, and SR 530 at a cost of $697,000. Based on FDOT s existing project delivery mechanisms, these project costs assume a construction cost of $23 per linear foot, in contrast to the $70 per linear foot assumed for other sidewalk projects in the application that would be constructed under a design-build contract. II. PROJECT PARTIES As the lead applicant in this TIGER IV grant proposal, Orange County offers significant experience in managing capital projects and successful project management of extensive projects funded by federal and state funds. Orange County Public Works is Local Agency Program (LAP)-certified and has been awarded over $22 million in LAP Projects either completed or in progress. In addition to LAP Projects, Orange County also has successfully administered numerous federal and state capital projects under the ARRA Program, CIGP, TOP, and TRIP, as well as a variety of landscaping projects and other state-funded initiatives that have totaled over $86 million in improvements. Despite significant reductions in capital projects over the past several years of economic downturns, Orange County is managing over $300 million in capital projects, including over $141 million in Public Works capital projects, in the current fiscal year. Orange County s fiscal, managerial, environmental, real estate, and engineering personnel have the experience and expertise to provide strong project management and implementation of Orange County TIGER IV-funded projects. The other eight local jurisdictions partnering in this TIGER IV grant proposal as other project parties have the capacity to manage and successfully construct their candidate projects, with some jurisdictions managing significant capital improvement programs on an ongoing basis. For Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 8

12 example, the City of Orlando funds and constructs over $100 million in projects annually, and Seminole County has over $26.9 million in transportation-related capital projects budgeted in the current fiscal year. If approved for TIGER IV funding, the Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program would be implemented through design-build contracts and a master CEI contract to assure accountability and serve as a single point of contact on project performance. In addition, the Florida Department of Transportation s participation in the project ensures an additional level of project expertise and oversight will be dedicated to grant implementation. The project management plan and detailed project schedule provide more detail on the accountability measures of project implementation. Assembling a proposal package that contains numerous projects spanning four counties and including several cities requires a well-conceived management plan that not only defines the production of individual projects, but also identifies the roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders. Prior to the award of funding for this application, members of our Central Florida project management and production team representing all project parties held meetings to determine the best methods of management and delivery of this important pedestrian safety program. In the event this TIGER IV application is awarded funding for these much-needed pedestrian safety projects, the following management plan will be immediately implemented. Immediately upon award notification from the FHWA TIGER Team, the Central Florida management and production team will be notified to initiate the management plan, comprised of project administration, procurement of a master design/construction engineering and inspection (CEI) consultant and a design-build consultant, execution of Local Agency Program (LAP) agreements and interlocal agreements, a public involvement program, and a financial plan. The project administration of this program will include procurement of a master CEI consultant to provide project management and support services as necessary to administer the design and construction of the pedestrian safety program s candidate projects. The master CEI will provide services that include, but will not be limited to, organizing coordination meetings between federal TIGER Team officials and the local team members, internal coordination meetings between local team members, design review, inspection services, invoice review, coordination with designers and contractors, processing shop drawings, change orders and pay requests, responding to requests for information, federal and local reporting and addressing citizen concerns. The fee for CEI procurement is included in the estimated costs for the projects included in this TIGER IV proposal. The procurement of a design-build consultant will also be necessary to design and construct the projects listed in this TIGER IV proposal. It is anticipated that each participating local jurisdiction will procure a design-build consultant to complete their respective projects following all local, state, and federal requirements. The design-build consultant will be responsible for design and construction services that include, but are not limited to, surveying, permitting, plan production, coordination, reporting, invoicing, construction activities, bonding and insurance, and generally meeting all local, state and federal requirements. CEI and design-build consultant procurement will provide the guidelines necessary to meet all local, state and federal requirements. The services to be performed by the CEI and design-build consultant will be assigned though individual purchase orders and notices to proceed on a per-project basis. Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 9

13 Based on the project team s extensive past experience with grant project administration, one of the first major steps to obligating funds is to execute LAP agreements for individual or groups of projects. The local project team has successfully completed numerous projects utilizing LAP agreements and checklists for both ARRA Stimulus and Non-Stimulus funding. The local project team will expedite and shepherd all LAP agreements through each jurisdiction to ensure a smooth and efficient execution of each document. The local project team will concurrently process LAP agreements while defining project scopes of service and schedules prior to implementing the public involvement program (PIP). The PIP will include media releases, newsletters sent to project areas announcing project information and schedules, and website development. Project materials will be publishes in English, Spanish, and Kreyol, as locally-appropriate to community demographics. The financial plan includes interlocal agreements between Orange County and the other participating jurisdictions be executed in order to form the framework for ensuring obligation of the required twenty percent local project matches. Individual jurisdictions will be responsible for paying and processing their project s matching fund invoicing. The master CEI will coordinate and assist the individual jurisdictions to ensure that invoices are being process and reported in an efficient manner. III. GRANT FUNDS AND SOURCES/USES OF PROJECT FUNDS The Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program s proposed distribution of TIGER IV grant funds is detailed in Table 2. All jurisdictions have committed at least 20 percent of project funding as a local match in writing as part of TIGER IV proposal development, and FDOT s commitment of $4.1 million in funding ensures an overall local match in the application of 55%. The proposed uses of project funds by jurisdiction and type of project are depicted in Table 3. Determining the economic benefit of spending public funds is an important factor when considering a project or program s eligibility and desirability for grant funding. In recent national infrastructure relief programs, job creation numbers and calculations have weathered intense scrutiny, due to the sheer number of factors surrounding job creation. The FHWA s website resources for calculation of Employment Impacts of Highway Infrastructure Investment presents an estimated job creation factor of 13 jobs for every million dollars spent on highway infrastructure. The Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program anticipates spending $19,253,493 on highway infrastructure-related projects. Using the FHWA estimate, this spending level would translate into approximately 250 jobs created. The Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program involves the coordination of 340 infrastructure projects by nine jurisdictions and an additional 27 projects by the Florida Department of Transportation, and a detailed project schedule is constrained by those factors, particularly relative to the procurement process. However, project parties have committed to the estimated project schedule depicted on the following page, which would quickly and expeditiously deploy project funds for rapid project completion, culminating in an overall June Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 10

14 2014 completion date for the entire Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program, as depicted on Production Schedule on the next page. A federal infrastructure investment in Central Florida will provide an immediate effect on the economic vitality of the region, still suffering from economic recession as detailed in the Job Creation and Near-Term Economic Activity section, as well as have positive effects on long-term economic and environmental sustainability. Total Project Costs Proposed Projects Grant Request Local Match (Local Govt and FDOT Funds) Local Match Source from Local Govt* Orange County Orlando FDOT Winter Park Table 2: Sources of Project Funds Eatonville Osceola County Longwood Seminole County DeBary Orange City Sub- Category Total $9,400,573 $3,160,000 $697,000 $1,440,000 $106,250 $763,900 $1,851,400 $719,000 $220,000 $895,300 $13,050, % 16.4% 3.6% 7.5% 0.6% 4.0% 9.6% 3.7% 1.1% 4.7% $5,360,248 $3,160,000 $406,370 $839,560 $61,947 $445,375 $1,079,417 $203,497 $128,266 $521,985 $14,345,724 $4,040,325 $1,633,633 $290,630 $600,440 $44,303 $318,525 $771,983 $515,503 $91,734 $373,315 $4,177,462 CIP account , now funded at $2 million CIP accounts , , , , now funded at $632,000 CIP accounts and , now funded at $288,000 CIP account , now funded at $21,999 CIP account C , now funded at $200,000 CIP account , now funded at $2.6 million * The Osceola County match includes $17,430 in design funds for the Pleasant Hill Road Sidewalk project. CIP account , now funded at $4 million CIP account , now funded at $55,000 CIP accounts and , now funded at $179,000 Table 3: Uses of Project Funds Orange County Orlando FDOT Winter Park Eatonville Longwood Osceola County Seminole County DeBary Orange City Sub- Category Total SIDEWALKS Construction $7,397,273 $94,000 $1,851,400 $693,700 $812,750 $895,300 10,393,637 Widening $220,000 $220,000 Improvement $400,000 $603,000 $106,250 $506,250 MID-BLOCK CROSSING Refuge Island $2,003,300 $1,260,000 $270,000 $3,533,300 Special Use $50,000 $1,250,000 Signals INTERSECTION SAFETY New Signals $120,000 $120,000 Improved Signals $1,500,000 $1,500,000 ROAD DIET $1,000,000 $1,000,000 TOTAL $9,400,573 $3,160,000 $697,000 $1,440,000 $106,250 $1,851,400 $763,900 $719,000 $220,000 $895,300 Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 11

15 IV. SELECTION CRITERIA a) Long-Term Outcomes (xi) State of Good Repair: This project will improve the condition of existing transportation facilities and systems by providing additional sidewalks, median crossings, and improvements, as well as rehabilitation, reconstruction and enhancement of existing facilities. This project s pedestrian safety enhancements, particularly sidewalk construction to remove gaps in the existing transportation network, are consistent with regional initiatives for management and operations of the transportation network and for bicycle and pedestrian planning. The project also is consistent with applicable local government comprehensive plans and capital improvements programs. If unimproved, these sidewalk projects would threaten future pedestrian mobility, constrain access to transit and workplaces, and reduce the efficiency of the transportation network. The project is appropriately capitalized and would be maintained through sustainable and ongoing maintenance funds programmed at the local level, which likely would be supplemented and enhanced by MPO management and operations funds dedicated to pedestrian facilities in the future. Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 12

16 (xii) Economic Competitiveness: This project will provide enhanced accessibility for the region s workforce to job centers and transit facilities that serve the wider region to increase long-term efficiency and productivity, while promoting alternative modes that increase the region s sustainability. The project enhances reliability and cost-competitiveness in the movement of workers and goods by providing connections between residences, schools, parks, offices, workplaces, and shopping centers, as well as promoting mobility in the International Drive/US 192 activity center that is the epicenter of Central Florida s globally-competitive tourism and hospitality industry. Construction projects also would serve low-income communities in need of increased access to job centers. As an example, in Seminole County, sidewalk projects on Merritt Street, Williams Street, Leonard Street, Marker Street, Station Street, Leon Street and Morse Street are all located within the designated East Altamonte HUD Target Area. In Orange County, pedestrian refuge islands would serve the low-income communities of Holden Heights and Pine Hills. (xiii) Livability: This project will foster the livability of communities in Central Florida by creating affordable and convenient transportation choices and access to transportation services. This project provides additional mobility and accessibility to pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, the disabled, and the growing senior and financially-disadvantaged populations in the Central Florida region through transportation improvements that benefit the regional network, not recreational facilities. The project reinforces and implements corresponding Comprehensive Plan policies for land use-transportation integration, multimodal transportation options, and modal connectivity. For example, the City of Orange City has committed to enhancing the pedestrian safety within their Comprehensive Plan s Future Land Use Element, Public School Facility Element, Transportation Element and Capital Improvement Element, adopting design standards that ensure that all arterials and collectors are Complete Streets accommodating pedestrians in a safe and holistic manner. Many of the jurisdictions partnering in this TIGER IV proposal have similar Comprehensive Plan policies, adopted using significant public outreach, to increase livability and sustainability in Central Florida. (xiv) Environmental Sustainability: This project will promote walking, transit use, and other alternative means of transportation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and oil dependence, while improving air quality. Orlando s residents averaged 30.9 vehicle miles traveled per day in 2007, among the highest of the nation s 50 largest metropolitan areas, as noted in Measuring Urban Transportation Performance, a 2010 report issued by CEOs for Cities. Of these metropolitan areas, the report also ranked Orlando seventh in the nation for total hours of delay (53) and eighth in the nation for total hours of peak period travel (230) annually. These statistics are reflected in Orlando s air quality readings, which place the Central Florida region at potential risk of air quality non-attainment in the near future. This project s promotion of widespread and affordable alternative modes of transportation provide the region s residents with enhanced choices that can increase environmental sustainability and help to address air quality concerns. (xv) Safety: This project will promote pedestrian safety, reduce pedestrian fatalities, and address the recommendations of Dangerous by Design and other national publications using countermeasures with a proven track record of increasing pedestrian safety. These facilities Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 13

17 include sidewalk construction and widening, mid-block pedestrian refuge islands and signals, intersection safety projects, and other pedestrian safety construction projects. As an example, according to FHWA, providing pedestrian refuge islands at pedestrian crossings at marked crosswalks has demonstrated a 46% reduction in pedestrian crashes. They are an effective method to improve pedestrian safety on multilane roadways. Orange County has successfully implemented pedestrian refuge islands to improve pedestrian safety on Oak Ridge Road, the top roadway segment for pedestrian crashes in 2006 with eleven crashes. To improve safety, Orange County installed eleven pedestrian refuge islands on a three mile section of Oak Ridge Road, which has improved pedestrian safety and reduced crashes. With TIGER IV funding, Orange County, Winter Park, and Orlando would install pedestrian refuge islands on roadways that serve low-income communities that are heavily transit and pedestrian-dependent. b) Job Creation and Near-Term Economic Activity If approved, the project would create and preserve design, engineering, construction, and inspection jobs within nine jurisdictions in the four-county Central Florida area. These areas currently are designated as an Economic Development District by the Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and they continue to have poverty and unemployment rates that are of concern. As such, several qualify as Economically Distressed Areas, pursuant to section 301 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3161), at the sub-county level. This qualification includes jurisdictions experiencing an unemployment rate at 1.2 times the national average or a poverty rate exceeding 12.5 percent. Eatonville and Osceola County have unemployment rates that are 1.2 times the national average, and Eatonville, Orange City, Orange County, Orlando, Osceola County, and Winter Park have poverty rates exceeding 12.5 percent (Table 4). Table 4: Project Area Economic Characteristics Project Partner Unemployment Rate Poverty Rate DeBary Eatonville Longwood TBD TBD Orange City Orange County Orlando Osceola County Seminole County Winter Park United States Florida Source: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Labor Market Statistics Center (County, State, and U.S. Unemployment Rates Sept. 2011); U.S. Census 2009 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, year Estimates, and American Community Survey Year Estimates (Poverty Rates and City Unemployment Rates June 2011) The Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program s scale of individual projects enables rapid construction and completion of projects, unlike roadway or transit projects that may normally be considered under federal grant programs. However, the large number of projects presents the opportunity to promote job creation in Central Florida, an economicallydistressed area, by hiring local workers, using partner local governments existing minority- Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 14

18 business and veteran-owned business programs, and obtaining positions for welfare recipients as incentivized in local government procurement programs. c) Innovation The Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program uses innovative strategies to pursue the long-term outcomes outlined above by pursuing a regional collaboration for pedestrian safety and for infrastructure construction on a level not seen in Central Florida to date and that is rare even on a national level. While the SunRail project to bring commuter rail to Central Florida is a regional partnership, it is facilitated by state and federal agencies. This project is distinct in that it is locally-organized, with each jurisdiction selecting locallyappropriate projects, and includes a diverse array of projects designed to directly benefit pedestrians, particularly in low-income communities. While the project takes advantage of or enhances local infrastructure capacity in several jurisdictions, the project also is innovative in its use of a regional design-build contract to quickly and efficiently provide necessary construction project, while ensuring appropriate oversight. The project s multimodal focus and broad scope also are innovative and likely could not be accommodated by other state or federal programs. In this light, the TIGER IV Program has the opportunity to reward innovative collaboration on a regional level, as well as implement projects with rapid delivery and widely-distributed public benefits. d) Partnership The Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program is the very definition of a strong collaboration among a broad range of regional participants, who are elevating pedestrian safety to a regional imperative and providing additional initiative for the safety and integration of this mode into existing transportation planning and construction efforts. e) Results of Benefit-Cost Analysis A benefit-cost analysis compares all of the benefits associated with a countermeasure (e.g., crash reduction), expressed in monetary terms, to the cost of implementing the countermeasure. A benefit-cost analysis provides a quantitative measure to help transportation agencies prioritize projects and optimize the return on investment. This benefit-cost analysis is based on pedestrian accident statistics from the Florida Department of Transportation s Safety Office and METROPLAN ORLANDO, Central Florida s metropolitan planning organization. The accident statistics included the severity of pedestrian accident, incident year, roadway facility, and other pertinent incident site conditions. Table 5 illustrates the accident summary developed for years 2003, 2004, and (estimated) 2010 accident data, distinguished by accident severity and incidents on State and Non-State roadway facilities. With these unacceptable pedestrian conditions in Central Florida, the Dangerous by Design report has ranked Orlando the nation s most dangerous area for pedestrians, with a pedestrian fatality rate averaging three fatalities per 100,000 people. The three-county population count in the 2010 Census, which does not include the Cities of DeBary and Orange City also included in this proposal, is 1,837,359. Pedestrian accident cost metrics were obtained from the TIGER IV Notice of Funding Availability and applied to the accident statistics. Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 15

19 Based on these state and federal data sources, in 2010, estimated pedestrian accidents in the Central Florida area include 800 accidents, 55 pedestrian fatalities, and an overall Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 16

20 economic cost of over $1.7 billion. Pedestrian accidents in the Central Florida area during only a three-year timeframe included nearly 2,209 accidents, almost 155 pedestrian fatalities, and an overall economic cost of over $4.5 billion. Traditional benefit-cost analyses are conducted on an individual project basis, but this application s proposed pedestrian safety program is comprised of a large number of individual projects (367 projects), a wide variety of pedestrian project types, different project life cycles, and projected countermeasures. For these reasons, a straight-line analysis in Table 6 compares the estimated cost of projected 2010 pedestrian accidents to the cost of the corrective improvements, with a 1% annual maintenance cost applied over a 20-year period. Table 5: Benefit-Cost Analysis Data and Analysis Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 17

21 Table 6: Benefit-Cost Analysis Summary Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 18

22 V. PROJECT READINESS AND NEPA All projects have been selected for their project readiness, ensuring that federal funding obligation can be done by June 30, In addition, many of the individual projects, as described in the Detailed Project List section, are smaller in scale than traditional roadway improvements or construction projects and will be contracted as design-build projects, enhancing the individual projects readiness and short time to completion, as well as their job creation potential. The project is expected to qualify for a Categorical Exclusion (CE) under the appropriate modal implementing procedures specified under 23 CFR (c) for construction of bicycle and pedestrian facilities, excluding those requiring construction in new right-of-way. For many of the pedestrian safety projects listed, no right-of-way is needed, rendering the NEPA process not applicable. VI. PREAPPLICATION CHANGES The preapplication form submitted for this application included nine agencies as project parties: Orange County; Osceola County; Seminole County; the Cities of DeBary and Orange City (Volusia County); the Cities of Orlando and Winter Park (Orange County); City of Longwood (Seminole County); Town of Eatonville (Orange County). Subsequent to the preapplication submittal, the Florida Department of Transportation joined the application as a project party with 27 additional sidewalk projects in Orange County and a commitment of an additional $4.1 million in local funding, as well as the expressed support of Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad. With these changes, the Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program local funding commitments now total 55% of project costs, creating a competitive application among TIGER IV requests for urban areas and a true regional and interdisciplinary partnership. VII. DETAILED PROJECT LIST Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 19

23 City of Longwood Pedestrian Safety Sidewalk Projects Project Name Candyland Multimodal Connector Church Ave. From SunRail Station Project Limits To Grant St. (Via Oleander and Orange) Estimated Project Cost Project Length (Ft) Description $234,000 3,580 12' shared use path Oleander Bridge $250,000 Bridge to connect SunRail station to surrounding neighborhoods Grant St. Orange Ave. Candyland Park $317,400 4,864 12' shared use path Connector SunRail Multimodal Connector South Candyland Park Cross Seminole Trail $270,000 4,224 12' shared use path West Warren Ave. Rangeline Road SR 434 $270,000 4,224 12' shared use path Church Ave. Rangeline Road Reiter Park $345,000 5,280 12' shared use path Church Ave. Reiter Park SunRail Station $105,000 1,584 12' shared use path SunRail Multimodal Connector West Rangeline Rd. EE Williamson Church Ave. $60,000 1,584 5' sidewalk, one side $1,851,400 25,340 $370,280 Longitude Latitude Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 20

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26 City of Orlando Pedestrian Refuge Islands Sidewalk Project Project Limits Roadway Estimated Start Location End Location Functional Project From To Classification Cost Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Vineland Rd Walden Cir Conroy Rd Collector Urban $90, Ivey Ln Carter St Cynthia St Collector Urban $90, Raleigh St Timberleaf Bv Lake Fern Rd Collector Urban $90, Raleigh St Lenox Bv Ivey Ln Collector Urban $90, Columbia St Bruton Bv Mable Butler Av Collector Urban $90, Pershing Av Dixie Belle Dr Semoran Bv Collector Urban $90, Pershing Av Semoran Bv Commander Dr Collector Urban $90, Curry Ford Rd Conway Gardens Rd Conway Rd Arterial Urban $90, Curry Ford Rd Gaston Foster Rd Dixie Belle Dr Arterial Urban $90, Orange Center Bv John Young Py Ohio Av Arterial Urban $90, Orange Center Bv Ohio Av Tampa Av Arterial Urban $90, Orange Av Kaley Av Grant St Arterial Urban $90, Michigan St Kunze Av Orange Av Arterial Urban $90, Michigan St Osceola Av Keystone Dr Arterial Urban $90, Estimated Totals: $1,260,000 Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 23

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28 City of Orlando Audible Pedestrian Safety Signals Intersections Roadway Cost Project Coordinates Func. Class. Longitude Latitude Colonial Drive Ferguson Dr Arterial Urban $15, Colonial Drive John Young Py Arterial Urban $15, Colonial Drive Orange Blossom Tl Arterial Urban $15, Colonial Drive Westmoreland Av Arterial Urban $15, Colonial Drive Parramore Av Arterial Urban $15, Colonial Drive Hughey Av Arterial Urban $15, Colonial Drive Orange Av Arterial Urban $15, Colonial Drive Magnolia Av Arterial Urban $15, Colonial Drive Summerlin Av Arterial Urban $15, Colonial Drive Mills Av Arterial Urban $15, Colonial Drive Fern Creek Av Arterial Urban $15, Colonial Drive Bumby Av Arterial Urban $15, Colonial Drive Primrose Dr Arterial Urban $15, Colonial Drive Maguire Bv Arterial Urban $15, Colonial Drive Herndon Av Arterial Urban $15, Colonial Drive Humphries Av Arterial Urban $15, Colonial Drive Old Chaney Hwy Arterial Urban $15, Columbia St Bruton Bv Collector Urban $15, Columbia St Mable Butler Av Collector Urban $15, Columbia St John Young Py Arterial Urban $15, Conway Rd Michigan St Arterial Urban $15, CR Smith St John Young Py Arterial Urban $15, Curry Ford Rd Semoran Bv Arterial Urban $15, Curry Ford Rd Conway Garden Dr Arterial Urban $15, Curry Ford Rd Conway Rd Arterial Urban $15, Division Av Central Bv Collector Urban $15, Division Av Gore St Arterial Urban $15, Garland Av Amelia St Collector Urban $15, Garland Av Livingston St Collector Urban $15, Garland Av Washington St Collector Urban $15, Garland Av Central Bv Collector Urban $15, Garland Av Church St Collector Urban $15, Garland Av South St Collector Urban $15, Gatlin Av Semoran Bv Arterial Urban $15, Hughey Av Amelia St Collector Urban $15, Hughey Av Livingston St Collector Urban $15, Hughey Av Washington St Collector Urban $15, John Young Py Harwood St Arterial Urban $15, Kirkman Rd LB McLeod Rd Arterial Urban $15, Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 25

29 Kirkman Rd Conway Rd Arterial Urban $15, Kirkman Rd Vineland Rd Arterial Urban $15, Kirkman Rd Major Bv Arterial Urban $15, Magnolia Av Robinson St Arterial Urban $15, Magnolia Av Washington St Collector Urban $15, Magnolia Av Central Bv Collector Urban $15, Magnolia Av Church St Collector Urban $15, Magnolia Av South St Collector Urban $15, Magnolia Av Anderson St Collector Urban $15, Mercy Dr WD Judge Dr Collector Urban $15, Mercy Dr Colonial Dr Arterial Urban $15, Michigan St Orange Av Arterial Urban $15, Michigan St Delaney Av Arterial Urban $15, Michigan St Mills Av Arterial Urban $15, Orange Av King St Arterial Urban $15, Orange Av Rollins St Arterial Urban $15, Orange Av Princeton St Arterial Urban $15, Orange Av Pineloch Av Arterial Urban $15, Orange Av Gore St Arterial Urban $15, Orange Av Columbia St Arterial Urban $15, Orange Av Miller St Arterial Urban $15, Orange Av Kaley Av Arterial Urban $15, Orange Av Amelia St Arterial Urban $15, Orange Av Robinson St Arterial Urban $15, Orange Av Washington St Arterial Urban $15, Orange Av Central Bv Arterial Urban $15, Orange Av Church St Arterial Urban $15, Orange Av Anderson St Arterial Urban $15, Orange Av Marks St Arterial Urban $15, Orange Blossom Tl Robinson St Arterial Urban $15, Orange Blossom Tl Washington St Arterial Urban $15, Orange Blossom Tl Central Bv Arterial Urban $15, Orange Blossom Tl South St Arterial Urban $15, Orange Blossom Tl Anderson St Arterial Urban $15, Orange Blossom Tl Gore St Arterial Urban $15, Orange Center Bv John Young Py Arterial Urban $15, Orange Center Bv Ohio Av Collector Urban $15, Parramore Av Robinson St Arterial Urban $15, Parramore Av Washington St Collector Urban $15, Parramore Av Central Bv Collector Urban $15, Parramore Av South St Collector Urban $15, Parramore Av Gore St Collector Urban $15, Pershing Av Semoran Bv Arterial Urban $15, Raleigh St Kirkman Rd Arterial Urban $15, Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 26

30 Raleigh St Deerbrook Dr Collector Urban $15, Raleigh St Kozart St Collector Urban $15, Raleigh St Ivey Ln Collector Urban $15, Rosalind Av Livingston St Arterial Urban $15, Rosalind Av Robinson St Arterial Urban $15, Rosalind Av Washington St Arterial Urban $15, Rosalind Av Central Bv Arterial Urban $15, Rosalind Av South St Arterial Urban $15, Rosalind Av Anderson St Arterial Urban $15, Semoran Bv La Costa Dr Arterial Urban $15, Semoran Bv Lake Underhill Rd Arterial Urban $15, Semoran Bv Dahlia Dr Arterial Urban $15, Westmoreland Dr Robinson St Arterial Urban $15, Westmoreland Dr Washington St Collector Urban $15, Westmoreland Dr Central Bv Collector Urban $15, Westmoreland Dr South St Collector Urban $15, Westmoreland Dr Gore St Collector Urban $15, Total Estimated Cost: $1,500,000 Osceola County Proposed Pedestrian Safety Sidewalk Projects Project Name Project Limits Length Begin End (ft) Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Begin Project End Project Cost Estimate SR 535/Vineland Rd Kyngs Heath Rd Polynesian Isle 2, $ 182,000 Sidewalk Blvd International Dr 550' N of US ' S of Osceola 2, $ 196,000 Sidewalk Pkwy Koa St Sidewalk New Castle Rd Sidewalk adjacent 3, $ 224,000 to Elem. School Pleasant Hill Rd Sidewalk Existing sidewalks N of N Pineridge Cir 1, $ 91,700 Neptune Road Brighton Lakes Existing sidewalk east of Old Canoe Creek 780' east to the existing sidewalk $ 70,200 10,690 $ 763,900 Orlando Regional Multimodal Pedestrian Safety Program Project Narrative Page 27

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