Park-legs

Parks are already great places for cyclists and pedestrians - getting people to them is often a missing link. Target the need for parks and parkways to be integrated into plans for safe, multi-modal transportation routes. Goals include:

• Map target park-leg opportunities

• Research implementation process for each

• Identify project allies and collaborate on proposal

• Propose projects and identify funding opportunities

Destination Zero Advocacy

Around 800 pedestrian traffic fatalities occur every year in the state of Florida. The Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) adopted a safety action plan in February 2022 to serve as a strategy to reduce the number of traffic deaths in the area. SMA’s role as an advocate for pedestrians will be to develop more detailed knowledge on how our region is implementing its safety action plan, push on those responsible to dedicate resources to this plan, and to learn and share success stories from other regions of the country with our MPO. Goals include:

• Push FDOT to adopt realistic statewide safety performance targets

• Attend MPO meetings and provide citizen feedback on destination zero.

• Hold our local municipalities accountable to the Safety Action Plan that was adopted in February 2022.

• Research other community’s successful implementation of Vision Zero and look for opportunities for improvement.