FPC 23
Trails! Trails! And Did I
Mention Trails?
The Path to Building Trail Communities
OUR TEAM
Franco Saraceno Principal Planner
Kittelson and Associates
Corinne Arriaga
Transportation Planner City of Sarasota
Alvimarie Corales
Chief Transportation Planner City of Sarasota
Nina Venter
Senior Planner
Sarasota/Manatee MPO
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TABLE OF CONTENT Metropolitan Planning Organizations 1 Active Transportation Plan 2 Regional to Local 3 A Case Study 4
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION
REGIONAL TRAIL DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF AN MPO?
Develop multi modal solutions to issues such as:
✓ Congestion
✓ Equity
✓ Healthy Streets
✓ Modal Choice
✓ Safety
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
November 2019
US 41 MULTI MODAL EMPHASIS
CORRIDOR GAP & SAFETY ANALYSIS
February 2020
TRANSIT CHOICES STUDY
November 2021
SUN TRAIL ALIGNMENT STUDIES
May 2023
COMPLETE STREETS MOBILITY STUDY
March 2023 → Summer 2024
MULTI MODAL PLANNING
REGIONAL TRAIL DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF AN MPO?
Develop multi modal solutions to issues such as:
✓ Congestion
✓ Equity
✓ Healthy Streets
✓ Modal Choice
✓ Safety
PLANNING AREA
REGIONAL TRAIL DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF AN MPO?
Direct federal funding to regional priority projects.
Long Range
Transportation Plan
5-YEARS
Project Priorities
ANNUAL
E.g., Transportation Alternatives
(TA)
CARB Funds
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REGIONAL TRAIL DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF AN MPO?
■ Direct federal funding to regional priority projects.
■ Align regional priorities with state funding opportunities.
Off-SIS Eligible
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
Objectives
Modal Options
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• Connectivity • Accessibility •
Safety
Equity
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
• Systems Approach
– Connect activity centers
– Connectivity within activity centers
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
• Systems Approach
– Connect activity centers
– Connectivity within activity centers
– Connect to public transit
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
• Systems Approach
– Connect activity centers
– Connectivity within activity centers
– Connect to public transit
• Build System around SUN Trail spine
– Connect to existing and future SUN Trail system
• Resulting ATP Vision is a multimodal network
TRAIL STUDIES
SUN Trail Connectors
Alignment studies to identify best alignments
Data driven process
– origin/destination data
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Crashes involving pedestrians/bicyclists
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Walk/bike accessibility data
Public right-of-way
Disadvantaged areas
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Transit ridership
Public input
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TRAIL STUDIES
SUN Trail Connectors
Trails are multi-jurisdictional
Agency partners
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Counties (5 departments)
Transit agencies
Cities –
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FDOT
Private/Non-profit partners
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Bicycle clubs
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Trust for Public Land
Friends of the Legacy Trail
– Private developer
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TRAIL STUDIES
SUN Trail Connectors
1 on 1 interviews with each identified stakeholder
Range of perspectives
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Safety –
Leverage parks
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Connect neighborhoods
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Financial considerations
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Variety of user groups
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Economic development
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Affordable housing
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Recommended Alignments Manatee
Sarasota
MPO ACTION
OUTCOMES
Long Range Transportation Plan
REGIONAL PROJECT PRIORITIZATION
COORDINATION
JURISDICTIONS & FDOT
RESULT ADOPTED ALIGNMENTS ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDING
MPO ACTION
OUTCOMES
Greenways and Trails
System Plan and Maps
MODIFY PRIORITY CORRIDORS
COORDINATION
OFFICE OF GREENWAYS & TRAILS
RESULT ADOPTED ALIGNMENT ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING
R.O.W. (IF NEEDED) CONSTRUCTION
PD&E | DESIGN
VISIONING & PLANNING
REGIONAL TO LOCAL
SARASOTA IN MOTION
What is it?
Timeline
Priorities
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SARASOTA IN MOTION
• What is it? – City of Sarasota’s first transportation master plan, which serve as a playbook for how the City not only invests in transportation infrastructure, but also how it achieves the community’s larger quality of life goals.
SARASOTA IN MOTION
Began with an inventory of transportation projects
Over 100 projects were scored and analyzed
Only 50 made it in the plan
Accepted by City of Sarasota Commission on July 2020
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SARASOTA IN MOTION
THE LEGACY TRAIL
Photo Courtesy of The Friends of the Legacy Trail
• What
• Timeline • Friends
Trail
is it?
of The Legacy
THE LEGACY TRAIL
What is it?
– Is a 22.5 mile nature trail that links to the Venetian Waterway Park at the historic Venice Train Depot, where trail users can continue north to Payne Park in downtown Sarasota.
– It has over 500,000 trail users a year
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• CSX Railroad was purchased after a decade of planning
LEGACY TRAIL TIMELINE
2008
• The Legacy Trail from the Venetian Waterway to Culverhouse Nature Park, Sarasota was completed
• Voters Bond Referendum approve –provided funding for the Legacy Trail to extend to the City of Sarasota
2022
• Legacy Trail extension from Palmer Ranch to City of Sarasota was completed
2004
2018
FRIENDS OF THE LEGACY TRAIL
● Established on July 11, 2016 as an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
● FLT exists to support, promote, enhance and protect The Legacy Trail, a Sarasota County Park, and its trail connectors.
● Raise funds to aid in the development, operation, maintenance and improvement of The Legacy Trail, its trail connectors and related facilities within the guidelines established in the operating agreement with Sarasota County.
LEGACY TRAIL EXTENSION
• Rail Negotiation and Agreement
• Rail to Legacy Trail Network • Legacy Trail Network • Legacy Trail Network Projects
LEGACY TRAIL EXTENSION
• Rail Negotiation and Agreement – Lease Agreement
• No ownership – Pay Railroad Company to:
• Construct Trail
• Relocate Rail – Rail company can remove – Approximately $40 Million
LEGACY TRAIL NETWORK
Rail to Legacy Trail Network
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What can we do for $40 Million?
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LEGACY TRAIL NETWORK
Trail System
Urban Trails
Coastal Trails
Nature Trails
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LEGACY TRAIL NETWORK
Creates connections to: – Transportation disadvantaged communities –
Over 20 Parks
7 schools –
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2 colleges – Downtown amenities – Island beaches
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LEGACY TRAIL NETWORK
Legacy Trail Network Projects
– Ringling Trail - Completed
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The Legacy Trail – Payne Park (Alderman
MURT) – NEPA and Construction
– 10th St and Blvd of the Art – 60% Design
– Shade Avenue Complete Streets – 60% Design
– Legacy Trail to Bobby Jones – Pre-PD&E
– Cocoanut Avenue Urban Trail –
Proposed
– East Avenue Urban Trail - Proposed
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RINGLING TRAIL
A Case Study
FLORIDA GREENWAYS & TRAILS SYSTEM
Photo taken from 2019 -2023 Florida Greenways & Trails System Plan
CONCEPTUAL ALIGNMENT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Route Selection
PROJECT PHASES
CONSTRUCTION
R.O.W. (IF NEEDED)
PD&E | DESIGN
VISIONING & PLANNING
• Informational video • Letters to key stakeholders • Online Survey (Oct – Nov)
respondents
data
TRAIL DESIGN
850
21,000
points
700 comments
PROJECT PHASES
R.O.W. CONSTRUCTION
PD&E | DESIGN
VISIONING & PLANNING
PROJECT DELIVERY
• Design-Build Contractor Procured (2021)
– Burgess & Niples (Designer)
– Ajax (Contractor)
• 100% Design Completed (2022)
– November 2022
• Construction (2022)
– Start: May 2022
– End: December 2022
• Finishing Touches (2023)
– Delineators
– Green Wheel Stops
PROJECT PHASES
CONSTRUCTION
R.O.W. (IF NEEDED)
PD&E | DESIGN
VISIONING & PLANNING
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Alvimarie.Corales@SarasotaFL.gov
Corinne.Arriaga@SarasotaFL.gov
Franco Saraceno
Corinne Arriaga
Alvimarie Corales
Nina Venter