PINELLAS COUNTY MPO ACCESS MANAGEMENT STUDY

The Pinellas County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Access Management Study was developed in three phases. The first phase involved reviewing other Access Management Systems and studies that were undertaken throughout the state of Florida. In addition to this review, interviews were conducted with agencies within the County (including the Florida Department of Transportation) which were involved in access management and driveway/median design and control. From these interviews, a report was developed which discussed issues and concerns. Phase two involved initial data sampling and the initial classification of these sample roads. During this phase, a sample of the County roads was chosen and data were collected from this sample. An analysis was done and a preliminary assignment of access classification was made based on existing conditions. Phase three was completed in three steps: Data collection for the complete County road system; Analysis of driveway and median spacing, the average lot size, land use, posted speeds and lane configurations, with a determination of the correlation between these variables; and Development of road classification procedures, implementation of the procedures, and the initial access classification for all County roads. Legal counsel (County Attorney) was involved throughout the development of the classification process. After completion of Phases 1, 2, and 3, the County has utilized this classification as guidance in the development, review, permitting, and access control processes utilized by the County. This project can serve as a role model for communities to use in implementing access management at the local level.

• Record URL:
  http://www.teachamerica.com/accessmanagement.info/pdf/AM98.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • The conference proceedings are on the CD-ROM, "Access Management CD Library" - Version 1.0 - January 2000.
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Technology Applications, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Tindale, S
  • Ward, S
• Conference:
  • Third National Access Management Conference
  • Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • Date: 1998-10-4 to 1998-10-7
• Publication Date: 2000-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 153-156
• Monograph Title: THIRD NATIONAL ACCESS MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 1998. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access control (Transportation); Classification; County roads; Data collection; Design; Driveways; Implementation; Interviewing; Land use; Legal factors; Literature reviews; Medians; Spacing; Speed limits
• Geographic Terms: Pinellas County (Florida)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Research; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00808540
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 5 2001 12:00AM