Daily Outtakes: Active Transportation Plan

The City of Pensacola has released the Active Transportation Plan (ATP). Though I have just started to review the document, it is impressive and meets its goal of creating “a framework to help maintain the unique historic character of Pensacola while transforming the transportation network to be accessible, connected, comfortable, and safe for people walking, cycling, and using other self-propelled modes of transportation.”

A few interesting facts:

The City of Pensacola contains:
• 420 Total Miles of Roadways
• 53 miles of State Roadways (13% State Roadways)
• 3 Miles of County Roadways (1% County Roadways)
• 330 Miles of City-Maintained Roadways (82% City Roadways)
• 34 Miles of Private Streets (4% Privately Maintained Roadways)

Why this matters: In the last five years, 28 people died (including 10 that were walking or bicycling) and 115 were seriously injured (including 36 that were walking or bicycling) on Pensacola streets. This equates to about six (6) deaths and 23 serious injuries on our streets every year.

Dig Deeper: The ATP goes in-depth into various design elements and gives guidelines for various types of roadways.

On page 68, the authors look at the top 10 high-crash intersections within the City and share which tools for traffic calming and safety can be implemented.

Read ATP.