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Sarasota-Manatee was among the many areas of the country which saw traffic fatalities rates rise.
“We have attributed the 7% increase in regional fatalities in Manatee and Sarasota counties to higher speeds,” said Corinne Tucker, a multi-modal planner for the Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization. “The higher speeds can be attributed to the lower volumes on the roadways during the height of the pandemic.”
The MPO estimates that 121 people were killed in 2020 in the area, largely due to crashes involving a vehicle moving outside of its lane. This comes at a time when the total crashes in that period decreased by 11%.
While traffic fatalities have increased, serious injuries during the last year decreased 28% from 1,343 in 2019 to 965 the following year. Bicyclist and pedestrian deaths and serious injuries fell by 12%.
3 weeks ago Share From Main Street parallel parking to a garage at the SCAT transfer station site, merchants and property owners are discussing long-term strategies for reshaping the city’s commercial center.
Mark Kauffman knows the idea is ambitious, but he thinks it’s worth the time and effort to fully explore it and perhaps make it a reality.
Kauffman, a downtown property owner and member of the Downtown Improvement District, sees an opportunity to dramatically reshape the 1500 block of First Street, home to City Hall and the Sarasota County Area Transit bus transfer station. He envisions consolidating several properties, including the bus station and surface parking lots next to City Hall, into the foundation for a large mixed-use facility that works to address multiple community needs.
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Pasco County Commissioner Jack Mariano is chair of the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council. (Pasco County, Florida)
The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council elected new board officers for 2021 at its meeting on February 8. The leadership reflects the Council s wide geographic reach, with leaders hailing from Manatee, Pinellas and Pasco counties.
Pasco County Commissioner Jack Mariano is the new chair of the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council board. St. Petersburg City Council member Brandi Gabbard is vice-chair and Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh is secretary-treasurer. Bradenton City Council member Patrick Roff is immediate past-chair.
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First elected in 2004 to the Pasco County Commission, Jack Mariano is currently serving his fourth term. He is a past chair of the Pasco County board of commissioners as well as of the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council.
Sarasota City Commission supports plan to narrow Ringling Boulevard by two lanes for bikes
SARASOTA – Sarasota’s vision for safer streets that accommodate cars, bikes, buses and pedestrians received a formal stamp of approval on Monday when the City Commission passed a resolution several years in the making.
The plan – which outlines a ‘complete streets’ program to add seven-foot-wide protected bike lanes between Lime and Pineapple avenues and other safety elements on Ringling Boulevard – passed unanimously.
A handful of people spoke to the issue, with half supporting the city’s desire to eliminate two of the four lanes on Ringling Boulevard to accommodate bicyclists.