Westminster Heights Neighborhood Plan - City of St. Petersburg

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WESTMINSTER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CHAPTER 4 TRAFFIC The Westminster Heights Neighborhood roadway systems are grid streets, which provide excellent access both within the neighborhood and to other parts of the city. The major east-west thoroughfares are 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th , and 5 th Avenues South. The major north-south thoroughfares are 50 th , 51 st , 52 nd , 54 th , and 55 th Streets South. Traffic study conducted by Transportation planning staff show speeds greater than 30 mph exist on 5 th Avenue South between 50 th Avenue South and 51 st Streets South; 5 th Avenue South between 53 rd and 54 th Streets South; 4 th Avenue South between 50 th and 51 st Streets South. Traffic Analysis Westminster Heights residents identified related traffic issues and concerns on 52 nd & 55 th Streets South, 3 rd , 4 th , 5 th , and 6 th Avenues South. Table 1 displays the traffic studies conducted by Transportation planning staff on 52 nd & 55 th Streets South, 3 rd , 4 th , 5 th , and 6 th Avenues South. Each study was conducted for a 24 hour time period for both directions of travel. Speeds were recorded in 5 miles per hour (mph) increments. The posted speed for all roadways studied is 30 mph. December 2008 50
WESTMINSTER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN As Table 1 shows, 4 th and 5 th Avenues South received the most traffic volume of the roadways studied in the neighborhoods. Fifth Avenue South serves as the major east/west roadway for travel in the Westminster Heights Neighborhood. Fifth Avenue South also had the highest total volume of vehicles of all the roadways studied. During this traffic study, 1,397 vehicles (562 traveling eastbound and 835 traveling westbound) used this roadway in a 24-hour period. Table 1: Westminster Heights Neighborhoods Traffic Studies Count Vehicle 85th % % Exceeding No. of Vehicles > Roadway Location Date Direction Volume Speed Speed Limit 30 MPH between 53rd & 5th Avenue S 54th Streets 08/27/07 EB 165 14.28 0.00% 0 WB 299 33.93 59.20% 81 4th Avenue S 4th Avenue S between 50th & 51st Streets 08/27/07 EB 136 39.87 66.90% 59 WB 334 43.07 78.70% 178 between 53rd & 54th Streets 08/27/07 WB 47 29.48 34.00% 6 The majority (24 to 78 percent) of the drivers captured by these studies exceed the 30 mph speed limit. Peak volume time in the neighborhoods varied between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. For most roadways peak volume time was 5:00 p.m., a common “rush hour” time period. Traffic Calming The traffic management process conducted by the Neighborhood Transportation Division begins with a public input meeting. The purpose of the input meeting is to identify problems. Residents are encouraged to participate in the discussion of neighborhood related traffic issues/concerns. Westminster Heights residents and Neighborhood Transportation staff reviewed the concerns and specific problem areas at input meeting on July 23, 2007. Traffic studies were then conducted of the problem roadways (see results on Table 1). Once the traffic studies were completed and options were reviewed, Neighborhood Transportation staff presented a possible plan at meeting with residents on November 19, 2007, indicating where traffic calming measures could be implemented. The final outcome is to amend the current traffic plan to include additional recommendations as part of the neighborhood plan process (see Traffic Plan Map). The Westminster Heights residents recommend a neighborhood-wide speed limit reduction to 25 mph, eight (8) landscaped medians and an entry way median on 5 th Avenue South just west of 49 th Street South. December 2008 51
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