Who:
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
Patrol Operations Bureau
Support Services Bureau
-Grants Administration

Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)

What:
Pinellas deputies are set to implement phase two of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Project.

The details which began with an education and warnings discretion, will now transition to citations discretion.

Results of Phase I are provided below.

When:
Phase II will begin on March 15, 2015.

Phase I began on December 19, 2015.

Where:
Details are being conducted at 15 locations across Pinellas County:
Tampa Rd (Lake St George Dr. / East Lake Woodlands Pkwy)
Alderman Road (Belcher to Cinnamon Hill Boulevard)
US Highway 19 (Tampa Road to CR 95)
Curlew Road (Belcher to CR 90/Northridge Drive)
Main Street/SR 580 (Belcher Road to Lake Haven Road)
Ulmerton Road (Belcher Road to 58th Street North)
49th Street (126th Avenue North to 145th Avenue North)
66th Street North (46th Avenue North to 62nd Avenue North)
54th Avenue (37th Street North to Haines Road)
Park Boulevard (104th Lane to Ridge Road)
Pasadena Avenue (Gulfport Boulevard South to Gulf Boulevard)
Gulf Boulevard (75th Avenue to 37th Avenue)
Gulf Boulevard (129th Avenue West to 131st Avenue West)
Gulf Boulevard (150th Avenue to 155th Avenue)
Gulf Boulevard (155th Avenue to 173rd Avenue)

Why/How:
On March 15, 2015, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office patrol deputies will transition the focus of the FDOT High Visibility Enforcement Grant for bicycle and pedestrian safety from an education and warnings discretion, to a citations discretion.

The purpose of the project is to educate and enforce safe pedestrian, bicyclist and driver behavior in designated hot spot areas in an effort to reduce traffic crashes and fatalities involving pedestrians and bicyclists. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office received a $47,155 grant from FDOT to implement this project.

The details conducted at multiple locations across Pinellas County include the distribution of educational materials, as well as the issuance of warnings and/or citations to pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists in accordance with Florida Statutes.

The results of Phase I are as follows:

Pedestrian Warnings   285
Pedestrian Citations    1
Motorist Warnings      128
Motorist Citations       8
Bicycle Warnings        57

The final detail will be held on May 26, 2015.