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

Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)
- Funding administered by USF’s Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR)

What:
Pinellas deputies have completed Phase II of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Project.

The results of Phase II are provided below.

The project, designed to raise awareness and educate the public regarding pedestrian and bicycle safety, was conducted in two phases. The first phase began on December 19, 2015. (For further details and results of Phase I see releases 14-335 and 15-065).

When:
Phase II began on March 15, 2015 and ended on May 26, 2015.

Where:
Details were 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 transitioned the focus of the FDOT High Visibility Enforcement contract for bicycle and pedestrian safety from an education and warnings discretion, to a citations discretion.

The details conducted at multiple locations across Pinellas County included 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 II are as follows:

Pedestrian Warnings      360
Pedestrian Citations         13
Motorist Warnings          125
Motorist Citations             17
Bicycle Warnings                70
Bicycle Citations                   4

The purpose of the project was 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.