TRAC Update - May 6, 2010

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TRAC Update Transportation & Redevelopment Action Committee
May 6, 2010
	Dear Kate, Read on for the latest transportation news and events from the Transportation and Redevelopment Action Committee. Best, TRAC
A Call for your thoughts on TRANSPLEX TRANSPLEX wants your input on formats and topics for its next conference. What is TRANSPLEX? It is a forum for individuals in the transportation planning community to share ideas, best practices, challenges and solutions. The goal of the Exchange is to build relationships and strengthen communication among Florida's transportation professionals. Share your opinion by taking this survey. Transportation Events & Meetings TBARTA Land Use Working Group Meeting Friday May 7, 9:30 am Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council (TBRPC) 4000 Gateway Centre Boulevard, Suite 100, Pinellas Park, FL 33782 More Information Downtown Construction Information Stakeholders Meeting Monday May 10, 3:00 pm City Hall, Room 112, City of Sarasota More Information City of Sarasota Planning Board Meeting Wednesday May 12, 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm City Hall, Commission Chambers More Information Transportation in the News FDOT to widen I-75 from Parrish to Tampa Sarasota roundabouts make the news in SW Illinois! Manatee/Sarasota road projects get an extra $4M Bus service offered to select Rays games [arguably transportation related] Jim Ley: Sarasota County forced to impose terms on transit workers

Transportation Workshop!

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TRAC Update Transportation & Redevelopment Action Committee

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Making my neighborhood more walkable, sociable, sustainable and safe
This blogger has been writing about how America's built spaces prevent many Americans from connecting with the supportive social networks essential to health and happiness. To illustrate, he takes his neighborhood and suggests changes to make it a place that would foster more connections with his neighbors. He does this because: "It's worth a minute of anyone's time to ponder how they could make their own surroundings more amenable to spontaneous, non-commercial, human-scale social interaction."

Transportation Events & Meetings

Master Plan Charette - Fruitville & I-75
Various Times, April 12 through April 16
BOB Building 1001 Sarasota Center Blvd
More Information & Schedule

Groundbreaking for Palm Avenue Parking Garage
10:00 am Friday, April 16
Site of Parking Garage
Main Street & Palm Avenue, City of Sarasota
More Information

Open House on Bus Rapid Transit
9:30 - 11:00 am Saturday, April 17
Sarasota County Administration Building
1660 Ringling Blvd
More Information

Year 2035 Long-Term Transportation Plan Public Workshop (Sarasota County)
4:00-7:00 pm Wednesday, April 28
Fruitville Library
100 Coburn Road, Sarasota (off Fruitville Road, just east of 1-75)
More Information

Year 2035 Long-Term Transportation Plan Public Workshop (Manatee County)
4:00-7:00 pm April 29
Bradenton Municipal Auditorium
1005 Barcarrota Boulevard, Bradenton (Downtown)
More Information

TBARTA Board Meeting
9:30 am Friday, April 30
Florida Department of Transportation
11201 McKinley Dr. Tampa, Fl 33612
More Information

Transportation in the News

North Port road fees not forgotten.
Red light bill not stopping in the Florida Legislature.
I-75 road widening could take years.
Manatee & Sarasota Transit Systems told to work together better.
"Commissioner's Corner" Access 19 show with a Bicycle/Pedestrian Advocate.
NY/DC "Slot Swap" could benefit Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.
"Tour De Ranch" seeks to collect bikes for people who are homeless.

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Transportation & Redevelopment Action Committee

March 24, 2010

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Does Main Street need to heed the lessons of the mall?

"For decades, the business of malls has driven meticulous study of consumer behaviors. Literally reams and reams of data exist, telling savvy retailers everything from how to keep shoppers shopping to why they walk into one store and not another to which way they'll turn once they get in the door."

Read this blog post on how efforts to create a thriving downtown may hinder creation of a more viable economic environment.

Transportation Events & Meetings

Public Hearing on Villages of Lakewood Ranch South
6:30 pm Thursday, April 8
Sarasota County Administration Center, County Commission chambers
1660 Ringling Blvd, Sarasota

Master Plan Charette - Fruitville & I-75
All day, April 12 - April 16
BOB Building
1001 Sarasota Center Blvd

Transportation in the News

• Google maps now incorporates biking directions.
• Questions from Pinellas on the Tampa-Orlando high speed rail line.
• Sarasota Planning Commission postpones Public Hearing on the Villages of Lakewood Ranch South.
• What's causing Ringling Bridge traffic jams?

Manatee-Sarasota County bus system merger talks come to an end.


TRAC is a committee of the Summit for Environmental Action (SEA).
SEA is an initiative of SCOPE. Learn more at www.scopexcel.org.