Do you know your street’s safety score? You know the street or streets you live/work/play on? They may not event have a safety score.
But a new “Route Condition Tool” from the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council promises to change that. The tool scores roads on safety by analyzing a bunch of critical pieces of information (more than 30 data layers in all – ranging from sidewalks to speed limits to school zones, bike lanes, transit routes and crash frequencies).
The Bungalower reports that the local, urbanist meet up group Rethinking the City will feature this awesome-sounding tool in a presentation by PJ Smith tonight. Smith is a Senior GIS Analyst and Urban Designer for the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council.
The presentation will take place tonight (Tuesday, May 31, 2016) at 6:25 p.m. at Juice Bikes Headquarters (515 W Central Blvd, Orlando, FL 32801).
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Rethinking the City presents Scoring Our Streets
The Bungalower
Brendan O’Connor
May 31, 2016
Rethinking the City (Website), a radio show and event series bent on spurring positive changes through discussion, is hosing a presentation by PJ Smith, Senior GIS Analyst and Urban Designer with the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council.
Smith will share his first-of-its-kind Route Condition Tool, which utilizes critical layers of data (sidewalks, speed limits, school zones, crashes, bike lanes, transit … resulting in 30+ layers of information) and scores roadways based on five fundamental safety principles.
Find out how can this tool be used in prioritizing transit and infrastructure projects, corridor studies and master planning, and in giving a bird’s eye view to key decision makers.
The event begins at 6:25 p.m. at the Juice Bike Share headquarters [GMap].
Read the original story here at The Bungalower.
