FDOT District 7 Freight Corridor Screenings

Improves safety and reduces delay along truck corridors.

Quick Facts

  • Includes traffic operational studies for major truck corridors in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco and Hernando Counties

  • Addresses freight movement issues along freight corridors in a cost-effective and comprehensive manner, considering the special capacity and safety needs of large trucks

Results

  • Reduces operational problems that delay truck movements or contribute to truck collisions

  • Improves safety along truck corridors

  • Helps to finalize truck study guidelines and procedures that will be used in future corridor studies

Our Work

  • Studied 45 separate corridors

  • Inventoried physical and operational characteristics

     

  • Reviewed collision records and observations of traffic conditions

  • Prepared improvement recommendations for the design of median openings, larger corner turning radii, increased setbacks for traffic signal and utility poles

  • Extended traffic signal phases and clearance intervals

  • Upgraded pavement surfaces and relocated stop bars, crosswalks and one-way street patterns

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