Tampa School Transportation Safety Study
Project Overview
Photo of Tampa Mayor Jane Castor’s inaugural “Crosswalk to Classrooms” unveiled at a press conference to announce the City’s commitment to Vision Zero during the 2019 National Safe Routes to Schools Conference. Crosswalk is located at Rampello Magnet School.
Scope of the Study
Tampa School Transportation Safety Study outlines strategies for a school safety study focused on advancing physical transportation system improvements around schools and developing a framework for encouraging walking, biking, and busing. This work builds on the previous Transportation Planning Organization’s (TPO) School Transportation Safety Study (2018). It will establish a library of Safe Routes to School (SRTS) resources that can support individual school programs in the future. Our initial project approach includes the following tasks:
- Update School Prioritization List (all 274 schools)
- Identify Stakeholder Group
- Assess Existing Safe Routes to School Programs at Area Schools
- Survey District Families
- Survey Principals
- Identification of physical transportation system improvements around and connecting to a set of schools
- Development of school-specific education and encouragement strategies and a template/process that can be used for other schools in the district (Library of Educational and Encouragement Resources)
Final Draft for Action-Tampa School Transportation Safety Study_November_2022
Tampa School Transportation Safety Study 2022_Final_Presentation
School Transportation Safety Study Executive Summary
Maps of Recommendations for Top 8 Schools:
Just Elem-Stewart Middle-Blake High
Orange Grove MIddle Magnet School
2022 Tampa School Study Documents:
Stakeholder Meeting #3 Presentation 6-27-22
All Schools Ranking Summary 2022
School Selection Process_4-20-2022
Tampa School Transportation Safety Study_Draft_October 25_2022
2018 Previous TPO School Study Documents:
Final School Safety Study Sept 2018
Hillsborough MPO School Safety Study Methodology V2-Dec 2017
MPO School Safety Study Screening Data- TOP TEN
2019 School Transportation Working Group (STWG) succession plan (April 2016-Dec 2018)
Contact
Lisa Silva, AICP, PLA, Transportation Planning Organization
813.665.1329