2016 Safe Streets Summit—Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)

Click here for more information on the summit held yesterday in Deerfield Beach. I attended and will be sharing video that I took at the conference soon. But in the meantime, I wanted to give you some idea of the information presented at the conference.

These reflective vests were given to participants as part of the hospitality package.

The summit dealt with the intricacies of planning public roads for ALL users, not just automobiles. Many of these concepts are being discussed right now as it relates to improvements now being considered by the Palm Beach County MPO.

Below are a few of the graphics that I tweeted out during the conference.

The chart above shows how quickly the seriousness of pedestrian/vehicle accidents increase with the speed of a vehicle. Once vehicles go over 20 miles per hour, injuries become more severe. With even higher speeds a pedestrian who is struck will more likely receive fatal injuries.

This something to show people who may be reluctant to use their bike regularly in south Florida due to our subtropical climate. A bike ride of three miles, going between 5 and 10 miles per hour, will not make the rider break out in a sweat, except for perhaps August. The diagram shows how you can combine a series of shorter trips for different purposes and still remain presentable at your destination. There are many opportunities for this sort of ride in Lake Worth to mention one city in south Florida. For example, from College Park to Lake Avenue is about three miles and most of the route can be through neighborhood streets.

The graphic above was part of a presentation on the effect of place, where one lives, on the incidence of diabetes deaths. This data looked at areas that are within CRA districts and the striking difference in the statistics inside and outside of their borders. There are many complex causes for this phenomenon, but the presentation focused on barriers to safe pedestrian and bicycle opportunities in those areas.

Look for more information in the form of videos from the conference with short explanations of what you will be watching. Along with these videos there are many others you can choose to watch on my YouTube channel.

As always, Thank You for visiting this blog and a shoutout to the good folks at the Safe Streets Summit for being so kind and welcoming me there to record what happened there with my video camera.