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​PROJECT OVERVIEW

​The Broward County Multimodal Mobility Transportation Master Plan aims to:

- Create a low- stress facility spine network of walking and bicycling facilities suitable for people of all ages and abilities, including
   consideration for personal conveyance devices

- Prioritize projects and obtain cost estimates and create a Cost Feasible Plan and a Vision Plan, unfunded needs

- Recommend policies to support the development and implementation of the network

- Create a design manual for all ages and abilities infrastructure rooted in safety, comfort, convenience, and inclusiveness, and a
   placemaking toolkit to provide guidance on how to activate spaces and create a sense of place and culture along the network

​​The proposed spine network aims to enhance walking, bicycling, and personal conveyance device mobility throughout Broward
County and improve multimodal connectivity to transit, education, economic, and social opportunities. 

​​What is a Low-Stress Facility?

​​A low-stress facility (road/street, bicycle facility, trail, sidewalk) is a facility designed for all ages and abilities with an emphasis on
safe and comfortable low-speed  transport. These facilities have the perception and reality of safe travel with lesser impact from
higher-speed motorized vehicles.

​Low stress facilities connect to create a network allowing for travel within neighborhoods, between neighborhoods, and other
destinations or places of interest across the county.  A low-stress facility should be dynamic and consider roadway conditions and
characteristics to implement the best facility type based on those conditions and characteristics. It should also have safe and
comfortable crossing infrastructure/signal programming.

​Level of Traffic Stress

​Level of traffic stress, or LTS, evaluates the quality of travel for people walking and biking, addressing only comfort traveling along
a facility as it relates to facility type, width, and continuity; vehicular posted speeds; vehicular volumes; and separation from traffic.
Factors which influence cyclists and pedestrian comfort include pavement condition, presence of heavy vehicles, width of travel
lanes, driveway density, absence of lighting, skewed railroad crossings, drainage grates, curbside conditions, facilities at the
intersections, width of intersection crossings, delay time at intersections, network connectivity, neighborhood crime, and noise.

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Both Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress and Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress will be evaluated.

​Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress​

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​Pedestrian Level of Traffic Stress​

This project uses the Florida Department of Transportation Multimodal Quality/Level ​of Service Handbook​.