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Safer Roadways: A Complete Streets Guide
Corridor 1: South 78th Street - Causeway Boulevard to East Adamo Drive The South 78th Street corridor starts at Causeway Boulevard and continues Figure 7-1 Built Form: South 78 th Street
north for two miles past Palm River Road as shown in Figure 7-1. It has a posted speed of 45 MPH and annual average daily traffic (AADT) volume of 18,200 vehicles (2021). This 5-lane road is within 80 to 170 feet of the right-of- way and has sidewalks on both sides of the street. There are no bicycle accommodations, and local transit service is available to downtown Tampa. The corridor is characterized by well- connected single-family neighborhoods bookended by suburban style shopping centers at Causeway Boulevard and at Palm River Road. Along the Northwest portion of the street are Winston Park, Claire Mel Elementary School, Dowdell Magnet School, and the 78 th Street Library. Residents can find most of their daily needs at this end of the corridor, including food, entertainment, medical care, and prescriptions. Figure 7-1 shows the placement of homes and the arrangement of streets. The surrounding single-family neighborhoods were originally platted with most of the homes accessing 78 th Street via connecting streets. Midway between Palm River Road and Causeway Boulevard, the neighborhood pattern shifts from one in which homes indirectly access the corridor to one in which the homes directly front the street. Although 78th Street is the spine of the neighborhood, it is not a neighborhood friendly corridor. There are only three well defined pedestrian crossing locations and no protection or buffering for the sidewalks from the five lanes of vehicular traffic.
PALM RIVER ROAD
CAUSEWAY BOULEVARD
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