Executive Summary
A comprehensive road safety assessment was conducted for ten priority corridors, resulting in safety improvement recommendations supported by a benefit-cost analysis. These recommendations will help guide the City’s future investments in safety enhancements, offering a roadmap to assess project costs, benefits, and implementation timelines. The study evaluates each corridor’s existing conditions through fieldwork observations and analyzes crash history using data from 2019 to 2023.
The ten corridors studied in this project include the following:
1. Ellis Avenue from NW 21 st Street to NW 28 th Street 2. Evans Avenue from E Morningside Drive to E Berry Street 3. Mark IV Parkway from Meacham Boulevard to Cantrell Sansom Road 4. NW 14 th Street from N Main Street to Gould Avenue 5. NW 26 th Street from N Main Street to Angle Avenue 6. Pennsylvania Avenue from S Main Street to 8 th Avenue 7. S Beach Street from Avenue H to Mitchell Boulevard 8. Sharondale Street from 6 th Avenue to James Avenue 9. Sycamore School Road from South Freeway to W Everman Parkway 10. W Seminary Drive from 6 th Avenue to Rector Avenue
Our recommendations to reduce crashes for all modes and enhance safety along the ten corridors are based on speed management, pedestrian/bicyclist safety, roadway departure, intersection, and crosscutting countermeasures. Each countermeasure is examined alongside a crash modification factor (CMF) and cost-benefit ratios. The table below summarizes the final cost-benefit ratio for each corridor, as well as overall.
Table 1: Cost/Benefit Summary
Corridor
Cost
Benefit
Benefit/Cost
1
ELLIS AVE
$2,676,600
$57,280,000
22.78
2
EVANS AVE
$3,401,300
$18,840,000
5.54
3
MARK IV PKWY
$5,063,400
$92,480,000
18.26
4
NW 14TH ST
$1,373,000
$66,020,000
48.08
5
NW 26TH ST
$1,553,700
$10,400,000
6.69
3
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