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2021 Road Safety Award
The South Florida Region—including Broward County—has the highest number of total pedestrian fatalities in the entire nation (1,675 from 2010 through 2019). An example of this problem can be seen along the Wilton Drive corridor in Wilton Manors, FL, known locally as "The Drive." Home to multiple attractions and employment opportunities, the corridor has also been the scene of a disproportionate number of injury and fatal crashes. From 2017 through 2018, the corridor experienced a total of 44 crashes, which caused eight severe injuries and one fatality.
To reverse these trends, the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) developed the Broward Complete Streets Master Plan (CSMP). The Plan is highlighted by a Demand and Equity analysis conducted to select priority areas for improvement that demonstrate a relative need for transportation investments based on concentrations of historically vulnerable populations, combined with a greater number of everyday destinations.