robinson corridor

According to their website, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is undertaking a Planning Study on the Robinson Street Corridor between Hughey Avenue and Maguire Boulevard in the City of Orlando.

This study is being undertaken by the FDOT in partnership with the City of Orlando.  According to their site, “Its goal is to identify and objectively evaluate a full range of possible improvements to address multi-modal safety and mobility along the corridor. ”

EDITOR’S NOTE: We’re going to take a stab in the dark here and say it has to do with the Project DTO idea of changing Robinson into a more pedestrian friendly two-lane street. 

 

UPDATE – We received the following statement from FDOT in response to this story:

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is undertaking a Planning Study on the Robinson Street Corridor between Hughey Avenue and Maguire Boulevard in the City of Orlando.  This study is being undertaken by the FDOT in partnership with the City of Orlando.  Its goal is to identify and objectively evaluate a full range of possible improvements to address multimodal safety and mobility along the corridor. Both potential short-term and long-term strategies will be considered as part of the Study.

 The Study is in the early stages of the process with evaluation of existing conditions underway. As part of this, the Study Team has been gathering input from key stakeholders along the corridor, including local agencies, businesses, and residents. The input, together with a comprehensive transportation and land use data collection and analysis will help clearly define the issues and opportunities of the corridor, as well as the problem, purpose, and needs that will be addressed by the Study.

 The Study will consider the findings of the recently concluded Project DTO as well as many other stakeholder input and planning documents.  It will incorporate the broad and diverse needs and perspectives of the various corridor stakeholders.

 Key findings from the Study’s existing conditions analysis will be shared at a public workshop to be held later this year. The Study is expected to conclude within the next twelve to eighteen months.

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Graphic via Project DTO

Brendan O'Connor

Editor in Chief of Bungalower.com

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  1. Looking forward to this! It’s been a big hinderance not having bike/pedestrian accessible roadways leading into downtown. Right now most will take Orange in on bike, but if we can get some more safe avenues we will see huge improvement on DT use.

  2. Sure, move all that traffic to colonial. Is this going to be the same FDOT who thinks moving all that Ivanhoe exit traffic to Princeton is going to work out with the expansion of Florida Hospital and Condo residences in that area.

  3. I would love to see the st that is next to Lake Eola completely given to pedestrians. Have a trolley from east to west on this road. Now that would be awesome