Osceola County is conducting a study to evaluate the feasibility of incorporating Complete Streets improvements along Buenaventura Boulevard from Simpson Road to Osceola Parkway.
Buenaventura Boulevard is the main access road for the BVL community and runs in a north direction from Simpson Road to Osceola Parkway. Improvements may include a shared use path, access management changes, intersection improvements, transit connectivity and lane width modifications.
Residents can help kick-off the study by taking a quick online survey that will help highlight existing conditions of the corridor and indicate preferences for potential design strategies. Additionally, an online comment map allows for location-specific input on the issues and point out opportunities for the corridor. Input will inform corridor solutions moving forward.
Visit the project website at www.osceola.org/go/buenaventurablvd for more information on the Buenaventura Boulevard Complete Streets Feasibility Study.
Complete Streets are streets designed and operated to enable safe use and support mobility for all users. Those include people of all ages and abilities, regardless of whether they are travelling as drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists, or public transportation riders. The concept of Complete Streets is to make the transportation network safer and more efficient.
Complete Streets approaches may address a wide range of elements, such as sidewalks, bicycle lanes, bus lanes, public transportation stops, crossing opportunities, median islands, accessible pedestrian signals, curb extensions, modified vehicle travel lanes, streetscape, and landscape treatments. Complete Streets reduce motor vehicle-related crashes and pedestrian risk, as well as bicyclist risk when well-designed bicycle-specific infrastructure is included.
They can promote walking and bicycling by providing safer places to achieve physical activity through transportation. One study found that 43 percent of people reporting a place to walk were significantly more likely to meet current recommendations for regular physical activity than were those reporting no place to walk.
