Title: Traffic and Pedestrian Safety

Summary: Requiring that all plans submitted on or after a specified date for construction of a pedestrian crosswalk on a public highway, street, or road which is located at any point other than at an intersection with another public highway, street, or road must include traffic control signal devices and pedestrian control signals that conform to specified requirements; providing coordination requirements for such devices and signals requiring that such devices and signals be coordinated to meet specified requirements, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to traffic and pedestrian safety; creating s. 316.0756, F.S.; requiring that all plans submitted on or after a specified date for construction of a pedestrian crosswalk on a public highway, street, or road which is located at any point other than at an intersection with another public highway, street, or road must include traffic control signal devices and pedestrian control signals that conform to specified requirements; providing coordination requirements for such devices and signals requiring that such devices and signals be coordinated to meet specified requirements; requiring, by a specified date, that the entity with jurisdiction over a public highway, street, or road with a certain pedestrian crosswalk either ensure that the crosswalk is controlled by coordinated traffic control signal devices and pedestrian control signals or remove any such crosswalk; providing a declaration of important state interest; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 316.0756, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 316.0756 Traffic control signal devices and pedestrian control signals at crosswalks other than at intersections.  (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all plans submitted on or after July 1, 2024, for the construction of a pedestrian crosswalk on a public highway, street, or road which is located at any point other than at an intersection with another public highway, street, or road must include coordinated traffic control signal devices and pedestrian control signals that conform with the requirements of chapters 4D and 4E of the most recent Federal Highway Administration s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and other applicable Department of Transportation specifications. Traffic control signal devices and pedestrian control signals at crosswalk locations as described in this section must be coordinated to meet all of the following requirements: (a) Vehicular traffic approaching the crosswalk must come to a complete stop before pedestrians are allowed to enter the crosswalk. (b) Traffic control signal devices at intersections adjacent to the crosswalk must be taken into consideration as provided in the most recent Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and other applicable Department of Transportation specifications. (2) By October 1, 2028, the entity with jurisdiction over a public highway, street, or road with a crosswalk as described in subsection (1) shall either ensure that such crosswalk is controlled by coordinated traffic control signal devices and pedestrian control signals as required under subsection (1) or remove the crosswalk. Section 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that this act fulfills an important state interest. Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.