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Pasco MPO to deploy micromobility cameras at three demonstration sites; board agrees to add US‑19 hotspot review
Summary
Marlin Engineering described a six‑month micromobility traffic counts project using AI‑powered cameras and near‑miss analysis at three Pasco County locations. Board members asked staff to prioritize US‑19 hotspots and authorized flexibility to add or adjust sites for the strategic plan.
Marlin Engineering on Feb. 13 presented the Pasco MPO's micromobility traffic counts strategic plan and a six‑month data collection schedule that will deploy AI‑enabled smart cameras at three demonstration locations in Pasco County.
Eric Katz of Marlin Engineering said the project will collect 24‑hour mode splits, trajectory data and near‑miss analyses at Starkey Boulevard at State Road 54, Ridge Road at the Suncoast Trail crossing, and U.S. 19 at Sea Ranch Road. The cameras are portable, non‑intrusive units that the contractor said can detect vehicles, buses, motorcycles, bicycles, scooters and pedestrians and then produce trajectory visualizations and heat maps for near‑miss events.
Katz showed sample outputs from other Florida jurisdictions and explained that near‑miss analytics extract moments where trajectories of vulnerable road users and motor vehicles approach conflict, then produce image excerpts and counts that engineers can use to prioritize treatments. He said FDOT central office already operates a statewide repository of continuous non‑motorized counters and that several additional FDOT continuous counters are planned in Pasco.
Board members emphasized focusing the work on documented crash hot spots along U.S. 19. Board member Jack Mariano urged staff to prioritize Grand Boulevard and other US‑19 intersections. FDOT District 7 representative Justin (last name not recorded) said FDOT already has corridor work planned for U.S. 19 and offered to prioritize the Grand Boulevard intersection for the near‑miss analysis as part of coordinated corridor studies.
After discussion, a board member moved to give staff flexibility to add or substitute sites; staff said a task order amendment would be required to change already‑scheduled deployments but said additional task orders could expand the program. The board directed staff to prioritize U.S. 19 hotspot reviews for incorporation into the broader safety action plan and to add selected sites into the strategic plan.
Marlin Engineering and MPO staff said the final strategic plan — scheduled for a June presentation — will include mapped past and proposed count locations, a recommended monitoring program, stakeholder training and recommended next steps for scaling micromobility monitoring across the county. Marlin staff confirmed the initial demonstration task order cost was about $25,000 and that future task orders could expand the count network if the technology proves useful.
Staff and the consultant also noted practical next steps: finalizing exact camera locations, undertaking site evaluations for camera placement and coordinating data sharing with FDOT and local jurisdictions so continuous counts can be stored in a common repository.
The board discussed signal and crosswalk maintenance during the presentation; County Engineer Nick Durant said Pasco County maintains signal equipment and asked residents to report malfunctioning pedestrian pushbuttons so operations staff can investigate.
