Can we make zero deaths on our roads a reality?
Can we make zero deaths on our roads a reality? By Sarah Caper Over the past year, I’ve heard this question over and over again: “Is zero deaths and serious…
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Proposed Law Would Put Pedestrians At Risk
Florida is in the middle of its legislative session for 2021, which ends on April 30. During this time each year, state lawmakers debate whether to pass bills that could…
Celebrating Florida Bike Month
By Angela Ryan My bicycle journey started like it does for many people. In high school I didn’t own a car and needed to get to work. I was one…
The Traffic Counts Are In
“Traffic just keeps getting worse!” This is a phrase that we hear a lot at Forward Pinellas because one of our primary responsibilities is to plan for a transportation system…
Transitioning to Transit-Oriented Development Gives Way To Equitable Planning
Have you ever been to a city where you can easily travel without an automobile? Where transitioning from walking, or perhaps biking, to transit is seamless, efficient, and enjoyable? Where…
Electric Bicycles Give Rise to a New Mobility and Some Questions
By Whit Blanton Perhaps you’ve seen them? The fat-tired, bulky framed or squat bicycles with the bulging disk of a heavy, black battery sitting on the rear rack or inside…
Bringing People Together to Create a Better Future
In Florida’s most densely populated county, change is constant. As the Pinellas Planning Council and Metropolitan Planning Organization, Forward Pinellas strives to bring everyone together to serve the needs of our community and create a vision for the future.
With coordination of 25 local governments, almost 975,000 residents, and more than six million visitors each year, Forward Pinellas enables seamless transportation and redevelopment that provides opportunity for people and communities to thrive.
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Upcoming Events
CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CAC) MEETING
The actions of the CAC are guided by its vision for “a community-driven, modern transportation system that is safe, provides equitable access, and efficient mobility options in support of a sustainable, healthy, livable, and economically vibrant region.” Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, or family status.
Find out more »TECHNICAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE (TCC) HYBRID MEETING
The TCC makes recommendations on a variety of planning issues based on their technical merit. Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, or family status.
Find out more »LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE (LGC) MEETING
The legislative committee prepares legislative priority positions, monitors active legislation, and discusses a range of potential concerns and issues related to state and federal legislative affairs. Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, or family status.
Find out more »FORWARD PINELLAS BOARD MEETING
Forward Pinellas is governed by a 13-member board of elected officials. These officials represent municipal governments, the Board of County Commissioners and the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority. Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, or family status.
Find out more »SPOTlight
In 2015, our board decided on three Strategic Planning & Operations Topics or SPOTlight areas that require strongly coordinated improvements in transportation and land use to foster economic opportunity, enhance community sustainability and leverage partnerships with the public and private sector.
In Our Community
April 14, 2021
PINELLAS COUNTY, FL —- Forward Pinellas is grateful to be named the 2020 Planning Organization of the Year from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). During the virtual Excellence in…
March 15, 2021
PINELLAS COUNTY, FL —- Did you know that two people are killed or seriously injured every day on our roadways in Pinellas County on average? The Forward Pinellas Board is…
March 10, 2021
PINELLAS COUNTY, FL —- In an effort to promote bike safety and celebrate the many benefits of bicycling the Forward Pinellas Board recognizes March 2021 as Florida Bike Month. With…
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