Mobility director requests recurring funds for pedestrian signals, road safety audits and bike infrastructure

Milos Mysdorovic, director of Aviation, Mobility & Parking, briefed the board on FY27 requests focused on safety, grant readiness and active‑transportation infrastructure.

Safety and maintenance: the department requested $40,000 in recurring funding to maintain about 40 rapid rectangular flashing beacons (RRFBs) and pedestrian crossing lighting citywide, explaining that equipment near the ocean tends to fail sooner and that there is currently no dedicated maintenance funding. Milos said one onetime RRFB would be required to preserve a crosswalk at Southwest Ford Avenue if Broward County removes other improvements near a recently closed school.

Grant leverage: the department asked for $50,000 in recurring funds to conduct road safety audits required to leverage FDOT local safety grants; securing audits would make the city eligible to compete for state funding programs such as Local Safety Grants.

Transit and biking: Milos requested $30,000 recurring as a microtransit contingency to provide ad‑hoc service for special events (estimated potential to add roughly 1,000 service hours depending on scope) and $20,000 recurring to expand bike racks and repair stations on corridors including Los Olas and the beach, with the intent to publish an inventory of rack/repair locations.

Commissioners asked about ridership: Milos said downtown/Gold Mile microtransit ridership was about 23,000 trips per month in FY25 and that the event microtransit request would be sized to event needs. The department said it could provide planning‑level estimates of ridership and vehicle hours if requested.

Why it matters: the requests are positioned to preserve pedestrian infrastructure, make the city more competitive for state safety grants, improve event mobility, and support bike commuting and first/last‑mile options.