New Sidewalk Installation Request Form

Since December, 2010, the City of Tallahassee has applied various criteria to aid in ranking potential sidewalk-installation projects both for citizens' safety and to enhance the general quality of neighborhood life. In 2014, the City of Tallahassee worked for several months to update the evaluation criteria used to prioritize sidewalk projects. They began with projects identified on the 2010 Planned Multimodal Project List. The City Commission considered the initial draft of the updated prioritization process on September 10, 2014.

Note: the current sidewalk priority list above was last updated February 2022. Also, a given sidewalk may appear on the list, and may in fact, be high on the list. However, we do not yet have an estimated start date for construction on these projects.

The City of Tallahassee now maintains an identified project list for sidewalks throughout the city which ranks sidewalks based on multiple criteria. These criteria include roadside safety and access, safe routes to schools and pedestrian demand. A given project is scored based on the individual roadway's unique characteristics and then added to the list based for their final score. The sidewalk list is updated yearly; additional locations are added over time based on input and concerns received from the public.

To better understand existing methodologies for quantifying the ranking and the experiences of other communities, staff consulted with members of the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP). Most of this input was either very subjective or, in some cases, similar to the City's existing criteria. However, the city of Temecula, California presented a logical, objective format for ranking projects that provided ideas for improving the City of Tallahassee's system.

The ranking system we adopted here in Tallahassee used Temecula's system as a starting point, but with numerous modifications tailored to the community's needs. New sidewalk installations will be considered using the process outlined below.