A Gulf Boulevard safety study meeting was held Thursday evening at the St. Pete Beach City Commission building as the community discusses ways the popular stretch of roadway can be made safer for drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians. It’s this time of year that there is the highest number of pedestrian-involved crashes, and it’s no coincidence with an influx of traffic from spring breakers and snowbirds. The portion being analyzed as a part of the study is Gulf Boulevard from the Pinellas Bayway to 75th Avenue. "We have to make decisions about which areas we're seeing the highest crash rates in and a lot of the data was pointing towards this segment," Nousheen Rahman, the Forward Pinellas principal planner, said. According to the city of St. Pete Beach, Gulf Boulevard is the roadway with the most vehicle accidents and pedestrian fatalities. There were at least 50 such incidents every month in 2023, except June, which saw just under 50 incidents, according to Forward Pinellas. There were 422 crashes reported between 2017 to 2022, according to the presentation. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/st-pete-beach-gulf-boulevard-safety/67-06e98c2a-ea80-4d9f-a624-da4e74b095b1 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►X: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay