FIRST COAST COMMUTER RAIL TOD STUDY | TOD PERFORMANCE
FIRST COAST COMMUTER RAIL TOD STUDY | TOD PERFORMANCE
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KEY CHARACTERISTICS
CHARACTER
PUBLIC REALM The commercial and mixed-use corridors of this Core Fabric Secondary Typology often incorporate Complete Streets design principles, including sidewalks, bike lanes and safe intersection crosswalks, to optimize the public realm. Activated storefronts, streetscaping, enhanced lighting, and plazas reinforce a walkable and active “Main Street” environment. Pocket parks are often integrated with this Secondary Typology’s pedestrian network, increasing green space access for residents. FCCR Station Areas of Secondary Typology should utilize Complete Streets design principles around stations to link transit and TOD with commercial corridors, open spaces, and residential areas. San Marco and St. Augustine already have active public realms, and station area plans should increase the reach and presence of those neighborhood’s public realms. MULTIMODAL CONNECTIVITY Core Fabric Secondary Typologies locate premium transit options in a central, visible area. Sidewalks, bike lanes, and other micromobility space line the main station area corridors to link station area destinations. Local and express bus routes also provide service along core streets and into adjacent neighborhoods, providing additional transit service within these neighborhoods. While FCCR Station access points may not be located in the neighborhood core, access to transit improvements like sidewalks, crosswalks, and bicycle lanes provide direct, well-lit routes to and from transit. Sidewalks and paths along connecting streets should link transit service to destinations, commercial services, cultural and residential areas. PARKING Often, Core Fabric Neighborhood Typologies utilize no minimum parking requirements to maintain neighborhood character while also promoting use of transit. Parking can be provided in interior block, surface parking lots adjacent to core streets or through on-street parking to generate a buffer between traffic and the pedestrian network. Parking for FCCR Station Areas assigned for this Secondary Typology generally locate parking behind buildings, or along side streets to maintain the neighborhood’s cohesiveness, and preserve existing character. Parking is more distributed over the entire station in this Secondary Typology than the parking clusters present in the Emerging Center Secondary Typology.
TYPOLOGY » Core Neighborhood
The Core Fabric Secondary Typology can be characterized as urban neighborhood nodes with active, retail storefronts surrounded by walkable residential areas. The FCCR station areas assigned to this Secondary Typology, Jackson Square, and St. Augustine Station are within established historic districts in St Augustine and Jacksonville. The character of TOD will be strategic, small-scaled, contextually sensitive mixed-use developments with active ground floor storefronts and streetscapes to enhance the already distinct identities of these districts. The character of the blocks in the peripheries of these FCCR stations and commercial corridors will be medium to low-scale residential. This Secondary Typology typically has stations with some of the most distinct character of all proposed stations along the FCCR Southeast Corridor. DENSITY Most of the station area density is clustered around the commuter rail station and along core roads for this Secondary Typology. Residential density is realized with single-family homes, and infill townhome and small apartment developments within adjacent blocks. The less dense segments of this station area house typical complementary medium-low residential and employment uses. Height and building intensity of developments should blend seamlessly and complement the unique building architecture in San Marco and Downtown St. Augustine. These FCCR station areas should locate infill 2-3 story developments on vacant or underutilized parcels to support a contextual, transit- centric neighborhood. MIX OF USES Commercial, office, and mixed-use residential developments are usually bunched around premium transit, and along existing commercial streets in this Secondary Typology. Community retail uses like restaurants, bars, boutiques, grocery stores, and pharmacies address neighborhood needs along the main streets. Lower-density residential, educational, and professional uses make up the land uses in the surrounding blocks. Along the FCCR, commercial and residential infill developments can close underutilized parcels within blocks adjacent to FCCR stations. This Secondary Typology has some of the most varieties of land uses of all Secondary Station Area Typologies, along with the Emerging Center Secondary Typology.
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SECONDARY TYPOLOGY » Core Fabric
FCCR STATIONS » Jackson Square » St. Augustine SUB-MARKET » 1 » 3
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Balis Park - Jackson Square
St. George Street - St. Augustine
Figure 4-11: SECONDARY TYPOLOGY - CORE FABRIC
FCCR TOD
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