FIRST COAST COMMUTER RAIL TOD STUDY | TOD PERFORMANCE
FIRST COAST COMMUTER RAIL TOD STUDY | TOD PERFORMANCE
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PUBLIC REALM The Emerging Center Secondary Typology offers pedestrian-scaled city blocks and building frontages and feature wide sidewalks to promote connectivity and facilitate street activation. Complete Streets design principles found throughout these station areas optimize the experience for pedestrian and cyclists while traffic calming strategies, crosswalks, and mid-block crossings increase pedestrian safety and circulation. For the FCCR, a hierarchy of open spaces should be programmed throughout the Station Area, encouraging connections throughout and beyond parts of the urban area. These Station Areas should also offer pedestrian amenities and streetscaping to support a variety of dense uses that make the area an activated regional destination. MULTIMODAL CONNECTIVITY An Emerging Center Secondary Typology has plentiful intermodal premium transit opportunities. Ample pedestrian and bicycle amenities should be considered and should link with transit so users can move safely to and from the station area, especially near downtown areas where road Right-of-Way (ROW) may be at a premium. In St. Augustine, street network redesign along King Street and San Marco Avenue may be necessary to incorporate additional micromobility infrastructure FCCR service and station area planning should link with local bus and other mobility opportunities to provide a robust network of intermodal opportunities to adjacent neighborhoods and other local and regional areas. PARKING As an Emerging Center, parking should be limited to promote transit use and to maximize commercial, employment, and residential densities. Station Areas should implement progressive parking requirements that will require integrated structured parking or uncoupled structured parking, in addition to on-street parking, as to not detract from creating a cohesive, transit-centric urban landscape and identity. Surface parking should be limited.
TYPOLOGY » Core Neighborhood SECONDARY TYPOLOGY » Emerging Center FCCR STATIONS » San Carlos » King Street SUB-MARKET » 3
The Emerging Center Secondary Typology is defined as a creative, lively, transit-centric, city district for living, innovation, creating and entertainment. Stations areas are likely present near a central business district and have a distinct neighborhood identity. This Secondary Typology consists of a range of land uses in dense, urban settings that includes a concentration of residential, office, retail, cultural, and commercial uses. For the FCCR corridor, this lively Station Area Secondary Typology will be at the San Carlos and King Street stations, where transit connectivity and a historic downtown location are leveraged to create an exciting core of high-intensity, mixed-use development. DENSITY Density in the Emerging Center have similar development density of Core Fabric neighborhoods. Most of the development density is clustered around core roads with less dense, urban-scaled residential neighborhoods making up the remainder of the station area. Emerging Center Secondary Typology Station Areas have the potential to expand and integrate with the downtown area via blocks that contain a variety of mid to high-rise towers. Towers containing residential, office and hospitality uses will be located adjacent to the station, with building heights tapering off to blend the density of the station area with less dense blocks. MIX OF USES The Emerging Center provides a range of medium- to high-density land uses that creates a transit-centric and highly diversified population. Along key streets, ground floors are lined with destinations like restaurants, essential services, retail, and entertainment that can promote an 18-hour active environment. Along the FCCR, the blocks closest to the US1/San Carlos and King Stations have the most diverse mix of uses. Mixed-use blocks of apartments, offices, and hotels with active ground floors complement the emerging bar and restaurant scene. Residential and employment areas fill in the rest of the station area, creating an active urban neighborhood. Like the Core Fabric Secondary Typology, this Secondary Typology has some of the most varieties of land uses of all Secondary Station Area Typologies.
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Figure 4-12: SECONDARY TYPOLOGY - EMERGING CENTER
FCCR TOD
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