FIRST COAST COMMUTER RAIL TOD STUDY | TOD PERFORMANCE
FIRST COAST COMMUTER RAIL TOD STUDY | TOD PERFORMANCE
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TYPOLOGY » Multi-Use Suburban SECONDARY TYPOLOGY » Consolidated Center FCCR STATIONS » Walmart/University » JTB » Baymeadows » Avenues Walk » SR 312 SUB-MARKET » 2 » 3
The Consolidated Center Secondary Typology is defined by a concentration of employment and its supporting commercial, residential, and hospitality land uses in a suburban setting. Along the FCCR Southeast Corridor, multiple Station Areas such as Walmart/University, JTB, Baymeadows, Avenues Walk, and SR 312 draw patrons from across the region because of their commercial and employment opportunities. These station areas have a dense, suburban-scaled assemblage of retail and industrial developments along its core streets surrounded by established residential neighborhoods.. DENSITY Density in the Consolidated Center Secondary Typology Station Area is typically a cluster of medium-rise professional buildings with less dense supporting developments surrounding the employment center. Most medium- to high-intensity employment density is present along core streets such as Philips Highway and near commuter rail stations. Along the FCCR, Walmart/University Station Area is comprised of dense employment and commercial developments while less dense residential, cultural, and residential uses extend beyond the core employment area. Adaptive reuse of parking lots within existing parcels increases employment density and enhances the station area’s urban form. MIX OF USES In Consolidated Center Secondary Typologies, there is significant commercial opportunities, including dinning, retail, essential office services, and entertainment nearby the transit hub. JTB Station Area is split by the FEC Bowden Yard with western residential area and an eastern commercial, office, and industrial core. SR312 Station is a suburban area nearby to low density residential and multifamily residential that are divided from the commercial, office, industrial, and agricultural uses. The most variety of the land uses will be along the station area’s core street network.
Complete Streets design principles in the Consolidated Center Secondary Typology easily links the key commercial corridors to transit and recreational areas. Core streets should have wide sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle infrastructure, green spaces, and plazas, and other streetscaping to prioritize pedestrian safety over vehicle movements. Commercial areas often utilize the sidewalks and plazas to expand retail and dining outdoors. Nearby the FCCR, the vacant parcels and underutilized land surrounding commercial parcels have significant potential to develop the public realm around the areas to become a pedestrian-scaled street grid to link rail divided, or dead-end roads. MULTIMODAL CONNECTIVITY At Consolidated Center Station Areas, stations are in a central, visible location to encourage employees and other station area users in the area to utilize transit. The sidewalk network around the station prioritizes pedestrian travel to employment and commercial areas over vehicles, promoting a transit-centric employment campus. Local and regional bus service provide frequent and reliable service along core streets, connecting this regional destination and premium transit station to adjacent residential neighborhoods. Around the Station Areas, the pedestrian networks should widen the reach of this area’s pedestrian identity beyond its central employment and commercial hub. PARKING The Consolidated Center Secondary Typology aims to place parking at a premium, limiting parking to uncoupled structured parking, and on-street parking, with no minimum parking requirements. Future parking strategies include transforming underutilized and vacant surface parking lots to enhance connectivity through multimodal connections and mixed-use development. Station Areas such as Avenues Walk, utilize parking spaces to support transit with Park and Ride facilities to support travel and access. For the FCCR, the current abundance of parking in the core station area provides opportunity to improve density, connectivity, and beautify the area with streetscaping.
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Figure 4-14: SECONDARY TYPOLOGY - CONSOLIDATED CENTER
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