FIRST COAST COMMUTER RAIL TOD STUDY | TOD VISIONING
FIRST COAST COMMUTER RAIL TOD STUDY | TOD VISIONING
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CIRCULATION & CONNECTIVITY Connectivity plays a critical role within the JRTC Station area in terms of increasing safety and maximizing mobility and circulation. The first strategy focuses on Bay Street and Lee/Park Streets as integral elements of connectivity within the area. By introducing traffic calming measures such as street trees, improved sidewalks, enhanced crossings, and other multimodal improvements, the plan will increase circulation throughout the station area, improve mobility, and increase pedestrian safety north-south to Hogan’s Creek and Brooklyn, and east-west into Downtown Jacksonville. Improvements include bike lanes, enhanced lighting, multi-use trails, and robust wayfinding connecting the proposed FCCR station area to transportation options, open space networks, and adjacent neighborhoods. Lee Street, located along the eastern edge of the proposed TOD area, serves as a segment of the future Emerald Trail, a network of approximately 30 miles of trails, greenways, and parks that encircle the urban core. South of Bay Street, a new street grid is introduced on the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center site to establish new blocks for mixed-use, transit-oriented development. Stuart Street will function as a primary north-south connector linking the future FCCR station and new development with the JRTC and the greater LaVilla neighborhood. Pedestrian improvements on both Stuart Street and Johnson Street will increase circulation through the station area and provide increased connections to all modes of transportation.
OPEN SPACE & PUBLIC REALM The street network in the JRTC Station Area is an important element of the open space framework and constitutes most of the public space in the area. Complete Streets principles are applied to the entire street network within the station area and include pedestrian improvements and bicycle amenities that will enhance walkability, improve quality of life, and increase safety for all non-motorized modes. The Complete Streets strategy will optimize connectivity to existing and new open space networks, including clearer connections to the McCoy’s Creek revitalization area and Brooklyn Park via the planned Park Street cycle track. The Complete Streets network will integrate key public spaces within LaVilla, such as the planned improvements for Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park, with new open spaces proposed as part of the station area TOD vision. Beyond the streets, new public spaces, squares, and pocket parks are key strategies for building a new community within the JRTC Station Area. JRTC Plaza is the central feature of the station area. An entertainment and restaurant pavilion activates the space and serves as the threshold between transportation and new development. Station Square is a new park located between Union Station and the proposed FCCR passenger boarding platforms. This formal space celebrates Union Station and offers respite for transit riders, residents, workers, and visitors.
LAND USE The land use framework for the JRTC Station Area provides a mix and intensity of uses that will support the new neighborhood and LaVilla, serve transit riders, and position the station area as a major regional destination. The goal is to create a transit-centric, multi-family neighborhood with active green roofs and terraces that will support ground-floor restaurants and shops along with other critical neighborhood and community services. Land uses are ultimately intended to support a transit-centric living district that is anchored around public spaces and Complete Streets. Land use strategies for the station area include the creation of a mixed-use center and multi-family residential neighborhood on the Prime Osborn
Convention Center site, along with the repositioning of the Union Station as a major regional destination anchor and complement to the JRTC. New primary and secondary mixed-uses are planned for the areas south of Bay Street with key frontages along Stuart Street and the new east-west street aligning with Union Station. The new mixed-use blocks are intended for JTA and other publicly owned parcels of land, as well as surface parking areas and undeveloped office parcels immediately adjacent to the JRTC Station. Additionally, all frontage around the JRTC and the new JRTC Plaza are recommended for active and vibrant retailing and commercial. The proposed plan complements the townhome development along Park Street and Art Gateway immediately outside of the TOD Study area.
FRAMEWORK LEGEND PRIMARY MIXED USE
SECONDARY MIXED USE OFFICE & INNOVATION HUB MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL KEY FRONTAGES COMPLETE STREET PARKS/OPEN SPACE CIVIC NODE CONNECTION HIERARCHY
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Figure 5-4: JRTC STATION CIRCULATION
Figure 5-5: JRTC STATION OPEN SPACE
Figure 5-6: JRTC STATION LAND USE
FCCR TOD STUDY
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