FIRST COAST COMMUTER RAIL TOD STUDY | EXISTING CONDITIONS
FIRST COAST COMMUTER RAIL TOD STUDY | EXISTING CONDITIONS
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ST. AUGUSTINE
ATTRACTORS & NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS
BIKE LANES & REGIONAL TRAILS
The St. Augustine Station Area has a range of land uses with significant low density residential, and varying levels of commercial, mixed-use and multi-family residential, and a small mix of government, cultural and education, and religious institutions. There are several destinations for tourists and residents within this station area including historic destinations and museums, Flagler College, St Johns Community Campus, Francis Field, and various churches and organizations. There are several parks located throughout this station area including the Zora Neale Hurston Memorial Park at King Street, Swing Park south of West Castillo Drive and the Francis Field. MAJOR CORRIDORS & CONNECTIONS The St. Augustine Station Area has the San Sebastian River directly to the west of the FEC rail corridor, which travels north-south parallel to Ponce De Leon Boulevard (US 1). The eastern side of the station area encompasses a large portion of the Historic Downtown St. Augustine. TRANSIT There are several north-south transit routes that travel through the station area including the Sunshine Bus Purple, Teal and Connector Routes that travel along Ponce De Leon Boulevard. The Blue transit route travels east-west along King Street to the south. The Red Line travels north-south between San Marco Avenue and Ponce De Leon Boulevard, as well as east-west along Orange Street and King Street. The Old Town Trolley Tours of St. Augustine offers hop-on and hop-off circulation throughout the historic downtown area to reach key destinations. SIDEWALKS The St. Augustine Station Area has a robust interconnected sidewalk network throughout providing significant pedestrian access to the residential streets and accessibility to the destinations throughout the Historic District. Sidewalks are predominantly provided on both sides of the streets throughout. Ponce De Leon Boulevard has sidewalks on the northbound side, opposite to where the FEC rail corridor travels in parallel to the west. Additional safety features such as high-visibility crosswalks are proposed as part of the St. Augustine 2040 Mobility Plan.
While there is a robust, interconnected sidewalk network through this station area, there are currently no separated bike lanes. There are, however, bike racks located at some of the active uses within the station area. The City of St. Augustine does propose protected bike lanes along Ponce De Leon Boulevard and SR A1A. A citywide bikeshare program was recently launched with hub locations located in the Historic District, West King Street, San Marco Avenue, Lincolnville and Davis Shores. Currently, there are no trails through the St. Augustine Station Area, however there are plans for future regional trails proposed as part of the SUN Trail network and East Coast Greenway along King Street and San Marco Avenue. The Palatka to St. Augustine Trail is identified in the future along King Street and is partially funded for pre-construction. The East Coast Greenway is also identified as an unfunded gap along San Marco Avenue. OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONNECTIVITY The St. Augustine Station Area has a strong roadway grid network to enhance connectivity, however many streets are narrow and main corridors experience high levels of congestion. As a significant destination for tourists and residents alike, the St. Augustine Station Area provides ample commuter transit connectivity, circulation and pedestrian walkability. Constraints within the station area include bike lanes and scooter infrastructure given the narrow roadways throughout the historic downtown area but a new bikeshare program is underway and there are plans to develop some protected bike paths. There are transit and trolley routes available to provide additional connectivity as well as first and last mile travel throughout the area. St. Augustine also embraces enhanced mobility and innovative approaches. The City of St. Augustine’s 2040 Mobility Plan emphasizes a “park once” approach to provide more options to allow visitors to move around and reduce the number of vehicles circulating downtown. The City also identified “multimodal ways” to serve as corridors for automated transit shuttles, golf carts, electric vehicles and trolleys; as well as scooters, electric bikes personal electric mobility devices, and Segways along portions of King Street, Anastasia Way and San Marco Avenue. These corridors are envisioned to provide key connections between parking locations, planned TOD and the Historic District.
PURPLE
CONNECTOR TEAL
Castillo de San Marcos
Francis Field
St. Augustine
RED
ORANGE
Flagler College
King Street
BLUE
Sunshine Bus Line Existing Bike Lane ROUTE MULTIMODAL CONNECTIVITY
ACTIVITY CENTER
Commercial/Civic Center Religious Use/Church Government/Hospital
Proposed Trail
Existing Trail
School/College
Existing Sidewalk
Proposed Smart Mobility Way
Trolley Stop
Figure 3-22: ST. AUGUSTINE MULTIMODAL CONNECTIVITY MAP
FCCR TOD
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