FIRST COAST COMMUTER RAIL TOD STUDY | EXISTING CONDITIONS
FIRST COAST COMMUTER RAIL TOD STUDY | EXISTING CONDITIONS
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BIKE LANES & REGIONAL TRAILS
City of St. Augustine Mobility Plan The City of St. Augustine 2040 Mobility Plan recognizes the need to provide mobility and circulation amidst constrained corridors with limited to no ROW. The plan identifies four elements, including: » Streets Plan: Combines complete streets and low-speed shared streets along Masters Drive, Old Moultrie Road and throughout the Historic District » Walking and Bicycling Plan: Establishes a network of protected bike lanes and trails; with proposed bike lanes along Ponce De Leon Boulevard and SR A1A, and proposed trails along King Street, Anastasia Boulevard, San Marco Avenue, and the Vilano Causeway » Multimodal Ways Plan: Integrate sidewalks utilizing pavement markings to narrow travel lane widths easily » Transit Circulation Plan: Support microtransit circulation (autonomous transit shuttles, golf carts, neighborhood electric vehicles, etc) to provide space for micromobility opportunities such as segways, scooters, electric bikes, etc. (see Figure 3-24)
There are currently no separated bike lanes within this station area. The City of St. Augustine does propose protected bike lanes along Ponce De Leon Boulevard and SR A1A. Currently, there are no trails through the 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 majority of connectivity is located along the southern and eastern side of the FEC corridor. As a destination station, it will be important to invest in additional circulation and first/last mile options from the potential commuter rail station to other mobility connections. There is supportive corridor and multimodal connectivity, though there could be greater infrastructure investments for bicycle and pedestrian assets. There is transit provided within the station area, however additional stops would be needed closer in proximity to the station location identified. Congestion and limited right-of-way make it challenging to provide greater capacity throughout this station area, increasing the need for multimodal and micromobility investments, however several plans envision such improvements to support mobility throughout the downtown area. The City of St. Augustine’s 2040 Mobility Plan emphasizes a “park once” approach to provide more options to allow visitors to move around without reliance on an automobile. The City also identified opportunities to further improve connectivity through “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.
Sunshine Bus (left) & St. Augustine Old Town Trolley (right)
St. Augustine Bike Share Hub (left) & Proposed Smart Mobility Way (right)
Existing Sidewalks on Ponce De Leon Boulevard and King Street
Figure 3-24: KING STREET MULTIMODAL CONNECTIVITY
FCCR TOD
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