Big Bend Road PLAT Study

Big Bend Road PLAT STUDY Preliminary Land Use Assessment and Transportation Process

List of Figures......................................................................................................................................... iii List of Tables. ......................................................................................................................................... iv Understanding Baseline Conditions 1. Introduction and Purpose. ............................................................................................................... 1 1.1 PLAT Process Components .....................................................................................................1 1.2 Study Objectives......................................................................................................................2 2. Study Area........................................................................................................................................ 2 3. Previous Initiatives and Studies........................................................................................................ 4 4. Community/Corridor Characteristics. .............................................................................................. 5 4.1 Existing Socioeconomic and Demographic Conditions. .........................................................5 4.1.1 Population Growth and Trends.......................................................................................5 4.1.2 Wealth and Income . ......................................................................................................6 4.2 Existing Land Uses...................................................................................................................6 4.2.1 Residential .....................................................................................................................8 4.2.2 Schools...........................................................................................................................8 4.2.3 Recreational ...................................................................................................................8 4.2.4 Commercial....................................................................................................................8 4.2.5 Hospital..........................................................................................................................9 4.2.6 Industrial.........................................................................................................................9 4.2.7 Planned Development and Competitive Sites.............................................................10 4.3 Environmental .......................................................................................................................12 5. Transportation................................................................................................................................ 14 5.1 Existing Traffic Characteristics ................................................................................................18 5.2 Travel Times ..........................................................................................................................18 5.3 Bi-directional Traffic Volume Counts ......................................................................................22 5.4 Turning Movement Counts (TMCs)........................................................................................22 5.5 Access Management..............................................................................................................22 5.6 Transit.....................................................................................................................................23 5.7 Trails.......................................................................................................................................23 5.8 Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities............................................................................................24 5.9 Major Parking Areas...............................................................................................................26 5.10 Travel Patterns. ......................................................................................................................26 5.11 Crash Analysis........................................................................................................................29 6. Long Range Plans. ......................................................................................................................... 33 6.1 Future Land Use and Planned Development.........................................................................33 6.2 Community Vision .................................................................................................................35

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Hillsborough County • October 2019

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