This project is being carried out for the Florida Department of Transportation as part of the agency's commitment to a larger role for transit in the state's transportation future. Several Florida metropolitan areas have, or are planning, rail transit services. These services will be financed in part by state funds. In order to maximize the benefits of rail transit, it is critical to attract the appropriate concentrations and mixes of activities to rail corridors and station areas that will build ridership and contribute to the quality of urban life. Existing, proposed, and planned rail transit investments in Miami and Southeast Florida, greater Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, and Jacksonville, can be made more cost-effective by utilizing this strategy. This research project will assist in implementing such a strategy by: (1) Examining ways in which this approach can be used to take advantage of potential opportunities on existing or planning, rail transit systems; (2) Identifying barriers and constraints that limit or prevent this type of development in Florida, and in particular the communities that have, or are planning, rail transit; (3) Recommending a set of actions to overcome these barriers and constraints at the state and metropolitan levels.


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    Title :

    Conditions of Successful Station Area Development. Enabling Station Area Development in Florida: Towards More Cost Effective Rail Transit Investment. Technical Memorandum Number One


    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    128 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English