Preliminary DraftCountywide Rule Amendment
Special DesignationTransit Oriented Development
Corridors
Pinellas Planning CouncilJuly 2010
Transit Corridors
• Primary– Alternatives Analysis
• Link fixed-guideway transit stations
• Part of TBARTA’s Master Plan Long-Term Regional Network
– Defined by TSAPs
• Secondary– Enhanced Bus Network
• Supportive bus service/connectivity to the Primary Corridors
• Increase transit ridership throughout the county and connecting to other transit stations
– Defined by TSAPs
Typologies(fixed-guideway transit stations, transit
hubs, and local transit stations)
• “Types” 1-4, with 1 most dense/intense and 4 the least
• 500 acres +/-, 1 mile wide• Generally correspond with TBARTA’s
suggested typologies• Based on type of transit “technology” and
make up of the area applied to (or as planned for)
• To be defined by a TSAP
Alternatives Analysis – Potential Primary Corridors - Locally Preferred Alternative
Illustration –
Downtown Clearwater
Type 1 Station Typology and
Primary Corridor
Central Plaza – Type 2 Station Typology and
Secondary Corridors
Type 2-4 Potential Typology Locations and Secondary
Corridors
1/2 Mile
1/2
Mile
PSTA Central Plaza - Type 2
Central Avenue and 34th Street - Secondary Corridors
1 Mile
SummaryTOD Countywide Plan Map
Category• Applied as a TOD Overlay recognizing:
– TBARTA’s Alternatives Analysis– PSTA’s Enhanced Bus Network
• Local approval of TSAP for Station Areas and Corridors
• PPC/CPA receipt/acceptance– Countywide Plan Map adjusted to recognize
TSAP boundary
Transit Corridors• Primary
– Alternatives Analysis• Link fixed-guideway
transit stations which are part of the adopted TBARTA’s Master Plan Long-Term Regional Network
– No “proportionate share” requirements
– Density/Intensity bonus– Applied via TSAPs
• Secondary– Enhanced Bus Network
• Supportive bus service/connectivity to the Primary Corridors and to enhance transit ridership (may include fixed-guideway transit stations, transit hubs, and local transit stations)
– No “proportionate share” requirements
– Applied via TSAPs