Department of Growth Management

Transportation Planning

Home of the Mobility Plan

Alachua County's Plan to effectively link Land Use and Transportation

The Mobility Plan

condos Alachua County is preparing amendments to its Comprehensive Plan which propose to reduce vehicle miles travelled and greenhouse gas emissions per capita by providing for enhanced transportation mobility options in conjunction with land use changes that bring services closer to residents and provide for development densities and intensities that are transit supportive.

Key features of this plan include:

bike 1) An alternative concurrency management system that will enable new development to satisfy its transportation concurrency obligations through the payment of a multimodal transportation fee.

2) Provisions and incentives for Transit Oriented Developments and Traditional Neighborhood Developments that will facilitate a reduction in vehicle miles travelled per capita.

3) A financially feasible multimodal infrastructure plan to accommodate future growth and transportation demands within the Urban Cluster Boundary in an fiscally efficient and ecologically responsible way.

Land Use: Urban Cluster

mapAlachua County identified an Urban Cluster Boundary in 1991. Since that time urban densities are only provided for inside the urban cluster boundary and inside municipal boundaries.

Land Use: Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND):

mixed useThe Mobility Plan encourages TNDs which allow residents to walk and bike to a village center containing a mixture of commercial, residential, office and civic uses Transit Oriented Development (TOD).

TODs are a key feature of The Mobility Plan. These developments contain a mix of uses and provide a higher density focal point for transit. They also will be the location of park and ride lots to serve residents in outlying areas.

Imagine driving a short distance, parking, getting a cup of coffee, checking your email as you take transit into town, taking transit back to your vehicle, picking up groceries in the village center, and heading home for dinner.

Transportation: Getting there from here:

Express Transit Service

brt The Mobility Plan proposes Express Transit Service from the edges of the Urban Cluster to UF and Shands Hospital and Downtown Gainesville beginning in 2015. Proposed express transit routes serving commuting trips from East Gainesville, Southwest Gainesville, Jonesville and Santa Fe College.

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Bicycle and Pedestrian Connectivity

bike The Mobility Plan proposes a connected bicycle and pedestrian network with new on-road bicycle lanes and off-road multi-use paths. These facilities will connect existing and future residential development to TODs, TNDs and Activity Centers

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Interconnected Roadway Network

brt The Mobility Plan proposes to continue the development of the gridded roadway network as well as addressing the bottlenecks crossing Interstate-75.

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Rapid Transit Service

brt The Mobility Plan proposes a rapid transit service commonly referred to as Bus Rapid Transit. The primary feature of this system is buses running in dedicated lanes in a very rail like configuration. The system will be developed in conjunction with TODs and as density increases within the Urban Cluster.

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