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Future Station Access Needs
The Naylor Road Station area is expected to undergo a wholesale transformation from an
auto-centric transit station to a mixed-use, transit-oriented regional center with high-density
housing, offices, and retail. Realizing this vision will take years, and this redevelopment process
is just now beginning through completed or in-process planning studies tasked with improving
the station area and its multimodal access. This report uses information and findings from
these studies as well as additional station observations and analyses to define station access
deficiencies and opportunities for improvement—or more simply, station access “needs.”
Needs highlighted in this section are grouped by mode of access. The next section, Station
Recommendations, summarizes recommendations proposed in response to these defined needs.
Pedestrian
Twenty-nine percent more pedestrians and cyclists are estimated to access Naylor Road
Station by 2040 compared to 2012, with pedestrians making up almost all of the increase.
Comprehensive redevelopment of the station area would significantly contribute to this
increase in walking trips. TOD near the station is planned to greatly improve the pedestrian
experience through the use of complete street and placemaking principles. Until then, the station
area remains automobile-oriented and in some cases inhospitable to pedestrians. Pedestrian
infrastructure within and surrounding the Naylor Road Station area is lacking in many, but not
all, respects, and it will need to be improved to not only facilitate the anticipated increase in
pedestrians by 2040 but also accommodate the many pedestrians who access the station now.
The following pedestrian needs result from the existing station area configuration.
Desired Access Points
Despite its large footprint, pedestrian access to Naylor Road Station is limited as much of the
automobile-oriented station area is protected by a fence capped with barbed wire. Pedestrians
have created impromptu access points to reach the station entrance more quickly or to save time
when walking to nearby locations. Impromptu access points are located along pedestrian desire
lines and are characterized by worn, dirt pathways where from frequent use.
Figure 41 highlights the location of three observed desire lines: the northwest corner of the
Park & Ride lot, the Oxon Run Drive station entrance, and the Branch Avenue station entrance.
Worn pathways are important indicators of where the pedestrian infrastructure is not meeting
the needs of the walking public, and where targeted improvements are likely to have a positive
impact.
Safe Pedestrian Crossings
Figure 17, shown previously in Existing Station Area Characteristics, shows pedestrian crossing
issues that are in need of improvement. Crosswalks and pedestrian signals are missing at several
intersections where pedestrians frequently travel. Signal cycles along Branch Avenue are long
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