Regional Greenways & Trails Plan - North Florida TPO

First Coast MPO Regional Greenways & Trails Plan
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The most difficult stretch in
this segment is found between State
and Union Streets, where the JTA
FCCJ station sits across the Hogan
Street Alignment. Motor vehicle
traffic runs one-way west on State
Street and one-way east on Union.
While the exact alignment of bicycle
facilities around this facility will be
challenging, the site presents an
opportunity for multi-modal
connectivity; in addition to numerous
bus routes that converge there, the
FIGURE 39 Option A, overall alignment
facility also serves as a stop for the
Skyway, the Magnolia trolley and the
Azalea trolley. The facility already has a rather large bike-rack area, which, on the day
of the field survey, was near capacity, indicating an existing level of demand for bicycle
access to the site (Figure 40).
A preferred alignment for a trail through the site
would be along the east side of the grassy swale
that lies between the JTA station and a JTAowned
gravel parking lot to its east. This
segment would require some grading, but its
choice would minimize the distance diverted off
of the corridor’s primary alignment with Hogan
Street. An alternative alignment would be to
FIGURE 40 Bike racks at JTA Station
route the trail as a sidepath along the south side
of State Street, the west side of Laura Street and the north side of Union Street. The
existing crossings of State and Union Streets would have to be improved to
accommodate trail users.