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High-Speed Rail (HSR)In April 2009, the federal government unveiled a new national plan for intercity passenger rail. On January28, 2010, President Obama announced Florida was awarded $1.25 billion in American Recovery andReinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to start construction of the Tampa-Orlando leg of the federally designatedTampa-Orlando-Miami high speed rail corridor. The Tampa-Orlando line will run 84 miles from downtownTampa to Orlando International Airport and is estimated to cost $2.6 billion to build. Trains will operate atspeeds as high as 168 m.p.h.FDOT is responsible for building the project with oversight by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).Construction is projected to start in 2012 and system operation is scheduled for 2015.LOCAL PLANS AND POLICIES2035 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP)The 2035 Pinellas County LRTP is the fundamental planning document for long-range transportationsystem development in Pinellas County. The LRTP and Comprehensive Plan provide goals for the futureof the County. Although these goals are determined at the local level, they must be consistent with federalandstate-level requirements to maintain funding.The 2035 Pinellas County LRTP assesses the transportation needs of Pinellas County and sets forthimprovements necessary to meet those needs over a 25-year period. The LRTP addresses all principalmodes of transportation as an integrated system, including highways, public transportation, bikeways, andpedestrian facilities. To update the transit element of the LRTP, the MPO used information from theadopted 2025 LRTP, PSTA’s TDP, and the priorities that emerged from the Tampa Bay Area RegionalTransportation Authority (TBARTA) Regional Transportation Master Plan. A visioning and scenarioplanning process is also being used to develop and test alternative land use and transportation scenariosfor Pinellas County. The 2035 LRTP continues the MPO’s increasing emphasis on alternatives toautomobile travel, including mass transit, walking, and bicycling. Of particular relevance to PSTA, masstransit is a specific area of focus with the 2035 LRTP, as it introduces a proposed rail and premium busnetwork that takes advantage of advanced technology systems and vehicles.The LRTP has two specific objectives dedicated to public transportation. To accomplish these objectives,16 policies are provided. These policies address governmental coordination, transit-friendly design,intermodal development, and transportation disadvantaged services. Public transportation is also an areaof concern in other objectives dealing with congestion management, system management and operations,environmental protection and neighborhood preservation, safety, and intergovernmental coordination.Tindale-Oliver & Associates, Inc.Pinellas Suncoast Transit AuthoritySeptember 2010 2-6 Transit Development Plan
The LRTP objectives and policies that address public transportation are identified below. Several policiesrefer to the Pinellas Mobility Initiative (PMI) Steering Committee. That committee has been replaced by thePinellas County Alternatives Analysis Project Advisory Committee (PAC).Objective 1.4: Mass transit use shall be encouraged and promoted in order to increase ridershipwhile reducing the number of single-occupant vehicles on the county’s roadways and as a primarymeans of travel for the transportation disadvantaged population.oooooooPolicy 1.4.1: The MPO shall assist and support the efforts of the PSTA to implement andachieve the goals of its Ten-Year Transit Development Plan and to carry outrecommended actions derived from related studies.Policy 1.4.2: The MPO shall encourage local governments to include transit-friendly andsupportive design standards in local land development codes to ensure safe passage fortransit users from bus stops to proximate buildings and to encourage transit use.Policy 1.4.3: The MPO shall encourage FDOT and local governments to include pull-outbays at transit stops on major roadways in the design of road improvement projects and onre-surfacing projects, where feasible, to provide a safe boarding area for transit riderswhile limiting the impedance of oncoming vehicular traffic.Policy 1.4.4: The MPO shall continue to ensure that economically disadvantaged andphysically impaired citizens of Pinellas County have access to cost-effective and efficienttransportation services.Policy 1.4.5: In its role as the Pinellas County CTC, the MPO shall provide, whenappropriate, 31-day unlimited use PSTA bus passes (i.e., GO Cards) to TransportationDisadvantaged Program customers as a cost effective way of providing neededtransportation and increasing clients’ overall mobility.Policy 1.4.6: The MPO shall continue to work with local governments, communities, andPSTA to identify and assess transit needs in the county.Policy 1.4.7: The MPO shall work with the Tampa Bay Area Regional TransportationAuthority (TBARTA) to develop and implement a regional master plan for public transit.Tindale-Oliver & Associates, Inc.Pinellas Suncoast Transit AuthoritySeptember 2010 2-7 Transit Development Plan
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