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Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element Rail and Intermodal Planning While Indian River County is served by the FEC rail corridor, the County currently does not have passenger rail service. In 2006, the Committee for a Sustainable Treasure Coast (CSTC) adopted a series of action steps aimed at promoting intermodal transportation. Most of the recommended actions concerned regional intermodal transportation improvements. Among the specific recommended steps were securing access to the FEC rail corridor for future rail passenger transportation; planning for regional intermodal public transportation, with mixed land uses around stations and high-intensity corridors; and establishing additional regional cooperation between MPOs and the Regional Planning Council, particularly with respect to funding and intermodal planning. Truck Route Planning In 2003, a Truck Traffic Routing Plan was adopted in Indian River County. That plan designated approximately 70 centerline miles of roadways as either primary or secondary truck routes. Land Use and Transportation Current and future land use patterns have a substantial influence on the characteristics of the transportation system. Overall, the location of major trip generators and attractors influences roadway improvement needs as well as the demand for transit. Trip generation areas are those portions of the county where major residential developments are located. These developments generate trips. Trip attraction areas are locations with shopping, recreation, medical, employment, and other facilities. People are attracted to these areas by the services or facilities available there. Figure 4.7 shows major trip generation and attraction areas in the county. In 2005, the county's land -use pattern consisted primarily of low-density residential development, commercial uses in a few major corridors, relatively little mixed use or downtown development, and dispersed employment centers. New residential areas have now expanded to the western edge of the urban service area on several corridors, including CR 510, 5th Street Southwest, 1St Street Southwest, Oslo Road, and 581h Avenue. In terms of attractors, the SR 60 corridor and the Sebastian area in the vicinity of Roseland Road have emerged as the County's major shopping areas, replacing older strip -type shopping centers along US 1. Other attractors include county and state government offices and the County Courthouse, as well as a branch of the Indian River State College, all located in Vero Beach; city government offices and post offices located in each city; and major medical services which are located at Indian River Memorial Hospital and the County Health Department, all located in the Vero Beach area; as well as the Sebastian River Medical Center located in the Sebastian/Roseland area. Recreational and cultural facilities are also trip attractors. On the barrier island, South Beach Park, Humiston Park, Sexton Plaza, Jaycee Beach Park, Wabasso Beach Park, Golden Sands Community Development Department Indian River County 42