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All of those factors severely limit the County's ability to provide efficient transit service with shorter headways and increased route coverage. To address that issue, the Board of County Commissioners adopted new objectives and policies in the 2010 Comprehensive Plan. Those objectives and policies support a Traditional Neighborhood Design (TND) approach for both residential and commercial developments, and encourage clustered development, walkable and interconnected neighborhoods and mixed use projects. The County also allows for a form -based development approach for regulating development within the Planned Development (PD) district. During the 2035 LRTP Update Process, the MPO adopted the Infill Alternative land use vision, an option which was developed as the preferred land use scenario for the 2035 LRTP Update. The Infill Alternative land use vision identifies specific districts and corridors for increased density and mixed-use development, as well as workplace districts focused on providing increased employment opportunities. Those districts and corridors offer the potential of providing transit supportive land uses. Examples of those districts and corridors include the Vero Beach and Sebastian downtowns, workplace districts adjacent to I-95 interchanges and airports, and the US 1 corridor. In order to serve and connect those transit supportive land uses, the vision supports operating premium transit service along the US 1, SR 60, CR 512, and I-95 corridors. The premium transit service may consist of service improvements (increased frequency and operating hours), enhanced stops/transfer hubs, and intelligent transportation system improvements such as transit signal priority and real-time passenger information. 5.5 Major Employers Figure 6-2 displays the location of Indian River County's major employers. A majority of the major employers are concentrated in Vero Beach and Sebastian, where GoLine service is available. Several major employers located along SR 60 to the west of Vero Beach, including CVS Warehouse, Indian River Estates and Vero Beach Outlets, are also served by transit. While employment is somewhat dispersed throughout the county, there are areas with concentrations of employment. There is a high concentration of employment near downtown Vero Beach due to the city and county government offices and Piper Aircraft with a large employment base. There is also a high concentration of employees near Sebastian River Medical Center and Indian River Memorial Hospital, resulting from the agglomeration of medical services proximate to those hospitals. 5-6 Sfanleyc"Wt-u l t