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Comprehensive Plan <br />Transportation Element <br />Rail and Intermodal Planning <br />While Indian River County is served by the FEC rail corridor, the County currently does not <br />have passenger rail service. In 2006, the Committee for a Sustainable Treasure Coast (CSTC) <br />adopted a series of action steps aimed at promoting intermodal transportation. Most of the <br />recommended actions concerned regional intermodal transportation improvements. Among the <br />specific recommended steps were securing access to the FEC rail corridor for future rail <br />passenger transportation; planning for regional intermodal public transportation, with mixed land <br />uses around stations and high-intensity corridors; and establishing additional regional <br />cooperation between MPOs and the Regional Planning Council, particularly with respect to <br />funding and intermodal planning. <br />Truck Route Planning <br />In 2003, a Truck Traffic Routing Plan was adopted in Indian River County. That plan designated <br />approximately 70 centerline miles of roadways as either primary or secondary truck routes. <br />Land Use and Transportation <br />Current and future land use patterns have a substantial influence on the characteristics of the <br />transportation system. Overall, the location of major trip generators and attractors influences <br />roadway improvement needs as well as the demand for transit. Trip generation areas are those <br />portions of the county where major residential developments are located. These developments <br />generate trips. Trip attraction areas are locations with shopping, recreation, medical, <br />employment, and other facilities. People are attracted to these areas by the services or facilities <br />available there. Figure 4.7 shows major trip generation and attraction areas in the county. <br />In 20052019, the county's land -use pattern consisted primarily of low-density residential <br />development, commercial uses in a few major corridors, relatively litticsome mixed use erand <br />downtown development/redevelopment, and dispersed employment centers. New residential <br />areas have now expanded to the western edge of the urban service area on several corridors, <br />including CR 510, 5th Street Southwest, 1st Street Southwest, Oslo Road, and 58th Avenue. as <br />well as infill areas on both sides of US 1. <br />In terms of attractors, the SR 60 corridor and the Sebastian area in the vicinity of Roseland Road <br />have emerged as the County's major shopping areas, replacing older strip -type shopping centers <br />along US 1. Other attractors include county and state government offices and the County <br />Courthouse, as well as a branch of the Indian River State College, all located in Vero Beach; city <br />government offices and post offices located in each city; and major medical services which are <br />located at Indian River Memorial Hospital and the County Health Department, all located in the <br />Vero Beach area; as well as the Sebastian River Medical Center located in the <br />Sebastian/Roseland area. <br />Community Development Department <br />Indian River County <br />60 <br />APPENDIX A — Transportation Amendments <br />