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Comprehensive Plan Transportaticin Elemcmt <br />INTRC DUC TION <br />Trarisporiatkiri is a key ciomponenll oflevery ciommunAy's infrastruciture. While a ciommuriiity's <br />trarisporiafari 8Nstcim aciririeicts ]land uses wiithiri thei ciommunity, it also aciririeicts the (icimmunit)I <br />to other arcias iri thci stale, (iaunlry, and world. <br />Thci trar isporta ticir 1 8Nsturn iitseilfIcionsii818 cif Iseveral cam ponents. Thasa cam ponents iriciluda: the <br />roadway or tiaffie airciLilailion sNsilem; the 1Iransit system; the pedestriian/biicyclle sysilem; and tha <br />air/wakirport sNslleim. Eacih plays a vital] rale in cireating a cioordineted trarisportaticiri sNsllam. <br />In Indian Riueir Count)I, eis in mos11 : urisdiciticiris, thea traffic airmilal ion system is 1Itei racist visiblo <br />compcirieint oflthci trarisportaticiri s} stcim. Ike 1Iraffia circiulation systcim is particiularly signifiicianl <br />beaaiusei it not cirilly providers fi`ir travel] mc& within and through the ciocnty, tut it allso praN ideas <br />dirciat acaeiss to land partials, residencies and tusirieisseis. Consequciritly, thea relatkirishill betweeri <br />lark use and transportalion is of €]read cansequeriae. <br />Ganerally, travel patterns arc trainsportaticin demand rcmult ffcim :land use panleirns. Far thal <br />reason, the localion and;ntensily aflceivelciflmeml deiteirmiinci the numbeir, length, and routing oft <br />trips which dateirmiina thci necid for transportation system improvamemis. On the other hand, <br />transportation imprcivamcints, ltamsellvas, clan influen is davalopment patlums. For example, <br />builk ing roeids and prciuiding ac(ieiss to tiriclovelapod areas clan increiase 1Ihei clovelopmeint potenlia:l <br />of en areia. <br />For 1Iteisei reasons, cioordination between transportalion planning and land Lase planning is <br />importanml. The imlent aflthis element is to reoognize hese lravell patlernis and effbaiively address <br />transportation issues lin Indian R N eir Counl N . <br />EIAC KGRIOUND <br />In 7990, 111e Census Eurciau designated thea eiit)I ciflVarci Eciach arc the densely pcipLilalleid area <br />around tt ei city, as an urbanized arcia. By definition, an urbanized area is a aensus des iignatiicin <br />delermirieid by aonccintrall ions ciflpopullaticin. In 21(1(14, the Indian Rivor Catinty Lrtaniaed area <br />charigled as a result of the 21(1(1(1 census. Now knciwn as the Vero Beaoh/Sebasfan urt enizod area, <br />this areei its defined by thei Urt aniaeid Areca Boundary (UAE) st own in FriflL rei 4.7 . <br />Within Indian River County, the Indian River County Melircillcilitaln Planning Organiaatiiori <br />(MRO) is tfici organization responsible firir regianed transparlation planning. Although tfici MPO <br />is a separate arganizat ian, tha MAO sharcis stalffI mem t ars and othar reisciLircies with thci eiounty. <br />A s a resLilt, ecicirdination butwaen the count)I and the MPO in the Ilreparation and iimplamenlatiiori <br />of lhis alement and cilher plans is trulN cooparaftNa. In carrying oull its role as the ragionall <br />trarisportafari planning agency in thea ciounty, the MPO has used aounty staftfl and rasoureas 10 <br />producci many plans. TEeise plans incdcde a -2(141) -1-long Range Transparlatiari Klan <br />(adopiled Dciaemteir 24052M, a Clorigleistion Manageimenl System Plari (adcillled May <br />20NO(itoben 21)(119), a Bice I cdci-Plcidestc iari Plan (adcillted J*4Februard 2015 and a Trans i1 <br />Eaveloflmeml Plan (adarlted September- 888AuguA 20117 and reviscid annually). Thai MPIO has <br />also developed and cialibratud a a(iunt)Iwidei transportation planning model. <br />Community] Development Dey arilmenll Indian River County) 5 <br />A PIBENE IX A - Tlransportal ion Am endmerits <br />