Example Details

Example:
Require developments adjacent to transit routes to build a shelter and provide an easement for transit
Objective:
Accessibility
Strategy Category:
Transportation: Enhance the connectivity between modes and scales of modes
Strategy:
(II.C.4) Enhance connections for bicyclists and pedestrians to transit stations
Originators:
City of Boca Raton
Implementors:
City of Boca Raton
Timeframe:
Current
Applies Systemwide?:
No
Comments:

The City's bus shelter regulations require that all new development or redevelopedment projects that require planning and zoning board, city council, or community redevelopment agency approval shall construct a bus shelter. Link to bus shelter regulations

The City's Transportation Demand Management Ordinance requires that, when applicable, a property owner shall provide a bus shelter or transit/bus pickup facility if the development has frontage on any transit route, unless the developer can demonstrate that a suitable facility is already available within 600 feet of the property on which the development is located. Link to TDM section of the Land Development Regulations

Example last updated August 2017

Contact: Ingrid Allen, City of Boca Raton Planning & Zoning

Ex. ID 174

Facility Types and Functions What is this?

Primary Multimodal
Transit: Premium service
Primary Commerce
Transit: Fixed route service
Non-Primary Hybrid
Transit: Fixed route and community bus service as needed

Place Types and Functions What is this?

Multimodal Districts & Nodes
Transit: Areas served by premium or frequent fixed route service
Lower Intensity Mixed Use
Transit: Premium, fixed route or circulator service depending on location
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