METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR THE GAINESVILLE URBANIZED AREA YEAR 2020 LIVEABLE COMMUNITIES REINVESTMENT COST FEASIBLE PLAN DECEMBER 14, 2000 (GO TO MAP) [shaded areas of table are not cost feasible]
PRIORITY RANKING	FACILITY/PROJECT NAME	FROM	TO	DESCRIPTION	1998 ESTIMATED COST (IN MILLIONS)
1	SW 20^th Avenue Charrette Projects (excluding committed projects and priorities 2 and 22)				$12.1
2	SW 24^th Avenue Extension	SW 34^th Street	Archer Road	new 2-lane divided road (2LD)	$1.8
3	SE 16^th Avenue	Main Street	Williston Road	corridor capacity enhancements	$2.1
4	SE Connector	Williston Road	SE 27^th Street	charrette and corridor planning study	$0.3
5	Depot Avenue Corridor	SW 13^th Street	Williston Road	reconstruct 2LD w/ bikelanes & sidewalks	$6.0
6	Archer Road	AT: SW 16^th Avenue		realign intersection	$1.4
		SW 16^th Avenue	Shands Hospital	limit vehicular access at SW 16^th Avenue and create dedicated bus lanes
7	University Avenue	W 13^th Street	Waldo Road	reduce to 2-lane divided with bus bays	$0.8
8	W 6^th Street	SW 4^thAvenue	NW 8^th Avenue	enhanced multimodal capacity	$2.8
9	Archer Rd / SW 23^rd Tr Rail-Trail	SR 121-Depot Ave Trail / SR 331-SR 24		offroad bike / pedestrian trail	$0.5
10	Bicycle Master Plan	AT: Countywide		placeholder for $3.7 million in dedicated bike / pedestrian projects	$3.7
11	Intermodal Center	Archer Road @ Interstate 75		transit transfer facility with park-n-ride lot	$0.1
12	Archer Road Enhanced Transit	Interstate 75	Shands / VA area	increased transit headways	$6.2
13	NW 34^th Street	NW 16^th Avenue	US 441	widen to add center turnlane	$10.7
14	Park-and-Ride / Express Bus-Alachua	City of Alachua	NW 43^rd Street	express bus to transfer facilities in GMA	$7.7
15	Park-and-Ride / Express Bus- Archer	City of Archer	Tower Square IC	express bus to transfer facilities in GMA	$6.5
16	NW 83^rd Street	NW 23^rdAvenue	NW 39^thAvenue	corridor capacity enhancements	$0.4
17	NW 83^rd Street Extension	NW 39^thAvenue	Millhopper Road	new 2-lane divided road	$3.6
18	Park-n-Ride / Express Bus- Hawthorne	City of Hawthorne	SE 50^th Street	express bus to transfer facilities in GMA	$8.0
19	Park-n-Ride / Express Bus- Newberry	City of Newberry	Jonesville	express bus to transfer facilities in GMA	$6.2
20	Park-n-Ride / Express Bus- Waldo	City of Waldo	NE 50^th Avenue	express bus to transfer facilities in GMA	$8.0
21	Tower Road Enhanced Transit	Archer Road	Newberry Road	increased transit headways	$6.0
22	Hull Road Extension	SW 62^nd Boulevard	SW 34^th Street	new 2-lane divided road (IF NEEDED)	$5.3
23	SW 40^thBoulevard Extension	Archer Road	SW 62^ndBoulevard	new 2-lane divided road	$1.8
24	Transit- Town / Village Center (TV) Transit Projects (excluding priorities 11, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20 and 21)				$123.0
25	Tower Road Charrette Projects (except for the Tower Road enhanced transit service)				$22.7
26	NW 24^thBoulevard Extension	NW 31^st Avenue	NW 39^thAvenue	new 2-lane divided road	$1.8
27	NW 8^th Avenue	NW 31^st Drive	NW 23^rd Street	reduce to 2-lane divided road	$0.4
28	E 27^th Street Extension	Hawthorne Road	NW 39^thAvenue	new 2-lane divided road	$10.7
TOTAL					$260.6

APPENDIX A LIVEABLE COMMUNITIES REINVESTMENT PLAN TRANSIT PROJECTS
FACILITY/PROJECT NAME	FROM	TO	DESCRIPTION
Transit- Regional Transit System	AT: systemwide		maintain existing transit service
Transit- Town/Village Center (TV) Transit Projects
Bus- Enhanced- Archer Road	Tower Road	Interstate 75	increased transit headways
Bus- Enhanced- Hawthorne Rd	SE 50^th Street	E University Ave	increased transit headways
Bus- Enhanced- Newberry Rd	Jonesville	Oaks Mall	increased transit headways
Bus- Enhanced- US 441	NW 36^th Avenue	NW 43^rd Street	increased transit headways
Bus- Enhanced- Waldo Road	NE 8^th Avenue	NE 50^th Street	increased transit headways; service to airport
Bus- Express- State Road 26	Oaks Mall	Downtown	express transit service
Bus- Feeder- NW 83^rd Street	NW 23^rd Avenue	Millhopper Road	additional service to intermodal centers
Bus Feeder- SE 4^th St & E 27^th St	Downtown	Airport	additional service to intermodal centers
Bus Feeder- W 34^th Street	Farmers' Market	Butler Plaza	additional service to intermodal centers
Bus Feeder- NW 43^rd Street	Newberry Road	Hunters Crossing	additional service to intermodal centers
Bus Feeder- NW 98^th Street & SR 26	SpringHills	Oaks Mall	additional service to intermodal centers
Bus Feeder- Tower Road & SR 26	Tower Square	Oaks Mall	additional service to intermodal centers
Bus- New Service NW 8^th Avenue	NW 43^rd Street	NE 11^th Street	new east-west transit service
Bus- New Service- NW 39^th Avenue	NW 13^th Street	NE 27^th Street	new east-west transit service
Busway- Archer Road	Tower Road	SW 34^th Street	dedicated busway
Busway- Archer Road	SW 34^th Street	Old Train Depot	dedicated busway
Busway- West Gainesville	Newberry Road	Archer Road	dedicated busway
Intermodal Center- Airport	NW 39^th Avenue @ Waldo Road		transit transfer facilities
Intermodal Center- Butler Plaza	Archer Road @ Interstate 75		transit transfer facilities
Intermodal Center- Oaks Mall	Newberry Road @ I-75		transit transfer facilities
Intermodal Center- Royal Park	Newberry Road @ NW 38^th Street		transit transfer facilities
Intermodal Center- SFCC-Downtown	University Avenue @ W 6^th Street		transit transfer facilities
Intermodal Center- Shands	Archer Road @ SW 13^th Street		transit transfer facilities
Intermodal Center- SpringHills	NW 39^th Avenue @ I-75		transit transfer facilities
Intermodal Center- Tower Square	Archer Road @ Tower Road		transit transfer facilities
Internal Circulator- Butler Plaza area	AT: Butler Plaza area		town center internal transit circulator system
Internal Circulator- Haile Plantation	AT: Haile Plantation area		town center internal transit circulator system
Internal Circulator- Oaks Mall area	AT: Oaks Mall area		town center internal transit circulator system
Internal Circulator- SpringHills area	AT: SpringHills area		town center internal transit circulator system
Internal Circulator- UF-Downtown	AT: UF-Downtown area		town center internal transit circulator system
Park-and-Ride / Express Bus-Alachua	City of Alachua	NW 43^rd Street	express bus to transfer facilities in GMA
Park-and-Ride / Express Bus- Archer	City of Archer	Tower Square IC	express bus to transfer facilities in GMA
Park-and-Ride / Express Bus- Hawthorne	City of Hawthorne	SE 50^th Street	express bus to transfer facilities in GMA
Park-and-Ride / Express Bus- Newberry	City of Newberry	Jonesville	express bus to transfer facilities in GMA
Park-and-Ride / Express Bus- Waldo	City of Waldo	NE 50^th Avenue	express bus to transfer facilities in GMA

Note: Estimated costs include capital, engineering, right-of-way, and operating costs.
GMA- Gainesville Metropolitan Area

APPENDIX B SW 20^TH AVENUE CHARRETTE PROJECTS (All roads constructed will have sidewalks & bikelanes)
PHASE	DESCRIPTION
Phase 1	annual enhanced transit funding
	purchase right-of-way to construct the MTPO-approved 4-lane cross-section
Phase 1A	bicycle/pedestrian trail
	bicycle/pedestrian grade separation at SW 34^th Street
Phase 1B	SW 34^th Street right-turnlane at SW 20^th Avenue
	SW 20^th Avenue- construct bus bays, missing sidewalk, raised medians, roundabouts, transit "super stops" and turnlanes
Phase 2	SW 62^nd Boulevard constructed to SW 43^rd Street
	SW 62^nd Boulevard/SW 43^rd Street roundabout
	SW 24^th Avenue constructed east to SW 34^th Street
	SW 24^th Avenue/SW 38^th Terrace roundabout
	SW 24^th Avenue constructed east to Archer Road
	SW 40^th Terrace constructed
	SW 38^th Terrace constructed
Phase 3	IF NEEDED, two-lane Hull Road constructed on Alternative 2-A alignment with street amenities, including wide sidewalks, bikelanes and streetscaping

APPENDIX C TOWER ROAD CHARRETTE PROJECTS
PHASE	DESCRIPTION
Phase 1	Include instreet bikelanes on Tower Road from SW 8^th Avenue to W University Avenue.
	Connect SW 8^th Avenue to SW 20^th Avenue using SW 61^st Street. [requires right-of-way acquisition]
	Connect SW 24^th Avenue to Archer Road using SW 63^rd Boulevard corridor. [requires right-of-way acquisition]
	Enhance bus service in the Tower Road and SW 24^th Avenue corridors.
	Construct sidewalks on both sides of SW 24^th Asvenue, from Tower Road to SW 43^rd St, at a maximum possible distance from the roadway, where they can be constructed in a cost/effective manner that minimizes adverse impacts on the environment.
	Construct roundabout on SW 24^th Avenue at SW 91^st Street.
	Prepare a design & engineering study for offroad bicycle/pedestrian facilities.
Phase 2	Construct sidewalks on both sides of Tower Road and SW 24^th Avenue, west of Tower Road, which are set back as near the edge of the right-of-way as possible and with as many shade trees in the buffer between the sidewalk and roadway edge as possible.
	Initiate construction of offroad bicycle/pedestrian facilities & continue through other phases until complete.
	Prepare a study for a roundabout at the intersection of Tower Rd and W University Ave.
	Restripe Tower Road with 11-foot lanes and include instreet bikelanes from W University Avenue to Newberry Road the next time it is resurfaced.
Phase 3	Reconstruct the two-lane portion of Tower Road as an enhanced two-lane facility with:
	1. landscaped medians (including shadetrees) and turnlanes;
	2. instreet bikelanes with colored pavement;
	3. colored-textured crosswalks when construction or resurfacing occurs; and
	4. roundabouts at the following intersections: SW 8^th Avenue; SW 13^th Road; SW 24^th Avenue; SW 42^nd Avenue/SW 41^st Place; SW 46^th Boulevard; and SW 53^rd Place.
Phase 4	Reconstruct SW 24^th Avenue as an enhanced two-lane facility with:
	1. landscaped medians (including shadetrees) and turnlanes;
	2. instreet bikelanes with colored pavement;
	3. colored-textured crosswalks when construction or resurfacing occurs; and
	4. roundabouts at the following intersections: SW 61^st Street; and SW 122^nd Street.
Any Phase	Develop technical information for a roundabout at the intersection of Tower Road and W University Avenue.
	Where feasible, in conjunction with other corridor construction on Tower Road and SW 24^th Avenue: underground utilities; and extend GRU reclaimed waterlines.

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