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 Manatee County
 Comprehensive Plan
 Element 5 - TRANSPORTATION
 MASS TRANSIT - SUB-ELEMENT
 GOAL - 5.6

  Objective 5.6.3. - Coordinated Transit and Alternative Modes Planning.  

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  • Achieve efficient, coordinated transit and alternative modes systems. (See also Objectives 5.6.5 and 5.6.6 and associated policies.)

    Policy 5.6.3.1. Encourage the consolidation of all passenger transportation services within the County to eliminate duplication of services.

    Implementation Mechanism:

    (a)

    Manatee County Area Transit action to ensure policy compliance.

    Policy 5.6.3.2. Maintain the designation of Community Transportation Coordinator as offered by the State Commission for Transportation Disadvantaged and the Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) under Ch. 427, F.S. and Ch. 41-2, F.A.C.

    Implementation Mechanism:

    (a)

    Manatee County Area Transit action to ensure policy compliance.

    Policy 5.6.3.3. Ensure appropriate consistency between the operation and plans of Manatee County Area Transit and the MPO 2030 Long-Range Transportation Plan, the FDOT 2025 Florida Transportation Plan, Florida's Strategic Intermodal System Plan, the Short Range Strategic Plan, and approved Five-Year Work Program, and other federal, state, or local planning requirements or regulations to maximize intermodal transportation development.

    Implementation Mechanism:

    (a)

    Manatee County Area Transit coordination with Planning and Public Works Departments to ensure policy compliance.

    Policy 5.6.3.4. Consider, and include as necessary, transit and alternative modes corridor protection and reservation through the inclusion of appropriate rail and bus transit corridors, and alternative modes corridors on appropriate Right-of-Way Protection or Reservation Maps (see Traffic Circulation portion of this Transportation Element) to include pull-outs for transit in high-traffic areas and well-designed, pedestrian-friendly stops in appropriate locations of high transit use.

    Implementation Mechanism:

    (a)

    Manatee County Area Transit coordination with Planning and Transportation Departments to ensure policy compliance.

    Policy 5.6.3.5. Coordinate with the transit systems and alternative mode systems of Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Sarasota Counties to identify, and implement when feasible, inter-county services to increase transit and alternative modes systems' utility (refer to Policy 5.6.3.6).

    Implementation Mechanism:

    (a)

    Manatee County Area Transit coordination with Planning and Transportation Departments to effectuate this policy.

    Policy 5.6.3.6. Continue to expand the existing seamless transit service between Manatee and Sarasota Counties.