Not Jacksonville. Actually, much smaller than Jax. Nevertheless, the developer is the same that built River City Marketplace. This is the type of outcome that was envisioned for Jacksonville during the planning and implementation of the Mobility Plan and Fee.
QuoteLAKELAND | Builders often pay cities impact fees for road widening projects if a big development is in the works.
Lakeland city officials recently came up with a new way to ease congestion when the Lakeland Park Center in North Lakeland opens in the fall.
The developer of the shopping center, Michigan-based Ramco Gershenson, plans to purchase a new $400,000 to $450,000 bus for the Citrus Connection and pay $93,600 each year for five years for operating expenses as part of the impact fees it was required to pay to the city. In addition, part of the impact fees will be used for widening Lakeland Park Center Drive.
"I've never bought a bus before," said Ed Eickhoff, company vice president who has overseen dozens of projects in his 27 years with Ramco Gershenson.
"It's unusual," said Chuck Barmby, transportation planner for the city. "In the old days of transportation concurrency, a lot of things were highway-focused like widening roads and intersections."
Tom Phillips, director of Citrus Connection, said it was a "forward thinking" move.
"The city and developer recognized that funding transit was more advantageous than building parking spaces," Phillips said.
A new route will take passengers directly to the mall, Phillips said.
full article: http://www.theledger.com/article/20140120/NEWS/140129960?tc=cr#gsc.tab=0
The Mobility Fee (albeit a reduced fee temporarily) is being collected.
Of course, even the full mobility fee was discounted off the full price of transportation impacts created by development....most impact fee ordinances in Florida are deeply discounted as well.
Speaking of mobility .. I just read an interesting article on 'Stroads' which I think is relevant to all the discussions on here regarding transportation options and road designs.
"If you want to ... truly understand why our development approach is bankrupting us, just watch your speedometer. Anytime you are traveling between 30 and 50 miles per hour, you are basically in an area that is too slow to be efficient yet too fast to provide a framework for capturing a productive rate of return."
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/01/dangerous-street-design-spreading-through-suburbs/8033/
^Yeah, I actually have an article in que about 'Stroads' based off the Atlantic Cities story.
Quote from: tufsu1 on January 21, 2014, 09:08:56 AM
The Mobility Fee (albeit a reduced fee temporarily) is being collected.
Whats the portion we are collecting now. We should be past the 9 month "free" time right? Are we collecting 25% right now?
How long till it is bumped to the next level of collection?
I'm not sure of the exact month the fee waiver went into effect but the council approved it in April 2013:
0 to 9 months = 75% fee waiver
9 to 15 months = 50% fee waiver
15 to 18 months = 25% fee waiver
If it started in May 2013, this would be the last month for a 75% waiver.
Excellent video. Reminds me of some local roads like the Arlington Expressway, where they tried to build a street as a service road connected to a highway, which resulted in a most confusing and difficult experience. It actually inhibits you from leaving the high-speed lanes.
A highway must be one or the other, cannot be both.