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MAITLAND TOD CONCEPT
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Artist’s rendering looking east towards proposed station.
DeLand
DeBary
Sanford
Lake Mary
Longwood
Altamonte Springs
Maitland
Winter Park
Florida Hospital
Lynx Central
Church Street
Orlando/Amtrak
Sand Lake Road
Meadow Woods
Osceola Parkway
Poinciana
Kissimmee
This village-scaled station is part of the community vision for revitalizing
area properties, stimulating job creation and investment, and strengthening
connections between neighborhoods east and west of North Orlando Avenue/
US 17-92.
Since transit-oriented development potential is highest on the narrow swath
of land between the tracks and US 17-92, a mutually beneficial, coordinated
redevelopment of these parcels will create an integrated SunRail Station area. Over
time, first phase park-and-ride surface parking could be redefined as multi-story
mixed-use and residential buildings.
Parking can be set back from the station to allow development closer to the
platform, and allow for a visual connection to US 17-92. Traffic calming along US
17-92, with well defined pedestrian crossings, will encourage transit patrons to
walk to and through the area, including from the Packwood Downtown District to
the south. Extending Versailles Drive west across North Orlando Avenue will add
connectivity to the street system. Greenwood Gardens residents will be able to
access the station from the west with a direct pedestrian connection at Marion Way.
A generous open space/plaza, with adjacent ground floor business activity, will
seamlessly connect to the station platform creating, a welcoming new “front door”
for Maitland.
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MAITLAND TOD STATION CONCEPT
Maitland TOD Station Plan
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Traffic Calming
Crossing Improvements
Proposed Pedestrian and
Bike Connection
Existing Trail
SunRail
MAITLAND TOD NEXT STEPS
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Aerial photo of existing conditions.
The Maitland station shares many characteristics with classic TOD infill sites – a limited amount of land,
strong neighborhoods and a busy street as a front door. A redevelopment project incorporating transit
parking has been proposed adjacent to the SunRail platform. Sitting to the north of the downtown, a Village
Center TOD is an appropriate scale of development. In addition to the information presented earlier in the
report, next steps in TOD planning for Maitland might include:
•Partnering with the Community Development Agency, which already has many of the tools and skills
necessary, to leverage SunRail as a catalyst to enhance area growth and attract new investment.
•Moving to transit-friendly parking ratios near the station to leverage the access to SunRail. District parking,
a technique which allows phasing and reducing parking over time, may also be effective.
•Managing high traffic volumes, which isolate the station from the community. The City should work with
FDOT to initiate a complete streets study to calm US 17-92 in the immediate area surrounding the station.
•Completing pedestrian and bike connections to the west of the station.