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The following section presents existing and potential connections that enable Pine Hills residents, businesses and institutions to have access to community and Regional destinations

Destinations within Pine Hills. The residents of Pine Hills, like residents in most

communities, have a fairly well-defined pattern of the places they frequent (see Figure 7.1). These places include regular trips from their homes to:

ƒ work, ƒ school,

ƒ grocery and related daily need shopping areas,

ƒ personal service businesses like daycare, doctors offices, beauty shops and dry cleaners,

ƒ parks and recreation places like Barnett Park,

ƒ community activity facilities like the Pine Hills Community Center, the Library, the YMCA and the Disney Boys & Girls Club,

ƒ spiritual places like churches, mosques and synagogues ƒ entertainment places like the movies and restaurants.

Modes of Travel. People travel to these places by car, by bicycle, by foot and by bus (see Figure 7.2). In order to make these trips safe and convenient, a system of travel-ways needs

to be developed and maintained.

ƒ Streets need to accommodate safe travel while preserving the integrity of the neighborhoods and respecting other modes of travel;

ƒ Sidewalks, other walkways and bikeways need to accommodate pedestrians and bikers, especially as they cross busy streets;

ƒ Multi-use trails can serve as safe ways for pedestrians and bikers to travel through the community with minimal conflict with automobiles; and

ƒ Buses need to provide frequent service to places where people want to go with weather-protected shelters at bus stops with sidewalks to nearby destinations.

Figure 7.2: Existing LYNX Routes Serving Pine Hills

Connections within Pine Hills. To maintain and improve the internal travelways within Pine

connections includes travelways for each mode of travel – cars, trucks, bikes, walking and buses. The following activities need to either be continued or initiated:

1. The Pine Hills Pedestrian System. The complete sidewalk, crosswalk, trail and

bikeway system should be examined for “gaps”. The completed comprehensive system will provide safe and convenient pedestrian and bicycle paths that connects residents with all Pine Hills’ schools, the YMCA, the Boys & Girls Club, the Pine Hills Community Center, the Orange County Public Library, neighborhood shopping centers and the proposed Pine Hills Town Center. A complete system would consist of:

a. A completed sidewalk system on every street throughout the Pine Hills community,

b. A bikeway system along the streets and roads with signs and lanes,

c. Safe pedestrian and bicycle crossings on Pine Hills Road, Silver Star Road, Powers Drive and Hiawassee Road along with other smaller streets in the community,

d. The Pine Hills Trail,

e. An enhanced sidewalk system along Balboa Drive, Delores Drive and

Hernandes Drive that connect the Pine Hills Trail with Barnett Park, and

f. The “Main” Connect, as shown on Figure 7.3 that provides a pedestrian/bike link between Evans High School, the proposed Pine Hills Town Center, the Pine Hills Trail, the Disney Boys & Girls Club, Mollie Ray Elementary School. and Barnett Park.

2. Start the Pine Hills Trail and Supporting Pedestrian System. The pedestrian/bike

trail planned along the power line from Silver Star Road to Colonial Drive can be developed in phases:

a. Phase 1 of the Pine Hills Trail System will include:

b. The Trail along the power line easement from Silver Star Road south to Hernandes Drive.

c. The Supporting Street System will then be enhanced to enable walkers and bikers to travel eastward along Delores Drive, across Pine Hills Road, to the Boys & Girls Club, Mollie Ray Elementary School and Barnett Park.

d. Safe Crossings will be provided at Pine Hills Road and Hernandes Drive.

e. Phase 2 of the Pine Hills Trail will continue southward to its terminus at Colonial Drive. Phase 2 of the Trail will also include the pedestrian over-pass at Silver Star Road to connect Phase 3 of the Trail. The funding for this over-pass is being determined.

f. Phase 3 of the System should be the extension of the sidewalk enhancements along Balboa Drive from the Pine Hills Trail to Hiawassee which will provide a connection to Pine Hills Elementary Schools and the Robinswood Middle School.

3. Balboa Drive from Pine Hills Road to Hiawassee Road is the only east-west street

between Silver Star Road and Colonial Drive. This street can be used as an internal connector of vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle travel as long as the neighborhood and the homes on Balboa are protected from the ill effects of through traffic.

4. Continue to Strengthen Regular LYNX Bus Service that continues to serve the

community and continues to be improved to serve the changing needs of the community over time (see Figure 7.2). A system of Bus Shelters needs to be commenced to provide a long term program for having convenient and safe bus stops along the main streets of Pine Hills Road, Silver Star Road, Powers Drive and Hiawassee Road. Regular bus service, supplemented by the pedestrian and bikeway system, is also the best way for residents to have access to the jobs on Silver Star Road east of Pine Hills Road.

5. “Tame” Pine Hills Road to bring the speeds and volumes of traffic along this

thoroughfare more in tune with the residential character of the community. Pine Hills Road provides too much connectivity for people living outside Pine Hills. The main roads in the Pine Hills community should be designed, or re-designed, primarily to be community streets for residents and local businesses; these roads should not be designed to promote high-speed travel for people driving through the community. The program for Pine Hills Road and the other through streets is the subject of Chapter 6, Corridor Development, Community Streets and Shopping Centers.

6. Build a Network of Multi-Modal Streets connected to the Pine Hills Town Center

to improve overall access from the residential areas to this commercial, educational and cultural center. The proposed system is presented in Chapter 5, The Proposed Pine Hills Town Center. The businesses in the Town Center need good access to thrive. Evans High School will need a good access system to get students, teachers and staff in and out of the campus. For the Town Center to be successful it needs to accommodate large numbers of people to come to the Center and enjoy the businesses and entertainment offered. On-site residences may also be a part of the Center’s atmosphere. A network of streets, sidewalks, signals, pedestrian and bike crossings and transit stops can, and should, be designed into the development of the Town Center.