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® HARRISBURG AREA LAND USE PLAN o In the event of site redevelopment, closure of existing driveways should be explored and enforced in concert with creation of shared - access easements between the redeveloping site and neighboring properties. ■ Manage access to Rocky River Road utilizing strategies recommended above for NC- 49. ■ Implement articulated, signalized pedestrian crossings in the Mixed -Use area at the western edge of the planning area to facilitate movement across Rocky River Road between dense neighborhoods, neighborhood retail, and the proposed hospital. ■ Conduct corridor plans for NC Highway 49 and Rocky River Road. The considerations of this Recommendation TR -3 and recommendations LU -3 and CCD- 1 should be studied in depth. (TR -4) Support improvements that facilitate the provision of transit in Harrisburg or other service that connects Harrisburg to regional transit facilities. Work with Cabarrus County Transportation Service to offer circulator bus service to Harrisburg to serve commuters destined for Charlotte. The town's most significant bus stop should occur downtown with intermediate stops along a route between the park- and -ride lot at Charlotte Motor Speedway (near term). In the future, this service should connect to the terminal light rail station on North Tryon Street inside I -485, which will require the aforementioned entities to work with Charlotte Area Transit System. Coordinate with adjacent local, regional, and state agencies to study commuter rail service between Salisbury and Charlotte with stops in Concord and Harrisburg. o A commuter rail station could become an important anchor in downtown Harrisburg, in line with Recommendation LU -3 in Section 6.1. Future plans for the station site should include a mix of land uses - office, retail, and residential - rather than a basic park- and -ride facility surrounded by surface parking. A commuter rail station would therefore best serve the town if located within the area denoted "Mixed Use (Downtown)" on the Harrisburg Area Land Use Map. • The Town should promote transit - supportive land uses and intensities of development, as recommended in Part 5 of this plan, to support commuter rail service. The Town should furthermore ensure this development is transit - oriented - i.e., arranged around an interconnected pedestrian - friendly street network that offers short walks to a prospective commuter rail station site, perhaps near the town library. • The Town should promote a fine - grained transportation system for non - motorized facilities including both, roadside facilities (typically, bike lanes and sidewalks) and independent facilities (typically greenways) to support transit PART VI: RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AUGUST 2010 Attachment number 1 G -1 Page 383