South Downtown Orlando: Transportation

South Downtown is a 550-acre area generally bound by the East-West Expressway, S. Orange Avenue, Michigan Street, and I-4.

Given the area’s proximity to Downtown Orlando, South Downtown is envisioned as the next logical frontier for expanding and supporting the City core.

A document called the South Downtown Vision Plan was created by the City of Orlando, Economic Development, Department City Planning Division and the Community Planning Studio. Also, a Task Force is currently studying the S. Orange Avenue and Michigan Street corridors and will be responsible for the creation of the Orange/Michigan Vision Plan.
Together, these plans address many topics including:

Here's the information on transportation.

Proposed Pedestrian & Bicycle Systems

(This influences decisions about important transportation improvements and street hierarchy)

Grey circles: multi-modal nodes (Commuter Rail, LYNX, LYMMO, Bus)
Thick green line: bike network
Thin green line: pedestrian network
Blue dotted line: LYNX
Solid red circles: circulator stops
Red areas: current and future destination centers

Bus Stops

LYMMO Extension

Lymmo Extension Strategy

Queue Jumps
Transit Signal Prioritization
Stations
Exclusive Lanes/Stations on Sligh (considered in Columbia/Sligh project)

Division Avenue

Currently, large 18-wheelers take up lots of space on Orange Avenue. The City doesn't want that traffic there. They propose to move it to Division Avenue. See below for a sketch: