Title: ULI Moscow November 30, 2005 Cars, Cities, Suburbs, Traffic: US European Lessons
1ULI Moscow November 30, 2005 Cars, Cities,
Suburbs, Traffic US / European Lessons
- Robert T. Dunphy
- Senior Resident Fellow, Transportation and
Infrastructure, Urban Land Institute
2Growth and Transport in the US - Challenges
- Most growth in the suburbs
- Suburban downtowns
- Cars growing faster than drivers
- Neglect mature transit for new
- New Develop difficult to in cities
3Americans Want
- Home Ownership
- Mobility
- Variety of Shopping
- Jobs
- Clean Environment
4Transportation Development Disconnect
- Then
- Many choices
- Bus, tram, walk
- Short trips
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6Source American Public Transportation Association
7Source American Public Transportation Association
8Primary Transit
Secondary Transit
New Transit
9Transit Markets
Midtown New York
Philadelphia
Primary
Chicago
Secondary
Boston
Tertiary
San Francisco
Dallas
Washington, DC
Seattle
Houston
Portland
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Source Torto Research, U.S. Census, PR Newswire
10Many Modes of Transit
11Good News For Transit
12Source Rebecca Sohmer and Robert Lang Downtown
Rebound, 1990-2000 US Census
13Transport Friendly Growth
14Whats in a Name?
- transit-oriented development (TOD)
- Developing Around Transit
- Avoid TAD
15Better Growth, Better Transport
- Walk, transit choices
- Adds Transit riders
- Profitable
- Compact, Mix of Uses
- Desirable Communities
16Remaking the Image of Transit
- Ride/Comfort
- Shelter
- Connections
- Speed/Reliability
- Information
17Los Angeles Metro Rapid
- Better Look
- Ridership 42
- More Effectiveness
- Comml Property Values up
18New York City
- Transit Reinvestment
- More riders
- 90 (80-2000)
19Extensive Transit for Less Curitiba, Brazil
- Extensive coverage
- Fast service
- Affordable
20Urban Opportunities Transit vs. Development
- More transit , less driving
- Revitalizes city
- But
- More expensive
- High Risk
- Uncertain Profits
21Lindbergh Station Atlanta Developer driven,
community resistant
22Suburban Challenges Transit vs. Development
- Conventional Patterns increase driving, make
transit difficult - But - Where the Growth is, so make it more
transit friendly
23Arlington Heights Older Commuter Suburb
24Concord, CA Downtown for a New Suburb
- Planned downtown stopped in mid stream
- Leadership from BART
25Arlington County Revitalizing a Suburban strip
- Declining corridor
- Lumber yards
- Pawn Shops
- Oil Tanks
26Arlington Concept Plan
- Move Transit from Freeway to Main St
- Cluster Development
27Rosslyn Ballston Land Use Plan
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29Relation with Historic City Center Form of the
River Restore Wetland Cultural Axis New Bridge
Links Prominent Bldgs Water
30THU THIEM VISION
12000
SCALE STUDY
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32Make Buses a Great Idea
33Think Development Vision
- Future-oriented reality based
- Stakeholders
- implementation
- Cheap transit, cheap sites
- Be attuned to private sector
34Public Private Partnerships
- Public sector
- Land-assembly
- Make site development ready
- Ease the entitlement process
- Land, infrastructure costs
- Develop, manages Transit
35Public Private Partnerships (continued)
- Private developers
- real estate expertise
- contacts with end users
- understanding of financial resources
- Timing Critical Need Attentive staff
- DOT helps private development
36Get the Parking Right
37Get the Parking Right
38Encourage Every Price Point to Live Around Transit
39Engage Corporate Attention
- Put transit on site checklist
- BellSouth Corporation--consolidating to MARTA
stations
40Principles for Better Suburban Development
- Connections
- Create walking opportunities
- Transit ready development
- Town Centers
- Rethink Parking
- Fair pricing
41Use multiple connections to enhance mobility and
circulation
42What else can we do to ImproveTransport ?
- Manage the Streets
- Fix Signals, Remove Accidents
- Telecommuting Reduce peak
- Pricing
- Road corridors
- London Congestion charge
- Road,Transit Expansion Land Use link
43Transport and Growth in Europe - Differences
- Cities - industry, retail strong in centers
- Limited suburbanization
- Well maintained public transport
- Urban development easier
- Redevelopment opportunities
44Transport and Growth in Europe - Challenges
- Maintain aging transport facilities
- Growing automobile use
- Transit Taken for granted
- Importance of maintaining historic features and
design quality - Market pressures for suburbanization
45Fred Dock Robert Cervero Maureen McAvey Doug
Porter Bob Dunphy
46Thanks!Robert T. Dunphy www.uli.org
800-321-5011