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Future-Ready Cities – Planning for Broadband ERIC FREDERICK, AICP, LEED AP
V ICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, CONNECTED NATION
Planners love to plan…everything
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travel demand bridges
bike paths
workforce development open space water main replacement
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Yet why is there never a picture of a planner like…
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and the new fiber route will
cross the highway, here.
getting planners
involved with broadband
Context Connected Nation, non-profit dedicated to expanding broadband access, adoption, and use. Core competencies include: Network mapping, validation, and analysis Residential and business adoption research Local, state, and national policy analysis and
capacity building Worked in 14 states during the State Broadband
Initiative (SBI) funded by the Dept. of Commerce
Community technology planning Connected Community Engagement Program (Connected)
Established and field validated effort to facilitate the expansion of broadband and technology at a local level
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Communities actively engaged across Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Nevada, South Carolina, Texas, Iowa, and Pennsylvania. Local technology action plans created
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Access The physical connection to high-
speed infrastructure
Adoption Recognizing the value of
broadband and subscribing either at home, work, or via public
institutions
Use Skills and applications to leverage
technology to improve quality of life and community/economic
development
Data-driven community technology planning
Basic planning process Engage and listen Gather data Synthesize/ find the gaps Plan accordingly
Comprehensive plan data Census information (age, income, mobility,
educational attainment, etc. Land use patterns Traffic counts Infrastructure availability (water, sewer,
transportation, etc.) Natural features (vegetation, slope,
impervious surface, etc.)
Planners are Facilitators Public input specialists Data nerds (most of the
time)
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Data-driven community technology planning
While data on broadband/technology access, adoption, and use isn’t always readily available, conducting surveys and using non-traditional data sources can provide a snapshot of your community
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Why? Small businesses using social media weekly are 3x more likely to have recently hired and hired for more positions than businesses that don’t use social media.
Small businesses with websites have higher annual revenues and are more likely to have recently hired than those without websites.
Small businesses with faster internet connections tend to have higher annual revenues that those with slower connections.
Businesses with faster connections have a higher share of employees with advanced tech. skills than those with slower internet speeds.
As digital literacy increases, so too does digital interaction btw. residents and local businesses and local government.
Residents who do not telework typically have incomes that are 75% of that earned by those who telework with some frequency.
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Straight from the planner’s mouth Why did you get involved with broadband planning?
What planning-related skills are most useful?
What are some of the challenges you faced?
What advice do you have for other planners?
“As a regional planning organization this issue is right in our wheelhouse…I would compare it to the challenge of regional public
transportation.”
“The ability to design a robust process…inclusiveness and stakeholder engagement is hugely important. Planners understand
how infrastructure fits into community-building.”
“Managing misinformation, and education is necessary so that Planning Commissioners realize the importance of broadband to our
rural areas.”
“Educate yourself. Know the laws which apply to broadband providers. Work hard to bring the service providers together with local governments, businesses, schools, libraries, and any others
interested in broadband for their community.”
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Story time Ogemaw County, MI • Rural area of central Michigan • Trouble getting rural areas
connected • County economic
development corporation undertaking project to locate and map vertical assets in rural areas as a means to expand wireless internet
• Looking to catalog agricultural assets including elevators, silos, water towers, etc.
Washtenaw and Jackson Cos., MI • Rural townships and
neighborhoods struggled with high demand, but no infrastructure expansion
• Formed a non-profit organization to work to expand broadband access
• Conducted surveys to aggregate demand and identify barriers
• 92% of those surveyed wanted more choices
• Want to construct fiber network and lease to a carrier for operation
Harbor Springs, MI (HarborActive) • Rural, dispersed, and often
seasonal population • Wants to improve the digital
literacy of the community • Developed their own training
program to train groups of all types on the latest technology including social media, tablets, website development, etc.
• Wine and Web (most popular)
West Central, MI • Rural area with a need to
expand economic development
• Instead of focusing on attracting new businesses, programs aimed at retaining, growing, and sustaining those already in the community
• MichiganWorks office conducting training programs to get more businesses online with social media and websites
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1. Get to know your local/county broadband providers
2. Incorporate broadband data in your local or regional Geographic Information System
3. Coordinate and/or help promote technology training events with local libraries, schools, economic development entities, and others
4. Review local regulations and consider amending barriers to broadband deployment (e.g. towers, colocation, ROW, microtrenching, conduit, fees, permits, etc.)
5. Include broadband access as part of
the site plan review process 6. Review the use of technology by the
local government and consider improving online access to services and information
7. Utilize social media, email, and electronic voting; be a digital example
8. Start a local broadband planning effort or participate in efforts taking place across the state
9. Conduct a vertical asset inventory 10. Coordinate with other community
entities that may own infrastructure 11. Think "big-picture" and long term
What you can do
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In summary
Why: broadband is a critical
component in a community's ability to increase quality
of life
Issues: funding, momentum, education,
understanding, implementation
How: engagement, inclusiveness,
consensus building, data gathering,
facilitation, convening, partnering
Advice: seek collaboration and diversity, educate yourself, know your
providers, find neutral advocates
and experts
“Broadband is a very different animal compared to land use planning, zoning and/ or community development, it is not for the faint of heart, you will take many steps blindly but in the end, I believe our efforts were both necessary and successful in order to move the needle on broadband accessibility and availability in our region.”
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Questions? ERIC FREDERICK, AICP, LEED AP
V ICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, CONNECTED NATION
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cooperativelast mile broadband
Greta Byrum, DirectorResilient CommunitiesNew America@gretabyrum
BTOP Keyspots in Philly
● Health● Housing● Education and literacy● Workforce● Youth● Media and Community● Advocacy
BTOP Success: Community-Embedded Broadband
Detroit Digital Justice Coalition
A diverse coalition of organizers leveraging technology to address community goals
● Environmental justice● Food justice● Arts and Media● Entrepreneurship
BTOP Success: Community-Embedded Broadband
digital inclusiondigital equitydigital justice
~ meaningful ~ broadband adoption
BTOP Success: Community-Embedded Broadband
can we use local broadband to build
community?
* The Detroit Digital Justice Coalition
accessparticipationcommon ownershiphealthy communities
Detroit Digital Justice Coalition Principles
municipal
community isp
public-private
Organizing for Wireless
cooperative purchasing power
Organizing for Wireless
community-led mesh networks
Opening the Black Box
Superstorm Sandy (2012)
hud cdbg-dr
nyc economic dev’t corp
Resilient Networks NYC
Network Design
Designing for Resilience
6 neighborhood networks in Sandy-impacted areas
multi-level partnership (fed + city + local)
● resilience ● seed funding ● tech training● broadband access
Resilient Networks NYC
Silicon HarlemEast Harlem
Project HospitalityMidland Beach, SI
The Point CDCHunts Point
Kings Bay YSheepshead Bay
RDRCFar Rockaway
Fifth Avenue Committee
Gowanus
Resilient Networks NYC
Resilient Networks NYC
Hunts Point, South Bronx
Map: NYCEDC
Resilient Networks NYC
Hunts Point, South Bronx
Resilient Networks NYC
The Point CDC
Hunts Point, South Bronx
Digital Stewardship
If we build with and invest in what is already working in a community, our resiliency efforts will build capacity, add value, and contribute to long-term stability and equity.
Community Resiliency Hypothesis
● emergency information ● mutual aid● AQ testing● tech training platform● education + jobs● apps & services● arts + economic dev’t
Resilient Networks NYC
We use technology to build participatory governance structures that equalize the flow of resources and knowledge to those that have been economically and politically marginalized.
We intentionally plan for long-term flexibility, adapting to the evolution of technologies and community needs.
Network Principles
MODELS FOR BROADBAND NETWORKS
Prepared for: American Planning Association
National Planning Conference New York City
2017
SESSION OBJECTIVES • Review broadband deployment models
• Evaluate broadband deployment alternatives • Review case studies for broadband deployment
ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL
PLANNING PROCESS
Action Plan Business Plan Engineering Financials
Evaluate Alternatives Costs Organizational Capacity Risks
Vision Goals Objectives Priorities
Needs Assessment Issues Inventory Assets Applications Resources
Engage Stakeholders Survey Community Meetings/Interviews Task force
INVOLVE ALL STAKEHOLDERS • Broadband Providers • City, county, regional governments • Economic Development • Education (Local schools & higher ed) • Health Care • Libraries – community organizations • Public Safety • Technology Companies & Professionals • Large Employers – Business Clusters • Downtown • Developers (Residential & Commercial) • Utilities (Water, Sewer, Power, ….)
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
Connectivity – Access to reliable broadband
Capacity – Bandwidth & speed
Cost – Affordable – Compare with other areas
Choice – Mobility – Redundancy
Community – Anchor Inst. & Digital Divide
Market + Applications + Issues + Resources
BUSINESS MODELS
Private Provider
Municipal Utility
Community Open Access Networks
PRIVATE PROVIDER MODEL • Private provider owns and operates networks.
• End users contract or purchase service from provider
• Maximize Return on Investment (ROI)
• Aggregate Demand
• Financial Incentives
• Low-interest loans
• Increase customer base – Digital Literacy
• Marketing – Share GIS Data
• Dig Once – Joint Trenching Policies
• Reduce fees
• Streamline permitting
• Lease towers, conduits
• Co-Location sites
• Share costs for studies/engineering
• Grants for construction
PRIVATE PROVIDER STRATEGIES
Reduce Cost Enhance Revenue
AGGREGATE DEMAND MODEL Leverages the collective purchasing power of its participants to enable the purchase of advanced network services at a lower cost. Work with anchor tenants. (AKA – Commodity Internet Purchasing)
CASE STUDY - RFI
• 7,000 Population • Before service was 1.5 to 3 mbps DSL • Incumbent was Frontier Telephone • Issued RFI – Farmer’s Mutual Telephone Coop
responded • County & FMTC shared cost of feasibility study in 2010 • Fiber network completed in 2013 funded thru grants
(BTOP) & low interest loan from the County
CASE STUDY – GOOGLE FIBER
MUNICIPAL UTILITY MODEL • Municipal utility owns and operates networks.
• End users purchase service directly from utility
• ROI – May be longer pay-off
• Cost savings to municipality
MUNICIPAL UTILITY MODEL • Multiple funding sources
• Public Benefit
• User fees • Revenue Bonds/General Obligation Bonds • TIF – SIDs • Grants • Existing telecom budget
• Public Safety • Economic Development • Digital Divide • Cost Efficiencies • Smart City Technology (Smart Grid, smart water, smart transportation ….)
CASE STUDY – CHATANOOGA, TN
COMMUNITY NETWORK MODEL – OPEN ACCESS
• Public Entity owns and operates networks.
• Sells wholesale services to private
• Longer ROI (30-year)
• Multiple funding sources
• Public Benefit
BOZEMAN, MT – OPEN ACCESS NETWORK • Feasibility Study funded by City, Economic Dev. Agency, grants
& community contributions • Formed non-profit to build network & provide oversight • Private contractor operates network • Finance by local bank based on project financials & long term
contracts with school/hospital • Phase 1 Completed – Five providers offering services over
network http://bozemanfiber.com
LESSONS LEARNED • Solid Financials – Return on Investment
• Develop in Phases - Initial phase as pilot to learn what works
• Deploy first to areas of high demand to generate revenue
• Marketing
• Incumbent may lower rates to retain customers
• Build-out may take longer than anticipate
• Community support is important
Resources: www.fcc.gov/general/broadband-deployment-data-fcc-form-477
www.ntia.doc.gov/data/digital-nation-data-explorer#sel=computerAtHome&disp=map www.ntia.doc.gov/category/broadband www.fiberbroadband.org/ www.gig-u.org/ www.muninetworks.org
Karen Rosenberger, PP, AICP, Grants Compliance Manager North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
MPO Perspective
May 9, 2017
Funding Broadband in the City of the Future
MPOs in the Tri-State Metro Region
NJTPA Overview
Road Network – 147 million vehicles each day – 2,600 miles of roads – 4,900 bridges
Transit Network – 732,000 trips daily – 13% of commuters ride transit – 250 bus routes – Commuter rail: 390 miles of track; 150 stations
MPO Broadband Planning Initiatives
Transit Management
Electronic Payment
Traveler Information
Future City Efforts in the NJTPA Region
• Smart Cities & Transportation Symposium
• ITS Corridors • DOT Traffic Alerts & Map
My Bus • MAP Forum • Positive Train Control
Kenneth Leonard Director, USDOT Intelligent
Transportation Systems Program Office
• Stakeholder Outreach: Plan 2045 Online Survey – Covers resiliency and
technology • Resiliency,
Sustainability & Security Planning
• GIS-based Planning Tools & Products
Future City Efforts in the NJTPA Region
Path to Funding Broadband
• Create a Committee • Engage the Community • Identify Demand • Mapping and Topography • Understand Technology • Understand ROW, “Dig
Once Policy” • Build on Your Online
Platform
Funding & Partnerships
• Start Local & Think Regionally • Federal Grants •Non-profit Partners • Innovative Partnerships & Financing Models • Public Private Partnerships •MPO Self-Funded
Key “C’s” for Success
• Compliance
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Construction
One Newark Center, 17th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102 (973) 639-8400 www.njtpa.org
Thank You Karen Rosenberger, PP, AICP Grants Compliance Manager