Greater East End Management District

Urban Circulator Alternatives Analysis

2012

GEEMD Urban Circulator (UC) Alternatives Analysis

Project Team: • HDR – Project management, identification and

analysis of alternatives, engineering, funding, documentation

• Knudson LP – Analysis of alternatives, GIS, graphics • The Goodman Corporation – Financial analysis,

funding options

Team Experience: • HDR has participated in 37 UC projects • Responsible for six out of the 13 UC projects

funded since 2009. • Helped obtain over $195 M in UC funds, 46% of

total • Personnel from all firms on the team have worked

on planning projects in the District

HDR Urban Circulator Experience

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GEEMD Urban Circulator Alternatives Analysis

Steering Committee • GEEMD

• Better Houston

• East Downtown Management District (EaDO)

• City of Houston

• H-GAC

• METRO

• TxDOT

Greater East End Goals The 2009 Livable Centers Study and 2011 Conceptual Master Plan promoted the following:

• Attract retail, office, & housing opportunities,

• Create a walkable and bikeable urban environment,

• Provide connected and accessible transit service,

- Jobs - Entertainment - Education - Downtown - METRORail system

- Texas Medical Center - Universities - Sports venues - Museums - Regional centers

• Establish Navigation as the East End “Main Street”,

• Utilize Sampson/York corridor as a multi-modal connection.

Urban Circulator Purpose

• Economic Development – Link East End retail, entertainment, housing and

jobs to encourage development

– Promote mixed-use, transit-oriented development

• Connectivity – Connect East End to METRORail and regional

destinations

• Mobility – Enable residents to move around the area and to

job centers without depending on the automobile

– Use “Complete Streets” concepts for more walkable and bikeable communities

Downtown

Project Schedule

JULY

JUNE

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NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

JANUARY 2013

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e-Newsletter

e-Newsletter

Web page

Public Meeting

Public Meeting

Steering

Committee

Purpose & Need Evaluation

Methodology

Develop Range of Alternatives

Screen Alternatives

Define Final Alternatives

Detailed Analysis of Final Alternatives

Funding & Operational Plans

Selection of LPA

Steering Committee &

Stakeholders

FINAL AA REPORT

Data Collection, Existing Conditions,

Demographic Analysis

Steering

Committee

MAY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

Public Meeting

Steering

Committee

Steering

Committee

Agency

Briefings

Project Initiation