Sustainable Transit as an Engine for Economic Growth
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Sustainable Transit as an Engine for Economic Growth
Harriet Tregoning, Director of Office of Economic Resilience, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Early Lessons on Sustainable Transit
• Support and enhance existing communities
• Preserve natural resources and farmland
• Save on the cost of new infrastructure
Goals of Smart Growth
Early Lessons on Sustainable Transit
Visualizations courtesy of Steve Price
www.urban-advantage.com
Vision of change
Early Lessons on Sustainable Transit
Image from original by Erik Henne
Engage leading local governments
Each of these is a zoning change
TODDistrict
High DensityDevelopment
Median forLight Rail
BelowGroundUtilities
BikeLanes
StreetTrees
Mixed-UseResidential and Commercial
Early Lessons on Sustainable Transit
Early Lessons on Sustainable Transit
“In just one generation—20 years—the District of Columbia will be the
healthiest, greenest, and most livable city in the United States.” – Mayor Vincent C. Gray
Moving DC into the Future
1977: Metrorail opened
1991: Metrorail Green Line opened
2005: Public-private funded New York Avenue Metro Station opens
2005: DC Circulator Bus launched
FY2008: $8 million in street improvements
2009: DC’s first bike sharing station opened; 1st on East Coast
2010: Capital Bikeshare launched
2011: 11th Street Bridge reconstruction completed
2012: 1st segment of Anacostia Riverwalk Trail completed
2013: 6 million Capital Bikeshare trips completed; bike counts up nearly 20% from 2012
2013: Streetcar testing on H Street began, service to start Spring 2014
Multi-Modal Transportation: investments in quality of life
Moving DC into the Future
Jobs/ Quality of Life/AffordabilityFiscal benefits Real estate development
Expanding Choice
Moving DC into the Future
DC spends 11 percent on
transportationvs. 19 percent US
= discretionary income
81.6% of DC households are car-lite (<1 cars)
38% of DC households do not own any vehicles
46% of all trips by foot, bike or transit
54% of all commuting trips by foot, bike or transit
Savings add up to $4,000 to $16,000
per year
28% of region’s real estate value within ½ mile of Metrorail but only 4% of land area
84% of regional office space under construction
within ¼ mile of Metro station
1812 North Moore StRossyln Metro (VA)
(under construction)
Park 7Minnesota Ave Metro
(DC) (under construction)
Transit accessibility = Real estate value & competitiveness
Photos: NoMa BID
Transportation as a revitalization strategy: NoMa
Transportation as a revitalization strategy: H Street, NE
Sustainable Communities Initiative
Sustainable Communities Initiative
Regional Planning Grants
Community Challenge Planning
Grants
• In total, 1,500 applications over two years from every state in the nation
• 400 Congressional letters of support
• We have 74 Sustainable Communities Regional Planning grantees, and 69 Community Challenge grantees.
• SCI grants cover 119 million people in 48 states and the District of Columbia. – This represents 39% or two-
fifths of the US population.
Grantees Map
Transit Trends
• Americans want public transit– now more than ever• In 2013 Americans took 10.7 billion trips on public transportation
– Highest annual ridership in 57 years! – Statistic courtesy of APTA
• In 2013, public transit rides rose by 1.1%, while miles driven increased 0.3%
SCI Grantees and Transportation
• Of our 143 Grantees, 86 are working on increasing transportation choice
• Transportation choice includes making transit available for bikes, pedestrians, having mutimodal transit options, and complete streets
• 70 Grantees are working on public transit– which includes bus, Bus Rapid Transit, light rail, and subway systems
City of Columbia Mall Frontage
Location Affordability Portal
• Housing and transportation go hand-in-hand
• Together, they make up almost half of the average household’s budget
• HUD and DOT’s new tool– the Location Affordability Index– measures the cost of housing while taking transportation into account
• It was even mentioned in a recent BusinessWeek article on income and housing
• www.locationaffordability.info
City of Boston, MA
• Awarded over $1.8 million in a HUD Community Planning Challenge Grant in 2012
• This helped fund the Fairmount Line Smart Growth Corridor Project, which facilitates mixed-use and transit-oriented development along the Fairmount Commuter Rail Line
• This project connects residents of neighborhoods along the line with downtown, job centers, and each other www.mtba.com
City of Providence, RI
• Awarded a $1.75 million HUD Community Planning Challenge Grant in 2011
• Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) is using this grant to improve 3 existing routes, and to create Rhode Island’s first rapid bus route, the R Line
• Through the TransART program, local artwork is displayed at bus shelters to enhance both beauty and community connectivity
www.ripta.com
Denver, CO
• Denver Regional Council of Governments received a $4.5 million Regional Planning Grant
• This helped to We specifically helped to support work around three rail lines: Gold, East, and Northwest Rail (Commuter Rail and US 36 BRT)
• This will result in access to job opportunities, lower combined transportation and housing costs, reduced consumption of fossil fuels, reduced strain on our air and water resources, and “urban centers” along transit lines
www.denverregionalequityatlas.org/
Metropolitan Transportation Commission: Oakland, CA
• Awarded over $4.99 million to develop a San Francisco Bay Area Regional Prosperity Plan for the Nine County San Francisco Bay Area Region
• The Plan preserves affordable housing in transit-served communities
• Its many goals include job creation through investment in regional infrastructure, and creation of jobs in and small businesses in transit-served job centers
www.mtc.ca.gov
Future Transit is:
Green
ReliableSafe Inclusive
FastAffordable
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