Would You Buy a Bus for This Developer?

Robert T. DunphyRobert T. DunphyTransportation ConsultantTransportation Consultant

Opportunities for Priority Bus Transit in Opportunities for Priority Bus Transit in the Washington Regionthe Washington Region

Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.June 24, 200June 24, 200

Real Estate and Transit

The Transit Conundrum

““A STUDY BY THE AMERICAN A STUDY BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION REVEALS THAT 98 ASSOCIATION REVEALS THAT 98 PERCENT OF AMERICANS SUPPORT PERCENT OF AMERICANS SUPPORT THE USE OF MASS TRANSIT BY THE USE OF MASS TRANSIT BY OTHERSOTHERS”. ”. THE ONIONTHE ONION

"Take The Bus... I'll Be Glad You Did."

Buses get no respect..

Not Your Father’s Bus

Think Development when Thinking Transit (TOD– DOT) More than the transitMore than the transit Cheap Routes, cheap Cheap Routes, cheap

developmentdevelopment Developer will buildDeveloper will build

The Development Conundrum

Bus Based TOD’s

TOD without Transit

Higher value (Compact) Higher value (Compact) Mix of usesMix of uses Pedestrian orientationPedestrian orientation ConnectionsConnections Civic usesCivic uses Transit useTransit use RevitalizationRevitalization

Working with WMATA

Hire developer the way the market doesHire developer the way the market does Offer no site before its timeOffer no site before its time Get involved in local developmentGet involved in local development Allow the developer to walkAllow the developer to walk

Development Does Not Happen Just Because of the Transit

It Takes:It Takes: Planning Planning RegulationsRegulations Incentives Incentives

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Thanks!Robert T. Dunphy