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Randall/Orchard Corridor Randall/Orchard Corridor BRT Feasibility Study 2040 Corridor Visioning Workshop Thomas Brennan Scott Chapman October 26, 2010 , Funding Funded through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG)

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Randall/Orchard Corridor Randall/Orchard Corridor BRT Feasibility Study

2040 Corridor Visioning Workshop

October 26, 2010

Thomas Brennan Scott Chapman

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Funding

Funded through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program Of the Of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

Randall/Orchard Corridor BRT Feasibility Study

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Purpose of Study

  • Identify conditions

required for required for successful BRT

  • peration in 2040
  • Evaluate potential

benefits from BRT service in service in Randall/Orchard Road corridor

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Randall/Orchard Corridor Fiber Optic Investment

Multi-Million Dollar County Investment Multi Million Dollar County Investment Supports business and development

  • Fiber backbone for voice and data communications
  • Gives the Randall/Orchard Corridor a technical

advantage

  • Network services for government, public safety,

health and education health, and education Supports the County’s growing ATMS (Advanced Traffic Management System) (Advanced Traffic Management System)

  • Could accommodate Traffic Signal Priority for BRT

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1980 Land Uses

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1980 Land Uses

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1980 Land Uses

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1980 Land Uses

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1980 Land Uses

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1980 Land Uses

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1980 Land Uses

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2040 Projections

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Changing Demographics

In 1970 In 1970…

  • 81% of households were

families

  • Most family households

included kids (55%)

  • Average household size:

3.6 persons

  • Only 10 percent of the

population was 65 or over

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Changing Demographics

Today…

  • 66% of households are married couples and families

(Roughly half of these households include children)

  • 27% of households are

single people living alone

  • Average household size

is 2.6 persons

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Changing Demographics

The Baby Boomers are Beginning to Retire

2010

2030 2050

Expected Age Pyramids, 2010 - 2050

2010

50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85+

2030 2050

M ale F em ale 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50 54

Source: US Census Bureau, Strategic Economics

  • 10%
  • 5%

0% 5% 10%

0-4 5 9

  • 10%
  • 5%

0% 5% 10%

  • 10%
  • 5%

0% 5% 10%

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Changes Shaping A New Housing Market

  • Singles will soon be the new majority – 55% of households by 2030
  • Seniors will outnumber young people by mid-century
  • Echo Boomers are a growing proportion of the population

These fastest growing groups are more likely to want to live These fastest growing groups are more likely to want to live in mixed-use neighborhoods with good access to retail, services, and other amenities

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Consumer Preferences are Changing

Multiple surveys show that between 30 and Multiple surveys show that between 30 and 55 percent of Americans want to live in mixed use, mixed density places. , y p

  • Option of Urbanism by C. Leinberger

Demand for transit-oriented development Demand for transit oriented development can be conservatively estimated at 25% of all households by 2030.

  • Hidden in Plain Sight, Center for

Transit-Oriented Development

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Why Bus Rapid Transit?

  • Incremental implementation
  • Improve quality of transit service
  • Improve customer experience
  • Improve customer experience
  • Shorten trip lengths
  • Shift trips to transit
  • Create vibrant livable communities

Create vibrant, livable communities

  • Foster economic development

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Elements of Rapid Transit

  • Unique branding

d Bus d Bus

  • Widely-spaced “station stops” with superior amenities
  • Speed and reliability improvements

Rapid Rapid

  • Speed and reliability improvements
  • Quality access – all modes
  • Frequent service – no schedule needed
  • Low-floor vehicles multi-door boarding

T T

Low floor vehicles, multi door boarding

  • Dedicated lanes

Full BRT Full BRT

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Conditions for Successful BRT Projects

  • Perceived as a quality option

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– Transit travel time improvements – Branding to differentiate service

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Conditions for Successful BRT Projects

  • Transit supportive land uses

– Mixed use

Mixed use

– Multistory development – Multimodal connectivity

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Economic Benefits

  • Reduced travel times
  • Reduced congestion
  • Reduced congestion
  • Opportunity to catalyze (re)development
  • Potential for increased economic activity and/or
  • Potential for increased economic activity and/or

agglomeration of businesses

  • Increased market values, tax base
  • Construction jobs
  • Improved access to jobs

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Social and Environmental Benefits

  • Healthier lifestyles
  • Healthier lifestyles
  • More equitable access to jobs and activity centers
  • Reduced tailpipe emissions and greenhouse gases
  • Reduced noise levels

Reduced noise levels

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Benefits to the Urban Form

  • Enable more sustainable development

– Reduced infrastructure requirements – Use of fewer utilities and resources

  • Create vibrant, livable

iti communities

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Station Area Development

  • Development within walking distance of a station

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  • Scale of development
  • Station area typologies

1.

Mixed Use Employment

2.

Mixed Use Residential

3.

Mixed Use Retail

4.

Destination

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Commuter

5.

Commuter

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  • 1. Mixed Use Employment Typology

Characteristics

  • Able to sustain job growth
  • Provides a regional employment base or draw

Characteristics

  • Provides a regional employment base or draw
  • High transit connectivity

Commercial Uses Small and large scale office, light manufacturing C t d l t ( d d t t ) Residential Uses Compact development (condos and apartments) and townhomes Retail Uses Neighborhood markets, convenience Employment Centers Job clusters and individual businesses Institutional Uses Neighborhood libraries, post offices and clinics Entertainment Uses Small venues

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  • 2. Mixed Use Residential Typology

Characteristics

  • Able to sustain housing growth
  • Smaller centers without regional destinations

Characteristics

  • Smaller centers without regional destinations
  • Moderate transit connectivity

Commercial Uses Some small scale office C t d l t ( d d t t Residential Uses Compact development (condos and apartments, townhomes and single family Retail Uses Neighborhood markets, convenience Employment Centers Individual businesses Institutional Uses Elementary through high schools, neighborhood libraries, post offices and clinics Entertainment Uses Small venues

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  • 3. Mixed Use Retail Typology

Characteristics

  • Able to sustain housing growth
  • Smaller centers without regional destinations

Characteristics

  • Smaller centers without regional destinations
  • Moderate transit connectivity

Commercial Uses Some small scale office C t d l t ( d d t t Residential Uses Compact development (condos and apartments, townhomes Retail Uses Regional retailers, neighborhood markets, convenience convenience Employment Centers Individual businesses Institutional Uses Neighborhood libraries, post offices and clinics Entertainment Uses Small venues

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  • 4. Destination Typology

Characteristics

  • Anchored by major destination
  • Provides a regional employment base or draw

Characteristics

  • Provides a regional employment base or draw
  • High transit connectivity

Commercial Uses Small and large scale office R id ti l U C t d l t ( d d t t ) Residential Uses Compact development (condos and apartments) Retail Uses Regional retailers, neighborhood markets, convenience Employment Centers Job clusters and individual businesses Institutional Uses Government, hospitals, universities/colleges, libraries, post offices Entertainment Uses Large and small venues

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  • 5. Commuter Typology

Characteristics

  • Provides multimodal transportation

connections Characteristics connections

  • High transit connectivity

Commercial Uses Some small scale office R id ti l U Mi i l Residential Uses Minimal Retail Uses Regional retailers Employment Centers Individual businesses Institutional Uses Minimal Entertainment Uses Small and major venues (e.g. sports arenas)

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Market Density Drives Transit

  • Research confirms that between 7 – 30 housing

units per acre: units per acre:

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Transit ridership grows

–

VMT/capita drops exponentially

Batavia -14 Hh/Ac South Elgin - 8 Hh/Ac South Elgin - 8 Hh/Ac

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Medium Residential Density

  • Longmont, CO

Density: 7 7 units / acre Density: 7.7 units / acre

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Medium Residential Density

  • Longmont, CO

Density: 12 3 units / acre Density: 12.3 units / acre

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Medium Residential Density

  • Shaker Heights, OH

Density: 15 2 units / acre Density: 15.2 units / acre

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High Density Residential

  • San Jose, CA

, Density: 21 units / acre

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High Density Residential

Dorchester, MA , Density: 29 units / acre Addison, TX Density: 55.2 units / acre

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High Density Residential

  • Emeryville, CA

Density: 55 units / acre y

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High Density Residential

  • Hayward, CA

y , Density: 27.7 units / acre

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High Density Mixed-Use Residential

Portland, OR Density: 60 units / acre H i R t il St t d P ki Housing, Retail, Structured Parking

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Medium Density Office

Portland, OR Three-Story Office

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High Density Office

  • Portland, OR

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  • Restaurant, Commercial office, Retail
  • 241,000 square feet

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Station Area Developments

  • Pleasant Hill Transit Village

515 residential units (415 rental 100 for sale)

– 515 residential units (415 rental, 100 for-sale) – 40,000 square feet retail – Child care facility, conference facility

Child care facility, conference facility

– 290,000 square feet of office

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Station Area Developments

  • Fruitvale Village

– $100 million of investment

$100 million of investment

– 37,000 square feet of retail – 27,000 square feet of office

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– 47 residential units (rental) – Medical clinic, childcare,

lib i t library, senior center

– Bicycle Station

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Station Area Developments

  • Thornton Place

at Northgate Mall g Seattle

– 50,000 sq.ft. of retail

& commercial & commercial

– 278 apartments – 109 condominiums

109 condominiums

– 143 units of

retirement living

– Regal IMAX

14-screen Theatre

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Corridor Conditions - Opportunities

  • Undeveloped parcels
  • Large-lot big box retail

Large lot, big box retail

  • Deep setbacks
  • Major attractions

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  • Fiber optics backbone

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Current Conditions - Constraint

  • Existing subdivisions

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– Little to no redevelopment – Limited connectivity

  • High traffic corridor
  • High traffic corridor

– No parallel N-S roads – Limited pedestrian crossing

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  • pportunities

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Exercise I – Overall Strategy

  • Identify types and number

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  • f station area

developments

  • Identify potential BRT route

terminations terminations

  • Identify major links within

Sustainable Urban Area to the BRT Corridor

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Exercise II – Individual Station Area Characteristics

  • Identify station area

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  • Identify station location
  • Identify station area typology
  • Identify intensity of development

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Define Station Area and Station Location

Example Station Area Centered on Randall Example Station Area Off of Randall Randall/Orchard Corridor BRT Feasibility Study

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It’s Time to Roll Up our Sleeves

  • Lunch Break
  • Lunch Break
  • Workshop Exercise I
  • Report Back to Group
  • Workshop Exercise II
  • Workshop Exercise II
  • Report Back to Group
  • Final Thoughts

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Next Steps

  • Define Stations and Station Area Developments

Fall

  • Define Stations and Station Area Developments - Fall
  • Define BRT Design and Operation – Fall/Winter
  • Benefits Evaluation – Winter
  • Incremental Implementation Action Plan - Spring

Incremental Implementation Action Plan Spring

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Thank You!

Thank you for participating in the workshop y p p g p We look forward to your future participation on the project Working Group Follow the project at Follow the project at www.co.kane.il.us/dot/planning/BRT.aspx

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