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Transit and Land Use Best Practices

Transit and Land Use Best Practices . Prepared by Virginia Commonwealth University June 2008. Part I: Bus TOD Best Practices. BTOD Case 1: The Boulder Transit Village, Boulder, Colorado. Project Location.

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Transit and Land Use Best Practices

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  1. Transit and Land Use Best Practices Prepared by Virginia Commonwealth University June 2008

  2. Part I: Bus TOD Best Practices

  3. BTOD Case 1: The Boulder Transit Village, Boulder, Colorado

  4. Project Location • The project is located at the northeast corner of Pearl Pkwy and 30th street in Boulder, Colorado.

  5. Aerial Photo

  6. Transit Facilities and Services • Regional Transportation District (RTD) will develop new transit facilities and services in the area: • a bus facility near Pearl Parkway and 30th Street, with bus rapid transit (BRT) to Denver along U.S. 36 and enhanced local bus service; and • a rail stop at the end of Bluff Street for commuter rail service to Denver and Longmont on existing railroad tracks currently used for freight.

  7. TOD Facts • 200-300 or more affordable and market-rate residential housing units; and • supportive commercial uses and possibly a park-and-ride lot.

  8. Project Participants • Regional Transportation District (RTD) • City of Boulder • Private Sector 

  9. Project Phasing • A phased approach will be taken for the following components of implementation: the city’s funding of key public improvements, the regulatory aspects of the plan involving land use and zoning changes, TDM and transportation connections. • Phase 1 will occur in the first 10 to 15 years in the area between 30th Street and the railroad tracks; and • Phase 2 will generally occur thereafter and focus on the areas east of the tracks and west of 30th Street.

  10. Project Funding • Funds for site selection, concept planning and land purchase were provided by the City of Boulder and RTD. Housing and commercial project elements will likely be financed by a future private developer and private/public partnership. RTD and the City have secured a Federal $7.8 million grant to fund master planning, site planning and design and construction of the first phase regional bus/BRT transit station. Funding for the future RTD commuter rail transit facility will be paid for by RTD FasTracks.

  11. Lessons Learned • It is unnecessary to wait for a private developer to kick off a TOD project. Government agencies can also take the initiative to start a TOD project. • Bus transit can also create a successful TOD project. Rail is not the only transit mode for TOD.

  12. BTOD Case 2: Staples Street Transit Center, Corpus Christi, Texas

  13. Transit Facilities and Services • The bus transfer station is across the street from City Hall, Corpus Christi, Texas. • It serves 14 bus routes and some 5,000 daily transit users. The bus transfer facility, built in a Spanish-style motif, features on-site retail offerings and involves public-private equity participation.

  14. Exterior of the Staples Street Transit Center

  15. Interior of the Staples Street Transit Center

  16. TOD Facts • This bus transfer center has become a veritable town square, featuring a weekly farmer’s market, food concessions, and 1,500 tiles hand-painted by local residents and students. • By all accounts, it has given bus transit a positive image in Corpus Christi. • The bus transfer center was the recipient of the 1995 Presidential Design Achievement Award.

  17. Project Funding • The Corpus Christi RTA and its capital improvements are funded by a 1/2 percent sales tax. A Federal Transit Administration grant of $800,000 was utilized for the completion of the Staples Street Station. FTA’s Livable Communities funding is being used for pedestrian improvements to existing transit centers.

  18. Lessons Learned • By making people-friendly improvements to such transit centers, it is able to reach beyond the boundaries of building typical bus stops to the larger goal of helping to reshape communities.

  19. BTOD Case 3: “NoHo” Arts District, Los Angeles, California

  20. Project Location • The “NoHo” Arts District is located in North Hollywood in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles.

  21. Transit Facilities and Services • Metro Red Line (Heavy Rail); and • Metro Orange Line (BRT).

  22. TOD Facts • Through the hard work of community stakeholders in partnership with Los Angeles Neighbourhood Initiative (LANI) and the Community Redevelopment Agency, NoHo has transformed from a thoroughfare dotted with vacant lots to a burgeoning theater district with coffee shops, restaurants and eclectic retail. In June 2000, the terminal Metro Red Line subway station opened within walking distance of this blossoming neighbourhood main street. • Medium- and high-density developments are being built around the Metro Station. • Condominium towers (including a 15-story building on Lankershim Blvd) being built in the midst of older one-story bungalows and small apartment complexes.

  23. Project Funding • Funding for $100,000 of transit amenities came from a Federal Transit Administration’s Livable Communities grant.

  24. Lessons Learned • The NoHo bus TOD reveals more about community development than transit, and illustrates how one of the greatest powers of TOD is to serve as a catalyst to achieve a community’s vision. • Giving community groups some control over the funds to be used in their neighbourhood promoted ongoing public involvement.

  25. BTOD Case 4: Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  26. Transit Facilities and Services • The Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway is a two-lane dedicated bus-only highway serving the city of Pittsburgh and many of its eastern neighborhoods and suburbs. Total length is 9.1 miles. • Three Port Authority routes and other express and suburban Flyer routes utilize the busway seven days a week.

  27. MLK Busway Route Map

  28. TOD Facts • 59 new developments within 1,500 feet radius of station; • $302 million in land development benefits of which $275 million was construction. 80% clustered at station; • New construction and renovation of existing buildings; • Retail, office and residential uses are most common.

  29. BTOD Case 5: Centre Station/John Deere Commons

  30. Project Location • Centre Station, 1200 River Drive, Moline, Illinois 61265

  31. Project Location Map

  32. Centre Station Photo

  33. Transit Facilities and Services • The Centre Station is a bus transfer center developed by the Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (MetroLINK) in Illinois. It consists of a 12-bay bus staging area arranged in a sawtooth pattern at the grade level with an elevated bus transfer platform.

  34. TOD Facts • The Centre Station in John Deere Commons contains offices, a convention center, a Radisson Hotel, a parking structure, and various pedestrian amenities

  35. Project Participants • The Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (MetroLINK); • The United States Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA); • The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT); • The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Economic Development Administration (EDA); and • Deere & Company.

  36. BTOD Case 6: Uptown District, San Diego, California

  37. Project Location • Uptown District, 1270 Cleveland Avenue, San Diego.

  38. Project Location Map

  39. Transit Facilities and Services • 6 bus routes, 15-minute frequency

  40. TOD Facts • The Uptown district is a 14-acre mixed-use bus TOD. • TOD development costs $70 million to develop and consists of 318 housing units, 145,000 square feet of retail and commercial space, and a 3,000 square foot community center.

  41. Uptown District Land Use Map

  42. Project Photo

  43. Project Funding • The Uptown project was funded by the City’s redevelopment agency ($9 million) and by private companies.

  44. Lessons Learned • With strong city leadership, a bus TOD became an important community asset. • Uptown is a good example of how to accommodate the needs of the automobile and create a well designed, pedestrian-friendly mixed use TOD.

  45. BTOD Case 7: Aspen Neighbourhood, West Davis, California

  46. Transit Facilities and Services • 5 bus routes, 5 to 25-minute frequency, and two commuter express routes to downtown Sacramento.

  47. Project Location • Corner of Arlington Blvd. and Shasta Drive in West Davis (west of Highway 113), California.

  48. Project Location Map

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