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Workshop Synthesis

Workshop Synthesis. Reflections on the Day Completing the Handbook Making an Impact. Reflections on the Day. Representation from across Caltrans and a wide range of stakeholders Strong senior leadership message We’re changing business as usual We’re making California better

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Workshop Synthesis

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  1. Workshop Synthesis Reflections on the Day Completing the Handbook Making an Impact

  2. Reflections on the Day • Representation from across Caltrans and a wide range of stakeholders • Strong senior leadership message • We’re changing business as usual • We’re making California better • Out of crisis comes opportunity • Broad support for the aims of the Smart Mobility Framework effort • However, lots of questions remain about how to make the framework meaningful

  3. Reflections… • “Putting Smart Growth in transportation terms” • HCD launched Smart Mobility distribution network • “Living on this planet is a team sport” • “Limitless possibilities” • “Do something positive as soon as you can”

  4. Themes from breakout sessions • Demographic change and differences among communities are important considerations • Livability as an essential component of all places • Value of natural resources should be highlighted • Community and economic development contribute to Smart Mobility outcomes

  5. Themes from breakout sessions • A lot of existing manuals / policies / standards that need to be updates • Performance measures should recognize non-traditional benefits • Less stress, more time with family • Transit impact on redevelopment • Are we paying enough attention to intermodal access / connections

  6. Themes from breakout sessions • A variety of tools are available to evaluate Smart Mobility outcomes • Achieving complete community design often involves tradeoffs

  7. Completing the Handbook – What we heard • “Too value laden on suburban places” • “Too much planner-eese” • A need for more clarity on place types • Regions should define their own place types • What are we saying about the use of these place types? • Include “Greenprinting”

  8. Completing the Handbook - Dilemma • More specifics to accommodate issues that people saw as “missing” • Vs. • Too much detail that makes it feel like a top down imposition from Caltrans

  9. Completing the Handbook –Next Steps • Collect more comments • Produce a “proceedings” document to summarize workshop • Design a graphically formatted document • Staff / Consultant team collaboration • Formulate checklists • Revise and complete document

  10. Making an impact… • “We need a plan for implementing it and carrying it out” • How do we motivate change at the local level • How does the handbook change the world? • Existing backlog of project that contradict these principles is an issue • What are we going to do first?

  11. A plan for carrying it out… Need for a strategy • Selecting implementation actions with the Handbook as a guide • Prioritizing implementation activities • Connecting it to other on-going efforts • How does it relate to the Blueprint work and scenario modeling • Call it a California Handbook (“superb suggestion”) • Roll out in context of climate change, w/ref to current science / time urgency • CMAs will object because of statutory mandate to fight congestion; 1st step should be legislative to change mandate

  12. A plan for carrying it out… Need for a strategy • Blueprint focus is on MPOs, who is target for this framework? (need to define) – clearly statewide (would be best from Seth’s perspective) • How do we implement framework in the face of ballot box planning and political will? • Tie in to implementing current legislative initiatives – State and Federal – transportation authorization and climate change

  13. A plan for carrying it out… Need for a strategy • Creating climate change offsets as potential source of funding for initiatives • Triage of grandfathered projects should use the principles to identify which battles are worth fighting • Need a clear transition strategy for updating other standards: HDM to existing policies and procedures • Reconcile with ongoing other state issues, e.g. elimination of state transit account till 2013

  14. A plan for carrying it out… Need for a strategy • Create a national model that changes the dialogue between US and China • No measure should be on the list unless it addresses multiple benefits – express in those terms for different sectors • Look at the system at all times of the day / take comprehensive view • Condition receipt of funds like MTC TLC on consistency w/smart mobility • Reform design exception process and HDM

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