East Bay BRT. Planning for Bus Rapid Transit

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1 East Bay BRT Planning for Bus Rapid Transit

2 Regional Vision Draper Prison

3 The Bottleneck is a State-Level issue, Salt Lake County 2050 Population: 1.5M Draper Prison hopefully with some State-Level funding! Utah County 2050 Population: 1.3M Source: Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute

4 STUDY AREA OPPORTUNITIES Capitalize on location at population center and large community of educated workers, Optimize transit and infrastructure investments by coordinating development, Define an innovation hub that attracts institutional partners.

5 2016 EDCUtah Site Selector Study

6 Jobs/Housing Imbalance MIX MIX JOBS Housing is rapidly locating in western SLCo and UTCo Lack of jobs/housing balance creates eastwest traffic congestion. HOUSING HOUSING JOBS However, jobs will continue to locate near/around I-15

7 UTA is the best large public transportation system in North America" - American Public Transportation Association

8 LIGHT RAIL EXTENSION

9 BUS RAPID TRANSIT EXPANSION Three UTA Routes 1 2 3

10 Scenarios A B C D

11 Jobs & Economy A/C B/D/E

12 Transportation A B C D E

13 Community Design A B C D/E

14 Recreation A/C B/D/E

15 Air Quality A B/C D E

16 Infrastructure for Health the conditions in which peopleare born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life. (WHO,2017)

17 Infrastructure for Health 70% of air pollution in this area is attributable to Traffic the conditions in which peopleare born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life. (WHO,2017)

18 Planning for Health HEALTH Aging Open Space Access Quality of Life SOCIAL Prioritizing People Culture Equity Multi-Generational INNOVATION Mobility / Livability Connectivity Attraction / Retention Education Economic Development

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20 So what do we do?

21 How? 1. Visualize VALUE; 2. Think CORRIDORS, instead of stations ; 3. Think COMMUNITY, instead of transportation ; 4. Think PARTNER, instead of competitor ; and 5. Think CHAMPIONS, instead of stakeholders.

22 1. Visualize VALUE

23 1. Visualize VALUE RETAIL / GROCERY SHOPPING / AMENITY SERVICES ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION GATHERINGS + FRIENDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING SIGNATURE PARKS CONVENIENT TRANSIT ACCESS NEW JOBS

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28 2. Think CORRIDORS Employment clusters drive regional transit use. Promote growth in corridors. Integrate land use and transit planning. Salt Lake City, UTA Corridor

29 2. Think CORRIDORS Mix of land uses Density around transit Quarter-mile spacing within commercial / jobs zones. Draper, UTA Station Project

30 KEY ELEMENTS Case Study T T T T T T DRAPER PLAN

31 Case Study T T T T T T LEGEND BRT LRT DRAPER PLAN

32 KEY ELEMENTS Dedicated BRT lane must travel faster than a private vehicle! Adjacent to highest-density residential and commercial uses Buffered Bike Lane equity follows safety

33 OFFICE DISTRICT DEDICATED TRANSIT

34 3. Think COMMUNITY

35 MIXED USE TOWN CENTER Mix of Uses near BRT Residential units; Office Space; Ground floor retail and amenities; and 9 acres of new destination parks, civic use and open space.

36 RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOODS Recommended Densities Minimum du/acre for BRT; Recommended du/acre; With 5-story apartment blocks, we ve shown 90-du/acre along BRT.

37 4. Think PARTNER

38 5. Think CHAMPION Major anchor institutions (healthcare, education providers) and real estate community are natural champions. For example, Cleveland Line. University of Utah

39 RESEARCH / CATALYTIC DISTRICT Key Elements Future Academic or large Employer 12 acres of Civic and Open Space New Attraction: Draper Guard Tower Public Transit Plaza

40 02 Wrapping it Up

41 KEY ELEMENTS Light Rail Transit Dedicated BRT Lanes Micro-transit Shuttles

42 Success Metrics Appx 4,000 jobs accessible within a 10-minutes of a station Appx 6,500 people living within a quarter of a mile of transit How? Integrated Land Use + Transit Planning Connections where they matter Free fare option 15 minute headways

43 Success Metrics Total 2050 emissions. Regional is Utah, Salt Lake, Davis, and Weber counties. Preferred assumes 30% electric vehicles.

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45 What makes great Public / Private Research Clusters? MIXED-USE OFFICE HOTELS CONFERENCE FACILITIES SHARED SPACE TRANSIT USEABLE OPEN SPACE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT

46 RESEARCH / CATALYTIC DISTRICT Public Partner Stanford, Redwood City T Private Partner Gilead, Foster City

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48 THE RETURN OF GREAT STREETS

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50 What makes great Transit Oriented-Employment Clusters? VIBRANT DIVERSE USES INFILL RAIL HIGHER DENSITIES USEABLE OPEN SPACE

51 Thank You!