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Connect Our Region by Expanding Transportation Options
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Transit should not be considered when citing
new development
ALL new development should be located near where transit is feasible
Access to TransitFrequent Access
Some Access
No Access
New Home Density
A Few New Homes
Many New Homes
Height of bar = Number of new homes
Vertical bars represent the number of new homes built and colors show accessibility to transit. 50 vertical feet = 1 new home.Access to transit defined as areas within one-half mile along a roadway of a bus or metro stop. Frequent access is shown in areas with access to stops made at least once every fifteen minutes during peak weekday hours. Quarter square mile cells with fewer than 5 homes added are excluded from the display.
BUSINESSAS USUAL
The continued sprawl of homes and jobs will make building and maintaining our roads ever more costly and providing transit service far more difficult.
It’s too expensive to provide bus service to far-flung office parks and residential subdivisions, which means commuters have just one choice for travel.
For those who can’t afford a car it means jobs are harder to get and keep. For those who can it means a steady increase in how much they drive.
Transit Proximity to New Homes
1%
Transit Proximity to New Jobs
4%
Dailv Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Per Capita 22.7
Lane Miles of New Road
1,553MILES
A land use pattern that is automobile oriented vs. transit orientedWHERE DO OURSCENARIOSFALL?
Connect Our Region by Expanding Transportation Options
0% 100%10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Transit should not be considered when citing
new development
ALL new development should be located near where transit is feasible
Access to TransitFrequent Access
Some Access
No Access
New Home Density
A Few New Homes
Many New Homes
Height of bar = Number of new homes
Vertical bars represent the number of new homes built and colors show accessibility to transit. 50 vertical feet = 1 new home.Access to transit defined as areas within one-half mile along a roadway of a bus or metro stop. Frequent access is shown in areas with access to stops made at least once every fifteen minutes during peak weekday hours. Quarter square mile cells with fewer than 5 homes added are excluded from the display.
A land use pattern that is automobile oriented vs. transit orientedWHERE DO OURSCENARIOSFALL?
A REGIONOF VILLAGES
Dense urban cores and outlying village centers would allow for a more efficient “hub and spoke” transit system.
“A Region of Villages” imagines a development pattern where high frequency transit would be more feasible in connecting the central cities and outlying areas.
This more transit friendly approach to land use would mean less dependence on the automobile to get around.
Transit Proximity to New Homes
45%
Transit Proximity to New Jobs
63%
Dailv Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Per Capita 17.7
Lane Miles of New Road496MILES
Connect Our Region by Expanding Transportation Options
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Transit should not be considered when citing
new development
ALL new development should be located near where transit is feasible
SPRAWLINGSMARTER
“Smart growth” in the suburbs would reduce new infrastructure costs some but better jobs-housing connections would still come from redevelopment in areas best-served by transit.
New suburban development would be more walkable and more cost-effective, but access to jobs would mostly be by private automobile.
Access to TransitFrequent Access
Some Access
No Access
New Home Density
A Few New Homes
Many New Homes
Height of bar = Number of new homes
Vertical bars represent the number of new homes built and colors show accessibility to transit. 50 vertical feet = 1 new home.Access to transit defined as areas within one-half mile along a roadway of a bus or metro stop. Frequent access is shown in areas with access to stops made at least once every fifteen minutes during peak weekday hours. Quarter square mile cells with fewer than 5 homes added are excluded from the display.
Transit Proximity to New Homes
20%
Transit Proximity to New Jobs
39%
Dailv Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Per Capita 18.1
Lane Miles of New Road729MILES
A land use pattern that is automobile oriented vs. transit orientedWHERE DO OURSCENARIOSFALL?
Connect Our Region by Expanding Transportation Options
0% 100%10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Transit should not be considered when citing
new development
ALL new development should be located near where transit is feasible
Access to TransitFrequent Access
Some Access
No Access
New Home Density
A Few New Homes
Many New Homes
Height of bar = Number of new homes
Vertical bars represent the number of new homes built and colors show accessibility to transit. 50 vertical feet = 1 new home.Access to transit defined as areas within one-half mile along a roadway of a bus or metro stop. Frequent access is shown in areas with access to stops made at least once every fifteen minutes during peak weekday hours. Quarter square mile cells with fewer than 5 homes added are excluded from the display.
A land use pattern that is automobile oriented vs. transit orientedWHERE DO OURSCENARIOSFALL?
BACK TO THE CITY
Concentrating new jobs and housing in center cities and older suburbs would focus development in areas best served by transit. When jobs and homes are both in the matrix of high-frequency bus and rail service, people have more choices for how to get to work or school.
Having jobs and homes closer together also makes it easier for people to walk or bike to work or school.
Transit Proximity toNew Homes
50%
Transit Proximity to New Jobs
72%
Dailv Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Per Capita 16.8
Lane Miles of New Road261MILES