TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IN OMAHA

KRISTEN FIGUEIRAUP206A

WHY OMAHA?

CURRENT POPULATION: ALMOST 410,000

GROWTH: POPULATION EXPECTED TO DOUBLE BY 2050

SOLUTION? TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT (TOD)

TRANSIT RIDERSHIP: 1.4%

PROJECT AREA

PUBLIC TRANSIT (OMAHA METRO)

TRANSIT CENTERS

Downtown Transit Center

Benson Park Transit Center

North Omaha Transit Center

Westroads Transit Center Midtown Transit

Center

Metro College Transit Center

TRANSIT USE AND RIDERSHIP

DENSITY AND RIDERSHIP

INCOME AND RIDERSHIP

TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT

TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT:• DENSITY• SOCIO-ECONOMIC

OTHER FACTORS: • YOUNG PROFESSIONALS & “EMPTY NESTERS”• TRANSIT QUALITY• OTHER MODE CHOICE

IT’S ALL ABOUT ACCESS!

MEDIAN INCOME (within 1 mile of transit center)

Downtown Transit Center

Benson Park Transit Center

North Omaha Transit Center

Westroads Transit Center Midtown Transit

Center

Metro College Transit Center

TOD VIABILITY

Transit Center Ridership + Pct Trans + Med Inc + Density + Bike + Walk

TOD FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING

Transit Center Ridership + Pct Trans + Pct Below Poverty + Median Income + Density + Avg Ed

CONCLUSION

TOD IN OMAHA?

• DEPENDS ON YOUR GOALS

• FOR AFFLUENT YOUNG, HOUSEHOLDS IT HAS POTENTIAL, BUT NOT MUCH

• AS A MEANS OF FUNDING FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING, IT COULD BE A VIABLE OPTION

REFERENCES

IMAGES• Title Page Photo: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/009/10/1022_40_strongest_US_metro_economies/9.htm• Newspaper Article: http://www.mapacog.org•OMAHA Metro Map: http://ometro.com/bus-system-page/system-mapMAPS• ESRI• 2010 TIGERFILESDATA• American Fact Finder 2010• Omaha Metro• MAPA Council of Governments

SKILLS

MODELINGORIGNAL DATA (transit centers and ridership)MEASUREMENT/ANALYSISHOT SPOT ANALYSIS (SPATIAL ANALYST)GEOCODINGINSET MAPGRADUATED SYMBOLSAGGREGATING ATTRIBUTE FIELDS (transit use, ag) CREATING INDICES (poverty, minority) CUSTOM SHAPEFILE CREATION (transit centers and ridership data)ATTRIBUTE SUB-SET SELECTIONGEOPROCESSING

SKILLS

Attribute Subset Selections for Clips:•Omaha was derived by querying places (NB Places, "Name"= Omaha)•Douglas County was derived by quering Counties Shapefile (Counties, "Name" = "Douglas" AND "SFID" = "055") 

Spatial Analyst:Variables were reclassified (high/low) based on output spatial analysis (ie- Median Income reverse ranked for Low Income Locations but not TOD Viability)TOD Viability: Transit Center Ridership + Pct Trans + Med Inc + Density + Bike + Walk Low Income Locations: Transit Center Ridership + Pct Trans + Pct Below Poverty + Median Income + Density + Avg Ed

MODEL: JOINS

JOINS OF CENSUS DATA (% BELOW POVERTY LINE, % MINORITY, MEDIAN INCOME, TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS, ETHNICITY to Douglas County)

MODEL: RASTER FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS

MODEL: TOD VIABILITY RECLASSIFY

MODEL: TOD LOW-INCOME RECLASSIFY