Connect our region by expanding transportation options Scenarios

1. 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 Transit
Frequent 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.
BUSINESS
AS 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
1,553
MILES
A land use pattern that is automobile oriented vs. transit oriented
WHERE
DO OUR
SCENARIOS
FALL?

2. 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 Transit
Frequent 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 oriented
WHERE
DO OUR
SCENARIOS
FALL?
A REGION
OF 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 Road
496
MILES

3. 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
SPRAWLING
SMARTER
“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 Transit
Frequent 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 Road
729
MILES
A land use pattern that is automobile oriented vs. transit oriented
WHERE
DO OUR
SCENARIOS
FALL?

4. 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 Transit
Frequent 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 oriented
WHERE
DO OUR
SCENARIOS
FALL?
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 to
New Homes
50%
Transit Proximity to
New Jobs
72%
Dailv Vehicle Miles
Traveled (VMT) Per
Capita 16.8
Lane Miles of New Road
261
MILES