This document outlines a course on strategies for connecting transit and active transportation. It discusses challenges in implementing such projects, including public opposition and perceptions. Examples of successful projects from New York City, Auckland, Vancouver, and Edmonton are provided. The presenter emphasizes building a strong business case by thoroughly analyzing potential traffic impacts, considering constructability, and planning for ongoing operations and maintenance. New resources for project evaluation like NACTO guidelines are also presented. The overall message is that proponents must address common concerns while challenging conventional engineering approaches.
The agenda/presentation slide deck shown during the July 21, 2021 Transportation Aesthetics Review Committee (TARC) virtual workshop. The workshop video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/SFhhrvNqh40
The agenda/presentation slide deck shown during the September 15, 2021 Transportation Aesthetics Review Committee (TARC) virtual workshop. The workshop video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/oTEEepTYgSw
The agenda/presentation slide deck shown during the December 8, 2020 Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) virtual workshop. The meeting video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/yW9poebzREE
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The Lower Don Trail is a 4.7 kilometre section of multi-use trail for pedestrians and cyclists that runs along the Don River, from Pottery Road to Corktown Commons.
This project includes a number of works to improve the conditions of the existing trail and access into the surrounding trail network.
Construction is starting September 2015. Learn more here and at www.toronto.ca/lowerdontrail
The agenda/presentation slide deck shown during the July 21, 2021 Transportation Aesthetics Review Committee (TARC) virtual workshop. The workshop video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/SFhhrvNqh40
The agenda/presentation slide deck shown during the September 15, 2021 Transportation Aesthetics Review Committee (TARC) virtual workshop. The workshop video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/oTEEepTYgSw
The agenda/presentation slide deck shown during the December 8, 2020 Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) virtual workshop. The meeting video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/yW9poebzREE
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The Lower Don Trail is a 4.7 kilometre section of multi-use trail for pedestrians and cyclists that runs along the Don River, from Pottery Road to Corktown Commons.
This project includes a number of works to improve the conditions of the existing trail and access into the surrounding trail network.
Construction is starting September 2015. Learn more here and at www.toronto.ca/lowerdontrail
On September 23-24, Chattanooga business owners, residents, City engineering, transportation, and planning staff welcomed Dutch bicycle transportation experts to plan and discuss how Chattanooga can become more bike-friendly. The two day ThinkBike workshop addressed how to improve multi modal access along Frazier Avenue and Cherokee Blvd on the north shore and create a link for the St Elmo neighborhood to the planned Riverwalk extension. The result was a broadened understanding of how incorporating bikes and pedestrians into all projects can create a sense of place.
ThinkBike was hosted by the Royal Netherlands Embassy and the City of Chattanooga with generous support from the Benwood Foundation and Friends of Outdoor Chattanooga. The Regional Planning Agency provided staff support for the planning of the workshop.
More information about ThinkBike available here: http://www.chattanooga.gov/transportation/transportation-resources
RV 2014: Complete Streets- From Policy to Implementation by Tony HullRail~Volution
Complete Streets: From Policy to Implementation (Completely)
How can you make your complete streets policy a success? How do you translate complete streets into real benefits for the people who are walking, biking and taking public transportation? How do you promote accessibility and connectivity for all -- including people with disabilities -- through design and planning? Hear regional, city and international perspectives from policy to implementation during this complete complete streets workshop.
Moderator: Richard Weaver, AICP, Director of Planning, Policy and Sustainability, American Public Transportation Association; Chair, National Complete Streets Coalition, Washington, DC
Joseph Iacobucci, Sam Schwartz Engineering, DPC, Chicago, Illinois
Stefanie Seskin, Deputy Director, National Complete Streets Coalition, Smart Growth America, Washington, DC
Dan Gallagher, AICP, Transportation Planning Manager, Charlotte Department of Transportation, Charlotte, North Carolina
James Cromar, Director of Planning, Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Tony Hull, Independent Transportation Consultant, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Gregory Thompson, Chair, Light Rail Transit Committee of TRB, Tallahassee, Florida
Roxana Ene, Project Manager, Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
The City of San Diego hosted a scoping meeting in preparation of a Program EIR for the Balboa Avenue Station Area Specific Plan.
The public scoping meeting was held by the City of San Diego’s Planning Department on Tuesday, July 18th, from 6:00 PM to 7:45 PM at the Pacific Beach Taylor Branch Library located at 4275 Cass Street, San Diego, CA, 92109. The scoping meeting was conducted in a workshop format where staff provided a brief PowerPoint presentation to the public about the project scope, and the environmental issues to be analyzed in the PEIR. Written public comments were accepted.
Title: A Systematic Approach to Bicycle Parking Planning for Cities
Track: Connect
Format: 60 minute panel
Abstract: Cambridge, MA and Washington, DC have taken a strategic approach to bicycle parking. This session will focus on their planning tools and lessons learned from both the public and private sector.
Presenters:
Presenter: Megan Kanagy Downtown DC Business Improvement District
Co-Presenter: Daniel Clark Dero Bike Rack Company
Co-Presenter: Jeffrey Rosenblum City of Cambridge, MA
Schedule:
Wednesday 9/10 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM in Breakout Rooms, 316
This document was created using data from previous plans, public meetings, and market & retail studies in order to establish our values for the Great Places initiative at 38th & Illinois.
Allen Road - Eglinton West Station: Preliminary Design ConsultationCrosstown TO
Station design is one of the most exciting -- and most critical -- components of The Crosstown construction. There are a number of major considerations for station design, including: accessibility for people with disabilities, development potential, integration with surrounding communities, and minimizing construction impacts. This is the preliminary station design consultation for Allen Road - Eglinton West. Visit www.thecrosstown.ca for more information.
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library is presenting an exploration of the seventy key documents that have shaped the United Nations and our world.
Credits: Dag Hammarskjöld Library
Essa apresentação faz parte do curso introdutório em práticas corporais e mentais da MTC, ofertado gratuitamente pelo Ministério da Saúde na plataforma colaborativa Comunidade de Práticas.
Acesse https://cursos.atencaobasica.org.br/courses/16684
On September 23-24, Chattanooga business owners, residents, City engineering, transportation, and planning staff welcomed Dutch bicycle transportation experts to plan and discuss how Chattanooga can become more bike-friendly. The two day ThinkBike workshop addressed how to improve multi modal access along Frazier Avenue and Cherokee Blvd on the north shore and create a link for the St Elmo neighborhood to the planned Riverwalk extension. The result was a broadened understanding of how incorporating bikes and pedestrians into all projects can create a sense of place.
ThinkBike was hosted by the Royal Netherlands Embassy and the City of Chattanooga with generous support from the Benwood Foundation and Friends of Outdoor Chattanooga. The Regional Planning Agency provided staff support for the planning of the workshop.
More information about ThinkBike available here: http://www.chattanooga.gov/transportation/transportation-resources
RV 2014: Complete Streets- From Policy to Implementation by Tony HullRail~Volution
Complete Streets: From Policy to Implementation (Completely)
How can you make your complete streets policy a success? How do you translate complete streets into real benefits for the people who are walking, biking and taking public transportation? How do you promote accessibility and connectivity for all -- including people with disabilities -- through design and planning? Hear regional, city and international perspectives from policy to implementation during this complete complete streets workshop.
Moderator: Richard Weaver, AICP, Director of Planning, Policy and Sustainability, American Public Transportation Association; Chair, National Complete Streets Coalition, Washington, DC
Joseph Iacobucci, Sam Schwartz Engineering, DPC, Chicago, Illinois
Stefanie Seskin, Deputy Director, National Complete Streets Coalition, Smart Growth America, Washington, DC
Dan Gallagher, AICP, Transportation Planning Manager, Charlotte Department of Transportation, Charlotte, North Carolina
James Cromar, Director of Planning, Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Tony Hull, Independent Transportation Consultant, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Gregory Thompson, Chair, Light Rail Transit Committee of TRB, Tallahassee, Florida
Roxana Ene, Project Manager, Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
The City of San Diego hosted a scoping meeting in preparation of a Program EIR for the Balboa Avenue Station Area Specific Plan.
The public scoping meeting was held by the City of San Diego’s Planning Department on Tuesday, July 18th, from 6:00 PM to 7:45 PM at the Pacific Beach Taylor Branch Library located at 4275 Cass Street, San Diego, CA, 92109. The scoping meeting was conducted in a workshop format where staff provided a brief PowerPoint presentation to the public about the project scope, and the environmental issues to be analyzed in the PEIR. Written public comments were accepted.
Title: A Systematic Approach to Bicycle Parking Planning for Cities
Track: Connect
Format: 60 minute panel
Abstract: Cambridge, MA and Washington, DC have taken a strategic approach to bicycle parking. This session will focus on their planning tools and lessons learned from both the public and private sector.
Presenters:
Presenter: Megan Kanagy Downtown DC Business Improvement District
Co-Presenter: Daniel Clark Dero Bike Rack Company
Co-Presenter: Jeffrey Rosenblum City of Cambridge, MA
Schedule:
Wednesday 9/10 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM in Breakout Rooms, 316
This document was created using data from previous plans, public meetings, and market & retail studies in order to establish our values for the Great Places initiative at 38th & Illinois.
Allen Road - Eglinton West Station: Preliminary Design ConsultationCrosstown TO
Station design is one of the most exciting -- and most critical -- components of The Crosstown construction. There are a number of major considerations for station design, including: accessibility for people with disabilities, development potential, integration with surrounding communities, and minimizing construction impacts. This is the preliminary station design consultation for Allen Road - Eglinton West. Visit www.thecrosstown.ca for more information.
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library is presenting an exploration of the seventy key documents that have shaped the United Nations and our world.
Credits: Dag Hammarskjöld Library
Essa apresentação faz parte do curso introdutório em práticas corporais e mentais da MTC, ofertado gratuitamente pelo Ministério da Saúde na plataforma colaborativa Comunidade de Práticas.
Acesse https://cursos.atencaobasica.org.br/courses/16684
Flow Cytometry Training talks - part 1
This forms the first session of the Garvan Flow , Flow Cytometry Training course. this is a 1 1/2 day training course aimed at giving new and experienced researchers a better understanding of cytometry in medical and biological research.
Conceitos Básicos de Recursos Terapêuticos em Acupuntura/MTCcomunidadedepraticas
Esta apresentação de slides foi desenvolvida para o curso introdutório em Medicina Tradicional Chinesa, na Comunidade de Práticas . Acesse: https://cursos.atencaobasica.org.br/courses/16683
Material produzido pelo Ministério da Saúde (Política Nacional de Práticas Integrativas e Complementares) e Instituto Communitas.
The concept is built up on basic transport mechanisms across the biological membranes including transcapillary or paracapillary transport. Attempt has been made to distinguish between the blood brain barrier and blood-CSF barrier. Cartoons were profusely used.
Portland's Complete Streets Policy - GSMSummit 2014, Bruce HymanGrowSmart Maine
Why plan for growth and change, when it seems so much easier to simply react?
When there is a distinct and shared vision for your community - when residents, businesses and local government anticipate a sustainable town with cohesive and thriving neighborhoods - you have the power to conserve your beautiful natural spaces, enhance your existing downtown or Main Street, enable rural areas to be productive and prosperous, and save money through efficient use of existing infrastructure.
This is the dollars and sense of smart growth.
Success is clearly visible in Maine, from the creation of a community-built senior housing complex and health center in Fort Fairfield to conservation easements creating Forever Farms to Rockland's revitalized downtown. Communities have options. We have the power to manage our own responses to growth and change.
After all, “Planning is a process of choosing among those many options. If we do not choose to plan, then we choose to have others plan for us.” - Richard I. Winwood
And in the end, this means that our children and their children will choose to make Maine home and our economy will provide the opportunities to do so.
The Summit offers you a wonderful opportunity to be a part of the transformative change in Maine that we’ve seen these gatherings produce. We encourage you to consider the value of being actively involved in growing Maine’s economy and protecting the reasons we choose to live here.
On/Off Road Cycle Infrastructure Review - Urban
Venue: Glasgow - Cycling Scotland Office
Site Visit: Glasgow Connect 2 Cycle Infrastructure
Date: Wednesday 31st August 2011
Start Time 9.30am
Brief Description: Review of Connect 2 infrastructure installed within Glasgow. This will be completed by a series of workshops on designing for cyclists looking in depth at current design manuals and providing a more technical review of current standards. Site visits will be used to review the infrastructure completing the day with a feedback session on the installed infrastructure.
Presentation slides from Community Workshop 1 for the Park Lawn Lake Shore Transportation Master Plan, that took place on November 24 and December 3 2016.
For more information, see http://scarboroughsubwayextension.ca
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RV 2014: Urban Circulator Roundtable: Shaping Cities one Challenge at a Time ...Rail~Volution
Urban Circulator Roundtable: Shaping Cities One Challenge at a Time AICP CM 1.5
An urban circulator roundtable? How appropriate! Hear speakers from around the country -- Austin; Atlanta; Minneapolis-St. Paul; Portland-- experienced in different disciplines of urban circulator implementation. Start with short presentations from each unique perspective, then focus on the challenges and issues associated with implementation -- outreach, financing, traffic, etc. -- and how each organization overcame these challenges.
Moderator: Neil McFarlane, General Manager, TriMet, Portland, Oregon
Paul Zebell, Project Manager, Bureau of Transportation, City of Portland, Oregon
April Manlapaz, Transit Project Manager, AECOM, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Derek Benedict, PE, Transportation Engineer, URS Corporation, Austin, Texas
D.J. Baxter, Executive Director, Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah
Jim Erkel, Attorney & Program Director, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, St. Paul, Minnesota
Lisa Gordon, Chief Operating Officer, Atlanta Beltline, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
For more information, see http://scarboroughsubwayextension.ca
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Alberta Transportation's First Design-Build (DB) Project - Stony Plain Road I...AamerShakoor
Alberta Transportation (TRANS) developed a new Design-Build (DB) project delivery framework to complement its traditional Design-Bid-Build (DBB) delivery mechanism and the successful Public-Private-Partnership (P3) or Design-Build-Finance-Operate (DBFO) delivery process. The new DB process incorporated all benefits and efficiencies of the P3 process as well as the rigorous quality assurance procedures of the DBB contracts. TRANS successfully implemented the DB process on a systems interchange at Anthony Henday Drive (AHD) and Stony Plain Road (SPR)/100 Avenue in Edmonton. The DB process provided substantial cost savings over the DBB approach and also allowed the interchange to be opened to traffic one year earlier on November 4, 2011.
This simplified resilience assessment for road projects was presented at the XVIth World Winter Service and Road Resilience Congress in Calgary in February 2022. We call this method the 3R-method because we use three Rs, robustness, redundancy and recovery as a measure of resilience
4. Course Presenter
Dan Ross, CPEng. (NZ), MUP
Senior Transportation Planner,
Opus International Consultants, Ltd.
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Formerly
- Transit Planner – Edmonton Transit System
- Senior Transportation Consultant – Opus, Auckland, NZ
- Traffic Planner/Borough Planner – New York City DOT
- Associate City Planner – New York City DCP
5. Why This Topic?
Similarities towards active
transportation and transit
Burden of proof is on you
- Gatekeepers
- Prejudices
- Responsive strategies
- Different delivery and outcomes
6. Why This Topic?
High Level plans have
similar intentions
• Higher PT/AT trips
• Reduced emissions
• Denser development
• Translate ‘down’ to
specific plans
New York, NY
Auckland, NZ
Vancouver, BC
Edmonton, AB
7. A Common Path
High Level Policy
Priority Statement
Program/Schedule of Projects
Feasibility?
Planners
Engineers
Investigation
8. Some Success
1st Ave Complete Street –
New York, NY
Dunsmuir St. bike lanes –
Vancouver, BC
Beach Rd cycle lanes –
Auckland, NZ
9. Some Success – NYC
NYCDOT
- Cycle mode increases, not at expense of transit
- Fewer crashes, reduced risk
23. 1. Effects on Traffic – short and long term
2. Constructability – how much and where?
3. Whole life costs – operations and maintenance
Minimal Considerations
24. ‘Business Case’
1. Traffic Impacts
2. Constructability
3. Operations and Maintenance
4. Other elements to consider
26. 2. What will happen to affected/displaced traffic?
- modelling, route analyses, mode shift?
Traffic Impacts
Be Prepared to Discuss
1. What is an ‘acceptable’ impact?
- i.e., LOS, v/c ratio, peak impacts
3. How many people are affected? Not just cars
- Quantify comparative impacts
27. Example 1
Broadway Blvd – New York, NY
• Road diet for major
Manhattan street; 33rd
St – 59th St
• Not possible without
extensive network
modelling
• Led to Greenlight for
Midtown projects
• Continuously
monitored and updated
28. Example 1 – con’t.
Broadway Blvd – New York, NY
• Willingness to experiment
• Reduced capacity impacts
verified
• Low-cost treatments in
short term
• Adjustments made with
monitoring
29. Example 1 – con’t.
Broadway Blvd – New York, NY
Before After
B’way south of 59th St
30. Example 1 – con’t.
Broadway Blvd – New York, NY
Before After
Times Square
31. Example 2
Cycle Boulevards – Auckland, NZ
Hillsborough Rd
/Quona Ave
Dominion Rd
/Memorial Ave
• 1st attempt at Portland-style bike
boulevards
• Suburban areas with few impacts,
design changes
• Some capacity analysis ultimately
required
32. Example 2 – con’t.
Auckland Cycle Boulevards
• Originally rerouted 0.5km to south to new signalized intersection
• Crossing impacts forced into scope
• No adverse impacts – approved
Dominion Rd/Memorial Ave
33. Example 2 – con’t.
Auckland Cycle Boulevards
Hillsborough Rd/Quona Ave
• Full signalization preferred
• Alternative scenarios forced into scope
• Impacts deemed too severe; signalized crossing accepted
35. Example 3
Ngahue Drive – Auckland, NZ
New Stonefields
Development
(former quarry)
Auckland Council GIS Viewer
cycling
facilities
cycling
facilities • 1.5km connecting
cycle way
• On strategic
network
• 3m-5m wide
boulevard/berm
next to golf course
• No room for on-
road facilities
36. Example 3 – con’t.
Ngahue Drive – Auckland, NZ
• Utility poles, drainage,
structural, encroachment,
arboreal issues
• $2.1M - $6.4M cost
• Residential side imperfect but
cheaper
• Optics of cost vs. inability to
provide quality (it’s only money)
Google Street View
37. Example 4
Materials
Auckland, NZ
Fort Street Shared Space
• High-quality redesign
• Full consultation
• NZ$23M for 800m
Jean Batten Place
Before
After
38. Example 4 – con’t.
Materials
New York, NY
NYCDOT Plaza Program
Pearl St Plaza, Brooklyn
• Concrete, asphalt only
• Local partnerships
• Minimal design, cost
• Potential for staging
Corona Plaza, Queens
40. Edmonton Complete Streets Pilot Projects
Design Elements
Example 5
• Sustainability initiative from
Transportation Master Plan
• NACTO-influenced
• Application constraints
- curb build-outs
- lane widths
www.edmonton.ca
41. Edmonton Complete Streets Pilot Projects
Design Elements
Example 5 – con’t.
Curb Extensions
City of Edmonton –
Complete Streets Guidelines, 2013
42. Edmonton Complete Streets Pilot Projects
Design Elements
Example 5 – con’t.
City of Edmonton –
Complete Streets Guidelines, 2013
Preferred Lane Widths
43. Edmonton Complete Streets Pilot Projects
Design Elements
Example 5 – con’t.
Bad for Bulb-outs
Curb Extensions
• No plow equipment for curb
extensions
• Delay until existing fleet is
upgraded
44. Edmonton Complete Streets Pilot Projects
Design Elements
Example 5 – con’t.
Preferred Lane Widths
Seasonal Road Diet
• ‘Windrow’s reduce curbside widths
• Alberta min. is 4.2m to compensate
45. • National Ass’n of City Transportation Officials (NACTO)
• Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) over LOS – CEQA
• Multimodal LOS Analyses
• Improved GIS applications
• Data collection techniques
• Social Media outreach
• Tasteful Obstinacy – not new
New-ish Resources
46. New-ish Resources – con`t
`NYCDOT Current Projects`
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/current-projects.shtml
‘California Senate Bill (SB) 743’
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_i
d=201320140SB743
‘Updating Transportation Impacts Analysis in
the CEQA Guidelines’
47. Summary
• Burden of Proof is on you
• Know your implementation context
• Consider risks during planning
• Challenge engineers
• Build your Business Case
48. Building a Better Business Case
1. Traffic Impacts
2. Constructability
3. Operations &
Maintenance
• What will happen to traffic?
• Analysis in scope or RFP
• How will this thing be built?
• Timing of construction
• Materials
• Minimum access requirements?
• How will it function?
• Who will maintain?
Burden of proof is on you