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- 1. Smart Planning for Inevitable Growth
- 2. Livable Centers: A Strategy for Sustainable Mobility Jeff Taebel, FAICP Director, Community & Environmental Planning
- 4. Sustainable Mobility? $157 billion investment in 2035 RTP
- 5. Sustainable Mobility? • High Gas Prices • Environmental Impacts – Air quality – Carbon emissions – Stormwater runoff • Funding Shortfalls – State – Federal
- 6. RTP Goals Improved access Coordinated planning Regional Transportation Plan Healthier environment More transit
- 7. Paradigm Shift • Reduced Congestion • Reduced Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) • Reduced Single-Occupant Vehicle (SOV) Trips
- 10. Livable Centers
- 11. Regional average 51 miles Downtown 9 miles 1 2 5 3 4 Westchase Medical 27 miles Center Uptown 5 miles 16 miles Greenway 14 miles Daily Vehicle Miles Traveled per Employee
- 12. Centers and Transit Downtown: 36% work trips via transit TMC: 8% work trips via transit
- 13. Types of Centers center type pop. + jobs range Neighborhood 3,000 – 10,000 Center Museum District Town Center 10,000 – 50,000 Galveston Regional Center 50,000 – 100,000 Uptown Urban Core 100,000+ Downtown
- 14. Measuring Impacts SOV Trip 10% Reduction:
- 15. 10% = 250 Neighborhood Centers OR 85 Town Centers OR 18 Regional Centers OR 10 Urban Cores
- 16. 10% = 50 Neighborhood Centers AND 25 Town Centers AND 7 Regional Centers AND 1 Urban Core
- 17. H-GAC Livable Centers Projects: 2008-2011 TIP Planning Implementation • East End Mgmt Dist: • Woodlands Town Center Navigation/S. Jensen • McGowen Improvements • Houston: Code • Midtown Phase V Enforcement • Galveston Seawall Building/EnsembleTOD Ped/Transit Connections • Houston: Gillette Street • Uptown Street • Houston: Urban Corridors Improvements* • Tomball: Downtown • Upper Kirby District* Urban Design Plan • East End District* • Waller: Town Square * Currently on contingency list for federal stimulus funding
- 19. The Woodlands Town Center
- 21. Main Street TOD/Code Enforcement Bldg
- 22. Greater East End Management District
- 23. Greater East End Management District
- 24. Subregional Planning Initiative • Coordination – Integrating local plans • Strategies – Creating an implementation toolbox • Investments – Funding projects aligned with RTP goals • Local actions, regional benefits
- 25. Smart Planning
- 26. Questions? Jeff Taebel, FAICP jeff.taebel@h-gac.com 713-993-4560 www.h-gac.com/livablecenters
- 27. 2005 Population
- 28. 2035 Population
- 29. 2035 Population – Alternative Scenario
- 30. Reliant Stadium Parking Area
- 31. Greenfields Preserved = 14 Reliant Stadium Parking Areas