2010 ULI Fall Meeting Presentation October 14, 2010 9:30 am to 10:45 am

1. New Developments in
Transit Oriented
Development
Thursday,
October 14
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

2. HUD recommended links
 Partnership Newsletter
http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/program_offices/sustainable_housing_communi
ties/SustainableCommunitiesPrograms4-29-10.pdf
 Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities
www.hud.gov/sustainability

3. MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
Transit Oriented Development Program
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MDOT Office of Real Estate
• Maryland Secretary of Transportation’s Office
• Responsible for TOD Projects at MDOT Stations:
– Baltimore Metro; Baltimore Light Rail; MARC
• Support WMAT TOD Efforts at Washington
Metro Stations:
– Staff assigned at MDOT
– Financial support for WMATA projects

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MDOT Uniquely Situated
• MDOT includes all transportation modes:
– MTA and SHA property
– Coordination of modal effort
• MDOT has its own funding sources
• MDOT has significant staff and consulting
resources
• In 2007, MDOT needed a legal framework for
TOD

7. Maryland TOD Law of 2008
The TOD Law:
• Defines TOD
• Makes TOD an MDOT
transportation purpose
• Creates TOD process
– Joint Designation by
MDOT and local
government
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Maryland TOD Law of 2009
The 2009 TOD law expands
local government
authority at TODs:
• MEDCO can issue TIF
bonds
• Special Assessment
Districts can fund non-
county assets
• SAD’s can fund
operations and
maintenance
• Any local tax can fund a
TIF Bond

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Maryland Sustainable Communities
Act of 2010
• Streamlines smart
growth efforts
• Extends Historic Tax
Credits
• Makes TOD’s eligible
for historic tax credits

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TOD Executive Order 2009
Location priority for new
State facilities to be:
• ½ mile of a
transit station
• Designated a
TOD

11. Designation Process
• Designation Criteria:
– Good TOD
– Defined State role or other need for Designation
• Local government nominates projects
• State and local government joint designation
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13. MDOT
TOD Projects
• No set formula for TOD
• Legal, Business, and Political rules often do
not fit well to TOD
• Every project is different
• Every project is difficult
TOD requires extraordinary effort,
flexibility, and actions
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14. Long list of TOD Projects
• Symphony Center Light Rail
• Owings Mills Metro
• Savage MARC
• State Center Metro/Light Rail
• Reisterstown Plaza Metro
• Laurel MARC
• Odenton MARC
• Penn Station MARC/Amtrak
• Howard Street Light Rail
• West Baltimore MARC
• Johns Hopkins/EBDI Metro
• Rogers Avenue Metro
• Cromwell Light Rail
• Muirkirk MARC
• Baltimore Redline stations
• Silver Spring Metro
• New Carrollton Metro
• Branch Avenue Metro
• Bethesda Metro
• White Flint Metro
• Wheaton Metro
• Twinbrook Metro
• Rockville Town Center/ Metro
• Naylor Road Metro
• West Hyattsville Metro
• College Park Metro
• Largo Metro
• Prince George’s Plaza Metro
• Morgan Boulevard Metro
• Glenmont Metro14 14

15. State Center
• 28 acre State-owned parcel
• Adjacent to Nine neighborhoods
• Light Rail, Metro, Amtrak, MARC

16. 2010 - Current Site

17. Green Transit Community

18. State
Center
Inner Harbor
Druid Hill
Park
North Avenue
Route 40
Pratt Street
Marc/Amtrak
Penn Station
Mt. Vernon
Square
MLKBlvd

19. State Center
• State Center, LLC is developer
– Woman led (Caroline
Moore)
– Minority ownership (33%)
• $1.6 billion mixed-use project
• Five phases over 10-15 years
• LEED Silver and LEED
Neighborhood
• Congress for New Urbanism
Charter Award Recipient
(2010) 19

20. State Center Phase One
• State is leasing the property to
developer
• State is leasing back office
space
• State is financing a shared
garage
• State receives 7% of net cash
flow as part of ground rent
• Developer seeking TIF and
PILOT from the City
• Groundbreaking within the next
three to four months 20

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What’s Next?
“Transit Communities”
• The ½ mile radius around existing stations can
theoretical accommodate all growth in Maryland
for 20 years
• Potential program to build dense transit
communities around stations
• Requires partnership of state agencies, local
government, and federal government
• We must plan ahead for the new transit lines

22. THANK YOU
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23. Transit-oriented
Development in Arlington
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EPA 2002 --
First National Award
for Smart Growth

24. Context
 Arlington, Virginia – 25.8 sq. miles in area including federal lands
 At the confluence of major regional transportation facilities
 Home to major federal facilities: Pentagon, Fort Meyer, Arlington Hall
 Located in the core of a rapidly growing Washington region (over 5
million residents, 3 million jobs and 1,200 sq. miles of urbanized area)
 Continuing to grow – with over 247,000 residents and 280,000 jobs
projected by 2040
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50,000
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1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030
Households Residents Jobs

25. Development Concepts
 Concentrate high and mid-
density redevelopment
around transit stations
(highly targeted) and taper
down to existing
neighborhoods
 Encourage a mix of uses
and services in station
areas
 Create high quality
pedestrian environments
and enhanced open space
 Preserve and reinvest in
established residential
neighborhoods
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26. Creating Environments Rich
In Travel Choices
 Site Plan Development
 County Infrastructure Investments
 Expanded Transit Service
 Support for Emerging Travel Options
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27. Sector Plans
 The sector plans identify:
• Desired public improvements
• Location for retail
• Urban design standards
• Public infrastructure needs
• Open space, streetscape standards
 They are intended to tell landowners, developers
and residents what the future of the station area will
be and how individual parcels can be redeveloped
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28. Sector Plans
 In response to development proposals, county will
rezone for higher density use shown on GLUP
 Lower (pre-existing) zoning remains in place until
proposal receives County Board approval of a
special exception site plan
 The sector plan allows significantly higher density &
height than underlying zoning (1.5 - 3.8, 55 ft - 153
ft)
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29. Requiring Development-
Specific Transportation
Demand Management
 Participation in County-wide
Commuter Services
programs
 Transit subsidies
 On-site improvements
including
sidewalk/streetscape and
bicycle facilities
 On-site travel information
 Parking management
 Transportation performance
surveys
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EPA – Potomac Yard (completed 2006)
ATP participant
Employee transit subsidies
Dedicated transitway and station
Sidewalk and bicycle improvements
Market-rate parking charges
On-site transportation coordinator

30. Transportation Strategies to
Influence Travel Patterns
 Concentrate mixed use
development around transit
stations
 Create environments rich in
travel choices
 Time transportation
improvements including
expansion of transit service to
development
 Provide comprehensive travel
information and
encouragement
 Expand development-specific
TDM requirements
 Increase focus on parking
management (supply and
pricing) 30

31. Benefits of Transit-
oriented Development
 Getting to work – transit use
– National avg: 4.7 %
– Fairfax County: 7.3 %
– Arlington: 23.3%
And, those who walk to work are double the
national avg, 5 times Fairfax
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32. Benefits of Transit-
oriented Development
 Numbers are more dramatic in
Arlington’s Metro corridors
– Car ownership: 17.9% have zero cars,
while less than 25% have 2 or more
– Getting to work: Less than half drive
 39.3% use transit
 10.5% walk or bike
 2.3 work at home
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Aerial View of Arlington and Washington, D.C.
"Today, Arlington is a shining example of what citizen
engagement, visionary planning, and wise use of scarce
resources can do for the livability of a community.“ –
SmartGrowthAmerica.org
• 11 Metro transit stops along
two Metro corridors
• More downtown office space
than Boston, Los Angeles
and Denver
• Mixed-uses of office, retail,
hotel and residential within ¼
mile of Metro
• Development density
concentrated within 10% of
Arlington’s land area
Transit-oriented Growth
Outcomes:

34. Thank you
to learn more about Arlington, please visit
www.arlingtonva.us
Thank you
to learn more about Arlington, please visit
www.arlingtonva.us

35. October 2010

36. Washington
State
‣ Growth Management Act

37. Puget Sound
Region
‣ Transition underway in Bel-
Red

38. Bel-Red Corridor

39. Bel-Red Corridor

40. Bel-Red Corridor

41. Sound Transit East Link – Preferred Alignment

42. Bel-Red Light Rail Alignment

43. Office/medical office
Mixed-use office
Mixed-use housing
Mixed-use retail housing
Office/housing transition
Housing
Commercial
OR-1
OR-2
Bel-Red Zoning – Adopted 2009

44. Bellevue Mobility and
Infrastructure

45. Bellevue Mobility and
Infrastructure

46. Bellevue Mobility and
Infrastructure
- Complete/ under construction

47. Bellevue Mobility and
Infrastructure
- Complete/ under construction
- 405 Braided Ramps (2012)

48. - Complete/ under construction
- 405 Braided Ramps (2012)
- Phase 1 (2009–2019)
Bellevue Mobility and
Infrastructure

49. - Complete/ under construction
- 405 Braided Ramps (2012)
- Phase 1 (2009–2019)
- SR 520/124th Interchange
Bellevue Mobility and
Infrastructure

50. Bellevue Mobility and
Infrastructure
- Complete/ under construction
- 405 Braided Ramps (2012)
- Phase 1 (2009–2019)
- SR 520/124th Interchange
- Future Phases

51. Comprehensive
Transportation Plan

52. Integrated Land Use and
Transportation Plan
 Office/medical office
 Mixed-use office
Mixed-use housing
Mixed-use retail
housing
Office/housing
transition
Housing
Commercial

53. Integrated Land Use and
Transportation Plan
 Office/medical office
 Mixed-use office
Mixed-use housing
Mixed-use retail
housing
Office/housing
transition
Housing
Commercial
Downtown mixed-use

54. The Spring District
‣ Existing Uses
• Warehouse
• Distribution
• Transportation Base
• Storage

55. The Spring District
‣ Infrastructure
• Transportation
• Utility Systems
• Local Streets & Sidewalks
• Dedicated Public Spaces

56. The Spring District
‣ Phase One
• 800,000 sf office
• Ground Floor Retail
• Parks and Recreation
• Residential

57. The Spring District
‣ Future Phases
• Additional Office
• Hotel
• Ground Floor Retail

58. The Spring District
‣ Future Phases
• Additional Office
• Hotel
• Ground Floor Retail
• Mix of Other Uses
• Sense of Place

59. The Spring District
‣ Future Phases
• Additional Office
• Hotel
• Ground Floor Retail
• Mix of Other Uses
• Sense of Place
• Vibrant and Diverse
• Sustainable

60. The Spring District
‣ Future Phases
• Additional Office
• Hotel
• Ground Floor Retail
• Mix of Other Uses
• Sense of Place
• Vibrant and Diverse
• Sustainable

61. Bel-Red Corridor - Vision
The Spring
District
Light Rail
130th Station
Area

62. Diverse,
Urban Feel

63. Public
Open Space

64. Access

65. An Emerging Urban Neighborhood