Growing Transit Communities Eastside Easy Rider Collaborative - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Growing Transit Communities Eastside Easy Rider Collaborative Exchange Forum February 29, 2012

GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES 2 Overview • Growing Transit Communities Partnership • East Link • Bus Rapid Transit • Corridor Study Areas

GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES 3 Growing Transit Communities Three year effort funded by HUD’s Partnership for Sustainable Communities Implementation central Puget Sound’s adopted integrated regional planning

GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES 4 4 Sustainable Communities Initiative Transformation and Collaboration “When it comes to housing, environmental and transportation policy, the federal government must speak with one voice .” Livability Principles • Provide more transportation choices • Promote equitable, affordable housing • Enhance economic competitiveness • Support existing communities • Coordinate policies & leverage investment • Value communities and neighborhoods Economic Development & Social Equity

GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES 5 VISION 2040 – Regional Growth Strategy • Numeric guidance for local planning targets • Focus growth in Metropolitan Cities, Core Cities, and Larger Cities • Permanently protect resource lands, rural areas • Connect regional centers • Certification of local plans Development Patterns Goal: “The region will focus growth within already urbanized areas to create walkable, compact, transit-oriented communities that maintain unique local character.”

GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES Transportation 2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Aggressive Transit Program • $100+ billion in transit investments • $12 billion light rail investment • Light rail corridors – beyond ST2

GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES 7 7 7 North, East, and South Corridors Aligned along the region’s high-capacity transportation corridors

GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES 8 GTC Program Components Corridor Action Strategies • Analyze current conditions and needs • Develop implementation strategies Regional Equity Network • Create region-wide network to promote social equity • Administer capacity building sub-grants to non-profits Affordable Housing Strategy • Produce region-wide Fair Housing and Equity Assessment • Research new tools: TIF, TOD Fund, Surplus Lands • Provide technical assistance to local jurisdictions Demonstration Projects in Each Corridor • Northgate and Tacoma Catalyst Projects • Decision Commons in Bel-Red

Corridor Action Strategies

GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES 10 What are Corridor Strategies? What is Corridor Planning? • Different scales: parcel, station, corridor, region • Corridor Planning examines the areas around each station along a single transit line What is on the table? • Recommendations at corridor level, station area type level, or local or regional level • Recommendations at the state level • Recommendations for non-profit and private partners What is NOT on the table? • Going beyond scope or resources -Station area planning -Alignment determination

Eastside Rapid Transit

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East Link Project

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Bus Rapid Transit

Elements of RapidRide • Frequent Service • Travel Time Savings • Enhanced Bus and Passenger Amenities • Uniquely Branded - “The Best of Metro” 21 21

RapidRide Corridors 2010 - 2013 Pacific Highway S. (2010) Bellevue/Redmond (2011) West Seattle (2012) Ballard/Uptown (2012) Aurora Avenue N. (2013) Burien/Renton (2013) 22

RapidRide B Line Bellevue-Redmond 23

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For More Information Ben Bakkenta, Program Manager bbakkenta@psrc.org (206) 971-3286 Project Website http://www.psrc.org/growth/growing-transit-communities

GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES 26 26 Region’s Three Long -Range HCT Corridors SOUTH CORRIDOR NORTH CORRIDOR EAST CORRIDOR