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TodaysTopic:

TRANSIT

ORIENTED

DEVELOPMENT

FundamentalsofSuccessfulTransitSystems

PresentedbyRobertaFox,AIA,RaleighUrbanDesignCenter

March17,

2010


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Ourintendedtakeaways fortoday

Understand

the

inter

relationship

of

Intermodal

Planning, TransitPlanning,TransportationPlanning,

StationDesignandTransitArchitecture,and

DevelopmentaroundStations

ProvideexamplesofDevelopmentaroundStationsand

casestudiesofTODs,showingdifferentmodetypes,

uses,andscales

DetermineacommonvocabularyforTODdiscussions


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Copyright 2010

The

RALEIGH

URBAN

DESIGN

CENTER.

Thewholeismore

than

the

sumofthe

parts


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TransitSystem

Design

Route/Alignment

Vehicle

Technology

StationLocations

LevelofService

Headways


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MultimodalPlanning

HighSpeedRail

Regional

Rail

RegionalBus

LocalBus

BusRapid

Transit

Greenways


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TransportationPlanning

RoadwayDesign

Street

Hierarchy

BikeLanes

Signalization


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StationDesign

ElementsofContinuity

Platform

PlatformEdges

FareCollection

VerticalCirculation

Signage

ElementsofDistinction

Roofline

Canopies Skin

PublicArt


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DevelopmentAround

Stations RegulatoryEnvironment

Zoning

DevelopmentOrdinance

OverlayDistricts

OpenSpace

PublicRealm

MixedUseBuildingTypologies

TransitOrientedDevelopment


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PedestrianFocused

BalanceNode vs Place

High

Quality

Design


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technology&

alignment

typehavethegreatest

effectonthepedestrian

environmentaround

stations


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Beacon

Hill

Station,

Seattle,

WA


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TacomaDomeStation,Tacoma,WA


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CommercialStation,Vancouver,BC


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Definitionsof

TOD

Apublicandprivatedevelopmentsupportingtransituse

byemphasizingpedestrianandtransitaccess,clustering

development,and

mixing

land

uses

and

activities."

SoundTransit,WA

Highqualityurbanenvironmentsthatarecarefullyplanned

anddesignedtoattractandretainridership. Typically,TODs

providefor

apedestrian

friendly

environment

CharlotteAreaTransitSystem,Charlotte,NC

Theintegrationoftransitfacilitiesorelements,eitherbusor rail,

throughout

the

development

of

intensive,

high

quality

uses

oriented

towards[transit]facilities TransitOrientedDevelopmentsharesa

functionalorfinancialrelationshiptothetransitsystem.

DallasAreaRapidTransit,Dallas,TX


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Transit

Oriented

Developmentvs.

TransitUnRelatedDevelopment

CommonFeaturesofTOD:

PublicPrivatePartnership

AlternativelyFinanced

LowerParkingRequirements


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focuspeopleandneedsaroundtransitstation

legiblestreetpattern

integration

with

multi

modal

networkspedestrianfocuseddesign

mixedusezoning&multifamilyhousing

minimalparking

integratedopen

space

networks


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TransitAdjacent

Development

dispersedfocalpoint

withincloseproximitytoTOD

hybridstreetpatterns

areasofmixeduse

single&multifamilyhousing

moderateamountofparking




integrationwithmultimodalnetworks

pedestrianfocuseddesign


minimalparking

integratedopenspacenetworks


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TransitUn

Related

Development

nofocalpoint

suburbanstreetpattern

lowdensitydevelopment

vehiclefocuseddesign

singlefamilyhousing

highamountof(surface)parking

unconnectedopen

space

TransitAdjacentDevelopment

dispersedfocalpoint

withincloseproximitytoTOD

hybridstreetpatterns

areasofmixeduse

single&multifamilyhousing

moderateamountofparking




integrationwithmultimodalnetworks

pedestrianfocuseddesign


minimalparking

integratedopenspacenetworks


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ConcordPacificPlace,Vancouver,BC#1


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ConcordPacificPlace,Vancouver,BC

CommunityCenter

DavidLamWaterfrontPark

Playgrounds

MultiFamily

Housing

NonMarketHousing

Schools

GroceryStore


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ConcordPacificPlace,Vancouver,BC

Why

is

this

project

successful?SuccessfulPublicPrivate

Partnership

PublicInvolvement

PedestrianFocusedDesign

HighQualityEnvironment


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FruitvaleBARTStation,Oakland,CA#2


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FruitvaleBARTStation,Oakland,CA

PedestrianPlaza

Retail/Offices

MultiFamilyHousing

ClinicChildDevelopmentCenter

SeniorCenter

Library


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FruitvaleBARTStation,Oakland,CA

Why

is

this

project

successful?EffectivePublicPrivate

Nonprofitpartnership

PublicInvolvement

CreativeFinancing

QualityDesign&Construction


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ThorntonPlace,Northgate,Seattle,WA#3


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ThorntonPlace,Northgate,Seattle,WA

Retail/Offices

Apartments

Condominiums

CinemaOpenSpace

PedestrianAmenities


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ThorntonPlace,Northgate,Seattle,WA

Whyisthisprojectsuccessful?

EffectivePublicPrivate

Partnership

Adaptive

Re

Use

of

LandCreativeFinancing

BuildsoffofExistingTransit

Infrastructurewhile

AnticipatingFutureTransit


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WhatdoesTODlooklikeinRaleigh?

?


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Copyright

2010

The

RALEIGH

URBAN

DESIGN

CENTER.


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STEPSFORSUCCESS

StationArea

Planning

ContinueCoordination

acrossAgencies

&

Departments

CoordinateRegionally

todevelop

overall

StationDevelopment

Guidelines&Principles

CommenceStation

AreaPlanning


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Steps

involved

inStationAreaPlanning

Inventory

ClassificationofStation

Types&Development

Intensity

VisioningExerciseinthe

Community

ImplementationStrategy


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InSummary

TODisaMixedUseBuildingTypologywhichtypically

features: PublicPrivatePartnership

AlternativelyFinanced

Lower

Parking

Requirements

TODCreatesaDevelopmentPatternthatisCompact,

Walkable,andPedestrianOriented

StationArea

Planning

is

the

Tool

which

Will

Allow

a

TransitOrientedDevelopmentinRaleigh

StationAreaPlanningfocusesonthe to MileRadius

aroundStation

Locations

StationAreaPlanningstartsafterRoute,Alignment,and

StationLocationsareDetermined(Late2010Early2011)


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Thankyou.

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Clickston Brunner

Architects

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AdrianneJoergensen,FWDCreativeServices

Dan

Corson,

Corson

Studios,

Public

ArtistJohnWalser,AIA,SoundTransit

JordanPetersen,NCSUMLACandidate

ScottTaylor,AIA

LookatourwebsiteforupdatesontheWestMorganAreaStudy,theUrbanDesignLectureSeries,andotherissuesrelatedtourbandesign

www.raleighnc.gov/urbandesign

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