Conceptual Level Demonstration Project LARRY MCAULIFFE MANAGER, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NEW YORK METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL

Conceptual Level Demonstration Project LARRY MCAULIFFE MANAGER, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NEW YORK METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL

Shared Cost Initiative

Transit Supportive Development

Transit Supportive Development Cooperative effort of NYS MPOs making use of shared planning efforts Plan s purpose: to introduce Transit Supportive Development (TSD) to Upstate & suburban areas; boost smart growth; to serve as prototypes for other communities; and to examine opportunities to see what can be done Using consultant team of Regional Plan Association & BFJ Planning $150,000 funding level

Plan identifies actions required to create most supportive land uses for TOD Identifies obstacles to integrated planning & helping provides insight regarding potential market, development size and zoning & parking issues Resulting products include schematic design for the project that supports transit use in each pilot community

Key Questions How can local land use development decisions in NYS be better integrated with regional transit networks & vice versa? What kinds of public policies and transportation investments can encourage transit supportive land use patterns? What role can MPOs play in working toward such outcomes. What are transferable lessons?

West Point Made use of the NYS MPO Conference at West Point to announce project parameters & to demonstrate successful TOD projects in Yonkers Resulted in 9 applications from Upstate communities who wanted to progress in TOD Steering Committee selected best projects that could serve as prototypes for municipalities statewide

TSD Call for Expressions of Interest Who Submitted: Rochester Renaissance Square Downtown Revitalization (local and regional bus) Harriman Station TSD (MNRR/NJ TRANSIT Port Jervis Line) Buffalo-Amherst Corridor land use and transportation study (local bus, light rail) Albany Transportation Center in the Convention Center district (local and regional bus)

Nine Applications Town of Dover TSD (MNRR Harlem Line) Croton Station Access Study (MNRR Hudson Line) Niagara Falls Multi-Modal International Transportation Center (Amtrak, local and regional bus) City of Poughkeepsie TSD (MNRR Hudson Line) Ithaca SW Redevelopment TSD Study (local and regional bus)

Three Demo Projects Harriman Station on the Port Jervis Commuter Rail Line - surrounded by a large tract of undeveloped land and a parking lot in a growing area Downtown Albany Convention Center and BRT Terminal Study - connecting a developing Bus Rapid Transit line with the proposed Convention Center Buffalo/Amherst Corridor -University of Buffalo expansion plans connecting three UB campuses in Amherst and Buffalo

TSD for Harriman Station Area

Harriman Station Simulation with TOD

Traffic and Mobility

Traffic and Mobility

Harriman Conceptual Plan

TSD for Albany: Convention Center & BRT Terminal

Terminal As Mixed-Use Building: Liberty Street Infill

Terminal As Mixed-Use Building: Liberty Street Infill

Terminal As Mixed-Use Building: Broadway Infill

Terminal As Mixed-Use Building: Broadway Infill

State Street Today

Fitting BRT in the State Street Median

Proposal Streetscape Elements

TSD in Buffalo-Amherst Corridor Connecting Three UB Campuses

Buffalo-Amherst Corridor land use and transportation study

Existing Neighborhood Street

Neighborhood Street with BRT

Existing Neighborhood Commercial Corridor

Residential & Commercial Corridor with BRT and Redevelopment

Existing Abandoned Commercial Area

Abandoned Commercial Area with LRT and Redevelopment

Lessons Learned Technical challenges: gathering data for planning TSDs; explaining density Inter-municipal cooperation, competing agendas, conflicting interest Multiple jurisdictions all have decision-making powers under home rule Mechanisms need to be found to reach common ground; some are detailed in the 3 meeting reports & summarized in guidebook Results may vary depending on situation & points of view of decision makers Ways need to be found to get input from general public

Stakeholder Workshop Participants In Harriman

Special Thanks Consultant Team Georges Jacquemart, Principal, BFJ Rob Lane, Director of Design, RPA Jeff Zupan, Senior Transportation Fellow, RPA Paolo Ikezoe, Research Assistant, RPA Project Administrator Kealy Salomon, Dutchess County