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3.7 Million More Residents
2 Million More Jobs
By 2040, our region is
projected to add:
How would you SPEND $100 to IMPROVE the region’s
TRANSPORTATION system
$14
$25
$13
$26
$10
$11
PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
BUILDING NEW ROADS & HIGHWAYS
FIXING EXISTING ROADS
& HIGHWAYS
SIDEWALKS & BIKEWAYS
PLANNING &
COORDINATION
IMPROVING DESIGN & SAFETY
• Mixed but complementary uses
• Promote activity at different times
of day and week
• Appropriate levels of density
• Multi-modal transportation options
• Deal with parking
• Promote appropriate street widths
• Meet minimum sidewalk standards
• Dedicate space in streets for transit,
cyclists, and pedestrians
• Minimize building setbacks
• Limit blank walls at pedestrian levels
• Provide public spaces
• Pedestrian friendly speed limits
• Short blocks or mid-block crossings
• Minimize dead-end streets
• Use access management techniques
• Offer rear access for service trucks
Livable Centers Study Locations
• Partner with eligible local entities
• Analysis of land uses, market, transportation facilities, street design, pedestrian improvements, parking, and green space
• Include implementation and funding plan
• Quantify benefits
Livable Centers Studies Livable Centers Studies
Measuring Benefits
Benefits – Environmental
• Air quality: measure reduction in VMT resulting from conversion to ped-bike or transit trips or internal trip capture
• Water quality
• Heat island effect
Benefits - Health
• Health benefits from increase in walking/bicycling
• Livable Centers studies now required to include calculation of health benefits
Benefits – Economic Development
Challenges
Challenges - Implementation
Challenges - Coordination
H-GAC Businesses
Civic Groups
TIRZ
TxDOT
METRO
County
Residents
Property Owners
Elected Officials
Developers
Management District
City Plans
Projects
Funding
Vision/Goals
Challenges - Funding
• Transportation funding sources limited
• Competing for funding with traditional
roadway projects
• Quantifying benefits can help
• Increasingly public/private
partnerships
TOP CHALLENGE: MINDSET Top Challenge: MINDSET
Implemented Projects
EAST END
Instant Impact
