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Sustainable Urbanism Summit – CNU New England, April 3, 2009

Jason Schrieber, Nelson\Nygaard Consulting 1

Transit!

What is at Stake?

Thanks to Projjal Dutta, NYMTA

Transportation50%

Residential11%

Oil Refining6% Electricity

)local( Generation7%

Industrial/Commercial

Source: BAAQMD

Transportation is 40-50% of our CO2 Problem

Which travel choices are “Green?”

Thanks to Projjal Dutta, NYMTA

What we already know…

Transit Planning 101 (in under 18 minutes)

Travel time

Reliability

Dignity

What influences your decision?

Successful transit operation must offer its passengers dignity

Making transit work

Most Transit in New England

Spreads investment out, serving all areas equally

Coverage vs. Productivity

Low Ridership- but really important for the people

who use it

“Mobility for people who need it!”

“Get cars off the road!”

High Ridership- but no service in many places

Politics-Based Transit

Rule 1: Transit Follows Density

•As density increases, so does potential market

•Density allows for increases in frequency

Rule 2: Ridership Follows Frequency

•Frequencies every 12 minutes or better start to attract “choice riders”

Rule 3: Ridership Follows Travel Time

•If it’s faster to take the bus or train, people will use it in droves

•True for buses as well as rail

If we want sustainable communities, we must invest in fast, efficient transit. This is geometry, not ideology.

Street Capacity and Geometry

Cars on a street

People in Cars

People on a bus

Accommodating growth with transit

10,000

16,200

Auto Regularbus

Semi-rapid bus

Light rail

Accommodating growth with transit

Six lanes for alltraffic

Four lanes plussemi-rapid bus

Time for Pretty Pictures of Trains

Now the Streetcars

Tallaght, Germany

Lyon, France

Strasbourg, France

Ah, the “Affordable” BRT

Istanbul, Turkey

One important consideration:

3 Points:

•Keep it simple

•Make it legible

•Stop focusing on park & ride

Quito, Ecuador

L.A.’s Rapid Bus

Dignity

Coverage vs. Productivity

Low Ridership- but really important for the people

who use it

“Mobility for people who need it!”

“Get cars off the road!”

High Ridership- but no service in many places

2. Legibility (What good is a stop without info?)

Nothing fancy

•Transit oriented development (TOD)

3. Stop thinking park & ride

Stop thinking park & ride

Ridership trends “Before” TOD and parking management

Ridership trends “After” TOD and parking management

Stop thinking park & ride

Reinventing Transit

•Is transit system expansion the answer?

•FTA thinks so. They fund projected NEW riders… not making it better for existing riders

•Why must transit agencies compete against each other for a shrinking pie? Do DOTs compete for road money?

•Why shouldn’t transit compete against highway projects for solving air quality, mobility and CO2 problems?

1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000

Source: GISS

Global Average Temperature at Earth's Surface (Land-Ocean Index), 1880-2003

Jason Schrieber, Principal

Nelson\NygaardTransportation Planning for Livable Communitiesjschrieber@nelsonnygaard.com617-521-9403

www.nelsonnygaard.com

Boston Office:

10 High Street, Suite 903Boston, MA 02110

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