cultivating great transit related communities final
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Cultivating Great Transit-Related Communitiesin Connecticut and New England
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2016 | 3:45 – 5:00PM
Norman F. Cole, AICP | City of Stamford, ConnecticutDean Mack | City of Bridgeport, Connecticut
George Proakis, AICP | City of Somerville, Massachusetts Ben Carlson, LEED AP | Goody Clancy
Mitch Glass, ASLA, APA | Goody Clancy
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Transit service is not always created equal. For some communities, transit may be non-existent, while in others the system is overburdened. Learn how three neighborhoods – one underserved, one newly served, and one long-served by transit – have been cultivating communities around varying degrees of transit, and the lessons for your community.
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Agenda• Transit-related communities: issues and ingredients• Introducing three types of TOD contexts• Updating established neighborhood TOD | Stamford, CT• Setting the stage for Regional Center TOD | Bridgeport, CT• Regional Center TOD in motion | Somerville, MA
• Panel discussion• Audience discussion
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Issues and Ingredients
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IssuesCommon barriers to great transit-related communities• Lack of shared community vision• Inappropriate or outmoded zoning• Infrastructure costs• Brownfields costs• Need to identify/establish effective
financial incentives/tools• Fragmented land control/location• Developer capability and capacity• Ensuring equitable housing, job and
transportation opportunity• Coordinating municipal, state, federal &
transit agencies to achieve land use/ transportation synergies
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Community aspirationsConnecting transit with quality of life• Can TOD’s real
estate market benefits translate into community benefits?• Can we make TOD’s
impacts equitable?• Is there a TOD
vision people will love and champion, supporting community and economic development?
Community aspirationsMulti-modal mixWalkabilityReal estate marketFit to contextTimetable
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Multi-modal mixPark-and-ride or walk-and-ride?• Park-and-ride
may impede walking access• Bus and bike
connections must be convenient and safe• Parking: surface
or structured? Serving commuters vs. development?
Community aspirationsMulti-modal mixWalkabilityReal estate marketFit to contextTimetable
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WalkabilityThe 10-minute walk• The ¼ to ½ mile
radius is the center of opportunity• Walkable mixed-
use setting offers neighborhood & innovation district potential• Invokes pressures,
benefits and challenges of density
Community aspirationsMulti-modal mixWalkabilityReal estate marketFit to contextTimetable
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Real estate marketWould you invest here?• Emerging markets
• Strategic repositioning
• Balancing focus & flexibility
• Leveraging assets
• Waiting patiently
• Hot markets• Housing
affordability• Jobs/housing
balance
Community aspirationsMulti-modal mixWalkabilityReal estate marketFit to contextTimetable
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Fit to contextMaking confident transitions• Changing places:
where is/isn’t redevelopment desirable? (per community, property owners, market)• Changing scales:
can zoning and design guidelines structure comfortable transitions of height, style, activity, intensity?
Community aspirationsMulti-modal mixWalkabilityReal estate marketFit to contextTimetable
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TimetableWhen will the train come?• Transformative TOD can
take decades• Prepare for elusive
opportunity: align stakeholders, investors, sites, development & infrastructure policies• Distinguish near- and
long-term planning, funding elements• Seek leverage to shape
redevelopment proposals
Community aspirationsMulti-modal mixWalkabilityReal estate marketFit to contextTimetable
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Three types of TOD contextsUpdating established neighborhood TOD | Stamford, CTSetting the stage for Regional Center TOD | Bridgeport, CTRegional Center TOD in motion| Somerville, MA
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Stamford, CTGlenbrook and Springdale
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Bridgeport, CTBarnum Station
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City Roadmap1 Invest in transportation infrastructure
2 Comprehensive Vision and Plan
3 Rezoning to incentivize development
4 Control and Preparation of Key Development Sites?
5 Engage Investors – Trust-Building and Incentives
BRIDGEPORT TOD DEVELOPMENT
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Major Projects• Harding High School• Seaview Complete Street• Steelpointe Harbor• Barnum Train Station• Hospital Expansion• Waterfront Plan
EAST BRIDGEPORT DEVELOPMENT PLAN
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Station Timeline• October 2010 – Funding Approved for Barnum
Station Feasibility Study• July 2013 – Barnum Train Station Feasibility
Study Published• Summer 2014 – Land Use and Transportation
Study• August 2014 – Barnum Station Design Funding
Approved• 2016 – Remediation• 2016 – Acquisition• Anticipated 2019 – Start of Station construction• Anticipated 2021 – Start of Station operations
BARNUM STATION TOD
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Vacant Land• 700 acre of vacant/underutilized land• Current property taxes
$1 million annual• As-Is Build Out Scenario
$3 million annual• TOD Build Out Scenario
$10 million annual
BARNUM STATION TOD
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Brownfields• ¼ mile – 44 acres
on 34 brownfields • ½ mile – 61 acres
on 40 brownfields
BARNUM STATION TOD
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Jobs• Over 4500 jobs in ½
mile radius• Bridgeport Hospital
2600 employees is expanding by more than 40 percent
BARNUM STATION TOD
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• Sustain the long-term vision and commitment to a mixed-use Regional Center: trust the opportunity
1915-1945+
East Side
EastEnd
Mill Hill
H
Steelpointe
Downtown
TODAY
photo
BARNUM STATION TOD | ECONOMIC REPOSITIONING
Setting up a new century of prosperity
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What changes can we effect … and when?
Station opening2016 2020 2024 2028 2032
12 mos
.3 years 5-7 years 10-15 years
BARNUM STATION TOD | ECONOMIC REPOSITIONING
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Unprecedented opportunities:• New, faster transit service• Large amount of available land –
unique along Northeast Corridor in region• Transformative potential for:• Business/industry growth• Job growth• Workforce
attraction/retention• Neighborhood revitalization
Within a 10-minute walk of the station…
Today* OpportunityEmployees 3,200 + 4,000-
8,000Businesses 180 + 100 or
moreHousing Units 1,800 + 500-1,000Residents 4,500 + 1,000-
2,000*Sources: ACS, ESRI
BARNUM STATION TOD
Barnum Station:Connecticut’s Next Great Economic Growth Center
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The vision: connecting neighborhoods to economic opportunity – and to each other
Active, safe streetsExpanded workforce
access for established employers
PRELIMINARY SAMPLE CONCEPT – NOT A PROPOSAL
Synergies with downtown and waterfront districts
BARNUM STATION TOD
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The vision: connecting neighborhoods to economic opportunity – and to each other
Active, safe streetsExpanded workforce
access for established employers
Revitalized residential blocks
Signature greenway
500+ new housing units
PRELIMINARY SAMPLE CONCEPT – NOT A PROPOSAL
Revitalized neighborhood main street
4,000+ new jobs
Synergies with downtown and waterfront districts
BARNUM STATION TOD
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Somerville, MAAssembly Row
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DiscussionPanel questionsAudience questions
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Question 1:•What were your community’s goals in seeking to advance TOD?• Economic development?•Additional housing options?•Additional neighborhood retail activity?•Better transit and access?•Better streets for peds and bikes?
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Question 2:•What are the primary challenges/barriers you’ve faced? Have you been able to resolve these?•Community resistance to TOD?• Funding for public infrastructure?• Transit service upgrades?•Market/developer interest?
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Question 3:•What were the “surprises/myths/misconceptions” that would be relevant for other communities and policy makers considering TOD?•Planning process?•Policy making?• Establishing priorities?• Funding and implementation?
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Thank you!Norman F. Cole, AICP | City of Stamford, ConnecticutDean Mack | City of Bridgeport, ConnecticutGeorge Proakis, AICP | City of Somerville, MassachusettsBen Carlson, LEED AP | Goody Clancy Mitch Glass, ASLA, APA | Goody Clancy