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DATE: April 18, 2018
TO: Transportation Commission
FROM: Debra Perkins-Smith, Director, Division of Transportation Development
SUBJECT: Mobility Choice Blueprint Project
Purpose This memo is intended to familiarize the Transportation Commission members with the Mobility Choice Blueprint Project. Action Informational Item. Background The Mobility Choice Blueprint is a joint planning effort between the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), Regional Transportation District (RTD), and Mobility Choice (a non-profit initiative of the Denver Metro Area Chamber of Commerce) that seeks to establish a coordinated strategic direction for the evolving mobility of the Denver Metro related to walking, biking, driving, ride-hailing, and transit. Mobility Choice is governed by a Board of Directors composed of private and public sector members, representatives of DRCOG, RTD and CDOT, former local elected officials and economic development professionals. Michael Lewis represents CDOT on the Board of Directors. In addition to CDOT’s representation on the Board of Directors, Transportation Commissioner Karen Stuart is serving as one of the project’s Metro Ambassadors through her role as Executive Director of Smart Commute Metro North. These local experts will be complemented by a number of national Thought Leaders to ensure a variety of perspectives are represented throughout the process. Details The Mobility Choice Blueprint is a 12-month process funded jointly by CDOT, DRCOG, and RTD, governed by the Mobility Choice Board of Directors, and managed by project consultant HDR. The effort, as detailed in Attachment A, will require analyzing several new multimodal technologies and assessing different ways to make them available to the public. Multiple scenarios will be evaluated and tested based on what the community and the thought leaders have said is important about the future of mobility. These factors are also discussed in more detail in Attachment A. The final Blueprint will set the vision and contain strategies for local agencies to implement cutting-edge technologies that promote mobility and supports livable communities. It will also have recommendations for agency policy and program changes, as well as options for pilot projects that can be funded and tested by transportation agencies in partnership with the private sector. In doing so, it will complement and enhance existing CDOT efforts including the Statewide Transportation Plan, Smart Mobility Plan, and the RoadX Initiative while supporting future collaboration between CDOT, DRCOG, and RTD moving forward. Next Steps
CDOT staff will provide ongoing updates to the Transportation Commission on the progress of the Mobility Choice Blueprint effort and invite the Commissioners’ participation in the process moving forward.
Attachments
Attachment A: Mobility Choice Blueprint Fact Sheet
Attachment B: Mobility Choice Blueprint Presentation
Multimodal Planning Branch
4201 E. Arkansas Ave, Shumate Bldg.
Denver, CO 80222
How will we travel in and around our communities in the future? The way we travel in the Denver metro area is rapidly changing. Advanced technology and internet connectivity are providing new options every day. To maintain the economic competitiveness and livability of our communities, we must identify and anticipate how technological advances like driverless vehicles, mobility apps and streamlined fare payment could dramatically change our transportation systems.
The region’s major multimodal agencies have agreed to develop a Mobility Choice Blueprint—a coordinated strategic direction for the evolving mobility of metro Denver related to walking, biking, driving, ride hailing and transit.
MOBILITY CHOICE BLUEPRINT FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS
MOBILITYCHOICEBLUEPRINT.COM
Attachment A - Mobility Choice Blueprint
What will the Blueprint address?Representatives from public and private sectors are collaborating to develop a 15-year strategy — a Blueprint — to efficiently incorporate technology into our multimodal transportation network to improve equitable access, connectivity and reliability throughout metro Denver.
THIS PROCESS WILL:
• Analyze travel trends and technologies in the Denver metro area
• Explore and evaluate different combinations and types of technologies and how they increase mobility
• Find ways that regional public agencies and the private sector can work together to fund and implement technologies
• Align transportation investments of multiple public agencies strategically
• Get ideas from local residents and organizations about how technology can help create a livable community
IMPLEMENTATION VISION FOR THE DENVER METRO AREA
Who will inform the Blueprint?The creation of the Blueprint involves extensive outreach to the general public to understand what is important to individuals about transportation and lifestyle needs related to technology. Ideas gained from one-on-one conversations will be supplemented by those submitted through social media sites, online public meetings and electronic surveys.
Global thought leaders and local technical experts will also provide insights into how technology from around the world is influencing mobility here in the Denver metro area.
TECHNOLOGY LIVABLE
COMMUNITY
MOBILITY
TECHNOLOGY
On Demand Shared| | | |Electric ConnectedDriverless
Policy Funding| | Program / Implementation
LIVABLE COMMUNITY
Health & Wellness Social Equity| | |Environmental Urban Form
MOBILITY
Creating a Mobility Vision
Attachment A - Mobility Choice Blueprint
What will define the Blueprint?Arriving at a comprehensive Blueprint will mean analyzing several new multimodal technologies and assessing different ways to make them available to the public. Multiple scenarios will be evaluated and tested based on what the community and the thought leaders have said is important about the future of mobility.
What will the Blueprint contain?The final Blueprint will set the vision and contain strategies for local agencies to implement cutting-edge technology that promotes mobility and supports livable communities. It will also have recommendations for agency policy and program changes, as well as options for pilot projects that can be funded and tested by transportation agencies in partnership with the private sector.
Access to Jobs Improved Air Quality
Reduced Congestion Travel Reliability & Safety
Multimodal Choices Bike / Pedestrian Proximity
Get Involved & Learn MoreMOBILITYCHOICEBLUEPRINT.COM
Attachment A - Mobility Choice Blueprint
Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint
WHY ARE WE HERE?
Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint
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RAPIDLY CHANGING TRENDS
Denver population and
regional transit ridership
Denver region weekday
vehicle miles traveled per capita
Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint
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TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
Enabling Technologies
• Fiber Optics
• High-Speed Cellular
• Computer processing power (Artificial Intelligence)
Safety
• Connected vehicles
• Self-Driving Vehicles
• Pedestrian Warning System
Monitoring and Detection
• Radar
• Lidar
• Cameras
• AI Image Processing
• RFID
Operational Optimization
• Managed Lanes
• Transit Signal Priority
• Adaptive Signal Harmonization
• Microtransit
• Platooning
Mode/Travel Demand Change
• Ridesharing
• Dynamic Tolling
• Bike Sharing
Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint
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OUR MOBILITY FUTUREAs a unified metropolitan region, how might we enable more accessible
and effective transportation mobility choices to enhance the quality of our
social, cultural, and economic life now and in the future?
Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint
HOW ARE WE PLANNING FOR OUR
MOBILITY FUTURE?
Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint
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UNIFIED VISION
A partnership of public and private organizations
focused on changing how we move – and making the
Denver metro area a better place to work and live.
Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint
WHAT IS THE MOBILITY CHOICE
BLUEPRINT?
Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint
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A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY
How to best invest in and
incorporate the rapidly
changing technology that is
revolutionizing transportation
mobility options into
implementable policies,
programs, and projects.
Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint
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WHAT WILL THE BLUEPRINT ADDRESS?This process will:
Analyze travel trends and technologies in the Denver metro area
Get ideas from local residents and organizations about how technology can help create a livable community
Explore & evaluate different combinations and types of technologies and how they
increase mobility
Find ways that regional public agencies and the private sector can work together to fund and implement technologies
Align transportation investments of multiple public agencies strategically
Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint
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STRATEGY COMPONENTS
Technology
Transformation
MobilityLivable
Community
Technology Transformation
• On Demand
• Shared
• Electric
• Driverless
• Connected
Livable Community
• Health and Wellness
• Social Equity
• Environmental
• Urban Form
• Economic Vitality
Mobility
• Policy
• Programs
• Pilot Projects
• Funding
Successful
Implementation
Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint
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WHAT WILL DEFINE THE BLUEPRINT?A comprehensive Blueprint will mean analyzing several new multimodal technologies and assessing different ways to make them available to the public. Multiple scenarios will be evaluated and tested based on what the community and the thought leaders have said is important about the future of mobility.
Access to More Things
Travel Options
Congestion
Air Quality
Proximity to Transit & Bike/Ped Options
Travel Reliability
Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint
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STUDY SCHEDULE OVERVIEWAttachment B - Mobility
Choice Blueprint
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PUBLIC OUTREACH UNDERWAY!
Which Mile High Traveler
Are You?
Take the first online quiz today to help us shape the future of mobility in the
Denver Metro Area
#MileHighMobility
www.mobilitychoiceblueprintquiz.com
Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint
WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS FOR
THE BLUEPRINT?
Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint
Identifying potential for efficient technology-leveraged
investments
Pilot projects with private sector partners and continued
participation of the business
community
Collaboration of CDOT, RTD, and DRCOG policies, programs,
and transportation investments
Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint
WHERE ARE WE NOW?
Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint
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• Technology Readiness Self-Assessments
• Technology assessment/gap analysis for
Denver Region and Comparison Cities
• Literature review to identify potential scenario
inputs for technology adoption
TECHNOLOGY UPDATE AND STATUSAttachment B - Mobility
Choice Blueprint
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Baseline forecast (year 2030) reflecting the
probable changes without policy intervention
Compilation of Denver region agency policies
and programs
Review of select peer cities policies and
programs
Issues identification and vision/problem
statement
MOBILITY UPDATE AND STATUSAttachment B - Mobility
Choice Blueprint
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Digital engagement underway
Analysis of ethnography interviews
Selection of Global Thought Leaders
Metro Ambassador outreach kick-off
COMMUNITY UPDATE AND STATUSAttachment B - Mobility
Choice Blueprint
Thank YouQuestions?
Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint