TRANSITS ROLE

IN THE NEW ECONOMY Leveraging Light Rail to Creating Winning Cities

PORTLAND, OR

HALF OF ALL US JOB GROWTH 2010-2014

IN 2.5% OF US COUNTIES

HALF OF ALL US JOB GROWTH 2010-2014

WAS IN 2.5% OF US COUNTIES

THE WINNERS IN JOB GROWTH

THE WINNERS IN JOB GROWTH

ARE ALSO CITIES WITH

NEW LRT SYSTEMS

HALF OF ALL US JOB GROWTH 2010-2014

WAS IN 2.5% OF US COUNTIES

Positive Job Growth

NegativeJob Growth

US CITIES WITH NEW LRT SYSTEMS:

Hampton

Roads

Seattle

Portland

Sacramento

San Francisco

San Jose

Los Angeles

San Diego Phoenix

Salt Lake City

Denver

Dallas

Houston

Twin Cities

St Louis

Charlotte

Hudson Bergan Cleveland

Buffalo

Baltimore Pittsburgh

17 of 21 had positive job growth

Positive Job Growth

NegativeJob Growth

HOW DID THEY USE LRT TO WIN:

Hampton

Roads

Seattle

Portland

Sacramento

San Francisco

San Jose

Los Angeles

San Diego Phoenix

Salt Lake City

Denver

Dallas

Houston

Twin Cities

St Louis

Charlotte

Hudson Bergan Cleveland

Buffalo

Baltimore Pittsburgh

LRT was part of a bigger strategy

Minneapolis / St Paul. BIG IDEA: partnership to increase ROI of transit

TWIN CITIES METRO TODAY

33 miles LRT / 37 stations

75k daily rail riders

Opened 2004

Green Line LRT $4.2B TOD

Denver. BIG IDEA: FasTrack a massive transit expansion

+ TOD at every station

DENVER RTD TODAY

47 miles rail / 46 stations

80k daily riders

Opened 1994

Development w/in ½ mile rail:

– 30k residential units

– 26m sq ft commercial

Portland. BIG IDEA: leverage transit to shape growth

TRIMET PORTLAND TODAY

5 LRT lines - 60 miles

130k daily LRT riders

Opened 1986

$13.5 Billion

in TOD

These are the places. That are stealing your college educated children.

And your grandchildren.

How will Hampton Roads Stack up? How will you link LRT to a bigger strategy?

And your keep your grandchildren here.