walk to work homes + upward mobility
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Walk to Work Homes + Upward Mobility. Walk to work apts/condos for tech workers The most cost-effective suburban traffic reduction policy (ever). SF San Jose (swap) Priority access to new housing for short commuters $50 monthly price incentives for good commutes - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Walk to Work Homes + Upward Mobility• Walk to work apts/condos for tech workers• The most cost-effective suburban traffic reduction
policy (ever). SF San Jose (swap)• Priority access to new housing for short commuters• $50 monthly price incentives for good commutes• Bad location decision creates “negative economic
externality” for society. So, “internalize” the cost• ? Improve tech worker quality of life and leave low
income folks farther behind ?• Low income upward mobility
– {package deal: job, home, job training, better schools for kids, more family time.} Boost up the ladder.
3 Steps for Housing Preference• 1) a city agrees to a preference scheme designating:
– a) qualifications for entering households to achieve preferred status and
– b) financial incentives for developers who adopt such schemes
• 2) applicable rental/for-sale housing units are priced to ensure high demand (must have a waiting list)
• 3) preferred people are granted priority for those housing units
• Monthly $ incent continued co-location• NOT: teacher / police preference
– INSTEAD IT IS: “commute impact.”
Most cost-effective congestion reduction
• Tumlin: “most cost-effective peak hour trip reduction: provide housing for workers.” GUP: 0 new net trips
• Anthony Downs (Still Stuck in Traffic): a) learn to cope with traffic congestion in the short run, b) in the long run, jobs and housing will eventually co-locate
• Cervero: co-location hasn’t been happening. "Average journey to work distance has been increasing, jobs/hsng continues to exacerbate"
• Thus, need co-location policy• Potential: 1M DUs in 200 largest office parks.
Active Research: Thought Leaders• “Virtual think tank” with 50 thought leaders
– William Fulton– ULI, HUD, EPA, MTC, SVLG, Fannie Mae, TLUC– Larry Rosenthal, Berkeley Program on Housing– Jim Grow, National Housing Law Project– Linda Nichols, CA State Housing & Community Development – housing
policy– Mark Stivers, CA Senate transportation and housing committee– Mariia Zimmerman, Reconnecting America– Joe Molinaro, National Association of Realtors
• 2 examples: Novato’s Hamilton Field, Stanford Housing– 17 teacher/police schemes in Bay Area
• 2 SF “coffee roundtables,” 1 in DC• Proposal for 25K DU Coyote Valley new town
– 100M annual VMT reduction.
Culture: Low Mileage Community
• Non auto-centric culture
• Good Samaritan-ism (make it easy. Comes out in TDM interviews)
• EBay’s online community phenomenon– Make friends, achieve social status– Self polices bad behavior.
Low Mileage Scheme• New 100 DU residential complex• Everyone signs low mileage pledge
– Entry condition to obtain housing
• Manufacture a tipping point – it’s cool to be green– Currently, it’s often dumb to be green– Positive peer pressure
• Problem-solving think tank. Online & in person– Carpool to grocery store– Ex: Biking learning curve: route, gear, defensive
• People love to share such self-discovered expertise
– Delivery services, etc.
Digital Hitchhiking
• Exploit GIS patterns
• Bus + safe hitchhiking
• RFID & cellular.
END: Not covered:• Superblock transformation into new urbanist,
walkable with PRT to span arterials• Gated, automated, paid smart parking• Bowling alone• Small murphy bed housing• Grocery shopping w/o trunk • Homeless• Evil office facilities managers• Kitchen sink: green construction, gray water
recycling, etc..
Call to Action• Get 100 folks to view the Redmond/MS
animation
• Join an online social network: O2 yahoo groups, planetwork.net (IT + envt)– 15 to 39 year-olds are crucial
• Live a “62 MBTU / year” life. Early green adopter
• Get involved in Redmond’s Overlake Plan
• Write a thorough efficient city vision paper.