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Saving Lives With Sustainable Transport

Tuesday, January 20th, 2015

Today, more than half the world’s population live in cities. And another 1.5 billion people will be added to city populations by 2030. Over 1.2 million people die in traffic crashes every year. That’s eight Boeing 747’s every single day.

We present here how research-based transportation and public space solutions that save lives.

This video draws on examples from examples from Brazil, India, Mexico, and Turkey. We look at how traffic fatalities, injuries, and crashes can be reduced through Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), more cycling and walking, as well as better city design.

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Tags: Bloomberg Philanthropies, BRT, Bus Rapid Transit, EMBARQ, Video, YouTube
Posted in Buses, Global, Public Transportation, Show Us Your Infra, Transit, Urban Planning

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Growing Local Economies through Equitable Transit-Oriented Development

Wednesday, January 7th, 2015

Housing + Transportation Costs as a Percentage of 80% AMI

CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY
OPEN COMMUNITIES
TRANSIT DEFINES THE VIBRANCY OF DOWNTOWNS IN CHICAGO’S NORTHERN SUBURBS. Metra and CTA stations, and the development they support, help commuters get to jobs and run errands on their way home, all with little or no driving. Residents come together in these downtown station areas to eat, drink, socialize, borrow library books, shop, and see their neighbors. These activity centers are the brand, lifeblood, and drivers of economic development in these communities.

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Tags: Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago, CNT, IL, Illinois, Open Communities
Posted in Equity, Infra Views, Local, Policy, Public Transportation, Transit, Urban Planning

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Therese McMillan, Acting Administrator, Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

Wednesday, January 7th, 2015

Therese McMillan, Acting Administrator, Federal Transit Authority

Therese McMillan is currently the Acting Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). She joined FTA as Deputy Administrator on July 2, 2009. As Deputy, McMillan assisted the Administrator in leading a staff of more than 500 in the Washington D.C. headquarters office and 10 regional offices throughout the United States, and implementing an annual budget approximating $10 billion.

“The economic impact of transit investments has different faces…First, it should be recognized that any time you are building and repairing transit services, that in and of itself is creating jobs in the near term. Another thing, though, that’s important to think about in terms of economic impact, is the ability of transit to connect people to their jobs, and often to connect them in a more efficient and effective way than being caught in traffic and congestion.”

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Tags: Federal Transit Administration, FTA, Therese McMillan
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Guests on The Infra Blog, National, Policy, Public Transportation, The Infra Blog, Transit

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Mobility, Economic Opportunity and New York City Neighborhoods

Tuesday, January 6th, 2015

Household Income and Job Access by NYC Neighborhood

NYU WAGNER RUDIN CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION POLICY & MANAGEMENT
The Rudin Center ranked New York City’s 177 neighborhoods according to the number of jobs accessible from the neighborhoods by transit, within 60 minutes and completed by 9:00 a.m.on a Monday morning. The number of jobs accessible in this timeframe ranged from 42,275 (South Staten Island) to 4,839,253 (North Chelsea). Our analysis reveals substantial variation in levels of transit access across New York affect residents’ employment levels, travel modes and incomes. Most notably, the rankings result in a swoosh-shaped relationship between transit and income: the highest incomes are connected to the areas with the most access, and low transit access still provides average incomes, because residents travel by private car rather than transit.

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Tags: New York City, NYC, NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management, Rudin Center
Posted in Equity, Infra Views, Jobs, Local, Public Transportation, Transit, Urban Planning

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Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Index

Monday, January 5th, 2015

Examples of TODs include Portland’s Pioneer Square and Bethesda, Maryland

THE TOD GROUP
In August 2014, the average home value in TODs was $518 per sf. The average home value in Hybrids was $251 per sf and the average home value in TADs was $196 per sf. This compares to the average national ZHVI for that same month at $149 per sf. Therefore, the average home in a TOD was worth 3.48 times more than the average home in the United States.

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Tags: Pedestrian, The TOD Group, TOD, Transit-Oriented Development, Walkability
Posted in Infra Views, Public Transportation, Transit, Urban Planning

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Charleston, SC: Peninsula Mobility Report

Friday, January 2nd, 2015

CITY OF CHARLESTON
HISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION
There are several actions which would help to maintain the character of Charleston: 1) creating more viable alternatives to driving, 2) Offering more ways for visitors to enter the historic districts by means other than the automobile, and 3) following a strategic parking plan that includes more remote parking and facilitates public transit. Sustainable growth and economic development of the Charleston Peninsula will require transportation alternatives to be developed over the next ten years.

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Tags: Charleston, City of Charleston, Historic Charleston Foundation, SC, South Carolina
Posted in Infra Views, Public Transportation, Transit, Urban Planning

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Chicago Transit Authority: Riding the Holiday Train

Wednesday, December 24th, 2014

Happy Holidays from the Chicago Transit Authority!

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Tags: Chicago, Christmas, CTA, CTAConnections, Holiday, IL, Illinois, Video, YouTube
Posted in Local, Public Transportation, Rail, Show Us Your Infra, Transit

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Multimodal Transportation Alternatives for Minnesota

Wednesday, December 24th, 2014

This paper looks at alternatives for promoting and strengthening multimodal transportation in rural and small urban areas. It outlines 65 different innovative activities around the United States that have been undertaken to promote multimodalism in rural areas and smaller towns. These activities are grouped into six categories: improving transit options; accommodating alternative vehicles; supporting pedestrian and bicycle travel; multimodal land use planning; the use of financial incentives to promote multimodal land use development; and other alternatives that do not fit in these five categories.

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Tags: Minnesota, Minnesota Department of Transportation, MN, MnDOT, Rural, University of Minnesota
Posted in Infra Views, Local, Public Transportation, Transit

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Connecting Low-Income People to Opportunity with Shared Mobility

Monday, December 22nd, 2014

Table: What types of trips are different shared mobility types useful for?

INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT POLICY
LIVING CITIES
In the last decade, shared mobility services have taken off across the United States as a complement to local public transit and an alternate to private car ownership…These services, which include car-share, bike-share and ride-share, maximize the use of vehicles by sharing them among multiple users, encourage more transport options, and aim to reduce transportation costs for users. While mass rapid transit moves the most people most efficiently and is the backbone for urban development, this paper is concerned mostly with recent advances in low-volume passenger carrier models in the United States. The purpose of this report is to highlight the potential for shared mobility systems such as bike-share and car-share to benefit low-income individuals.

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Tags: Bike Share, Car Share, INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT POLICY, ITDP, Living Cities
Posted in Biking, Infra Views, Public Transportation, Transit

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