integrating transit into urbanism: key ingredients for success - gb arrington -- cnu 17

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aim higher

transit +urbanism

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GB Arringtonarrington@pbworld.com

It requires aiming higher for both the design of the system and how that system isintegrated with its urban surroundings.

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buildings;

We shape

thereafter

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they shapeus.

SirWinstonChurchill

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Forest Hills: Making elevated transit fit with good urbanism is nothing new…

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The best new urban places can have elevated transit and great urbanism.

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Miami

Honolulu

Washington, D.C.

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For projects such as Miami’s and DC’s Metrorail systems, Dubai’s Metro, andHonolulu’s new elevated High Capacity Transit…

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• Bus transfer• ROW takes• Platform location• Kiss & Ride• Parking• Joint Development• Pedestrian access• Station as place• Station entry

No one right solution for each placeAssembling the PiecesAssembling the Pieces

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The biggest challenge is meeting the demands of transit (such as bus operations,park & ride, kiss & ride) while creating a pedestrian focused, urban environment.

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DuPont Circle, Washington, D.C.

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Branch Ave, suburban Washington

What we want, places for people like DuPont Circle in DC……Is not always what we get – seas of asphalt for cars and busses.

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ent-Oriented Transit

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To move beyond business as usual requires raising the bar simultaneously on bothurban design and transit design.

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MakeTransitWork

Connect toCommunity

Make aPlace

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Rather than each element designed in its own box…

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The key is linking the passenger experience with the community experience -understanding that these overlap and where transit and community interface.

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Transit that aims higher, elevates pedestrian the experience.

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Livable

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Applied on the ground, attention to the pedestrian beyond mere function, creates aheightened aesthetic environment as well.

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Transit Local Agencies TOD

make ithappen

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Successful implementation requires everyone to own the public realm…

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Resulting in complete places where infrastructure is an integral part of urbanism.

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Honolulu is addressing this challenge, creating places with elevated rail.

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At Silver Spring Transit Center, creating effective multi-modal transit operations alsomeant creating a multi-level urban place.

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Climb the ladder of good urban design with station design…

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To create places modern places like a new urban Forest Hills…

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Or a transformed Tyson’s Corner…