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Sustainable Transportation Systems
SESSION 2 Coping with a Turbulent Age
Daniel B. Hess, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
CHALLENGES
CHALLENGES
CHALLENGES
CHALLENGES
Transit Ridership in the United States
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5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
1870 1900 1930 1960 1990
Annu
al T
rans
it R
ider
ship
(mill
ions
of t
rips)
CHALLENGES
WHAT THE DATA TELLS US Travel Mode (Work Commute)
Vehicle Ownership WHAT THE DATA TELLS US
Access Mobility
THE BIG PICTURE
Access
Mobility
Access Mobility
THE BIG PICTURE
Access
Access Mobility
THE BIG PICTURE
Multi-modal Transport • Driving • Public Transit • Walking • Bicycling
THE BIG PICTURE
Complete Streets
THE BIG PICTURE
The Big Picture
The Big Picture
The Big Picture
THE BIG PICTURE
The Big Picture
The High Cost of Free Parking
THE BIG PICTURE
THE BIG PICTURE
THE BIG PICTURE
The Big Picture
THE BIG PICTURE
THE BIG PICTURE
Cars, Density, Values: Three Policy Paths
CONCLUSION
Improve the automobile city
Policy Path 1 Improve the “Automobile City”
CONCLUSION
Policy Path 2 Return to the “Streetcar City”
Planning & Transportation CONCLUSION
Policy Path 3
Try to do both!
Planning & Transportation CONCLUSION
Resources Victoria Transport Policy Institute http://www.vtpi.org/ Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council http://www.gbnrtc.org/
PUTTING YOUR CITIZEN PLANNER SKILLS INTO ACTION
Materials available online oneregionforward.org
Wrap Up
Looking ahead to the next session May 17th : Building Blocks for Sustainability