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Introduction to the Smart Mobility Handbook

• Ellen Greenberg, AICP

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Beginnings

• Phase One Workshop September 2008

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Caltrans Objectives for Smart Mobility

• Increase Transportation Choices
• Enhance Community Quality
• Reduce Environmental Impacts
• Support System Preservation
• Increase System Efficiency
• From grant application submitted to U.S. EPA

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Why Smart Mobility Workshop 1
Congestion
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In Good Company Blueprint Planning
SACOG
Bay Area Agencies
SANDAG
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In Good Company State DOT Efforts
NY DOT
Penn DOT
FL DOT
TX DOT
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In Good CompanyFederal Activities
Design Guidance
Research
New Initiatives
Best Practices
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Supporting Smart Mobility in California

• State Legislation and Executive Orders
• Caltrans Directors Policies and Deputy
  Directives
• OPR CEQA Guidelines
• CTC guidelines
• MPO efforts including Blueprint Planning
• Local Government Efforts
• CARB Scoping Plan
• Strategic Growth Plan

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Governors Strategic Growth Plan Mobility Pyramid
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Implementation Assistance from US EPA Workshop 1

• Integration across Caltrans Programs
• Blueprint / Scenario / Regional Planning
• Defining Smart Mobility in all of Californias
  Regions
• Performance Measures
• Southern California Focus

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Workshop 1 Wrap-Up Themes

1. Relationships
2. Communication
3. Information
4. Investment
5. Incremental Steps
6. Connectivity

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Relationships

• Smart Mobility Goes Further than Caltrans
• Intergovernmental Coordination
• Public Private Collaboration
• Housing Transportation

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Communication

• Smart Mobility in a Nutshell
• Positive Message
• Emphasize Important Themes
• Location Efficiency
• Equity
• Freight

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Information

• Good Data is Key
• Understand Causes Effects
• Use Performance Measurement

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Investment

• Supporting and Enabling Multiple Objective
  Investing
• Integrating investment across agencies,
  departments and functions

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Workshop 1 Outcomes

• Affirmed importance of effort
• Follow up
• Refined principles and definition
• Concluded with Phase 1 Report
• Changed primary products of Consultant Team
  Effort

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Handbook Approach and Overview
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Smart Mobility Handbook

• Defines Smart Mobility
• Describes Smart Mobility visions and benefits
• Lays a foundation for implementation
• Speaks to all concerned agencies and
  organizations
• Includes policy, planning and programming tools

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Smart Mobility Definition

• Smart Mobility is meeting the transportation
  needs of people and freight, while enhancing
  Californias economic, environmental, and human
  resources.

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Why Smart Mobility

• To respond to the varied transportation needs of
  the states people and businesses
• To intervene in climate change
• To advance social equity and environmental
  justice
• To support economic and community development
  aims
• To gain benefits of reduced per capita VMT

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Smart Mobility Principles
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Smart Mobility Principles
Health and Safety
Location Efficiency
Reliability
Stewardship
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Smart Mobility Principles
Health and Safety
Location Efficiency
Reliability
Stewardship
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Location Efficiency

• Location efficiency describes the fit between the
  physical environment and the transportation
  system.
• Location efficiency is key to integrating
  transportation and land use

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Location Efficiency Factors
Location Efficiency
Regional Accessibility
Complete Community Design


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Location Efficiency Factors
Complete Community Design
Complete Community Design the extent to which
development pattern and the transportation system
at the neighborhood and area scale combine to
support convenience, non-motorized travel, and
efficient vehicle trips
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Location Efficiency Factors
Location Efficiency
Regional Accessibility
Complete Community Design


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Location Efficiency Factors
Regional Accessibility
Regional Accessibility The extent to which
location and the multimodal transportation system
combine to make destinations available at the
regional, interstate and even international scales
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Smart Mobility Principles
Location Efficiency
Health and Safety
Stewardship
Reliability
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Reliability

• A strategic approach to congestion focusing on
• Reducing episodic congestion
• Improving transit reliability
• Increasing meaningful choices for opting out of
  congestion
• Providing flexibility in mode and route choices

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Reliability
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Reliability
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Smart Mobility Principles
Location Efficiency
Health and Safety
Reliability
Stewardship
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Health and Safety

• Focusing on three dimensions of the health
  spectrum
• Reducing accident frequency severity
• Reducing pollutant emission exposure
• Promoting active travel by walk, bike and transit

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Health and SafetyReduced Accident Frequency
Severity
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Health and Safety Active Travel
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Health and Safety Pollutant Emissions and
Exposure
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Smart Mobility Principles
Location Efficiency
Health and Safety
Reliability
Stewardship
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Stewardship

• Protecting and enhancing
• The States transportation system
• The natural environment
• The economic environment
• The built environment

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Stewardship

• System Assets
• Natural Environment

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Stewardship

• Main Streets
• Flexibility in
• Design and
• Operations

• Built Environment
• Economic Environment

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Smart Mobility Principles
Health and Safety
Location Efficiency
Reliability
Stewardship
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Governors Strategic Growth Plan Mobility Pyramid
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Handbook Organization
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Handbook Organization

• Introduction
• Understanding Smart Mobility
• Smart Mobility Place Types
• Performance Measures
• Putting Smart Mobility to Work
• Resources

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Chapter 1 Introduction

• Purpose and Organization of the Handbook
• History of the Effort
• Relationship to California Transportation Plan,
  Caltrans Strategic Plan, and SB 375
  Implementation
• Next Steps

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Chapter 2 Understanding Smart Mobility

• Definition and Reasons for a Smart Mobility
  Approach
• Visions of a Smart Mobility Future
• Benefits of Smart Mobility
• Principles
• Location efficiency factors

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Chapter 3 Place Types

• Concepts
• Smart Mobility Place Types
• Place Types and Location Efficiency
• Place Types Transitions
• Tailoring Place Types
• Smart Mobility Guidance

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Chapter 4 Performance Measures

• Purpose
• Relationship to principles
• Comparison to Caltrans PMs
• Methods and data
• Applying to different place types and facility
  types
• Relationship to Strategic Growth Framework
• Benefits

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Chapter 5 Moving Forward

• Transportation Agencies Roles
• Interregional Network Functions
• Emphasis on Transportation and Land Use Planning
  
• Respecting unique, locally-based approaches to
  Smart Mobility
• Positioning to respond to emerging requirements
  for sustainable communities planning

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Chapter 6 Resources

• A three-part resources section providing tools,
  examples, and research findings all relevant to
  the Smart Mobility Framework.

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Handbook Completion

• Revise based on input received today and in
  follow-up
• Add implementation checklists for local, regional
  and state agencies
• Create more highly-illustrated graphic format

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Handbook Comments

• Full draft Handbook text available online
• Comment form in packet and online
• Comments welcome until June 30

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Key Concepts and Tools

• Location Efficiency
• break
• Place Types
• Performance Measures

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Smart Mobility Principles
Health and Safety
Location Efficiency
Reliability
Stewardship
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Location Efficiency

• describes the fit between the physical
  environment and the transportation system.
• key to integrating transportation and land use

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Location Efficiency Objectives

• high levels of non-motorized travel and transit
  use
• reduced vehicle trip making
• shorter average trip length
• efficient land use patterns

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Location Efficiency Factors
Complete Community Design
Regional Accessibility

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Location Efficiency Factors

• Complete community design
• the extent to which development pattern and the
  transportation system combine to support
  convenience, non-motorized travel, and efficient
  vehicle trips at the neighborhood and area scale

• Regional accessibility
• the extent to which location and the
  transportation system make destinations available
  at the regional, interstate and even
  international scales

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Building and Use Intensity
Complete Community Design
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Land Use Mix
Complete Community Design
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Convenient Walk and Bike
Complete Community Design
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Well Connected Complete Streets
Complete Community Design
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Multimodal Connections to Region
Complete Community Design
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Close Parks and Schools
Complete Community Design
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Complete Community Design

• Building and use intensity
• Land use mix
• Convenient walk and bike access
• Well-connected complete streets
• Multimodal connections to region
• Close parks and schools
• High Complete Community Design

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Location Efficiency Factors

• Complete community design
• the extent to which development pattern and the
  transportation system combine to support
  convenience, non-motorized travel, and efficient
  vehicle trips at the neighborhood and area scale

• Regional accessibility
• the extent to which location and the
  transportation system make destinations available
  at the regional, interstate and even
  international scales

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Close to Job Centers
Regional Accessibility
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Regional Connections
Regional Accessibility
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Access to Major Institutions
Regional Accessibility
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Connections to Local Network
Regional Accessibility
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Regional Accessibility
Regional Accessibility

• Close to job centers
• Multimodal connections
• Access to major institutions
• Access to airports, ports, interregional rail
• Connections to local network
• Access to regional recreation
• High rating on regional accessibility

Exhibit 4, Page 16
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Potential for Gaining Smart Mobility Benefits
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Achieving Location Efficiency
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Q A
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BREAK

• NEXT
• Place Types
• Performance Measures

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Key Concepts and Tools

• Location Efficiency
• Place Types
• Performance Measures

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Smart Mobility Place Types
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Workshop 1

• How can the Smart Mobility Framework project make
  a single definition and a single set of smart
  mobility principles meaningful for application
  throughout the state?

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Workshop 1

• How will smart mobility outcomes vary from place
  to place?
• Transportation Choices
• Community Quality
• Environmental Impacts
• System Preservation
• System Efficiency
• Social Equity

Images Caltrans
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Workshop 1

• Needed A framework for smart mobility in all of
  States regions
• Definition and Principles
• Organizing system for different types of places
• Application to different functions
• Performance measures and objectives

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Places Type Applications

• Context
• Sensitive
• Solutions

• TOD

Blueprint Planning
Form Based Codes
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Smart Mobility Place Types

• For classifying towns, cities and larger areas to
  identify an appropriate Smart Mobility Framework
• A basis for making investment, planning and
  management decisions that support smart mobility

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Smart Mobility Place Types

• Urban Centers
• Close-in Compact Communities
• Compact Communities
• Suburban Communities

1. Rural and Agricultural Lands
2. Protected Lands
3. Special Use Areas

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Achieving Location Efficiency
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Place Types and Location Efficiency
Complete Community Design Regional Accessibility
Urban Centers Highest High
Close In Compact High High
Compact High Moderate to low
Suburban Variable Variable
Rural / Ag Variable Low
Protected Very Low Variable
Special Use Low Variable
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Exhibit 7 Smart Mobility Place Types Location
Efficiency
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Place Type Guidance

• For Each Place Type
• Smart Mobility Framework
• Relevance of Principles
• Key Activities
• Planning
• Transportation Projects Programs
• Development Conservation Projects Programs

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Example Suburban Communities

• Framework
• Minimize creation of new places ranking low on
  both factors
• Transition suburban centers and corridors to
  close-in compact centers and corridors
• Create benefits for surrounding suburban areas

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Example Guidance for Suburban Communities

• Planning Key Activities
• Identify centers and corridors that can be
  transformed into more location-efficient places.
• Prioritize locations to align with market
  potential and other community objectives.
• Identify near term opportunities to improve
  health and safety
• Identify opportunities to improve reliability
  through operational improvements

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Example Guidance for Suburban Communities

• Likely transportation priorities
• Improving operational efficiency
• Improving connectivity
• Complete streets and safe routes to school
• Access management and speed management
• Commute transit service and rideshare promotion.

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Example Guidance for Suburban Communities

• Likely land use development priorities
• Transit oriented development along high capacity
  transit corridors
• Strategic redevelopment of commercial corridors
  and dedicated use areas
• Complete community design elements for all new
  construction

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Place Types in the Handbook

• Introduction
• Place Types and Location Efficiency
• Place Type Transitions
• Matching the Place Types to Real Places
• Guidance for Place Types
• Applying Performance Measures to Place Types

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Key Concepts and Tools

• Location Efficiency
• Place Types
• Next Performance Measures