Jefferson Area Eastern Planning Initiative

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Jefferson Area Eastern Planning Initiative
Project Overview
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Planning Initiative Team
Advisory Committee
Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission
VDOT, VDRPT, FHWA, and Local Planners
Hannah Twaddell TJPDC
UVA School of Architecture
Renaissance Team
UVA Design Center at the Institute for
Sustainable Design
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Planning Initiative Outcomes

• Interactive land use / transportation computer
  model
• 50-year vision and implementation strategy
• Handbook / model for distribution to other
  communities

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Planning Steps
Community Elements
Land Use / Transportation Scenarios
Alternative Futures
Quality of Life Measures
50 Year Vision
Implementation Strategies
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The 50-Year Vision

• Community Elements
• (How will we live?)

• Regional Plan
• (Where will we live?)

Implementation Strategy (How do we get there?)
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Regional Plandistribution density of people
and jobs

• Where will we live?
• Regional framework
• Environmental features
• Infrastructure
• Alternative futures / vision
• What types of communities?
• Where?
• How are they connected?

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Community Elementsbuilding blocks for
transportation choices

• How will we live?
• Inventory existing, such as
• Downtown
• Strip commercial
• Rural village
• Explore alternatives

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What Makes a Place - A Place?
Community Elements
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Community Element Design Factors
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Existing Community Elements
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East Market Street, Charlottesville
Urban Mixed-use
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PUD Development US 29 North
Suburban Mixed Use
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Computer ModelLinking Land Use Plans
Transportation Choices
Land Use Plans
Transportation Demand
Transportation Forecasts
Regional Pop/Jobs Distribution
Land Use/ Transportation Inventory
Pop/Jobs by Traffic Zone
Trip Rates
Trip Generation
Community Elements Location/ Design
Trip Distribution
Trip Lengths
Travel Mode Choice
Trip Modes
Regional / Community Plans
Regional Strategies
Accessibility Index
Trips Assigned to Transp. Network
Traffic Diet Game
Quality of Life Factors
Corridor Strategies
MinUTP Existing travel model
Excludes non-developable areas
Strategy Identification and Evaluation
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Implementation Strategy goals for transportation
community development

• How will we get there?
• Regional strategies
• Inter-community connections
• Community strategies
• Intra-community connections
• Funding sources / staging
• Policy changes

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Community Consensus Building

• Meetings
• Community workshops
• Focus groups
• Newsletters / fact sheets
• Web-site
• Art and story events

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Advisory Committee Meetings Community Workshops

• Kick-off (January 5, 2000)
• Identify existing community elements (Feb. 2,
  2000)
• Create ideal community elements (Apr 8, 2000
  community workshop)
• Launch demonstration computer model (May 31,
  2000)
• Imagine alternative futures (Sept 9, 2000
  community workshop)
• Develop land use/transportation scenarios (Nov 1,
  2000)
• Select best scenario(s) (Jan 13, 2001 community
  workshop)
• Draft 50 year plan (April 7, 2001 community
  workshop)
• Approve 50 year vision, plan and implementation
  strategy (June 7, 2001, followed by requests for
  local endorsement)

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Schedule
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For More Information

• Hannah Twaddell, Assistant Director
• Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission
• PO Box 1505, Charlottesville, VA 22902
• 804-979-7310 (phone) 804-979-1597 (fax)
• htwaddell.tjpd_at_state.va.us (email)
• www.avenue.org/tjpdc (website)