4. Unlocking the key to each
stations identity
• TOD in Region
– Where does the
station fit in?
• TOD in Corridor
– Stations relationship
to other stations?
• TOD in Community
– How will TOD add
value? Be a place?
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5. More than a Parcel,
More than a Project
• Create a walkable district
– Area w/in a 5 minute walk
– Approximately 125 acres Santa Ana TOD
– Walkable complete community
• Most “TODs” don’t meet this standard
– Requires broader strategy,
cooperation
– Understanding the bar needs
to be higher Santa Ana Station Development
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6. Round at Beaverton Central
Plaza surrounds station
•240 units
•125k retail
•375k office
Urban in the
suburbs
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7. Pearl District Portland
Former rail yard & warehouses
• Public & private
development agreement
– Housing
– Infrastructure
– Parks
• Development since
1997 $750m+
• 2700+ units built
• 131 units per acre
minimum density
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9. Distance & Mode Share
2005 WMATA Development-Related Ridership Survey
Distance from Metrorail Mode Share Auto Mode Share
station
Office Residential Office Residential
At station 35% 54% 48% 29%
¼ mile 23% 43% 66% 41%
½ mile 10% 31% 83% 54%
• 35% of office trips right at the station entrance
• Office mode share drops about 1% every 100 ft
• ½ mile residential share 200% higher than office
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10. Density, Distance & TOD
• Two density dimensions
– Horizontal
distance from station
– Vertical
development intensity
• Density & use
– Concentrate office & Tysons Corner, VA
retail near station Residential Gradient Employment Gradient
– Increasing % of intensity
residential away guide
from station
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Minutes walk from station 2.5 5 7 10
12. TODs create less traffic
• TOD residents are:
– Twice as likely not to own
a car as US Households
– 5 times more likely to
commute by transit than
others in region
• Self-selection:
– Responsible for up to
40% of TOD ridership
bonus
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13. TCRP Report 128
• Detailed look at 17 built TODs
• All multi-family residential
• Four US Metro areas
– Washington, DC
– Philadelphia / NJ
– San Francisco
– Portland
• Measured actual performance
– Trips compared to ITE
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_rpt_128.pdf
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14. Disconnect with ITE guidance
• Suburban bias w/ existing parking standards
– Assumes everyone drives
– Based on limited observations – from Florida
• Overstates TOD trip generation
– A result is higher development fees
– 24 hr based rates 50% high
• Parking likely overstated by same amount
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15. TOD housing generates 50% less
traffic than conventional housing
ITE Trip Manual
6.67 trips per unit
Detailed counts
of 17 residential TODs
3.55 trips per unit
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16. 10 Trips
TODs behave Differently
Daily car trips for 50 dwellings
6.67 Trips
• SF 500
• MF 333
• TOD MF 177 3.55 Trips
Multifamily Multifamily Single
TOD Family
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18. Orenco Station
LRT Station
• 190-acre TOD
• 1,834 units minimum LRT Station
• Vertical mixed-use
town center
• TOD zoning
• 1st urban product in
Portland’s suburbs
• 18.2% mode split
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20. Transforming Tysons Corner
New plan & tools
• New land use plan
• New standards for streets
• New design guidelines
• New implementing authority
• New financial tools
• Demonstration projects
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21. Portland Metro TOD Program
• Public Investments to Help Offset Added Costs
of Mixed Use Higher Density Projects
– TOD Easements and land write-downs
– Funding to offset “cost premiums”
– Increased transit use as threshold test
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25. Linking Stations & TOD
Three ways to think of a station
• Focal point of a place
• Incorporated into a place
• Secondary to a place
London
Stations can help
define the most
important places
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