Post on 22-Feb-2016
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Growing Cooler in New Jersey
Unanswered Questions
Introspection
• What are we trying to achieve? Outcomes?
• Why?• How can we accomplish it?• What resources are available?• How can we best spend these resources?• How do we measure our success?
Transportation’s Role in Growing Cooler
In order to develop a role, the following questions should be answered:
Developing the role requires an understanding of the inter-relationship between:
• Transportation demand• Congestion cycles• Dynamics of transportation and
land use changes• Transportation & land use
component
Transportation’s Role in Growing Cooler
Transportation – A Derived Demand
Working
Activity
Vacationing
Derived Demand
Manufacturing
CommutingTaxi
Air travelTouring bus
TrucksContainership
Direct
EnergyIndirect WarehousingParking
Slide courtesy of Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue
The Vicious Circle of Congestion
Congestion
New capacity
Number of movements increases
Average length of movements increases
Public pressure to increase capacity
Movements are more easySprawl is
favored
Slide courtesy of Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue
Dynamics of Transportation / Land Use Change
Land Use
Network
CommutingFreight Transport
Employment
WorkplacesHousing
Population
Very Slow
Very Fast
Fast
Slow
Very Slow
Pace
of C
hang
e
Slide courtesy of Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue
Transportation / Land Use System Components
Transportation Network
Spatial Interactions
Land Use
• Traffic assignment models• Transport capacity
• Economic base theory• Location theory• Traffic generation and attraction models
• Spatial interaction models• Distance decay parameters• Modal split
Slide courtesy of Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue
How do we reconcile Content with the Context ?
Transportation Network
Spatial Interactions
Land Use
Land Use
Network
CommutingFreight Transport
Employment
Workplaces Housing
Population
Very Slow
Very Fast
Fast
Slow
Very Slow
Pace
of C
hang
e
Congestion Cycle
NJ FITFuture In
Transportation
Linking transportation and land use
Network Connectivity
Help Communities With Land Use Design
Balanced Street Design
Create Sustainable Environmental Design
Involve the Communities !
NJFIT Principles
2 22
2
2
4
66
4
Same Total Lanes
More Capacity• VMT• Turns• Clearance Time• Signal Phase
Benefits of Network
Slide courtesy of Troy Russ, Glatting Jackson
Benefits of Planning
NJDOT Pilot Smart Transportation Studies
•Rt. 9 Ocean County•Rt. 17 Bergen County•Rt. 30 Cramer Hill Camden County•Rt. 31 Hunterdon County•Rt. 57 Warren County•Rt. 130 Burlington County•Rt. 1 Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset•Rt. 29 Boulevard Mercer County•Rt. 295 / 38 Burlington County•Rt. 322 Gloucester County•Rt. 73 Camden County•Rt. 42 College Drive Camden County•Rt. 9 Lakewood Ocean County•Rt. 9 / 33 Manalapan•I-78 Corridor Hunterdon, Warren, Northhampton, PA•I-78 / Rt. 31 Clinton Hunterdon County•Rt. 440 Bayside Redevelopment Jersey City Hudson County
Are we fixing the problem with the right tools?
Some unanswered questions:
Our answers will shape our approach and RESULTS
• Can land use changes alone reduce VMT fast enough?
• Is VMT reduction the solution to “growing cooler” or “zero-emission” vehicles?
• How does NJ deal with the millions of suburban residents living in “sprawl” conditions?
• Is transit viable in disparate development?
•Can “in –fill” development stop sprawl?
What’s Missing?
• Alignment of Interests– We have not developed a spirit of cooperation
between interest groups, e.g. environmentalists and DOT’s, business and government
• Education– Business Leaders– Local / regional planning boards / Officials– Governors / DOT’s– Colleges / Universities
• Communication– Removing the mystique– Speaking in Plain English
• Tools– Local officials have no tools to engage DOT’s /
developers, or the public. Do they have the tools they need? Have anyone asked?
Staying Mobile….Growing Cooler…..
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