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Metro Denver

Workshop #1 – March 2, 2018

TECHNOLOGY

5 Key Trends

How can we get our hands around

all of the technologies?

Are we ready?

TECHNOLOGY: THE GREAT UNKNOWN

Technology – The Great Unknown

TECHNOLOGY IS COMING, AND IT IS COMING FAST!

Pace of Technology Adoption is being Driven by Private Industry and Consumer Expectations/Demand

TREND #1

CONNECTED & AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ARE RAPIDLY MATURING AND ARE

A STRATEGIC THRUST OF BOTH AUTOMOTIVE AND CONSUMER

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY

AV/CV will be a game changer; with the potential for both positive and negative impacts on the

Transportation System

TREND #2

Uber/Volvo SUV Ford/Lyft/Dominos GM/Chevy Bolt

MOBILITY AS A SERVICE (MaaS) IS BECOMING POSSIBLE

TREND #3:

Autonomous Microtransit

Ridesourcing Services (TNCs)On-Demand Microtransit

Mobile Device Interface

EVERYTHING IS BECOMING “CONNECTED” (INTERNET OF THINGS)

TREND #4

Connectivity Brings:

Interoperability

Real-time Decision Making

Expectation of Instant Knowledge about

Everything

THE PACE OF TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCTION AND AVAILABILITY OF NEW

TECHNOLOGIES IS INCREASING

TREND #5

Augmented Reality Virtual RealityWayfinding and Nav. Flying Poles for Roadside Assistance

New concepts arriving daily

Not all technology will be successful

Lifecycle for technology is much different than roadway or transit

infrastructure

Plan for Categories of Technologies

• Include known technologies

• Inclusive of unknown technologies through expected

functions/outcomes

Categories

• Enabling Technologies

• Safety

• Monitoring and Detection

• Operational Optimization

• Mode/Travel Demand Change

REDUCING THE UNIVERSE FOR PLANNING

PLANNING FOR TECHNOLOGIES THAT MAY NOT EVEN BE AVAILABLE YET

MOBILITY

FRAMEWORK

Technology

Transformation

MobilityLivable

Community

Technology Transformation

• On Demand

• Shared

• Electric

• Driverless

• Connected

Livable Community

• Health and Wellness

• Social Equity

• Environmental

• Urban Form

• Economic Vitality

Mobility

• Policy

• Program/Implementation

• Funding

Successful

Implementation

Mobility technologies have the potential to

create a utopian mobility network for all or

a gridlocked system which only serves the

elite very well.

credit: Denver

Post

MOBILITY POLICY

Governmental Coordination Federal

State and Local

New processes for coordinating

and prioritizing infrastructure

Private Sector Technology

Restrictions or Disincentives

Social Justice and Equity Policy

Insurance and Liability

Requirements

Police and Emergency Response

MOBILITY PROGRAMS AND IMPLEMENTATION

Transportation Agency Evolution

Technology longevity analysis

Project Selection Criteria

Pilot Program Incentives and

Guidelines

Technology Project Evaluation

Data collection, storage, analysis

and sharing protocols

Technology Corridor/System

Application Coordination

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MOBILITY FUNDING AND REVENUE

City & County of Denver 2016 general fund

revenue included:

• $31M from parking tickets

• $11M from traffic court fines

• $13M from parking meters

• $6M from photo radar fines

• $7M from parking lots

A total of $68M is 5% of the total $1.2 B budget

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Constructive and fair engagement

with the private sector

Technology Taxes or User Fees

Streamlined Fare Payment,

Collection and Distribution

Overlap with other longer term

transportation funding challenges

(gas tax, HUTF, road usage

charges)

COMMUNITY

“How can we use driverless technology

to turn our 20th century

transportation infrastructure into

21st century HUMAN infrastructure?”Marshall Brown, Driverless City Project, IIT

LIVABLE COMMUNITY

“Colorado, and this entire region, can deliver

more… . than any other state in the country. Our

robust and collaborative business environment,

workforce readiness initiatives, educational

institutions and quality of life will become

stronger…” letter to Amazon’s Jeff Bezos from Gov Hickenlooper, 2017

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ECONOMIC VITALITY

“The strength and diversity of Metro Denver’s

economy will ensure the region continues to

thrive …” Patty Silverstein, chief economist for Metro Denver EDC, 2018

Metro Denver Economic Forecast

• Strengths: airport, skilled workforce,

clean technology, innovation,

millennials

• Challenges: housing affordability,

higher education funding

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HEALTH AND WELLNESS

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and

social well-being and not merely the absence of

disease or infirmity.” World Health Organization

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• Colorado as 7th fittest state….but

• Our obesity increased by 10% last year

• High rate of physical activity

• Low rate of diabetes and cardiovascular

SOCIAL EQUITY

"Mobility is a powerful equalizer. Together with

Net Impact and students across the country,

we are working to tackle issues of social

equity through new mobility solutions." Latondra Newton, Chief Social Innovation Officer, Toyota and

Chief Program Officer, Toyota Mobility Foundation.

• Mobility inequality concerns – access

to private transport, proximity to

public transport modes

• Reduced mobility can deny equality

of opportunity

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

• Clean Air Act was important tool in fight

for healthy air quality

• Denver one of the worst cities for ozone

pollution (#11, ALA 2017)Image of people together.

2017 State of the Air,

American Lung

Association

URBAN FORM

“Predicting the future impact of

Autonomous Vehicles on infrastructure and

urban form is critical for decision makers at

all levels of government.” sara costa maia

• Uncertain response to

technology disruption:

congestion, dispersion vs

density, land use, parking

• 237 acres of surface parking

in downtown Denver

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UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY

ENGAGEMENT TIMELINE & MILESTONES

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Metro Denver

Workshop #1 – March 2, 2018

Is Your Organization and the Denver Region Ready for Technology?

ASSESSING READINESS

Organizational Technology Readiness

Self-Assessment

(Homework Assignment)

KPMG’s Technology Readiness

Index

for Denver and Comparison Cities

Workshop and Stakeholder Input

Technology Assessment for

Denver Region

(Needs, Gaps, Challenges,

Barriers, etc.)

Subjective/Qualitative Assessments Objective/Quantitative Assessments

© 2017 HDR, Inc., all rights reserved.

Metro Denver

Workshop #1 – March 2, 2018