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Putting Development In
The Right Places
Blueprint for a Better Region
Coalition for Smarter Growth, Piedmont Environmental Council &
Surface Transportation Policy Project – All Rights Reserved, October 2002
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Proposed
Outer
Beltway
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19%
74%
Developed Areas in 2000
Developed Land
Farm and Forest
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2030, Under Current Trends
800,000 new acresof Land would be developed, much of it in rural areas.
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School
Store
Home Recreation
Work
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office
shopping
church
homes
homes
homes
Separation of Community Activities:
Where’s the Center in Centreville?
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OfficesHomes
Homes Dulles Corridor
Separation of Uses Leads to More Driving
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Reston
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Burke CenterKingstowne
Beacon Hill
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Tyson’s Galleria Mall
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Richmond Highway
Merrifield
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A Land Use and
Jobs/Housing Problem
More than a
Transportation Problem
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Greenbelt
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Greenbelt
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SOLUTIONS:
Network of Livable Communities
(1996)
• Urban revitalization and transit-oriented
development with pricing cuts traffic:
– 15% reduction in daily vehicle trips
– 11.5% reduction in vehicle miles traveled
– 22% reduction in vehicle hours of travel
– 13% increase in average daily highway speed
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Metro, MARC & VRE:
More In Planning
114 Stations
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Reality Check 2005
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“Reality Check” Event 2005Allocating 2 Million People/1.6 Million Jobs by 2030
300 People Participated
Common Principles Emerge
Preserve and Protect open space
Focus development near transit stations
Maintain jobs-housing balance
Concentrate development along
transportation corridors
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Common Principles Emerge
Concentrate development
around existing town
centers
Create mixed use nodes
Develop east side of region
Offer more housing choices
• George Vradenburg (philanthropist)
• Andrea McGimsey (civic activist and now Loudoun Supervisor
• Mayor Williams (former DC Mayor)
• Kim Hosen (Prince William Conservation Alliance)
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Gallery Place
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Gallery Place
1993: Vacant Lots w/Surface Parking
Metro
Station
¼ mile
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MCI
First Came The MCI Center
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MCI
Projects Include
1824 Tariff Building:
Abandoned For Years,
Now a Luxury Hotel
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Washington, DC
Lincoln Memorial US Capitol
1300 acres
Gallery Place Development
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DC Revitalization Beyond
Downtown
The Ellington, U Street, Washington, D.C.
U Street
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Tenleytown - Upper Wisconsin Avenue
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Columbia Heights
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14th and U
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Arlington County, Virginia
• Use Metrorail as catalyst for redevelopment of commercial spine of Arlington
• Concentrate density and promote mixed use at five stations; scale development down to neighborhoods
• Preserve and reinvest in adjacent residential neighborhoods
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Undisturbed
Undisturbed
Undisturbed
Undisturbed
5 Metro Stations
RosslynCourthouse
ClarendonVa Square
Ballston
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ROSSLYN THEN
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ROSSLYN NOW
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Ballston
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3 blocks from Ballston Metro
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Clarendon 1980’s
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Clarendon 2000’s
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Clarendon Future
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Clarendon Future (oblique view)
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Clarendon
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Redevelopment ResultsR-B CORRIDOR 1970 R-B CORRIDOR TODAY
22,000 jobs
5.5 million sf office
7,000 housing units
94,000 jobs
23.5 million sf office
24,500 housing units
More Downtown office space than Dallas, Denver, Pittsburgh
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ECONOMIC/FISCAL RESULTS
• Two TOD Corridors = 11% of land area and 50% of property taxes
•Lowest Property Tax Rate in DC Region with High Level of Services
•TOD corridor revenues fund parks, libraries, schools, streets, recreation centers, and other services in ALL Arlington neighborhoods
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Creating Environments Rich In
Travel Choices
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New Transit Options
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Car Ownership
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Category 1Category 2Category 3Category 4
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
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Transit usage
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Walk/Bike vs. Drive to Metro
R-B Corridor vs. EFC to Vienna
73.0%
7.5%
3.6%
12.9%2.0%
1.0%
Walk
Metrobus
Other
Bus/Vanpool
Auto (incl. Drop-
off)
Other
No Response
14.6%
9.3%
4.8%
57.6%
12.0%
1.7% Walk
Metrobus
Other Bus/Vanpool
Auto (incl. drop-off)
Other
NoResponse/Unknown
5 R-B Corridor Stations – 45,733 Weekday Boardings
4 Suburban Stations – 34,451 Weekday Boardings
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Shady Grove
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King Farm
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Twinbrook
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Vienna
Fairfax County Begins AdoptingTransit-Oriented Development
Vienna Metro - 1988
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Vienna Metro (2003) and ‘MetroWest” site
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MetroWest Plan at Vienna Metro
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Tysons Corner
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Tysons Corner today
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We Should
Worry About
This Future
for Tyson’s
Corner
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Tyson’s Corner Today:The Elements are there. . .
CondosRetail
Office
Single Family Homes
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What Tyson’s could be:A Mixed-Use, Walkable Community
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Corridor Revitalization and
Vacant and Underutilized Land
Sarah Cairney August 2005
Survey of 7 Nodes of Commercial Land and Parking Lots on Route 1 in Fairfax County
624 Acres
(2 more nodes to the south)
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Burke CenterKingstowne
Route 1 -- Beacon Hill
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King’s Crossing
Growth Where it is Needed…
Where There is Space.
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Columbia Pike Community
Urban Design Charette
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Extensive Public Input
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Hands on Design
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Example of One Table’s Plan
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Sharing Ideas from one Group
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Designing in public – Planners’ Open Studio as they Craft the Plan
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Designing in public
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… and commercial
strips like this…
Images Created by Urban AdvantageReinventing the Commercial
Strip
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Transforming suburban strips
into mixed
use, walkable, transit-oriented
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Great Places Begin
with Great Streets
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Streets Ample sidewalks for cafes
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Public
SpacesVillage green at the Ballston Metro station
• Good public space offers benches for sitting
• Combines hardscape and green
• Closely connects to retail, offices, transit
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Fairfax - Route 1
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For Their Future
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Reston
And Our Own!
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Stewart Schwartz, Executive Director
Coalition for Smarter Growth
Tel. 202-244-4408
www.smartergrowth.net
Email: [email protected]
For More Information
Capitol Heights Metro
U Street Metro