TRANSIT - MODES TOD IS MORE AFFORDABLE BECAUSE… IT’S DEVELOPMENT THAT ALSO: Public modes include , , streetcars, and trains, ‘’ (metro/ • Percentage of household income spent on • Increases “location efficiency” so people can bike, subways/undergrounds etc.) and . transportation is less in communities served walk, and take transit by transit • Boosts transit ridership and minimizes the • Choice of jobs and housing types are greatly impacts of traffic increased with access to transit • Provides a rich mix of housing, jobs, shopping • Higher densities in TOD locations increase and recreational choices potential to provide more affordable • Provides value for the public and private sectors, housing options and for both new and existing residents Allegheny Riverfront Green Boulevard; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Cleveland Euclid Avenue Healthline BRT • The demographic groups growing most quickly – older, non-family, non-white households – have Transit oriented development (TOD) is typically historically used transit in higher numbers defined as more compact development within easy Area Rapid Transit Mall (DART) walking distance of transit stations (typically a half • Height and density can pay for community mile) that contains a mix of uses such as housing, benefits and affordability jobs, shops, restaurants and entertainment.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit Mall (DART)

TOD TOOLKIT WHAT IS TRANSIT? MODES WHAT IS TOD? MOBILITY AFFORDABILITY PLACEMAKING

MARCH 2013 WHAT IS TRANSIT? INCREASED MOBILITY FOR ALL Location Ef cient Average American Auto Dependent Charlotte South Corridor Transit System and CTC Station (also public transportation or Environment Family Exurbs

4% Apparel public transit) is a shared passenger transportation TRANSIT… 5% Entertainment KNOXVILLE 6% Healthcare service which is available for use by the general 32% 32% 32% Housing 9% Housing 43% Housing • Provides greater access to jobs / housing and 59% Other Disposable public, as distinct from modes such as , Disposable 11% Income REGIONAL TRANSIT Income Insurance other services in greater metropolitan region 9% 19% pooling, or hired buses, which are not shared by Transportation 25% 13% Transportation Transportation passengers without private arrangement. Food CORRIDOR STUDY • Reduces congestion wide as it lowers need for Source: Center for TOD Housing + Transportation Affordability Index, 2004 Bureau of Labor Statistics 400 Main , Suite 403 Knoxville, TN 37902 • Provides access to multiple modes of mobility, encouraging transfer between modes (i.e. to T. (865) 215-2500 Charlotte CTC Arena T http://www.knoxtrans.org rail), as well as pedestrian and access TOD SHOULD… 301 Church Avenue • Provides mobility for wide range of people Knoxville, TN 37915 • encourage people to walk, bike, AND take transit without automobiles: seniors, teens, students T. (865) 215-7800 • increase transit ridership • Encourages walking to and from stations, greatly http://www.katbus.com promoting health benefits • provide a rich mix of land uses Transportation Planning This project is funded in cooperation with the U.S. Department of • increase land values for public and private sectors Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Planning and Urban Design Administration, and the Tennessee Department of Transportation. John J. Duncan Jr. Knoxville Station Transit Center • create a sense of place and community Dallas Area Rapid Transit Mall (DART)

Cleveland Euclid Avenue Healthline BRT ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS VIBRANT NEW “COMPLETE ” GREATER VALUE AND ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC BENEFIT TRANSIT… TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT… As an investment in the core infrastructure of • Is more sustainable The Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals this once great urban boulevard, the project of Cleveland—the city’s two biggest employers— • A major economic generator that has helped scope included a face to building face purchased naming rights to the BRT line in a 25- • Provides more efficient use of land, energy, catalyze approximately $5.8 billion in investment and resources reconstruction. The strategy was to breathe new year, $6.25 million deal. Dubbing it the HealthLine life into the public realm of Euclid and transform ties the service to Cleveland’s branding as a hub of • The project represents a success story achieved • Helps to conserve open space by concentrating the street into a linear urban forest in a manner medical care and research. By physically linking through a complex public-private partnership of development that the transit and infrastructure investments large hospitals, startups, convention space, and multiple stakeholders would encourage and spur private development. cultural amenities, the corridor is propelling • Reduces oil and gas consumption of single This meant transforming the street into a model Cleveland’s evolution into a world-class destination • The transit system has demonstrated success The environmental benefits spurred by the occupancy vehicles “complete street” that is not just for automobiles, for the health care and biotech industries. with a 54% ridership increase utilizing clean, Healthline have been numerous; the increase in but for multiple modes of transit, exclusive bike • Results in cleaner air through reduced hybrid bus technology transit ridership along the corridor alone has greatly lanes, and pedestrian friendly sidewalks and street The project has brought about the partnerships vehicle emissions reduced dependency on single occupancy vehicles crossings. This makes it one of the few BRT’s with necessary for Cleveland to make a transition from an • The project is a model complete street, with resulting in a substantial reduction in carbon • Minimizes increase in vehicular traffic exclusive vehicle lanes in an urban corridor and the industrial economy to a knowledge-based economy, emissions in just the first two years of service. only one in the country that specifically supports all building off the strength of education, research, mobility improvements for transit, , auto Creating an “Urban Forest” along Euclid Avenue, of these modes of transportation on the same street. health care, and tourism. The corridor is vibrant drivers, and pedestrians the 1,323 new street trees currently sequester As part of that goal parking was integrated back into with possibility as a place for people to live, work, • The collective project offers a model that can be TOD CASESTUDY approximately 51,032lbs of CO2 per year. the street to support developer efforts to revitalize and prosper, and serves as an example for similar Cleveland Waterfront Transit Line vacant retail storefronts. in the United States and around the world. emulated by nearly any other city in the US EUCLID AVENUE ENVIRONMENT LAND USE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OPTIMIZED LAND USE PATTERNS CLEVELAND, OHIO Cleveland Euclid Avenue Healthline BRT EUCLID CORRIDOR PROJECT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT… BRT TRANSIT SYSTEM, URBAN DESIGN CITY POPULATION 480,000 • Supports a rich mix of housing, jobs, shopping MSA POPULATION 2,090,000 and recreational choices

Cleveland’s Euclid Avenue is being transformed by • Accompanied by planning and rezoning can a strategic $200 million investment in a Bus Rapid regularize outdated, incompatible land uses and Transit Corridor, which has catalyzed $5.8 billion lead to the redevelopment of abandoned dollars in spin-off investments and over 13.5 million • Promotes the robust use of both local and square feet of new development. Sasaki Associates destination retail opportunities redesigned the street to integrate a new bus rapid transit system into the Euclid Avenue corridor, • Promotes higher investment in areas around which connects the central business district with stations than elsewhere in the city University Circle. It has helped Cleveland regain its footing and changed the perception of the city • Accommodates a broader mix and density of as a place to work, live, and reinvest. The Corridor household types opened for service as the Euclid HealthLine in October 2008, and ridership has increased over 54%.

Cleveland Euclid Avenue Healthline BRT Clinch Components of a Successful BRT Station River Transit Oriented Clinton Development

KNOXVILLE Branding MARCH 2013

REGIONAL TRANSIT CORRIDOR STUDY Secureable Safe, Wide, Clean Energy Fuel Bike Racks I-75 Weather Protected BRT The Knoxville Regional Transit Corridor Study Potential transit opportunities were developed Station design assesses the need, and highlights a consensus to meet the transportation needs of this diverse

for, capital investment in rapid transit service study area. The study team sought opinions of Real Time Arrival Sign / within a growing congested region between stakeholders and study area residents to help PDA sync

the City of Knoxville and Knox, Blount and guide the development of alternatives and Dedicated Anderson Counties. The study also analyzes gauge the support for additional analysis and BRT lane ANDERSON Universal Design and ranks the general feasibility of several advancement to a more detailed level of study. Highland Drive

potential transit investments. COUNTY Off-vehicle Sanders Drive Complete Streets Vending Project Planning including Bike lanes and Design I-640

Walker Boulevard Cumberland Ave. / Magnolia Avenue Kingston Pike Pellissippi State Oak Ridge Chickamauga Ave. Myrtle Street Washington Pike Knoxville N Castle Street

Winona Street W Glenwood Avenue N Cherry Street

West Town N Bertrand Street Ground Floor Mall Central Street Myrtle Street / Pellissippi StateCol- Retail Hall of Fame E Summit Hill Drive

KAT Multifamily Housing KNOX Neyland Drive 17th Street Dedicated BRT COUNTY Lane Morrell Rd. 22nd Street Lions View Pike Cherokee Pike Homberg Drive Papermill Drive Newcom Avenue Potential TOD infill: BRT station, retail, office and residential uses Existing aerial view Potential TOD infill at Winona Street and Magnolia Avenue Northshore Drive Morrell Road / West Town Mall CUMBERLAND AVE. / KINGSTON PIKE CORRIDOR (Limit of Initial Proposed Project) MAGNOLIA AVENUE MORRELL ROAD / WEST TOWN MALL STATION MYRTLE STREET / PELLISSIPPI STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE STATION

(Potential Second Phase) Tennessee The Cumberland Ave. / Kingston Pike is lined with enhance connectivity from areas well outside the city River The Magnolia Avenue Corridor Plan incorporates and at the cross roads of Magnolia Avenue and commercial and residential areas varying in scale to the UT campus and Downtown Knoxville. Station I-40 a dedicated transit way for a new Bus Rapid Winona Street. A BRT station at this location would from the active commercial areas surrounding locations, as that indicated for the West Town Mall Transit system to serve the mix of residential and provide access to the College as well as Caswell Park, the University of Tennessee Campus to the large area, could provide Transit Oriented Development commercial uses found along the corridor. The wide the Knoxville City Greenways, and the O’Connor format retail oriented areas such as the West Town infill opportunities including multi-family housing, I-75 roadway cross section is ideal for implementing Senior Citizen’s center. Infill should include a robust Mall. This corridor could support a new transit office space, convenience retail, and community a BRT route that could provide access to transit mix or residential and ground floor commercial investment with ridership during the peak hours, scaled open spaces. A multi-modal BRT station at dependent neighborhoods and major destinations uses complimenting the existing neighborhoods and off-peak, and a reverse commute demand given the the intersection of Morrell Road and Kingston Pike I-140 such as Pellissippi State Community College, as useful to commuters going to and from the College. student population and major employment locations could provide opportunities adjacent well as potentially increasing land values at station Improvements all along the corridor should enable downtown. A Bus Rapid Transit system with a to the West Town Mall and easily accessible from locations. As indicated in the accompanying images, safe access for all users, regardless of age, ability, or dedicated lane at station locations could greatly Interstate 40/75. there are many opportunities for infill on the blocks mode of transportation surrounding Pellissipi State Community College– Farragut

Convenience Retail Townhouses

Dedicated BRT lane

Louisville Existing aerial view Multifamily Housing Park Space TYS

Kingston Pike BRT Park and Ride Station Office BLOUNT Alcoa Magnolia Avenue Transit Plaza COUNTY Mixed Use

Morrell Road Mixed Use Corridor Selection The three corridors selected were due to the outcome of a screening process evaluating 12 Pellissippi State corridors for the abilility to expand transit opportunities within the Knoxville region. Recommended Winona Street corridors and technologies will help to position Knoxville for Federal Transit Administration Small Pedestrian Potential TOD infill: BRT station, retail, office and residential uses link Starts / New Starts funding.

West Town Mall Potential Transit Corridors (dots indicate potential station locations) Population Density Potential TOD infill at Morrell Road at Kingston Pike Magnolia Avenue Corridor > 5 People / Acre N 301 Church Avenue 400 Main Street, Suite 403 This project is funded in cooperation with the U.S. N. Broadway Corridor 2-5 Knoxville, TN 37915 Knoxville, TN 37902 Transportation Planning Maryville Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Cumberland Ave. / Kingston Pike Corridor T. (865) 215-7800 T. (865) 215-2500 Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and the 0-2 0 1 mi 2 mi Planning and Urban Design Tennessee Department of Transportation. Potential Second Phase http://www.katbus.com http://www.knoxtrans.org