W25 Transit Development Strategy
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w25 transit development strategy Community Planning Process Final Report | April 2015 Cover Photograph: W25 Aerial Courtesy Bing Maps & Cleveland Neighborhood Progress © 2015 Microsoft Corporation Participants Cleveland Neighborhood Progress Steering Committee Public Meeting Participants Daniel Brown | Evelyn Burnett | Ayden Ergun Sara Byrnes Maier | George Cantor | Joe Anthony Alto | Ingrid Angel | Shelly Belak Peter Moser | John Motl | Rosemary Mudry | Justin Fleming | Lynn Friedel | Jeff Kipp Cimperman | Fred Collier | Gerardo Colon | Anthony Brancatelli | Millie Caraballo | | Eduardo Munoz | Scott Nagy | Lourdes | Emily Miller | Wayne Mortensen | Zoe | Jenice Contreras | John Corlett | Glenn Salathiel Carter | Tom Collins | Alice Colon Negron-McDaniel | Ryan Noles | Mary Rose Mueller | Joel Ratner | Wendy Sattin | Linda Coyne | Brian Cummins | Rob Curry | Tim | Suzanne Davidson | Jaime Declet | Sandra Oahar | Alexandra Pagan | Selina Pagan | Warren Donovan | MariBeth Feke | Anne Hill | Kevin DelValle | Cynthia Fareed | Lydia Fernandez Greg Peckham | Marilyn Pena-Bagley | Ken Kelley | Donald Malone | Mark McDermott | | Rick Foran | Alan Forman | Vince Frantz Pendergast | Jason Powers | Matt Provolt Parsons Brinckerhoff Tom McNair | Juan Molina Crespo | Wayne | Camille Garcia | Bob Gardin | Janice | Nelson Ramirez | Paul Rentas | Elizabeth Ken Liwag | Caroline Nardi | Tim Rosenberger Mortensen | Zoe Mueller | Scott Pollock | Gonzalez | Keisha Gonzalez | Kristie Groves Richards | Barbara Riley | Erick Rodriguez Jeff Ramsey | Joel Ratner | Cory Riordan | | Mollie Hambro | Erick Hernandez | Michael | Rosita Rojas | Marvin Ronaldson | Steven Baker Amy Snell | Adam Stalder | Jacob VanSickle Hoag | Maribel Hofmann | James Huang | Rubin | Victor Ruiz | Sarah Ryzner | Al Nancy Lyon Stadler | Jim Shea | Jeff Verespej Joyce Huang | Trevor Hunt | Nozomi Ikuta | Sanchez | Pablo Santiago | Kathy Schaefer Iteisha Jefferson | Katie Jesurun | Katherine | Ken Schneider | Karen Scott | Valerie 4ward Planning Jones | Ryan Kennedy | Robert Kilo | Anne Shea | Coco Sherrod | Sarah Siebert | Greg Erin Camarena | Ken Good | Todd Poole | Kim | Brooke King | Ben Klein | Sue Krosel | Stefannick | Linda Stekelenburg | Chris Darlene Wynne Richard Levitz | Letitia Lopez | Jayme Lucas- Stocking | Brenda Tate | Brenda Theurer | Bukszar | Laura McShane | Omar Medina | Kristen Trolio | David Van Hal | Ramonita Kent State University CUDC Araceli Medina | Nancy Mercado | Lyman Vargas | Kate Warren | Glenn Watkins | Terry Schwarz Millard | Marge Misak | Jill Mortensen | Jillian Watson | Kathleen Williams | John Yim Content [01] PREMISE [03] FINDINGS [05] MARKET Why this study? Why now? Results and Recommendations Economic Dynamics in the Area PAGE05 PAGE23 PAGE69 [02] PROCESS [04] TRANSIT [06] BACKGROUND A uniquely Cleveland corridor. Analysis and Direction A: Committee Summaries PAGE09 PAGE49 B: Charrette Summaries C: Photography Credits D: Digital Archive PAGE109 premise 5.1 "Lakeside Flats" Aerial (courtesy Bing Maps) PREMISE ow about jumping on a streetcar in corridor that promotes a pedestrian- Nested within a broader community their part, Community Development Public Square that would take you friendly environment and urban lifestyle? revitalization effort (the West 25th Corporation staff along the corridor will Hto West Side Market and the Zoo? How many units of new and renovated Street Initiative), this planning process utilize every tool at their disposal and Or perhaps a light-rail station that serves housing can this community support? At convened a representative group of leverage every development opportunity as an anchor to the rebuilt MetroHealth what densities should it be built to create residents, stakeholders, and CDC that arises to foster the kinds of dense, campus? Maybe a corridor that features a virtuous and self-sustaining local staff representatives from four City urban development necessary to sustain employees utilizing a ridesharing economy? Neighborhoods (Ohio City, Tremont, this infrastructure and gradually create network, point-to-point rental Stockyards/Clark-Fulton, and a world-class corridor in the heart of bicycles, and pedicabs to get Old Brooklyn), as well as Cleveland’s near West Side. to and from LJ Minor, Voss “To defi ne a strategy that improves livability and several civic and governmental Industries, and other area organizations to find alignment Eight to twelve housing units per acre employers? What about an commerce along the West 25th Street/Pearl Road on potential solutions. will be the minimum density allowed elaborate ski-lift infrastructure corridor by connecting regional assets, serving major along West 25th Street. Suburban that could take Clevelanders These individuals directed the building materials and typologies will be from one City hotspot to another employers, and addressing the needs of residents, consultant team and informed discouraged, and the neighborhood will in customized sky pods? the deliberations of eight work closely with the City of Cleveland, current and future.” working groups, each charged Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Each of these scenarios has W25 Study Approach with a different perspective to Authority (GCRTA), and the Northeast been discussed with varying consider. These working groups Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency degrees of practicality over the convened with the public on (NOACA) to implement development last decade by Cleveland stakeholders Therein lays the challenge for the three separate occasions to solicit their controls and policy frameworks that and particularly those of the region’s commuter-heavy corridor that boasts feedback and incorporate this input into promote the broader community vision most indispensable North/South some of Cleveland’s largest employers, the direction of the community. without compromising individual projects. connection, the West 25th Street/Pearl biggest attractions, and most intriguing Road corridor. While some may regard neighborhoods. What is the vision for this Summary of Findings What follows is an inside look at the work the ski lift scenario as a flight of fancy, community and how can a motley crew In the end, several factors played into undertaken in this transit development many other scenarios are just too feasible of stakeholders effectively advocate for a consensus decision to advocate for strategy, including the goals of each to not gain some degree of traction. The its realization? what the consultant team refers to as working group, objectives for each resultant has been different community “BRT - Low Intensity” for the entirety of community node, underlying market groups advocating for different transit Process the corridor section, from State Road assumptions, and how transit and approaches and, as such, differing With no presumptions about establishing to Detroit Avenue. Most similar to the development recommendations were visions for the future of this community. a broader community vision, the W25 newly implemented “Cleveland State arrived at as well as the steps necessary Transit Development Study sought to Line” on Clifton Boulevard, the West for their implementation. § In the very next breath, we must also bring clarity and consensus to these 25th Street corridor should feature consider the neighborhood that must very specific paths of inquiry: the ideal dedicated lanes for bus and bicycle be built to support such an investment transit solution for the West 25th Street traffic, consolidated stops with enhanced in transportation infrastructure. What corridor and the development necessary waiting environments, branded bus kind of housing will best promote a to make that solution a sustainable reality. routes, and transit signal priority. For [ 6 ] W25 TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 7.2 Historic Streetcar 7.3 Bikeshare Station 7.9 Historical Trolley Route Map 7.4 Skylift 7.5 Housing at Ft. Belvoir (VA) 7.6 SanFrancisco Public Housing 7.7 Tremont Hope VI Project 7.1 Corridor Study Area (courtesy Bing Maps) 7.8 Ohio City Sidewalk 7.10 Cyclists and Pedestrians Cross W25 at Detroit CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS [ 7 ] PROCESS 9.1 "Industrial Village" Aerial (courtesy Bing Maps) PROCESS his project began in the Fall of around the MetroHealth campus and bursar, and convener. Established 2013 when Enterprise Community other key nodes along the corridor.” in 1988, the organization is focused TPartners awarded a Transit-Oriented exclusively on creating communities Development (TOD) grant to Cleveland W25 Wealth Building Initiative, 2012 of choice and opportunity that meet Neighborhood Progress (the project The Democracy Collaborative the needs of Cleveland residents. CNP facilitator) to study TOD implementation “At the request of NPI on behalf of the is a unique Community Development along the West 25th Street corridor. stakeholder group, The Democracy The Consultant Team: Finance Intermediary that serves as a Together with ongoing operating support Collaborative began a six-month Cleveland Neighborhood Progress clearinghouse, of sorts, for the city-wide from the Cleveland Foundation, the feasibility assessment process to served as the project facilitator, network of community development project became a reality. The grant came explore the potential of a comprehensive on the heels of an elaborate exploration of wealth building initiative for the corridor. the intersection of West 25th Street with This initial assessment focuses on the PROJECT SCHEDULE Lorain Avenue and adjacent sites to more potential for developing a