Compatibility of Freight Transportation and Land Use in Memphis Aerotropolis
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2012 Compatibility of Freight Transportation and Land Use in Memphis Aerotropolis Prepared for: Intermodal Freight and Transportation Institute, University of Memphis Prepared by: Spatial Analysis and Geographic Education Laboratory (SAGE) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis Principal Investigator: Dr. Esra Ozdenerol, Director of SAGE Laboratory Authors: Dr. Esra Ozdenerol, Department of Earth Sciences Dr. Angela Antipova, Department of Earth Sciences Project Assistants: Farid Javadnejad, GIS/Environmental Analyst, Dept. of Civil Engineering Cem Akkus, GIS Analysis and Cartographic Design , Earth Sciences Greg Mohler, GIS Analyst, Earth Sciences Hisham Gnedy, Transportation Field Analyst, Dept.. of Civil Engineering Civil Engineering, Spatial Analysis and Geographic Education Laboratory Department of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis 12/10/2012 Compatibility of Freight Transportation and Land Use in Memphis Aerotropolis 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................8 1.1. Purpose ................................................................................................................................8 1.2. Memphis Aerotropolis Airport City ....................................................................................9 1.3. Best practices: Successful implementation of freight uses in Land use Planning ..............11 1.3.1. Pittsburg Region “Power 32” ............................................................................12 1.3.2. Connecticut urban and industrial reinvestment Tax Credit Program ................13 1.3.3. Vancouver Washington Pedestrian Bridge ........................................................14 1.3.4. Baltimore Maryland Maritime Industrial Zone .................................................15 1.3.5. Port of Seattle Central Waterfront Project Mitigation ......................................16 2. URBAN SPATIAL ORGANIZATION:....................................................................................18 2.1. Aerotropolis, airports and economic development .............................................................18 2.2. Population and Employment Structure in Shelby County, TN ...........................................21 2.3. Studies identifying Employment Centers ...........................................................................25 2.4. Delineating Employment centers in Shelby County ...........................................................27 2.5. The Aerotropolis and the CBD: two giants in the urban hierarchy ....................................36 2.6. Functional structure of the identified job areas ..................................................................37 3. LANDUSE .................................................................................................................................41 3.1. Purpose ...............................................................................................................................41 3.2. Strategies and tools for region wide policies and approaches ............................................44 3.3. Recommendations for creating an authority overseeing redevelopment ............................44 3.4. Aerotropolis existing Land Use ..........................................................................................46 3.5. Industrial Lands ..................................................................................................................48 3.5.1. Recommendation for Industrial development ..........................................................53 3.6. Commercial Land Use ........................................................................................................55 36.1. Recommendation for commercial development .................................................58 3.7. Transit oriented neighborhoods ..........................................................................................59 3.8. Residential Land Use ..........................................................................................................60 3.8.1.Recommendation for residential development ...................................................62 3.9. Existing Open Space and Recreation ..................................................................................62 2 Compatibility of Freight Transportation and Land Use in Memphis Aerotropolis 3 3.9.1. Recommendations for Open space and recreation ............................................64 3.10 Vacant lands .......................................................................................................................65 3.10.1 Recommendations for development of vacant lands .......................................66 3.11 Graceland‟s Role in Memphis Aerotropolis ......................................................................66 3.11.1 Recommendations for Graceland ....................................................................67 3.12 Environmental Noise Analysis .........................................................................................68 3.12.1. Existing Traffic Congestion ............................................................................68 3.12.2. Definition and Standards .................................................................................69 3.12.3. Noise Maps ......................................................................................................70 3.12.3.1 Traffic Noise Maps ............................................................................71 3.12.3.2 Rail Noise Maps ................................................................................74 3.12.3.3 Airport Noise Maps ...........................................................................75 3.12.3.4 Total Traffic Noise Maps ..................................................................77 3.12.4 Recommendations for Noise Analysis ............................................................79 4.REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................80 3 Compatibility of Freight Transportation and Land Use in Memphis Aerotropolis 4 LIST OF TABLES Table 1.1 Examples of best practices of appropriate and coordinated Land Use policies ...............12 Table 2.1 Population by ethnicity in Shelby County, Tennessee ....................................................21 Table 2.2 Population by race in Shelby County, Tennessee ...........................................................22 Table 2.3 Employment status by gender, Shelby County, Tennessee ............................................23 Table 2.4 Job area classification and socio-economic characteristics .............................................29 Table 2.5 Jobs by age and earning ...................................................................................................30 Table 2.6 Comparison of the characteristics of the identified job area vs. Shelby County .............38 Table 2.7 Description of job areas ...................................................................................................39 Table 3.1 Aerotropolis Land Use Categories ...................................................................................46 Table 3.2 Intermodal Facilities with their transportation modes .....................................................49 Table 3.3 Uses permitted in industrial lands in Aerotropolis ..........................................................51 Table 3.4 Detailed information on the classification of the line segment based on feature class ..72 Table 3.5 Reclassification of Shelby County road segments ...........................................................72 Table 3.6 Required buffer around rail roads ....................................................................................74 4 Compatibility of Freight Transportation and Land Use in Memphis Aerotropolis 5 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.1 Vancouver Washington Pedestrian Bridge .........................................................15 Figure 1.2 Port of Seattle .....................................................................................................17 Figure 2.1 Study Area ..........................................................................................................21 Figure 2.2 Occupations by sector in Shelby County, Tennessee ........................................22 Figure 2.3 Mean centers of employment .............................................................................24 Figure 2.4a Job distribution .................................................................................................25 Figure 2.4b Resident worker distribution ............................................................................25 Figure 2.5 Total of 40 delineated employment centers ........................................................29 Figure 2.6 The structure of employment by industry sector ................................................31 Figure 2.7a Employment and resident worker distribution in CBD ....................................32 Figure 2.7b Employment and resident worker distribution in Aerotropolis ........................32 Figure 2.8a Job distribution by earning category in CBD ...................................................34 Figure 2.8b Job distribution by earning category in Aerotropolis .......................................34 Figure 2.8c Resident worker distribution by earning category