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Improving Quality of Life Through Transit-Hubs – Delivering IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH TRANSIT-HUBS Delivering City Value and Prosperity with Mobility Oriented Developments Transit-hubs are no longer simply a place where the traveler arrives or departs. The facilities in and around the hub make the area a destination itself and can provide a ripple effect that encourages investment in the times are increasing and transport environmental and economic area, generates new revenue infrastructure is under greater potential of existing transit-hubs is THE ARCADIS MOBILITY streams and boosts wider pressure than ever. exploited. By looking at the leading practices among transportation prosperity. Yet, these are only two aspects of a city’s mobility story. Major transit- professionals and city planners, Every city is dependent on mobility. hubs are no longer simply places as well as missed opportunities ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT Mobility enables people, goods where a traveler arrives or departs: observed at transit-hub and ideas to move in, out and the facilities in and around a major developments around the world, within our cities, whether on its airport or train station make the we can gain valuable insights roads or in the air. As urban centers area a destination itself. In today’s into approaches that will allow BENCHMARKING us to optimize multi-mode transit- continue to increase in size and urban settings, transit-hubs cannot density, mobility is becoming a be (re)developed without regard for hub designs. more pressing issue for a city’s the surrounding area. At their best, Arcadis’ integrated approach to INDEX (MODex) residents. In today’s cities, journey transit-hubs can provide a ripple such transit-related developments effect that encourages investment, is called Mobility Oriented generates new revenue streams Development, or MODe. With and improves the overall quality of MODe, we focus on the integration life in their neighborhood. of four key elements that bring The challenges each city and value to transit-hubs: connectivity, neighborhood faces differ: every urban environment, social city has its own unique mobility placemaking and economic needs and every transport development. By quantifying these development has its own goals. elements, refined according to Yet there are some considerations our extensive global experience common to all of them. These and observations of developed include the need to maximize best practices, we have created a stakeholder alignment and rigorous framework by which to involvement, the generation of compare transit-hubs. This allows sufficient funding and return on us to see, like never before, their investment, the provision of more untapped potential. efficient and affordable transport, capitalizing on a transit-hub's This report is an update to the placemaking, preparedness for inaugural issue, Our Mobile new technologies and improving Future: Delivering City Value passenger experience. These and Prosperity Through Mobility considerations, though on different Oriented Developments, released scales depending on the city and in 2015. project in question, are important factors for international and Bas Bollinger city-level mobility, as well the (re) Mobility Expert - Urban Transport and Mobility development of transportation Oriented Development hubs. Developing a modern transit model requires extensive future planning and development. But it also means ensuring that the full social, 2 3 MODe: Evolving Transit-related Development Mobility Oriented Development (MODe) is an evolution of transit-related planning and execution. MODe contributes to looking It provides transit choices at the bigger picture such as that connect and improve the following: mobility and people’s lives. • Sustains ridership MODe ensures transit-hubs • Discourages driving are maximally efficient in their • Anticipates new forms of main task - transporting people mobility and goods - and generate • Makes walking and biking safer greater prosperity for both • Adds a mix of uses citizens and investors. • Offers diverse placemaking • Supports transit usage. Figure 1: Overall MODex Scores MODe serves both public and This way of thinking allows private stakeholders. By attracting US: New York Grand Central Terminal additional private investments, developers to think not only in MODe can maximize the return on the present, but also equips them US: Washington Union Station investment in both the transit-hub for future changes, while also AS: Hong Kong HKU Station allowing public authorities to and the surrounding areas. This in EU: Paris Gare du Nord Train Station turn helps to accelerate social and better understand how to realize economic development in the area. a development’s financial potential. EU: Rotterdam Central Station UK: London Kings Cross/St Pancras Mobility oriented development aims to shift thinking from single- EU: Madrid Principe Pio minded rail mobility, to providing US: Denver Union Station citizens with a full range of mobility options as they live, work, learn AS: Beijing Wangjing Station and play in high-quality urban LA: São Paulo Pinheiros Metro Station environments. Every option must LA: São Paulo Luz Station be considered, from walking, cycling and bus transport to EU: Amsterdam Zuid Station Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Light AUS: Sydney Martin Place Station Rapid Transit (LRT), metro and EU: Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena aviation. Whereas transit-related developments are traditionally EU: Berlin Hauptbahnhof designed to do the following: EU: Amsterdam Central Station • Induce ridership EU: Lyon Part Dieu • Reduce driving AS: Shanghai Longyang Road Station • Increase walking and biking US: Dallas Mockingbird Station • Add convenience EU: Brussels Midi/Zuid • Increase density AUS: Melbourne Southern Cross Station • Encourage overall transit use. UK: London Wimbledon Station UK: London Euston Station US: Los Angeles Union Station AUS: Sydney Chatswood Station AUS: Sydney Central Station LA: Santiago La Cisterna 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 TOTAL SCORE 4 5 The Arcadis MODe Benchmarking Index assesses a transit-hub by comparing it to global best practices. It defines the overall value of integrated development at and around transit- hubs. The Index has been constructed using indicators that measure the quality of the key elements that bring value to a development. In this way, a transit-hub can be Courtesy: Denver Union Station compared before and after its redevelopment, increases understanding of how Figure 2: Score by Indicator sustainable multi-modal urban environments can be created US: New York Grand Central Terminal and the main factors that US: Washington Union Station optimize them for wider AS: Hong Kong HKU Station social benefit. EU: Paris Gare du Nord Train Station EU: Rotterdam Central Station The Benchmarking Index, THE ARCADIS MODE UK: London Kings Cross/St Pancras MODex, reveals the potential EU: Madrid Principe Pio of existing or future US: Denver Union Station developments by providing BENCHMARKING INDEX AS: Beijing Wangjing Station the following: LA: São Paulo Pinheiros Metro Station • The ability to investigate how (MODex): REALIZING THE far investment in a transit-hub LA: São Paulo Luz Station contributes to the success and EU: Amsterdam Zuid Station added value of the multi-modal AUS: Sydney Martin Place Station urban environment, including VALUE OF MOBILITY higher property values, public EU: Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena spaces and increased revenue EU: Berlin Hauptbahnhof for local businesses EU: Amsterdam Central Station • The ability to find out where ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT EU: Lyon Part Dieu there is room for improvement • The quantification of qualitative AS: Shanghai Longyang Road Station measures US: Dallas Mockingbird Station • A global performance EU: Brussels Midi/Zuid “It’s exciting to see the private development that was sparked and continues to grow as a comparison of multi-modal AUS: Melbourne Southern Cross Station result of the redevelopment of Denver Union Station. The Union Station area is truly a major urban environments according to a range of transit-hub UK: London Wimbledon Station destination in the metro area with its vast options for entertainment and business that can key values. easily be reached with our world-class transit facility and services.” UK: London Euston Station US: Los Angeles Union Station Dave Genova, AUS: Sydney Chatswood Station Denver Regional Transportation District General Manager and CEO AUS: Sydney Central Station LA: Santiago La Cisterna 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 URBAN SOCIAL ECONOMIC TRANSITHUB ENVIRONMENT PLACEMAKING DEVELOPMENT CONNECTIVITY 6 7 MODex addresses four key indicators, each built from several specific variables. Each variable has its own set of values to measure the score of the development and compare it to others: 1 Transit-hub Connectivity Describes the quality of the transit-hub in relation to the variety and quantity of transit modalities, its proximity to other important locations and facilities, and its provision of comfort to the traveler. 2 Urban Environment Assesses the urban form of the environment and how sustainable it is. Urban form is determined by variables such as an area’s density and whether a development is mixed-use. 3 Social Placemaking Weighs variables that contribute to a vibrant and multimodal urban environment. These include factors such as the quality of the public space and the variety of public facilities within the transit zone. A new parameter to this indicator has been added, safety and security, to assess the resilience of a transit-hub
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