Luke Ravenstahl Mayor Noor Ismail, AICP Director ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The South Metro Area Revitalization through Transit / Transit Revitalization Investment District (SMART TRID) Corridor Planning Study was generously funded by the State of Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development, Mount Washington Community Development Corporation, City of Pittsburgh, and Chelsa Wagner – Pennsylvania State House of Representatives – District 22. Special thanks to the interest, input, and commitment made to this effort by the following political representatives and community organizations: Mayor Luke Ravenstahl State Representative Chelsa Wagner City of Pittsburgh Councilwoman Natalia Rudiak City of Pittsburgh Councilman Bruce Kraus Director of City Planning Noor Ismail, AICP Mount Washington Community Development Corporation Beltzhoover Neighborhood Council Allentown Community Development Corporation Community Leaders United for Beechview (CLUB) TRID Planning Team Interface Studio LLC Scott Page, Principal Mindy Watts, Associate, AICP, PP Stacey Chen, Urban Designer & Planner Ashley Di Caro, Urban & Landscape Designer Real Estate Strategies, Inc. Meg Sowell Beth Beckett Sam Schwartz Engineering Mark de la Vergne, Associate Community Technical Assistance Center Karen Brean, Director Marjorie Howard April Clisura Sci-Tek Consultants, Inc. Charles Toran, President Jamille Ford, Manager Kevin Clark, P.E. CORRIDOR STUDY Steering Committee Members Joy Abbott, Assistant Director, City of Pittsburgh – Department of City Pat Murphy, Executive Director, Hilltop Alliance Planning Susheela Nemani-Stanger, Project Development Specialist, Urban Chris Beichner, Executive Director, Mount Washington Community Redevelopment Authority Development Corporation Greg Panza, Program Manager, Mount Washington Community Genie Beckom, President, Beltzhoover Neighborhood Council Development Corporation Rebecca Davidson-Wagner, Project Development Specialist, Urban Denny Puko, Regional Manager, State of Pennsylvania – Department of Redevelopment Authority Community and Economic Development Ashleigh Deemer, Constituent Services Manager, Pittsburgh City Council - Patrick Roberts, Principal Transportation Planner, City of Pittsburgh – District 4 Department of City Planning Phyllis DiDiano, President, Community Leaders United for Beechview Natalia Rudiak, Councilwoman, Pittsburgh City Council - District 4 John Fournier, Chief of Staff, Pittsburgh City Council - District 4 Chris Sandvig, Regional Policy Manager, Pittsburgh Community Judy Hackel, President, Allentown Community Development Corporation Reinvestment Group Lynn Heckman, Assistant Director - Transportation Initiatives, Allegheny JT Smith, Board of Directors President, Mount Washington Community County Department of Economic Development Development Corporation Maureen Hogan, Deputy Director, Pittsburgh Partnership for Tom Smith, Treasurer, Allentown Community Development Corporation Neighborhood Development Heidi Tappe, Chief of Staff, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Matt Hogue, Constituent Services Manager, Pittsburgh City Council - – District 22 District 3 David Totten, Transportation Planner, Southwest Pennsylvania Ronald Joseph, Budget Analyst, Pittsburgh Public Schools Commission Theresa Kail-Smith, Councilwoman, Pittsburgh City Council - District 2 Desiree Van Tassel, Community Development Specialist Jason Kambitsis, Senior Planner, City of Pittsburgh – Department of City Chelsa Wagner, Representative, Pennsylvania State House of Planning Representatives – District 22 Dawn Jones King, Vice President, Beltzhoover Neighborhood Council Brian Wall, Center for Program Development, PennDOT Tom Klevan, Transportation Planner, Southwest Pennsylvania David Wohlwill, Program Manager – Longer-Range Planning, Port Commission Authority of Allegheny County Bruce Kraus, Councilman, Pittsburgh City Council - District 3 Ken Wolfe, Vice President, Allentown Community Development Justin Miller, Senior Planner, City of Pittsburgh – Department of City Corporation Planning TABLE OF CONTENTS I INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................................1 IV RECOMMENDATIONS.....................................................................................53 CONTEXT.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................1 1 SHORT-TERM IMPROVEMENTS...........................................................................................................................54 PLANNING PROCESS.............................................................................................................................................................................4 2 PUBLIC REALM AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS..........................61 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT .....................................................................................................................................................................5 3 DEVELOPMENT.....................................................................................................................................................................................72 II TOD AND TRID................................................................................................................................................7 V IMPLEMENTATION..............................................................................................................86 WHY FOCUS ON TRANSIT...............................................................................................................................................................7 VALUE CAPTURE OVERVIEW...............................................................................................................................................86 WHAT IS TOD .........................................................................................................................................................................................................9 SOUTH HILLS JUNCTION TRID TAX INCREMENT ESTIMATES...............................88 WHAT IS TRID....................................................................................................................................................................................................11 PRINCIPLES OF THE TRID AGREEMENT.........................................................................................................95 IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH ..................................................................................................................................96 III ANALYSIS..............................................................................................................................................................13 IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX ................................................................................................................................................99 PROFILE.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................13 TRANSIT CORRIDOR CONTEXT........................................................................................................................................16 APPENDIX (UNDER SEPARATE COVER) DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS..........................................................................................................................................................27 REAL ESTATE STRATEGIES MARKET ANALYSIS PHYSICAL CONDITIONS..............................................................................................................................................................29 BEECHVIEW: VALUE CAPTURE TRANSIT REVITALIZATION INVESTMENT DISTRICT AGREEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS....................................................................................................................................39 SOUTH HILLS JUNCTION: VALUE CAPTURE MARKET CONDITIONS & POTENTIAL...................................................................................................................41 TRANSIT REVITALIZATION INVESTMENT DISTRICT AGREEMENT PUBLIC INPUT................................................................................................................................................................................................47 SCI-TEK CONSULTANTS INC. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OTHER DEVELOPMENT LIMITING FACTORS HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES ADVERSE GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS CORRIDOR STUDY LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. South Metro Area .......................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Figure 29. Sketch of Station Wayfinding along Boggs Avenue...................................................................... 55 Figure 2. Proximity to Downtown Pittsburgh ........................................................................................................................... 3 Figure 30. Summary Diagram of Proposed Short-Term Improvements ............................................... 56 Figure 3. Online Collaborative Map Website Summary ............................................................................................