Harriet Tregoning

Community Planning and Development

US Department of Housing and Urban Development

December 1, 2016

Future Trends

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• Enabling the Economy

• Incorporating Technology, Sharing,

Preferences

• Framing the Future: Innovation/Failure

• As a means to increase Opportunity

• Getting the Land Use Right

New Trends in Transportation

ATTRIBUTES OF GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE CITIES/REGIONS

WALKABLE URBANISM

Downtown Burlington, Burlington, VT

GREEN & SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES

Proposed Lick Run Creek, Cincinnati, OH

LEVERAGED PUBLIC SECTOR

INVESTMENTSProposed Tampa Riverfront Park, Tampa,

FL

DISTINCTIVE

NEIGHBORHOODS

AND DISTRICTSMelrose District, Phoenix, AZ

MULTIPLE TRANSPORTATION

OPTIONS

MetroTransit Green Line, Saint Paul, MN

ACCESSIBLE AND

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Lancaster Urban Village, Dallas, TX

ECONOMIC

COMPETITIVENESS AND

MOBILITYProposed Memphis Aerotropolis, Memphis, TN

More Choice: A Luxury

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The Sharing

Economy

Regional bike transit system: 15M trips to dateOver 3,700 bikes at over 425stations

DC, Arlington & Alexandria and Fairfax, VA & Montgomery County, MD

31,650 Annual Members

410,000 Casual members

80% said they bicycle more often

40% said they drive less

$819/year saved per member ($15 million total)

Innovate – FAIL - Succeed

CITIES AND STATES DOING LONG RANGE PLANS

• Addressing growth and change

• Expanding transportation choices

• Increasing capacity AND efficiency

• Acknowledging shifting work/home patterns

• Making neighborhoods more convenient and livable

• Improving access and opportunity

The Great Recession and the URBANIZING suburbs …

Transit accessibility = Real estate value & competitiveness

28% of region’s real estate value within ½ mile of Metrorail but only 4% of land area

84% of regional office space under construction

within ¼ mile of Metro station

1812 North Moore StRossyln Metro (VA)

(under construction)

Park 7Minnesota Ave Metro (DC)

(under construction)

Transit creates new walkable “main streets” and districts

Urbanizing Suburbia

New McLean Metro Station

Tysons CornerMosaic District, Merrifield, VA

Source: George Washington University