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Harlem Avenue Corridor Plan:Harlem Avenue Corridor Plan:Corridor Planning Across Municipal Corridor Planning Across Municipal
Boundaries Boundaries
Heather Tabbert, Manager, Local Planning and Programs Division
Regional Transportation Authority (RTA)Jen McNeil Dhadwal, Principal Urban Planner
URS CorporationApril 24, 2012
RTA Local and Regional RTA Local and Regional PlanningPlanning
DuPage
Cook
Kane
Will
Chicago
McHenry Lake
Cook
• 8.5 million people
• 3,700 square miles
• 2M rides daily
• 3.6 bil. passenger miles
• 5,640 bus & rail cars
• 381 rail stations
• 334 bus routes
• 7,200 route miles
• 650 vanpool vehicles
• $36 billion in assets
RTA Local and Regional RTA Local and Regional PlanningPlanning
TOD and Transit Improvement
County Transit Plans
Kane County – Randall Road
County Farm Road
SSMMA
Cicero Avenue
Funding and Technical Funding and Technical Support: Community Support: Community
Planning ProgramPlanning Program• Transit-Oriented Development
Plans• Transit Improvement / Corridor
Plans• Available since 1998• Funded over 100 planning studies• Annual Call for Projects• Eligibility: Local Governments and
Service Boards
Benefits of Benefits of Multi-Jurisdictional Multi-Jurisdictional
PlanningPlanning• Transportation is not
local• Transportation and land
use coordination• Avoids piecemeal
approach• Connectivity• Consistency• Common goals• Consensus building• Implementation• Limited funding
Funding Availability Funding Availability
• Nature of federal funding is changing
• More competitive, less political
• Focus on projects with regional focus that benefits multiple areas
• Support from other agencies needed
• Innovative funding solutions needed
The Harlem Avenue The Harlem Avenue Corridor PlanCorridor Plan
A Successful Multi-Jurisdictional Planning Project
Harlem Avenue Corridor Harlem Avenue Corridor PlanPlan
A comprehensive Corridor Plan that:•Addresses mobility and accessibility, guided by Complete Streets principles •Unifies the corridor while accommodating the diversity of member communities•Achieves economic revitalization•Focuses on implementation
Corridor Hot Button IssuesCorridor Hot Button Issues• Issue #1 – Manage / mitigate
roadway congestion
• Issue #2 – Maximize redevelopment of opportunity sites
• Issue #3 -- Enhance commercial development
• Issue #4 -- Reinforce links to adjacent commercial districts
• Issue #5 – Encourage corridor as an employment generator
• Issue #6 -- Strengthen corridor and community identity
Transportation PlanningTransportation Planning
Traffic Management / ITS• Heavy traffic conditions at
many intersections and around expressways
Freight• Congestion around
industrial areas throughout corridor
Transportation PlanningTransportation Planning
Transit•Pace Service•Metra Service•CTA Service•Arterial Bus Rapid Transit
Pedestrians/Bicycles•Pedestrian Scale•Complete Sidewalks•Bicycle Facilities and Linkage to Trails
Land Use and EconomicsLand Use and Economics
Land Use / Zoning• Compatible & incompatible
uses in close proximity• Safe access to/from high
trip generators
Economic Development• Employment corridor• Encourage growth and
diversification
Land Use and EconomicsLand Use and Economics
Open Space/Recreation• Numerous existing assets
o Forest Preserveo Local and Regional Trailso Parkso Golf courses
• Consider stormwater management
• Provide connections between corridor and recreational centers
Urban DesignUrban Design
Parking• Curb cuts at safe locations• Shared parking opportunities
Design• Landscaped buffers and
plantings• Integrate transportation,
infrastructure and landscape• Wayfinding and signage
RecommendationsRecommendations
• Economic Development Sites• Transportation Improvement Projects• Urban Design Projects
9595thth Street Interchange Street Interchange Redesign and Redevelopment Redesign and Redevelopment
PlanPlan
Oak Lawn and Bridgeview
159159thth Street Intersection Street Intersection ImprovementsImprovements
Orland Park and Tinley Park
ImplementationImplementation
• Ongoing RTA support to SWCM• Corridor communities excited to move forward• STP Funding availability• TIGER grant applications in 2011 and 2012 for 95th
Street project• Orland Park Transportation Plan• Pace: Toyota Park Transit Center
Themes & Lessons LearnedThemes & Lessons Learned
Successes Challenges
• Building upon strengths:o Previous collaborationo Common goalso Strong, clear leadershipo Long-standing
relationships
• Dealing with differences in:o Capacityo Information and datao Current stateo Internal politics and
prioritieso Appetite for change
CapacityCapacity
What did we find? How did we deal with this?
• Full time staff of professionals
• Part time staff / volunteers
• Jacks-of-all-trades
• One-on-one interviews• Tailored
communication and engagement approach based on skill and ability to respond
Information and DataInformation and Data
What did we find? How did we deal with this?• Robust, in-house• Old, paper-based• Black-box, externally-
managed
• Early and frequent detailed requests
• One-on-one interviews and field work
• Assembly of multiple sources
• First draft with follow-up, checking
• Line-in-the-sand stop to existing conditions task
Current StateCurrent State
What did we find? How did we deal with this?
• Active projects and forward planning
• Stalled maintenance efforts
• Proposed range of ideas, with consistent end goal
• Acknowledged uniqueness and successes
Internal Politics and Internal Politics and PrioritiesPriorities
What did we find? How did we deal with this?
• Different levels of capacity for public investment and spending
• Collaboration and competition
• Spectrum of engagement
• Sought consensus on project goal and understanding of individual priorities
• Explicitly stated the enhancing role of project, not superseding local control
• Made recommendations within capacity and level of interest
Lessons LearnedLessons Learned
• What we’d repeat:o Tailored / one-on-one communication + group work
sessions throughout the projecto Recognizing individual community successeso Listening before talkingo Proactive engagement of technical participantso Frequent communication with client / managerso Hawkeye budget management
• What we’ll plan for next time:o Variability in datao More proactive engagement of “low participators”
Q &AQ &AContact Information :
Heather Tabbert, AICPManager, Local Planning and Programs
Regional Transportation Authority312-913-3244
Jen McNeil Dhadwal, AICPPrincipal PlannerURS Corporation