We have begun collecting and analyzing data on our region’s transportation system. Help us refine our analysis by letting us know if the data tells our region’s story…
We have begun collecting and analyzing data on our region’s transportation system. Help us refine our analysis by letting us know if the data tells our region’s story…
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Potential talking points: If the mid afternoon sleepies have gotten you and a sentence is too much, just use a couple of words to describe a sustainable regional transportation system for Buffalo Niagara. Questions about our transportation systems and how we can best link our workers to jobs and opportunities, while also reducing our dependence on cars and oil.
Continued maintenance of our transportation infrastructure poses significant fiscal challenges.
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Beginning with the system that we have built to date…….. To maintain the infrastructure that we have today is extremely expensive. Just how expensive are we talking about. In our early research with the UB Regional Institute, we started to put some numbers behind this.
525+ miles Since 1990, we’ve added
of new roads Roads Built Since 1990
Roads Built Before 1990
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Starting with our roads. And this information comes from the New York State Controller’s office.
525+ miles
$26,000,000+ added annual tax burden
Roads Built Since 1990
Roads Built Before 1990
County
Lane Miles added Since 1990
Maintenance Cost Per Lane Mile
Total Cost of New Lane Miles of Roads
Erie 1,013 $25,328 $25,667,550
Niagara 30 $16,166 $491,470
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Starting with our roads. And this information comes from the New York State Controller’s office.
Vehicle miles travelled per capita keeps growing.
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Vehicle Miles Travelled or VMT
In 1973, vehicles miles travelled daily per capita was 8.25
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Now, Justin you sent an article a few months ago which shows on a national level that VMT is decreasing. So, while the rest of the nation is on a downward trend, our VMT is still on the rise.
In 2010, vehicles miles travelled daily per capita was 17.89
An increase of
117%
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Now, Justin you sent an article a few months ago which shows on a national level that VMT is decreasing. So, while the rest of the nation is on a downward trend, our VMT is still on the rise.
While connecting workers to jobs via transit is a struggle, access to the transit network is good...
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Let’s switch gears and move over to transit……. I suspect that we may have some folks in the room that will disagree with classify our access to transit as good, but we wanted to present a few slides on a some research performed by the Brookings Institution and that I think will foster good discussion around our goals.
33% of all jobs are reachable via transit in 90 minutes
median wait times are 14 minutes during peak rush hour
Data Source: Brookings
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Is anyone around the room surprised that we came in as high as 21st? Comments about the data……
U.S. Metro Average is 69%
Data Source: Brookings, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
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Some more information related to transit. Almost 10% of more of working age residents in our region live near a transit stop. Our work in this group should be easy. What’s wrong with this picture?
Our region’s population who own a car enjoy relatively low traffic congestion and short commute times.
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Now this statement I would agree with. This is a very nice selling point for our region for those that do own a car.
And those who own a car enjoy relatively low traffic congestion and short commute times.
3% the congestion of large metros like LA and NYC
Source: American Community Survey (2010)
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According to the 2010 American Community Survey, we experience only 3% of the kind of congestion that metros like NYC and LA have to contend with.
But not everyone has a car, and our region is continuing to age.
13%
9%
Buffalo Niagara US
Households without a vehicle
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More than 10% of people in the two county area do not have a vehicle. Now, from a sustainability standpoint, we don’t necessarily want to encourage more cars on the road, but we all know that it is a quality of life issue. Therefore, really focuses on alternatives to the automobile becomes important.
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65 and older
55 - 64
Age Composition of Buffalo Niagara Population
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This bar graph ends at 2010 while we are looking to create a plan that has a twenty year plus horizon taking us past 2030. Who will be here in 2030? Forecasting can give us some idea, but another point to make here is that if we look to create and refine our transportation system so that it works and serves older adults, you are making a transportation system that works and is accessible for everyone.
Lower traffic congestion and our bi-national location is also a freight opportunity...
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Let’s switch gears and move over to transit……. I suspect that we may have some folks in the room that will disagree with classify our access to transit as good, but we wanted to present a few slides on a some research performed by the Brookings Institution and that I think will foster good discussion around our goals.
Cross-border traffic moving through the Buffalo-Niagara region has diverse U.S. origins and destinations
Origin/Destination U.S. Region for 2004 Freight Tonnage Crossing the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge
Pennsylvania 19%
Other New York 18%
Buffalo/Niagara 18%
South-eastern USA 13%
Ohio 12%
Mid-Atlantic USA 11%
New England 4%
Rochester 3%
Western / Midwestern
USA 2%
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From a Niagara Frontier Urban Area Freight Study conducted in 2010. Despite these assets, stakeholders that participated in this 2010 study noted that…. Rail bridges at the end of their life Bottlenecks Lack of competitive access Lines in poor condition
The region has good east-west rail connections
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From a Niagara Frontier Urban Area Freight Study conducted in 2010. Despite these assets, stakeholders that participated in this 2010 study noted that…. Rail bridges at the end of their life Bottlenecks Lack of competitive access Lines in poor condition
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Freight Tonnage by Mode
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Despite “no-growth” population forecasts, IHS Global Insight forecasts predict that regional freight volume will more than
double
Source: IHS Global Insight TRANSEARCH database
Most of the region’s freight is carried by truck or rail
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From a Niagara Frontier Urban Area Freight Study conducted in 2010. We are a cross border community within good proximity to the Port of NY and New Jersey. Freight appears to be an economic opportunity for the region. How might we take advantage in a sustainable fashion?
Are these data telling the story of our region’s transportation conditions?
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Potential talking points: If the mid afternoon sleepies have gotten you and a sentence is too much, just use a couple of words to describe a sustainable regional transportation system for Buffalo Niagara. Questions about our transportation systems and how we can best link our workers to jobs and opportunities, while also reducing our dependence on cars and oil.
