Placemaking: Where Planning, Architecture, and

Circulation Meet

Gwynne Pugh, Gwynne Pugh Urban Studio

Eileen P. Fogarty, The Fogarty Group

Jeffrey Tumlin, Nelson/Nygaard Associates

Moderator: Francie Stefan, City of Santa Monica

paradigm

A set of assumptions, concepts,

values, and practices that

constitutes a way of viewing

reality for the community that

shares them, especially in an

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The Best Transportation Plan is a Good Land Use Plan: Integrating Transportation and Land Use in Santa Monica

Jeffrey Tumlin

www.shapethefuture2025.net

LUCE | City Council | 7.1.2010 Image: Theresa Bridget, http://theresabridget.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/877/

LUCE | City Council | 7.1.2010 Image source: Wikipedia Commons, Balazs Barnucz

LUCE | City Council | 7.1.2010

• Problem: Traffic Congestion.

• Solutions:

• Decide where to put congestion

• Provide better choices for Santa Monica residents and employees

• No Net New Trips policy

• Work with regional agencies for systemic solutions

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Paradise Lost?

What did citizens tell us?

• Problem: Traffic Congestion.

• Solutions:

• Decide where to put congestion

• Provide better choices for Santa Monica residents and employees

• No Net New Trips policy

• Work with regional agencies for systemic solutions

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Transportation and the LUCE

What did citizens tell us?

• Problem: Parking is hard to find.

• Solutions:

• Better management of existing supply

• Sharing

• Pricing

• Add supply where needed

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Transportation and the LUCE

What did citizens tell us?

• Problem: How do we know all this will work?

• Solutions:

• New Transportation Demand Management Ordinance

• New Transportation Impact Fee

• More discretionary review

• Better travel demand model

• More ongoing performance measurement

• Most importantly: The EIR requires us to.

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Transportation and the LUCE

How does it work?

• Starts with right land uses in right places

• Improves conditions for walking, biking and transit

• Forces new development to do more to reduce trips

• Charges development to offset remaining trips by reducing existing trips

• Collects ongoing performance data and reports back to council and citizens.

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No Net New Trips

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Congestion in Santa Monica: Where we are now

Rethinking our Streets

What’s important depends upon your perspective

Traffic engineer: F A

A F Economist:

Measure what matters

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Why not consider…

• Economic Development

– Job creation

– Real estate value increase

– Retail sales

• Quality of Life

– Access to jobs

– Access to shopping

– Residential property value impact

• Social Justice

–Do benefits accrue equitably?

–Are investments spread equitably?

• Ecological Sustainability

–VMT per capita (=CO2, NOx, runoff, etc.)

–Land use/transportation connection

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10 minute walk to Neigh-borhood Shopping

Walking

Bicycling

10 minute bike ride to 3rd/Santa Monica Blvd.

10 minute walk to frequent transit

Transit every 10 minutes or better

Transit

Demand Mgmt

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What about Jobs/Housing Balance?

What about Jobs/Housing Balance?

What about Jobs/Housing Balance?

What about Jobs/Housing Balance?

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Results:

• <½ the parking

• <½ the land area

• ¼ the arterial trips

• 1/6th the arterial turning movements

• <¼ the vehicle miles traveled

Where are PM peak trips going?

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No Net New Trips

• 40% are commute

• About same share are errands, visiting, etc.

Different programs target different trips?

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No Net New Trips

• 40% are commute

• About same share are errands, visiting, etc. Employer TDM

Districts Parking cashout

Safe routes to school Parking programs Transit passes

Transit investments Walking Bike facilities Parking programs

Existing PM trips = 60,100

1984 Plan in 2030 = 8% increase

LUCE in 2030 = 1% decrease.

Less than 10% mode shift required citywide to accomplish NNNT goal

No Net New Trips

Parking policies More parking cashout Public parking pricing

Transportation System Improvements Bikes Pedestrians Transit

Transportation Demand Management Subsidized transit passes Car sharing Bike sharing

Mode Shift Policies Safe routes to schools Carpooling Telecommuting Transportation Management Associations

New programs required in EIR

No Net New Trips

Location: 4 Ds

Residential parking Commercial parking management Transit pass program Safe routes to schools

Transit improvements Bike improvements Pedestrian improvements Carpooling/Telecommuting Parking cashout

Transportation Management Assns

Up to 17% commute trip reduction in TDM zones. Up to 5% non-commute trip reduction

No Net New Trips

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Existing 1984 Plan (2030) Proposed LUCE (2030)

AB 32 Target

Sustainable City Plan Target

Traffic is often a proxy for other issues Focus on making a better place, not just

slowing the pace by which it gets worse Rather than limiting development to

limit traffic, limit traffic directly. Locate congestion where it does least

harm. The best transportation plan is a good

land use plan. Invest in real public involvement.

Lessons Learned

Getting from NIMBY to YIMBY– Jeffrey Tumlin

For More Information

Contact:

Jeffrey Tumlin, Principal

Nelson\Nygaard

116 New Montgomery St, Ste 500

San Francisco, CA 94105

415-284-1544

jtumlin@nelsonnygaard.com

www.nelsonnygaard.com

Eileen Fogarty, former Planning Director

Fogarty Group

914 Lincoln Blvd, Suite 108

Santa Monica, CA 90403

310-570-6724

info@fogartygroup.net

www.fogartygroup.net

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