Northwest Corridor Mobility Initiative - Stakeholder Workshop August 2020 - LinkUS Columbus
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Northwest Corridor | Stakeholder Workshop Mobility Initiative August 2020
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• Introductions
• Orientation to LinkUS
Agenda • Orientation to the Northwest
Corridor
• General Discussion
• Next Steps
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Please share:
• Your name
• Group Affiliation
Introductions
• What is your constituency’s
biggest hope for the future
of the Northwest Corridor?Orientation What is LinkUS?
LinkUS is the mobility corridors initiative
for Central Ohio
LinkUS seeks to provide a complete
mobility system along key
regional corridors, including high
capacity and advanced rapid transit,
new transportation technology
solutions, bicycle and pedestrian
improvements, and new housing and
job opportunities.
Principal sponsors:Corridors Underway
Northwest Corridor
*Many additional public and private funders have also partnered
on this initiativeCorridors Underway
Northwest Corridor
East-West CorridorFoundational Planning
Insight2050
Insight2050 NextGen
Corridor Concepts
(2014) (2017) (2019)Preparing for growth • Increasing population • Limits to territorial growth • Rising housing costs • Need for transportation options • Areas of disinvestment • Cost to provide municipal services • Job creation and economic development • Neighborhood concerns about new development
Preparing for growth • Increasing population • Limits to territorial growth • Rising housing costs • Need for transportation options • Areas of disinvestment • Cost to provide municipal services • Job creation and economic development • Neighborhood concerns about new development
What is a mobility corridor?
Mobility Infrastructure Compact and Connected Increased
Development
Investments OpportunitiesThe Bigger Picture LinkUS is about: Creating Great Places Increasing equitable access to opportunity Accommodating future growth in productive ways Improving Economic Vibrancy Shaping the future and reimagining the region for shared prosperity
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LinkUS Regional Goals • How important are each of these goals to
your community or constituency?LinkUS:
Orientation Northwest
CorridorThe Study Area
Corridor Context Area
• Downtown/Franklinton to Dublin
• Informed by NextGen, Connect
Columbus, Corridor Concepts
• Reflected in 2050 Metropolitan
Transportation Plan
Corridor Focus Area
• Broad Street to Bethel Road
• Area of highest congestion
• Core of economic activity
• Represents Phase 1 of long-term
transit connection to DublinAn Economic Engine
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• What are your impressions of the
Focus Area Northwest Corridor?
Major Destinations Neighborhoods and
• The Ohio State University Communities
• Downtown
• Wexner Medical Center
• Franklinton
• Riverside Hospital/Ohio • Fifth by Northwest
Health
• Riverview Area
• Grandview Yard • The Knolls
• Arena District • Northwest Area
• Nationwide Insurance • Grandview Heights
• Upper Arlington
• Battelle • Clinton Township
• Downtown
• 5 Regional Arenas*Why the NW Corridor? What are the Outcomes? 1 2 3 4
The Process
Define Issues Identify
Evaluate Express Endorse and
and Feasibility
Performance Preference Act
Opportunities Options
Launch Engage
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LinkUS v
Public
Engage
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Public Rollout
We are here!
Stakeholder & Public Engagement
Key DeliverablesIdentify
Feasibility Options
Multimodal Networks
• Critical bicycle and pedestrian
connections
• Focus on first-last mile connections
• Consider on-street and off-street
facilities
• Identify effective and safe design
treatments
• Integrate accommodations into the
overall designIdentify
Active Transportation
Feasibility Options
Active TransportationIdentify
“Traffic Knots”
Feasibility Options
Traffic Knots
• Opportunity to align critical traffic
movements
• Improve connectivity
• Modify intersections that create
the greatest delay
• Integrate safe multimodal
accommodations in the designsIdentify
Feasibility Options
Traffic KnotsTravel Characteristics
Travel Characteristics
Identify
Feasibility Options
Transit Alternatives
• Identify a locally preferred-corridor
transit strategy
Transit technology
Station locations
Desired service characteristics
Estimate likely ridership
• Design Concept
Multimodal goals
Safety expectations
Integrate with developmentTransit Issues
Identify
Feasibility Options
Transit Alternatives
Potential Downtown Connections
• Potential "Universe of
Alternatives"
• To be refined to 3 preferred
alternatives for analysis
• Objectives:
Fastest to implement
Most federally competitive
Most supportive of existing,
entitled and transformative
land usesTransit modes under consideration
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What is Premium Transit? • What do you envision for mobility in
the Northwest Corridor?
Key Features of
Premium
Transit
Level & Multi-Door Boarding Off-Board Fare Collection
Dedicated Right-of-Way Signal Priority & Intersection Control Modern Vehicle Designs
Frequency & Capacity Enhanced Stations AdaptabilityIdentify
Development
Feasibility Options
Opportunities
(Housing, Jobs, and Open Space)
Development
Opportunities
• Jobs and housing growth
• Mobility integration
• Transit-supportive land use
• Affordability
• Placemaking
• Development design
• Policy frameworkQUESTIONS – Go to Menti.com. Code 5961871
Identify
Development Trends
Feasibility Options • What do you envision for development
in the Northwest Corridor?
Development
Opportunities
• Over 2,600 acres of development
potential across the corridor
• Opportunity to build on existing
successful developments
• Opportunity to add amenities with new
developmentQuestions & Comments QUESTION – Go to Menti.com, enter Code: 5961871 • What questions should we be prepared to answer when engaging your community or constituencies?
• Public Engagement – Fall 2020
• Refine Transit Alternatives
• Refine Traffic Knots Concepts
Next Steps
• Identify Active Transportation
Improvements
• Establish Recommended
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