An UniversityCity Developed for Sweetwater and Florida International University SEPTEMBER 2011 FDOT District VI & the Florida Turnpike Enterprise with Lehman Center for Transportation Research FIU Maidique Campus Sweetwater City Hall Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

Through the following three UniversityCity Project opportunities, Sweetwater & FIU will improve the way they grow together! Lehman Center for Transportation Research 1.Sustainable Sweetwater SAMS and FY2011Community Challenge Planning Grant 2.FDOT Turnpike Interchange US41 3.FIU/Sweetwater “First Step Charrette” and FY2011 TIGER Discretionary Grant Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson City of Sweetwater Florida International University

1. A Submittal of the Sustainable Sweetwater Sub- Area Mobility Study (SAMS) & Community Challenge Planning Grant Program (CCPGP) proposals SAMS will examine innovative pedestrian-oriented transportation options with financial support from Sweetwater, FIU & FDOT District VI and subject to the CCPGP award – Agreed Upon September 2011 CCPGP funds, if awarded by HUD, will master plan Sweetwater based upon Sustainable Communities Initiative goals/strategies/outcomes using SAMS and other FIU & Sweetwater commitments as the required 20% match – Submitted to HUD September 2011 Lehman Center for Transportation Research Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

Several components mentioned in the SAMS/CCPGP submittals are collectively identified with an Advanced Transit Oriented Developments (ATODs) : Advanced Transit & Multimodal Stations that have also been referenced as a larger sized Advanced Park-N- Ride and Multimodal Stops (APMS) Transit Greenways and Mixed-Mode Streets Linked Parking Structures & Mixed-Use Liner Buildings Traffic-Calmed Streets Pedestrian-oriented urban centers with plazas, public squares, courtyards, zaquanes, arcades, pedestrian corridors and other such public places Lehman Center for Transportation Research Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

ATOD SCHEMATIC DESIGN ISSUES Lehman Center for Transportation Research Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

ADVANCED TRANSIT & MULTIMODAL STATIONS Lehman Center for Transportation Research Planning efforts could incorporate multimodal station into the Market Station & Red Parking Garages or otherwise with mixed-use pedestrian bridges over U.S. 41/Tamiami Trail similar to structures at Maisonneuve Complex in Hull, Canada, the University of Newfoundland, Canada, and at the Denver Mall, Colorado, USA This depiction is one of many possible options View of intersection at SW 109 th Avenue & US41 Boulevard Maisonneuve at Hull, Canada 3 story enclosed, mixed-use & pedestrian bridge University of Newfoundland mixed-use pedestrian bridge Prince Philip Drive Denver Mall & grade separated station Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson Bus goes to lower level Market Station is glass enclosed building with AC Single level enclosed bridge 3 story enclosed, mixed-use & pedestrian bridges Proposed Mixed-use building Proposed 3 story enclosed, mixed- use & pedestrian bridge Proposed Advanced Transit & Multimodal Station as a parking garage liner building

TRANSIT GREENWAYS Lehman Center for Transportation Research A linear park that provides transport for pedestrians, bicyclists, and via narrow gauge rail tram Orlando, USAStrasbourg, France Thomas Lucido & Associates Archer/Abate/Urbanform Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

MIXED-MODE STREETS IN EUROPE John Zacharias & SOUTH AMERICA Bus Rapid Transit Guide Lehman Center for Transportation Research Bogotá, Columbia Amsterdam, The Netherlands Strasbourg, France IMCL Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

PLAZAS THAT GATHER AND HOLD PEDESTRIANS SO AS TO ENHANCE PROPERTY VALUES, HEALTH, SAFETY & TRANSIT ACCESS Baltimore, USA Palma de Mallorca, Spain Vienna, Austria Florence, Italy Lehman Center for Transportation Research Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

2. Florida Turnpike Enterprise Project Development & Environment (PD&E) Study Florida Turnpike Enterprise completed a PD&E study for corridor and interchange enhancements along the Homestead Extension in 2009 and plans to design specific interchange improvements soon A Florida Turnpike Enterprise Intersection Study centered at the intersection of the Turnpike Homestead Extension and U.S. 41 (Tamiami Trail) needs to be undertaken to directly link interchange elements and future FIU parking structures for the UniversityCity (serving a similar function as provided by the centralized parking, rail station and port facilities found in Venice, Italy) Lehman Center for Transportation Research Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

A New Florida Turnpike Enterprise Study could include: Improved and/or direct access to parking structures adjacent the Turnpike Homestead Extension arranged as part of an ATOD Elements of a Turnpike Plaza incorporated in the improved intersections designed at the Turnpike Homestead Extension/U.S. 41 (Tamiami Trail) Initial examination of the financial benefits & costs and a feasibility analysis assuming mixed-mode streets and transit greenways to distribute travelers as they walk or use bicycles for the first and last mile of each UniversityCity trip Lehman Center for Transportation Research Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

Proposed Initial Sweetwater, FIU & FDOT Planning Study Efforts Summary Lehman Center for Transportation Research Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

3. FY 2011 TIGER Discretionary Grant/TIFIA funding US DOT is looking for multimodal projects that are hard to accomplish given current transportation programmatic guidelines that will achieve goals and pioneer livability strategies they have identified especially when the project: enhances integrated planning and investment provides a vision for sustainable growth redefines housing affordability and makes it transparent redevelops underutilized sites develops livability measures and tools aligns HUD, DOT and EPA programs undertakes joint research, data collection and outreach Lehman Center for Transportation Research Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

The TIGER/TIFIA Program enables US DOT to: Use a rigorous process to select projects with exceptional benefits, explore ways to deliver projects faster and save on construction costs, and make investments in our Nation’s infrastructure that make communities more livable and sustainable Select projects based upon their ability to contribute to the long- term economic competitiveness of the nation, improve the condition of existing transportation facilities and systems, improve energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improve safety of U.S. transportation facilities, and improve the quality of living and working environments of communities through increased transportation choices and connections. Focus on projects that are expected to quickly create and preserve jobs and spur rapid increases in economic activity Lehman Center for Transportation Research Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

TIGER/TIFIA funding requires a unique benefit-cost analysis A benefit-cost analysis measures the dollar value of the benefits and costs to all the members of society. The benefits, for example, are the dollar value of what all the people in society would be willing to pay to have the project built. If people would be willing to pay more than the project actually costs, then the project has positive net benefits (benefits minus costs). A benefit-cost analysis is not an economic impact analysis that measures “impacts,” which are not the same thing as benefits. Impacts, for example, include the dollar value of all jobs created by a project. While jobs are a good thing, the benefit of a job is not measured by how much we pay the person who has a job, but by the value of what the person produces. Economic impact analysis also measures local effects of a project, not overall effects on society as a whole. Some projects create positive effects on one community but negative effects on other communities. The “impacts” simply look at the positive effects, while the benefit-cost analysis examines negative effects in relation to positive effects. Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson Lehman Center for Transportation Research

FY2011 TIGER/TIFIA capital funding opportunities could be based upon First Step Charrette decisions The FY2011 TIGER Discretionary Grant program is now open for proposals using $ in FY2011 funds provided for the US DOT’s National Infrastructure Investments Pre-Applications are due October 3, 2011 and final very detailed applications are due October 31, 2011 Grants likely to be approved will range from $10 million to $25 million (despite the $200 million limit that is provided); an unique Benefit-Cost analysis must be preformed and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements met. Planning, preparation, or design costs are eligible as a small part of the overall construction project A 20% non-federal cost share is required & therefore a minimum project size is $12.5 million It is anticipated that TIFA funding could be available to support projects 10 fold larger than the TIGER Discretionary Grant Eligible applications include FDOT, Sweetwater, MDX, and FIU Lehman Center for Transportation Research Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

and Advanced Technologies that provide Sustainable and Practical Solutions! FIU has begun to conceptualize a Informed Traveler Program that would represent an initial deployment of: Community-based Information Technologies (IT) Connect Vehicle Technologies (CVT) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) Highways for Life (HfL) Innovations Every Day Counts (EDC) Initiatives Planning technologies and strategies that optimize safe, multimodal, financially self-sufficient transportation systems Lehman Center for Transportation Research Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

A First Step Charrette was held September 23-24, 2011 so FIU and Sweetwater could explore: What bridge and other capital improvements might be agreed upon in support of broader short-term (5 year) design, planning, infrastructure, and traffic design goals Other matters of mutual interest long-term (15 year) UniversityCity development goals Realistic project timeline Bridge Design competition option and process Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson Lehman Center for Transportation Research

To understand TIGER funding priorities: Understand the Sustainable Communities Initiative See and A high-level interagency partnership was launched by a U.S. DOT, U.S. HUD, and U.S. EPA agreement dated June 16, 2011 that identified housing and transportation goals to be achieved while simultaneously protecting the environment, promoting equitable development, and helping to address the challenges of climate change: Gain better access to affordable housing More transportation choices Lower transportation costs Lehman Center for Transportation Research Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

A MDX & FIU Agreement regarding ABTS & ATODs also provides an opportunity to secure Sustainable Communities Initiative funding The agreement dated October 19, 2009 between Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) and FIU and the initial Task Authorization effective January 8, 2010 authorized LCTR to: Examine an advanced bus transit system for specified destinations adjacent the Dolphin Expressway/SR836 (a sustainable bus transit system or similar sustainable express bus transit system) using advanced technologies and communications, ITS, pedestrian-oriented public space, and advanced transit oriented developments for large scale transit access so that operations would not need to be subsidized (revenues exceed costs) other information technology, civil engineering support, and related services and training through professional seminars and workshops Lehman Center for Transportation Research Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

Lehman Center for Transportation Research Per that MDX/FIU Agreement, a Express Bus Service Study was completed in December 2010: Conceptualized a sustainable express bus service segment between the Maidique Campus, MIC and Downtown Miami Reviewed Transit Oriented Developments & Park-and- ride opportunities, operating bus-on-the- shoulders, feeder buses, and ITS improvements Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

Per that MDX/FIU Agreement, a Express Bus Service Study was completed in December 2010: Conceptualized a sustainable express bus service segment between the Maidique Campus, MIC and Downtown Miami Reviewed Transit Oriented Developments & Park-and-ride opportunities, operating bus-on-the-shoulders, feeder buses, and ITS improvements

From this MDX/FIU study & and their own reviews, Miami-Dade County proposes to submit a FY2011 TIGER Discretionary Grant proposal in October 31, 2011 SR-836 Express Enhanced Bus Service from West Miami-Dade County from US41 & SW 147 th Avenue and stops related to Sweetwater (at Maidique Campus, Engineering Center and the proposed multimodal station at Dolphin Expressway and NW 107 th Avenue to be examined via a proposed CITT study) to Miami Intermodal Center (and other stops as structural improvements are developed) Planned to operate from 5:30 AM to 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM to 7:30 PM at 10-minute headways with Transit Signal Priority Lehman Center for Transportation Research Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

To maximize near term federal capital funding in combination with a proposed Miami-Dade Express Bus service from FIU/Sweetwater to MIC, the following proposals & variations could be considered and agreed by Sweetwater & FIU by the end of September 2011 $ 25 million TIGER funded Informed Traveler Program (ITP) $ million based upon ITP required 20% match ($325,000 MDX/FIU contract +$5.925 million ITP revenue) $150 million TIFIA funded Advanced Transit Station & multi-use pedestrian bridge $ 25 million TIFIA funded Informed Traveler Program Command Center & tower $ 20 million TIFIA funded Acquisition of Transit Greenway property parcels) $ 25 million TIFIA funded Transit Greenways contraction/installation (for 4 miles) $ 30 million TIFIA funded Access Structures between grades and other costs $ million Total TIGER/TIFIA project costs Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson Lehman Center for Transportation Research

TIGER/TIFIA could therefore include a multimodal station with elevated mixed- use pedestrian crossings to bridge U.S. 41 Lehman Center for Transportation Research This depiction is one of many possible options View of intersection at SW 109 th Avenue and US41 Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson Proposed Advanced Transit & Multimodal Station as a parking garage liner building Proposed 3 story enclosed & Mixed-Use Pedestrian Bridge Proposed Mixed-Use Building

Lehman Center for Transportation Research PARK-TO-PARK TRANSIT GREENWAY VIA AN “ARBOR DAY EVERYDAY” STRATEGY Copyright 2010 Thomas F. Gustafson Women’s Park to Tamiami Park as well as local parks City of Sweetwater Florida International University Engineering Center ATOD If you choose to build 4 miles of transit greenway for about $25 million from Women’s Park to Tamiami Park through Sweetwater and FIU and you choose a small contractor to build a 58 feet segment of transit greenway every night, then a plan can be devised for tree to be planted within each newly constructed segment so you can celebrate Arbor Day Everyday for a year with the planting of a mature shade tree each morning at about 9:00 AM.

Lehman Center for Transportation Research TRAFFIC CALMING AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ALONG 109 TH & 107 TH AVENUE AND ELSEWHERE Wider sidewalks with stone & brick work Lighting & street furniture of a linear park Easements with adjoining property owners Substantial landscaping and narrow gauge rail tram service along the transit greenway corridors Short distance community-based paratransit and feeder bus services Structured parking to replace on-grade parking Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson

These Sustainable Communities Initiative efforts, coordinated with the Sweetwater, FIU, Miami-Dade, FDOT & others, could: Transform Sweetwater & Miami-Dade County into a South Florida paradise Help to achieve FIU’s development plans as a nationally ranked research university and innovators in higher education Access the high-quality educational and job training services available through improved access to all the institutions of higher education in the Southeast Florida Region Develop a Southeast Florida Health Sciences and Technology Corridor out of and extending from this Sweetwater/FIU and other UniversityCity developments Lehman Center for Transportation Research Copyright 2011 Thomas F. Gustafson Arbol (near Islets of Granada, Nicaragua)

Sustainable Communities Initiative Funding Options – Miami-Dade Metropolitan Area focus within Southeast Florida Region FIU Biscayne Bay Campus FIU Maidique Campus University of Miami MDC North Campus MDC Wolfson Campus MDC – Homestead Campus MDC West Campus MDC – Kendal Campus Is a car/truck dominated Miami- Dade built environment that has three major institutions of higher education and a strategically important southern U.S. location sustainable when stressed by global competition for scarce resources and sea level rise over the next 100 years? Could it be prosperous over time given a innovative plan for sustainable communities development?

Sea Level Rise destroys Miami-Dade’s capacity to function during the next 15 to 100 year horizon Courtesy of Peter Harlem, FIU SERC The very best scientists in the world have concluded that sea level rise, regardless of causation, will submerge much of Miami-Dade and other locations within the Southeast Florida Region over the next decades and centuries. While the time frames are somewhat uncertain, there is good evidence for a range of SLR between 2 feet and 7 feet over the next 100 years is expected. Long before we submerge, Miami-Dade will loose current fresh water supplies and parts of Miami-Dade will looses drainage. Events will suddenly go horribly wrong when the next major hurricane landfalls in Miami-Dade during the next 15 to 20 year term. We have time to take the steps necessary to avoid disasters that are now quite predictable.

Sustainable Communities Initiative Funding Options Summary – Existing Conditions FIU Biscayne Bay Campus Existing Metro Rail Existing Tri-Rail Existing Panther Express (Maidique to Biscayne Bay Campus) Existing Miami Intermodal Center (MIC) (16 rental car companies and parking with transit access to MIA and elsewhere via MIA Mover, Metrorail, Metrobus, and Tri-Rail) SW 147 th Avenue FIU Maidique Campus

Sustainable Communities Initiative FY2011 TIGER Funding Options FIU Biscayne Bay Campus Existing Metro Rail Existing Tri-Rail Proposed MDT Express Bus (FY2011 TIGER will be sought to extend from West Miami-Dade/FIU to MIC - October 31, 2011) (FY2011 TIGER possibly will be sought to extend from MIC to Downtown Miami) Existing Panther Express (Maidique to Biscayne Bay Campus) Proposed Panther Express (FY 2011 TIGER could be sought to extend service to MIC and Golden Glades Interchange/Tri-Rail) Proposed ATODs or other Transit Station Improvements – County focus FY2011 TIGER FIU/Sweetwater ATODs related funding could be sought Plan 3 rd FIU/Sweetwater site with CITT funding MDX focus SW 147 th Avenue FIU Maidique Campus

Sustainable Communities Initiative FY 2012 Funding Options FIU Biscayne Bay Campus Existing Metro Rail Existing Tri-Rail Funded MDT Express Bus (FY2011 TIGER award from West Miami-Dade, FIU, MIC, Downtown Miami & other destinations) Panther Express (FY 2011 TIGER award to expand to serve Maidique Campus, MIC, Biscayne Bay Campus & Golden Glades/Tri-Rail) Commuter Rail Extension (possible FY2012 TIGER from MIC to Sweetwater ATOD site) ATODs – County focus FY2011 TIGER award for FIU/Sweetwater site Possible FY2012 TIGER for a 3 rd FIU/Sweetwater site MDX focus FY2012+ TIGER sites? SW 147 th Avenue FIU Maidique Campus

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