Campus Parking Solutions: Proven Strategies to Handle Demand

by Patrick Siegman
Presented at the Higher Education Heroes Web Conference, February 2, 2010

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Legalizing Transit-Oriented Development: A 7-Point Checklist for Transit-Oriented Developers

by Patrick Siegman
Presented at the International Builders Show, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 19, 2010

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Designing Complete Streets

by Michael King

Complete Streets seems to be a mantra these days, with every progressive policy calling for the inclusion of all modes in all corridors. But what does it really mean at the ground level – at the speed of feet? This presentation looks at simple yet effective techniques to improve the walking experience in cities and beyond. It looks at maps, sidewalks, crossings (not just crosswalks), signals, safety, and speed. In the design of complete streets all of these play a part, yet to the vulnerable road user – aka pedestrian – the impacts are magnified.
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Less Traffic, Better Places: A Step-By-Step Guide to Reforming Parking Requirements

by Patrick Siegman
Presented at the San Diego Parking Symposium, July 14, 2006

Just after World War II, most cities and towns in America tried the radical experiment of adopting minimum parking requirements (regulations that specify the minimum number of parking spaces that must be built for each land use), in the hopes that this new government intervention would alleviate traffic congestion. After 50 years of testing this theory, a growing number of communities have concluded that the experiment has failed. Traffic congestion is not only worse, but projected to worsen. Simultaneously, many cities and towns are finding that the parking requirements in their zoning codes have become a stumbling block, stymieing progress towards their goals for economic development, more affordable housing, traffic reduction and the creation of beautiful public spaces. This presentation provides a step-by-step guide to the reform of parking requirements. It draws on both international examples and, closer to home, examples from Nelson\Nygaard's work throughout the United States to help communities implement parking policies that actually meet their larger goals for economic development, environmental sustainability and quality of life.
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TOD Planning for Smaller Urban Communities: Who Said T = Trains?

by David Fields

If transit is more than just trains, why does Transit Oriented Development require a train station? David Fields offered a different view to the Virginia Transit Association, providing examples of effective TOD communities planned around bus service. The key is to provide a mix of land uses, dense development, a walkable community, and sufficient transit focused on the community. Maybe it’s time to rename TOD to MULTI…Mixed Use with Lots of Transportation Initiatives.
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Street Typologies & Transport Performance Measures in Seattle

by Jeffrey Tumlin

As part of our ongoing transportation planning work in Seattle, Nelson\Nygaard has proposed revising the way the city measures the success of its transportation network. Specifically, we have suggested that they shift from vehicle capacity and vehicle delay measures toward person capacity and person delay. Rather than focusing on Auto Level of Service, moreover, we have also suggested that the city adopt a set of Quality of Service indicators for all modes of transportation. For each street in the city, we have drafted minimum, desired and preferred Quality of Service targets for each mode, based upon how important the given street is for each mode, and the urban context through which the street runs. Finally, we have developed a quantitative "balancing tool" the help city staff determine the extent to which one mode should be inconvenienced in order to improve another mode. This presentation is a summary of various detailed technical memoranda.
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by Jeffrey Tumlin

Parking is the poor relation of architecture and design. Unglamorous and often downright ugly, it tends to be treated as a necessary evil. If the parking system works well, nobody notices. If it doesn't, it can work against a city's best efforts to improve urban design, manage traffic and achieve a wide array of other goals. This presentation summarizes some of Nelson\Nygaard's work in developing sound parking policies for a variety of cities, as well as case studies of cities that have gotten parking right.
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by Jeffrey Tumlin

At the 2006 ITE Annual Meeting, Nelson|Nygaard was asked to critique BART and WMATA's efforts to reduce replacement parking for new joint development projects. According to recent research, replacement parking can rarely be justified from a ridership and revenue standpoint. If they want to increase ridership and revenue, transit agencies should simply focus on joint development and allow an elimination of commuter parking at most urban rail stations.
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