Streetscapes

Customers• Increasing complaints from customers about traffic

(especially after High Street intersection closed)

• One older customer gave up after attempting a trial run

Other Businesses• South Limestone businesses closing, letting employees go

• Similar business: Sales “fell off a cliff” in August & September

• Festival Market business owner / customer: “Business sucks”

ANECDOTES

Two Questions:

How many of our customers come from South Lexington?

How has that changed since South Limestone closure?

40503

40504

40513

40356

4051440517

IMPACTS

30Percent

Southside

of Lowell’s Customer Base

IMPACTS

30Percent

Southside

of Lowell’s Customer Base

IMPACTS

30Percent

Southside

of Lowell’s Customer Base

¼ After Closure

¾ of Southside customers lost

Since July 22nd, a full 1/3 of those South Lexington and Nicholasville customers have evaporated

IMPACTS

30Percent

Southside

of Lowell’s Customer Base

¼ After Closure

¾ of Southside customers lostZero drop in rest of customer base

IMPACTS

If Lowell’s lost 10% of customers following South Lime closure…

What is the impact to all of downtown?

South Limestone

25,000

South Broadway

36,000

TRAFFIC

South Broadway

61,000

TRAFFIC

South Broadway

61,000

West Main

19,000

TRAFFIC

South Broadway

61,000

West Main

19,000

Old Frankfort Pike

7,000

TRAFFIC

South Broadway

61,000

West Main

19,000

Old Frankfort Pike

7,000

Over 90,000 vehicles in disrupted traffic

patterns

20% of all drivers

TRAFFIC

True Costs of Traffic

45 mins = 5% of waking hours

TRAFFIC

True Costs of Traffic

45 mins = 5% of waking hours

Retail Office Service Quality of Life

Not buying at stores or restaurants

Not working or producing

Not delivering goods and services

Not spending time with family and friends

TRAFFIC

$

Downtown

of Local Economy

8%

Impact

Hit to Downtown Businesses

-5%11

Billion

Lexington

Size of Economy

$

TRUE COST

Downtown

of Local Economy

8%

Impact

Hit to Downtown Businesses

-5%11

Billion

Lexington

Size of Economy

$

84 to 92Million

Business Costs$ $

Lost Business Attributable to South Lime Closure

A 2x economic multiplier assumed for loss calculations

TRUE COST

84 to 92Million

Business Costs$ $

Lost Business Attributable to South Lime Closure

TRUE COST

84 to 92Million

Business Costs$ $

Lost Business Attributable to South Lime Closure

360,000$

per Day

TRUE COST

84 to 92Million

Business Costs$ $

Lost Business Attributable to South Lime Closure

700 to 1,000+Jobs

TRUE COST

84 to 92Million

Business Costs$ $

Lost Business Attributable to South Lime Closure

9 or 13 or 15 or 17Million

$ $$ $Project Costs

Direct Construction Costs

TRUE COST

84 to 92Million

Business Costs$ $

Lost Business Attributable to South Lime Closure

9 or 13 or 15 or 17Million

Project Costs$ $

Direct Construction Costs

$ $

90 to 110Million

Total Costs$ $

TRUE COST

When will a beautified South Limestone return $100 million or 1,000

jobs to Lexington’s economy?

“Are these numbers right?”

A QUESTION

“Are these numbers right?”Wrong Question

A QUESTION

Right Question:

“How did we let ourselves vote for such economic devastation without

any idea of the true impacts?”

A BETTER QUESTION

TWITTER TRAFFIC

Walking Tour

Since you saw devastation first-hand

2Weeks

Business Owners

Since businesses pleaded for help

3Weeks

A 2x economic multiplier assumed for loss calculations

TRUE COST

Walking Tour

Since you saw devastation first-hand

2Weeks

Business Owners

Since businesses pleaded for help

3Weeks

When will LFUCG address $100 million hole in our city?

A 2x economic multiplier assumed for loss calculations

TRUE COST

South Limestone:What to do

Commissioner Webb & Project Manager Milligan have already identified how to accelerate the

completion of South Limestone.

They just aren’t willing to do so.

SEEDS TO SOLUTION

Ask for more people / effort from utilities

SEEDS TO SOLUTION

Ask cement company to stay open past 5PM

Deal with noise ordinances

Ask for more people / effort from utilities

SEEDS TO SOLUTION

Ask cement company to stay open past 5PM

Deal with noise ordinances

Uncomfortable

Uncomfortable

Uncomfortable

$100 million is at stake.

1000 jobs are at stake.

$100 million is at stake.

1000 jobs are at stake.

Get over your discomfort.

Cheapside | Vine | Main:What to do

Give “full faith and credit” to no one.

SEEDS TO SOLUTION

Give “full faith and credit” to no one.

Only trust detailed plans of execution.

SEEDS TO SOLUTION

PRETTY PICTURES

The problem?

PRETTY PICTURES

The problem?

This isn’t South Lime…

PRETTY PICTURES

Gleaming Marble Sidewalks?

Non-Existent Buildings & Storefronts

PRETTY PICTURES

REALITY

REALITY

PRETTY PICTURES

PRETTY PICTURES

Without detailed plans of execution,it’s just a picture

KEY QUESTIONS

• Could all three streets, as with South Limestone, be completely closed?

• Which sections of which streets will be closed? For what periods? What is the planned sequence of closures?

• When can each business on the affected streets expect their businesses to be interrupted?

• How long will such business interruptions last? What will those interruptions look like? Where will they be most severe?

• How can we accelerate the project where business interruptions will be most profound?

• Can we sequence closures around business cycles? Could retailers be least affected during the holiday shopping season? Could work near outdoor cafés be completed by spring?

• How will the city or DDA assist businesses during the closures? How will such assistance be more effective than what was done for South Limestone? Targeted ad campaigns? Special events? Shuttle services from parking garages?

• Will drivers need to find alternate routes (as with South Limestone)?

• What are the likely sources of project delay? How will those be mitigated?

SIGNS OF FAILURE

If they can’t provide step-by-step sequence of how the project will unfold…

Lack of Detail

SIGNS OF FAILURE

If they can’t provide step-by-step sequence of how the project will unfold…Fail

Lack of Detail

SIGNS OF FAILURE

Economic Impact Estimate

If they can’t provide an estimate of the true

economic disruption caused by the new

streetscapes…

SIGNS OF FAILURE

Economic Impact Estimate

If they can’t provide an estimate of the true

economic disruption caused by the new

streetscapes…Fail

SIGNS OF FAILURE

Pretty Pictures

SIGNS OF FAILURE

Fail

Pretty Pictures

Vague Assurances

“We’ll take care not to disrupt businesses…”

SIGNS OF FAILURE

Vague Assurances

SIGNS OF FAILURE

Vague Assurances

Fail

SIGNS OF FAILURE

SIGNS OF FAILURE

Lack of Detail

No Economic Estimates

Pretty Pictures

Vague Assurances