Would You Buy a Bus for This Developer? Robert T. Dunphy Robert T. Dunphy Transportation Consultant Transportation Consultant Opportunities for Priority Bus Opportunities for Priority Bus Transit in the Washington Region Transit in the Washington Region Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. June 24, 200 June 24, 200
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Would You Buy a Bus for This Developer?
Robert T. DunphyRobert T. DunphyTransportation ConsultantTransportation Consultant
Opportunities for Priority Bus Transit in Opportunities for Priority Bus Transit in the Washington Regionthe Washington Region
““A STUDY BY THE AMERICAN A STUDY BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION REVEALS THAT 98 ASSOCIATION REVEALS THAT 98 PERCENT OF AMERICANS SUPPORT PERCENT OF AMERICANS SUPPORT THE USE OF MASS TRANSIT BY THE USE OF MASS TRANSIT BY OTHERSOTHERS”. ”. THE ONIONTHE ONION
"Take The Bus... I'll Be Glad You Did."
Buses get no respect..
Not Your Father’s Bus
Think Development when Thinking Transit (TOD– DOT) More than the transitMore than the transit Cheap Routes, cheap Cheap Routes, cheap
developmentdevelopment Developer will buildDeveloper will build
The Development Conundrum
Bus Based TOD’s
TOD without Transit
Higher value (Compact) Higher value (Compact) Mix of usesMix of uses Pedestrian orientationPedestrian orientation ConnectionsConnections Civic usesCivic uses Transit useTransit use RevitalizationRevitalization
Working with WMATA
Hire developer the way the market doesHire developer the way the market does Offer no site before its timeOffer no site before its time Get involved in local developmentGet involved in local development Allow the developer to walkAllow the developer to walk
Development Does Not Happen Just Because of the Transit
It Takes:It Takes: Planning Planning RegulationsRegulations Incentives Incentives