TheArtist - Do you know where I could find the data on the lane miles per population you referenced? Also, you mentioned the recommended changes from the company the city hired, do you know what those are or could you point me in the direction of those recommendations?
Thanks for your help
I will have to do a little digging myself. I believe the company was KPMG that helped with the Plani-Tulsa New Comprehensive Plan. What's exciting is that according to the timeline, the new Zoning changes outlined in the new Comprehensive Plan, are supposed to be approved spring of this year! Who wants to lay odds on that actually happening?
http://www.planitulsa.org/planI believe there are some points starting on pg. 22
http://www.planitulsa.org/files/Strategic-Plan-web-030810.pdfThat could lead to some of their metrics.
Some other interesting points, (My bold).
"However, through PLANiTULSA’s
public input process, Tulsans expressed
significant support for expanding the range
of transportation options.
The land use and economic portions of
this plan indicate that in many areas of town,
the transportation system
defines and often
limits neighborhood development and hinders
economic opportunities.Roads with
multiple wide lanes, large intersections, and relatively few
pedestrian amenities (i.e. wide sidewalks, medians with
trees, parallel parking, and short intersection crossings) are
not conducive to walking, biking, or transit and continue
to foster a land development pattern that is dependent on
automobile access. The land use and economic development
priorities found in Our Vision For Tulsa depend on a
transportation system that supports mixed-use places, transit,
and increased viability of alternative modes.
Our Vision for Tulsa’s transportation strategy prescribes a
departure from the traditional
transportation life cycle that
emphasizes mitigating traffic congestion with automobile
capacity improvements in the form of additional lanes
or building new roads. This traditional process leads to a
perpetual need for improvements to the roadways system.
The practice of making roadway improvements without
consideration of potential land use changes has resulted in
a land development pattern that is automobile-centric and
costly in terms of maintenance and quality of life for the
City of Tulsa.
Transit expansion is key to realizing Our Vision for
Tulsa because it enables the City to
reduce expenditures
without extending infrastructure and enables denser
development because of a reduced need for parking and
wide roadways. Transit should be included as an integral
component of the city’s economic development strategy,
which includes the creation of new and sustainable centers
and neighborhoods. Accordingly, equitable and sustained
transit funding, through instruments separate from transit
fares, must be identified for the transit system to grow.
In the past, the transportation project development
process has relied solely upon the addition of
automobile capacity via new lane miles, grade
separations and by-pass roads. The PLANiTULSA
plan recommends land use and transportation policies
and practices that will enhance the viability of
transit, walking and biking as travel modes.
Key Actions
• With INCOG staff,
coordinate revisions to the
regional travel demand model to adopt demographic
projection stated in Our Vision for Tulsa.• Adopt the Sustainable Network Policy,
including
economic and quality of life metrics, from
Our Vision for Tulsa, to complement INCOG’s
transportation decision-making process and project
selection criteria.
• Use the Urban Corridor Planning Process to
inform the INCOG and City of Tulsa project
development processes.
Our Vision for Tulsa emphasizes new economic
opportunities and population growth through the
development and re-development of walkable new
urban centers. Connecting regional assets (parks,
cultural sites and educational facilities), employment
centers and existing neighborhoods to these new centers
will be a crucial part of implementing the plan. The
plan defines a multi-modal roadway system and a
transit network that can extend the walking and biking
reach of commuters and recreational riders.