DALLAS CITY CENTER MASTER ASSESSMENT PROCESS. September 2016

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1 DALLAS CITY CENTER MASTER ASSESSMENT PROCESS September 2016

2 AGENDA Why CityMAP? What is CityMAP? Where We Began The Process Stakeholder Input Observed Travel Patterns Factor Analysis Scenario Development What We ve Been Doing What s Next 2

3 What is CityMAP? An early, open and COLLABORATIVE process to Improve MOBILITY Create a more LIVABLE urban core Increase ECONOMIC opportunity CONNECT our neighborhoods and cultural resources Evaluate the scenarios using a MULTI-DIMENSIONAL perspective 3

4 What is CityMAP? 4

5 Where We Began Listen to Identify Priorities We Are Here Deliver CityMAP Feedback from Stakeholder Listening Sessions & Public Meetings Confirm Priorities Develop Scenarios 5

6 Where We Began we listened to 200+ INFLUENCERS for more than 150 HOURS where we began during and 80 + SESSIONS 3 PUBLIC WORKSHOPS with stakeholders concerning more than 30 MILES of Dallas urban freeways 6

7 Sampling of Stakeholder Input Improve NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS Public Workshop at the Dallas African American Museum LIVABILITY and QUALITY OF LIFE improvements for the downtown urban core LINK TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNITIES AND DEVELOPMENT of all scales Improved MOBILITY and TRAFFIC CONGESTION Potential for LAND USE TO EVOLVE in response to new corridor construction Public Workshop at the Dallas Regional Chamber Highways and complete streets can COEXIST Coordination with D2, Dallas 360, HSR Catalyze ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT in urban core Protect CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES 7

8 Observed Travel Patterns How motorists use the spoke system to and through the hub of downtown Downtown receives the highest or next highest percentage of origin trips Through-downtown trips to other destinations in the city or some that leave Dallas Through trips are small in comparison to the number of trips which originate outside the loop and leave the freeway inside the loop Hub and spoke freeway system serves a multitude of travel patterns The most prevalent remains direct access to the CBD and greater Downtown from the City, suburban neighbors, and the region Bluetooth Data Examples 8

9 Observed Travel Patterns Bluetooth Data Examples 9

10 Factor Analysis (Important Factors That Emerged) Factors evaluated for each scenario: Mobility Connectivity Economic Development Facility Capital Cost Facility Development & Construction Duration Parks & Open Space Quantity Visual Impact 10

11 CityMAP Scenario Development 11

12 I-345/I-45 Modify Scenario 14

13 I-345/I-45 Remove Scenario 15

14 I-345/I-45 Below Grade Scenario 16

15 I-30 Canyon Compressed Scenario 17

16 I-30 East Corridor Below Grade Scenario 18

17 I-30 Relocate Scenario 19

18 Urban Design Focus Area Example: I-30 East Corridor 20

19 Urban Design Focus Area Example: I-30 East Corridor 21

20 Economic Table Example: I-30 Canyon 22

21 Economic Table Example: I-30 East Corridor 23

22 Mobility Study Area 24

23 Mobility Factor Comparison Example: I-30 25

24 Mobility Factor Comparison Example: I R-4 5-2R-5 26

25 What We ve Been Doing 1. Draft CityMAP Report Made Public - June 10th 2. Presented to City of Dallas Council Committee - June 13th 3. Stakeholder Recap Session - July 19th 4. Public Recap Session - July 21st 5. Stakeholder/Public Comment Period Ends - August 19th 6. Deliver Final CityMAP Report - September

26 What We re Hearing I believe that aligning ourselves with CityMAP and engaging community leaders will secure a more united [CityMAP] provides the City of Dallas an urban city, greater planning commute options and increased mobility for document that is both workable AIA Dallas CityMAP and believes practical does the that a for future great a making robust job generations of implementation determining that call the Dallas needs home. of individual future decisions regarding program transportation residents will be necessary and surrounding various to agencies successfully while execute mapping extraordinary solutions the downtown Dallas core It many of that is the critical work large best that scale CityMAP for and everyone forward-thinking be involved. concepts Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings put to use and soon to outlined ensure Dallas s in CityMAP. bright Chapter future. 9 needs greater specificity to ensure that the ideas contained in CityMAP Dallas are County Judge Clay Jenkins carried through The Real to execution. Estate Council American Institute of Architects Dallas 28

27 What s Next A More Comprehensive Process Going Forward 1. A project development process protocol entered into by the City of Dallas, Dallas County, DART, NCTCOG and TxDOT to initiate redesign and reinvestments through the common lens of economics, livability and mobility. 2. Development of an interagency funding approach that addresses capital expenditures and operation and maintenance responsibilities. 3. Agreement amongst the CityMAP stakeholders that funding priorities are limited, trade-offs must be made, and an agreement on project priorities is needed as the next step. 29