Add Your Thoughts: love 1.What do you love about your neighborhood? most want to change 2.What would you most want to change about your neighborhood? big dream 3.What is your big dream for your neighborhood? Welcome

TOD University (2013) TOD Introduction and Overview

TOD 101 Housing 101 Housing 201: Preservation Housing 202: Building New Affordable Homes Economic Development 101 Complete Streets 101 Planning 101 TOD University Overview

Add Your Thoughts: love 1.What do you love about your neighborhood? most want to change 2.What would you most want to change about your neighborhood? big dream 3.What is your big dream for your neighborhood? Let’s Recap

Pop Quiz! Which city has the highest bus ridership? b) San Francisco a) Chicago c) Los Angeles

b) San Francisco: 91 million/year a)Chicago: 306 million/year c) Los Angeles: 365 million/year or 1 million a day Pop Quiz! Which city has the highest bus ridership?

Local Bus Rapid Bus Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Light Rail Subway Our Transit System Really frequent transit service Really frequent transit service Average/b elow average Transit service Average/b elow average Transit service High Quality Service Less Frequent Service

More light rail. More stations. More quickly. More transit is coming

What’s the Big Deal About Rail? $1.7 billion in investment Lines can’t be moved = Permanent Not stuck in traffic A big city & county wide focus

Transit Oriented Districts Are…. 10

Transit Oriented Districts Are…. 11 Neighborhoods with transportation choices. Safe, comfortable streets Bike lanes Predictable buses Get you where you want to go

Transit Oriented Districts Are…. 12 Where you can get what you need, when you need it. Groceries Good Childcare & Schools Laundry Parks

Transit Oriented Districts Are…. 13 Easy access to many job opportunities. Frequent bus and rail Predictable service Times that work for your commute

What Neighborhoods are “TOD” to You? 14

40% walk, bike, or take transit to work WalkScore of 90 / 100 Vibrant street life with small businesses, restaurants, daily needs Residents of different incomes, ethnicities Opportunities to walk more, be healthier I’m a TOD: Koreatown

20% increase in income since x increase in property values A lot of new housing is not affordable I’m a TOD: Koreatown

Easy to walk to shopping, schools, etc. Convenient bus routes and light rail – 1/3 take transit, walk, or bike to work Not very much new development, but neighborhoods offer benefits of TOD I’m a TOD: Boyle Heights

Low income renters and small businesses may not be able to afford to stay Freeways a major barrier to getting around I’m a TOD: Boyle Heights

How Could It Work?

Which do you prefer?

What do you like here? What don’t you like?

Taking a Closer Look

Step 1: New Development

Step 2: Think About Pedestrians and Bicyclists

Step 3: Make the Community Vibrant

Ensure new and existing development includes housing affordable to our neighbors… …So these changes benefit our community. Step 4: Make the Community Affordable

Who? LA City Planning Department How? 1. Community Plan Update 2. Station Area Plan 3. Building Permit Applications Step 1: New Development

Who? LA City Department of Transportation LA City Planning Department How? 1. Community Plan Update 2. Station Area Plan 3. Mobility Element 4. Capital Improvement Plan 5. Bike Plan (completed) Step 2: Think About Pedestrians and Bicyclists

Who? Community-Based Organizations Businesses Developers You! How? 1. Business Improvement District (BID) 2. Station Area Plan Step 3: Make the Community Vibrant

Ensure new and existing development includes housing affordable to our neighbors… …So these changes benefit our community. Who? Community-Based Organizations Property Owners / Developers City Housing Department City Planning Department How? 1. New Affordable Housing 2. Rent Stabilization Ordinance 3. Code Enforcement Step 4: Make the Community Affordable

My TOD Vision Developers Community Groups Hold the Vision! City Council LA City Planning Mayor Metro Station Area Plans Community Plan Housing Element Mobility Element BID Building Permit Application Capital Improvement Plan LA Dept of Transportation

TOD 101 TOD University (2013) Thank you

Pages 2, 16: Beth Steckler Page 5, 6: Top to bottom: Flickr: jochemberends; Flickr: Ping Ping; Flickr: Metro Transportation Library and Archives Pages 7, 9: Reconnecting America Page 8: “Preservation in Transit-Oriented Districts: A Study on the Needs, Priorities and Tools in Protecting Assisted and Unassisted Housing in the City of Los Angeles,” Los Angeles Housing Department, 2012; Reconnecting America, Pages 10-13: stock photos Page 14: Abby Thorne-Lyman Page 15: Amanda Gehrke, Strategic Economics Page 16:Beth Steckler, Flickr: LA Wad Page 17: Flickr: SalinaCazinales (L, M); Beth Steckler (R) Page 18:Flickr: Fliegender Pages 19-30: Courtesy of Urban Advantage Photo Credits