Campus Mobility What Does the Campus Master Plan Update There is a plan Purposeful Objectives Everyday is Gameday Campus Master Plan Ross Street example Campus Development Plan Upcoming changes (Future) Potential growth Price (cheaper vs expensive) Alternatives that work What does it all mean? What Does the Campus Master Plan Update Mean to Campus and Community Mobility

Mobility Hierarchy Mobility is a key factor to how one experiences a campus as large as Texas A&M University. The physical size and population of the campus, create an enormous amount of movement each day on campus through many types of mobility systems.

Getting Worse in Cities of All Sizes Delay Per Auto Commuter Congestion Getting Worse in Cities of All Sizes Delay Per Auto Commuter 3 million+ 1 to 3 million 500K to 1 million Less than 500K

It’s all about demand and supply! Texas Growth - 1970 to 2010 It’s all about demand and supply! 3 million+ 238% 1-3 million 172% 125% 19% population vehicles highway use highway space

Bryan-College Station’s Mobility Problem Average BCS Auto Commuter 14 Hours on the road 7 Gallons of fuel used $345 average annual cost Total Congestion Cost = $63 million Most Congested Roads University Wellborn Harvey Mitchell Pkwy Texas Ave George Bush Villa Maria

2 million population Some Perspective 6.5 million population Kyle Field Gameday 120,000+ attendees/workers 2? Freeways 2 million population Downtown Austin 125,000 workers 4 Freeways Downtown Dallas 145,000 workers 6 Freeways Some Perspective Ft Worth – 50,000 employment From: Travis Nedrich Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 8:26 AM To: Jeanne Geiger Subject: RE: downtown San Antonio employment   2015 downtown employment = 46,492 2040 downtown employment = 68,837 From: Jeanne Geiger Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 8:20 AM To: Travis Nedrich <Nedrich@alamoareampo.org> Subject: FW: downtown San Antonio employment Hi, Travis – do you have a 2015 and 2040 downtown employment number handy? I would call downtown that area bounded by IH 37, IH 35 and Cesar Chavez. 6.5 million population Downtown Houston 150,000 workers 7 Freeways 7 million population

San Antonio, Ft Worth downtowns - 50,000 jobs) Kyle Field Gameday 120,000+ attendees/workers 2 Freeways 2 million population Downtown Austin 125,000 workers 4 Freeways San Antonio, Ft Worth downtowns - 50,000 jobs) Our ‘downtown’ (75,000+ students, staff and faculty) is also the 4th largest downtown Monday to Friday Some Perspective Downtown Dallas 145,000 workers 6 Freeways Ft Worth – 50,000 employment From: Travis Nedrich Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 8:26 AM To: Jeanne Geiger Subject: RE: downtown San Antonio employment   2015 downtown employment = 46,492 2040 downtown employment = 68,837 From: Jeanne Geiger Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 8:20 AM To: Travis Nedrich <Nedrich@alamoareampo.org> Subject: FW: downtown San Antonio employment Hi, Travis – do you have a 2015 and 2040 downtown employment number handy? I would call downtown that area bounded by IH 37, IH 35 and Cesar Chavez. 6.5 million population Downtown Houston 150,000 workers 7 Freeways 7 million population

CS Traffic Control Center Will Bryan-College Station’s Mobility Problem Be A Quality-of-Life Issue? Future congestion will grow -- causing extra time on the road 2014 14 Hours 2025 18 to 22 Hours 2035 25 to 30 Hours CS Traffic Control Center 2014 Commuter Delay BCS 14 hours El Paso 33 hours Corpus Christi: 31 hours Brownsville, Laredo 20 hours

Road Network Comparisons Point to the Problems Bryan-College Station looks …. More like Austin than San Antonio #12 in congestion #33 in congestion

Road Network Comparisons What Are Some Solutions? Bryan - College Station <<<???>>> What actions can we take now? Use all options – travel mode, tele-work, flex work hours How can we develop larger improvements? Roads? Transit? Housing/Retail/Office Mixed-Use? Economic competitiveness? Quality of Life benefits? Most folks around here ‘know’ Austin traffic is bad – I’m playing off that.

Campus Development Plan DRAFT There is a vision and a plan To be Purposeful Lets use what we’ve learned to make that vision a reality.

Mobility Hierarchy Mobility is a key factor to how one experiences a campus as large as Texas A&M University. The physical size and population of the campus, create an enormous amount of movement each day on campus through many types of mobility systems.

Multimodal is Already Here! 23% bus to campus 12% walk, bike, other 6% carpool Bike Sharing (Zip Bike) Multi-modal mobile app (There are approximately 9,000 to 13,000 bikes on campus on any given day depending on off campus commuting volume.) Upcoming opportunities Mobile app development

Where We Were in Fall 2015 Enrollment up 15% from 2012 to 2015 Bus ridership is up 29% from 2012 to 2015 Parking spaces unchanged?

Serve Student Commuting Patterns Students shifting housing areas Students moving from older to newer developments Bus ridership data shows shift Using data to provide the best service with the resources we have

Pedestrians Are Priority Pedestrian-Priority Network The physical outcome of the Mobility Hierarchy is the Pedestrian-Priority Zone, which is defined as an area of campus that gives priority to pedestrians limiting a majority of vehicle traffic. The physical result of the pedestrian-priority zone is to relocate roadways and parking to the perimeter of campus in order to create an internal network of improved multi-use pathways that tie the entire campus core together in an attractive, seamless, and intuitive way. The pedestrian-priority zone is not a physical barrier to vehicles, but instead a planning tool for future development to prioritize the pedestrian connections over the vehicular access within these areas. The expansion of, and support for, the pedestrian-priority zone on campus has been a driving theme for this campus master plan update, building upon the a goal within the 2004 Plan, Establish an accessible, pedestrian campus. The 2004 Campus Master planned a 'Pedestrian Activity Zone' that covered most the Historic Core and stretched across Wellborn Road using a series of planned grade separations and planning to keep private cars to the periphery. Concurrent with the implementation of the 2004 CMP, a cultural shift began to occur. The conversion of many internal campus roads (such as Ross Street) to multi-use, limited access roadways that give priority to pedestrians and bicyclists during week-day, daytime hours. The grade separations along Wellborn Road also allowed students to seamlessly traverse between East and West Campus. And many of the large surface lots were replaced with buildings, pushing parking to the perimeter of campus and into structured parking garages. The 2016 plan uses this momentum to make additional strategic decisions to remove roadways and parking internal to campus in order to continue the prioritization of the pedestrian.

Accommodate More Bicycles

Transit Evolution

Parking Will Be Moved Proposed Parking Alterations Periphery parking has a multitude of benefits for a campus environment, including Campus user safety, social and environmental. In order to improve the pedestrian experience and safety on campus, parking lots will be removed from the central core of east and west campus. The affected parking stalls will be replaced in parking structures along the periphery of campus. Removing the surface lots aid in reducing vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle conflicts by encouraging vehicles to park before entering the dense and heavily populated campus core. The location of parking structures will provide opportunities for transportation mode changes by providing adjacent transit stops and bicycle parking within or on the perimeter of the garages. Perimeter parking has social benefits related to the removal of parking in the core of campus allows the land areas to be replaced with greenspaces. These areas provide opportunities for people to interact. Greenspaces also provide ample amount of environmental benefits such as sustainable stormwater management practices. Parking structures are planned to relieve current parking demands such as areas east of Bizzell Street and adjacent to Reed Arena, as well as to accommodate future development on West Campus and Research Park. The locations specified in the CMP Update are suggested locations, and should be studied in detail as development occurs. As development happens over time, smaller garages can be constructed versus one large garage per area. This allows the University to build parking as it is needed, and also disperses vehicles around to aid in congestion issues accessing the garages. The number of ingress/egress points for parking structures is determined by an analysis including the peak hours volume (quantity) of vehicles entering and exiting the garage and who are the users/what is it used for. The driveway capacity must be studied as well including: the geometry (how many lanes? Easy to approach or not?), street it connects to (congestion or not), and controlled gate (type of controlled gate used).

… and Roadways Will Be Changed

What Will This Look Like? (You do remember this is a DRAFT, right?)

Continue transforming the mobility landscape Historic Core Example Continue transforming the mobility landscape

Transformational Mobility Plan for Campus In Progress Innovative technologies, services, and approaches. Detailed ground work for implementation. Meet the vision & objectives in Updated Campus Master Plan. Ensure Texas A&M University’s leadership position in developing, testing, and deploying autonomous transportation systems. 2-year study using the Campus Master Plan update framework.

Transformational Mobility Plan for Campus Tasks Advisory Committee With Regular Meetings Data Collection and Analysis Innovative Scenarios and Evaluation Criteria (Mobility and Travel Options) Characteristics of Campus User Groups Review Plans, Projects, and Activities Transformational Mobility and Travel Option Scenarios Examples of Autonomous Transportation and Innovative Approaches in Campus Settings Develop an Implementation Plan for Preferred Scenarios

Alternative Transportation Bike Lease Program Borrow a Bike Park and Ride Car Share Ride Share Break Shuttle (There are approximately 9,000 to 13,000 bikes on campus on any given day depending on off campus commuting volume.) Upcoming opportunities Mobile app development

Campus Technology Demonstrations Independent, objective evaluation of technologies and services proposed for campus Extensive student involvement Achieve multimodal goals Recommend technologies and practices for immediate inclusion in planning activities Guidelines for assessing and incorporating new technologies Signals, communication, information

It is the Plan that Makes it Work! We Win Traffic on Football Gamedays It is the Plan that Makes it Work! …And the process is why every day can be a gameday Parking, Mobility, Quality of Campus Life There is a plan Purposeful Objectives Everyday is Gameday Campus Master Plan Ross Street example Campus Development Plan Upcoming changes (Future) Potential growth Price (can we provide cheaper travel with new options) Alternatives that work What does it all mean?

Key Elements of Gameday Operations Work the Plan, Not the Problem – and adjust quickly Separate the flows of pedestrians and cars Fans - Check entry & exit routes More productive buses, better routes Traffic control center, signals, officers, smartphone app 1st responders, game operations staff, community leaders Lots of practice & excellent people!!!

law enforcement agencies Partners Are Critical to the Plan’s Success Safety & law enforcement agencies Transportation Services Marketing & Communications Athletics Student Affairs Police, etc.

How Is This Happening? Fans – Know their routes Traffic Control Center – monitor and adjust - like a big city traffic center Cameras, software, controllers, message channels Incentives -- Better buses, better ped and car routes, higher parking costs Partnerships with first responders, game operations staff, community leaders Gameday focus for addressing current issues on campus and surrounding areas

Motivated Consumers On gamedays …… we use space more efficiently people park once don’t move their cars then ride the bus or walk Why??? We use a range of prices to regulate demand Higher parking charge to park close Moderate charge to park farther and ride the bus Or, … park and ride for free

Provide Incentives - Change the Results Gameday lot charge - $20 West Garage - $45 Permit daily - $1.13 WCG Permit daily - $1.81 Plus, ….. Congestion Gameday charges give a reason to search out options A&M permit cars: ½ person fewer per car than pay parkers Daily commuters with an annual permit don’t have a reason to search out or explore options.

35% More Football Fans, 9% More Cars 2014 to 2016 ~21,300 parked cars 2013 UTenn 2016 -- 24,500 cars ~19,600 parked cars 27,000 to 30,000 bus riders 14,000 bus riders

Policies, Plans & Programs Can Improve Transportation

The experience is helping many other big events Lessons Learned The experience is helping many other big events Engage game operations, traffic & community Awareness of community activities for Basketball, Baseball, Ring Day, Muster, Graduations, Big Event, etc. Work the plan with better technology, practiced staff, informed and motivated attendees

Mobility Hierarchy Mobility is a key factor to how one experiences a campus as large as Texas A&M University. The physical size and population of the campus, create an enormous amount of movement each day on campus through many types of mobility systems.

Can We Make Every Day a Gameday? We can if we ….. Follow the 2017 Campus Master Plan Invest in technology Engage our stakeholders Operate proactively Provide incentives ..but also, accept the situation We have a big downtown and we have big city traffic!

“Better” Starts With Change Use available roads & green time efficiently More choices, better technology, many benefits Communication about routes, plans and travel options Chancellor and President leadership City Council policy support Business community interest and ideas Community acceptance of active, agile traffic plans Provide better mobility and quality-of-life Can we create the same plan for Monday to Friday?

Madison Metsker-Galarza Questions? Peter Lange plange@tamu.edu Debbie Hoffmann dhoffmann@tamu.edu Tim Lomax t-lomax@tamu.edu Madison Metsker-Galarza m-metsker-galarza@tti.tamu.edu