1 Do We Need Traffic? Traffic? Roy Kienitz, June 2012

2 What’s Up With D RIVING ? D RIVING ?1

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6 Exponential Growth Design Capacity More Growth Not Possible

7 Exponential Growth Add Capacity

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No net growth For 8 years

-- Peaked in GDP has since grown 8% while VMT per capita fell 6% -- Current level equal to Decline not slowing; decrease in 2011 was 2% Driving Per Person,

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21 % of Teenagers With Drivers’ Licenses

22 % of Teenagers With Drivers’ Licenses

Driving Behavior In Germany By Age Group (Km per day)

Driving Behavior In Germany By Age Group (Km per day) -20% In 2000 ½ of German men owned a car, today about 1/3.

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29 What Does This Mean F OR U S ? 2

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33 I-5 Bridge, Columbia River

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35 SR-520 Bridge, Seattle WA

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37 Tappan Zee Bridge, New York

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42 What About T RANSIT ? T RANSIT ?3

Transit use crashed after WWII 23 billion in 1945 to 7 billion in

44 A Very Different Story Today

45 Almost all new riders are on rail

46 Transit Use in Germany, By Age Group

AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION HELPED AIR TRAVEL GROW

27,000 FLIGHTS PER DAY

53 Is Government R ESPONDING ? R ESPONDING ?4

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H IGH S PEED R AIL I NVESTMENT B EGAN IN 2009

56 Complete Streets Policies Adopted Per Year

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More Bicycle Lanes Being Built Miles of Protected Bikeway Per 100,000 Residents, 9 U.S. & Canadian Cities, 2000 and 2010 Average Increase of 74% Over 10 Years In These 9 Cities

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