Olympics Transportation What, How and Why

Structure of this Discussion Recap of Readings-Topic Areas Recap of Readings-Topic Areas Difference in Summer and Winter Games Difference in Summer and Winter Games Minnesota Olympics! What do you think? Minnesota Olympics! What do you think?

Topic Areas-Atlanta Transportation Planning Transportation Planning Environmental Externalities Environmental Externalities Urban Design Urban Design Financing Financing Urban Revitalization Urban Revitalization Hopes and Dreams Hopes and Dreams

Topic Areas-SLC Planning Process and Structure Planning Process and Structure ITS Deployment ITS Deployment Social Consequences Social Consequences Tourism Market Tourism Market

Difference in Summer and Winter Game Number of People to Move Around Number of People to Move Around Location of the Events Location of the Events

ItemSLCAtlantaRatio% GameWinterSummer Athletes2,39910, scale of event Volunteers22,00047, $ saved Media8,73015, $ made Spectators 1.6 million 7.5 million scale of event people needed to be transported into downtown every day65,000500, transportation problem

Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics

Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics

Minnesota Olympics!

The Game Rules: The Game Rules: This is a public forum and each of us represents a role. We will discuss: This is a public forum and each of us represents a role. We will discuss: Winter or Summer Olympics Winter or Summer Olympics Location Location Transportation of visitors and locals Transportation of visitors and locals Positives and Negatives of playing host Positives and Negatives of playing host

Public Participation! We are: MN Governor MN Governor Minneapolis Mayor Minneapolis Mayor St. Paul Mayor St. Paul Mayor Duluth Mayor Duluth Mayor Met Council Chair Met Council Chair FTA Grant Allocation Officer FTA Grant Allocation Officer Mn/DOT Commissioner Mn/DOT Commissioner Metro Transit Manager Metro Transit Manager Downtown Retail Owner Downtown Retail Owner Road Builder Road Builder Car Dealer Car Dealer Taxi Driver Taxi Driver Gas Station Owner Gas Station Owner Tourism Agency Manager Tourism Agency Manager Environmental Activist Environmental Activist Banker Banker Housing Developer Housing Developer Office Developer Office Developer Downtown Office Owner Downtown Office Owner Metro Dome Owner Metro Dome Owner U of M Sports Facility Manager U of M Sports Facility Manager Minneapolis Poor Citizen Minneapolis Poor Citizen St. Paul Rich Citizen St. Paul Rich Citizen Duluth Very Rich Citizen Duluth Very Rich Citizen Citizen who Hates Olympics and works in Downtown Citizen who Hates Olympics and works in Downtown Citizen who Loves Sports and Works in suburb Citizen who Loves Sports and Works in suburb Mother with 2 kids age 1 and 3 Mother with 2 kids age 1 and 3

Minnesota Olympics! Winter or Summer Olympics? Winter or Summer Olympics? Where to hold the Games? Where to hold the Games? Financing the Olympics, Structure and Nature Financing the Olympics, Structure and Nature Transportation Planning Structure and Process Transportation Planning Structure and Process Fear of Congestion-Travel Behavior Fear of Congestion-Travel Behavior Build Transit in 6 years? Build Transit in 6 years? Urban Revitalization Urban Revitalization $ : Who wins and Who loses? Rosy or Blue? $ : Who wins and Who loses? Rosy or Blue? Facility Reuse, Sustainable Utilization Facility Reuse, Sustainable Utilization

Winter or Summer Game? Please Vote! Yes, we want Summer Games! Yes, we want Summer Games! Yes, we want Winter Games! Yes, we want Winter Games! No, we don’t want Olympics at all! No, we don’t want Olympics at all! No, we don’t want Olympics at all! No, we don’t want Olympics at all!

Where to hold the Games? Midway Area? Midway Area? U of M? U of M? Downtown Minneapolis? Downtown Minneapolis? Somewhere outside the Metro Area? Somewhere outside the Metro Area? Duluth? Duluth? NIMBY! NIMBY!

Minnesota Downhill Skiing

Cross Country Ski Sites Cross Country Ski Sites

Hopes and Expectations Urban Design Urban Design Housing and Commercial Redevelopment Housing and Commercial Redevelopment Economic Development Economic Development Eliminating Social Ills Eliminating Social Ills In what areas could the Twin Cities benefit from the Olympics? What do you not want to see happen?

Financing the Olympics, Structure and Nature Who pays for the Olympics? Who pays for the Olympics? Tourists Tourists Participating Countries Participating Countries Tax payers? Tax payers? Federal Funding? Federal Funding? State Funding? State Funding? Local Funding? Local Funding? Business Pact? Business Pact? Who Else? Who Else?

Financing the Olympics, Structure and Nature Who pays for Transportation? Who pays for Transportation? Tourists Tourists Each participating country Each participating country US DOT US DOT Mn DOT? Mn DOT? Local Gov.? Local Gov.? Who Else? Who Else?

Transportation Planning Structure and Process Who does what? Who does what? Multi-layer of Governments Multi-layer of Governments Inter-jurisdiction coordination Inter-jurisdiction coordination Policy-making Structure? Policy-making Structure? Planning-making Structure? Planning-making Structure?

Congestion? Tales from SLC: “There was a ‘Transportation Guide’ that was widely distributed, which basically told almost everything that you would need to know to get around during the games” “There were ‘park n rides’ to park your car, and take public transit up to the venue...thus cutting down the number of vehicles.”

Congestion? Cont. “There was a fair amount of warning to the locals about the possible problems...and I think that it worked, because many people didn't leave their homes unless they really had to.” “I think that many people at the end of it all said, ‘Gosh, where was all of the traffic and congestion that they talked about?’ I feel that many people were upset because it wasn't all that bad...like they had been duped into staying home.”

Congestion What does it cost the region during the Olympics? What does it cost the region during the Olympics? What would need to be done to lesson it? What would need to be done to lesson it?

Transit What infrastructure improvements would need to be made? What infrastructure improvements would need to be made? What resources would be needed to augment our current transit system? What resources would be needed to augment our current transit system? How do you expand a transit system to handle an influx of visitors, but make it sustainable for when the crowds leave? How do you expand a transit system to handle an influx of visitors, but make it sustainable for when the crowds leave? Will travel behavior adopted during the Olympics remain? Will travel behavior adopted during the Olympics remain?

Atlanta Travel Behavior “ Even in a city like Atlanta, where the auto is king, people will make short-term adjustments in their travel patterns. But I would be very surprised if there were any long-term effects…in terms of bus and subway ridership…I don’t see a major lasting impact.” – Michael Meyer, Director of the Transportation Research and Education Center at Georgia Tech.

Urban Revitalization What should we concentrate on? What should we concentrate on? How do we make our expectations a reality? How do we make our expectations a reality? How do we deal with gentrification issues? How do we deal with gentrification issues? Lessons learned from Atlanta… Lessons learned from Atlanta…

“ The games would ‘uplift the people of Atlanta and fight poverty in the process’ ”. – Maynard Jackson, Atlanta Mayor

“Perhaps it was unrealistic to expect that an event like the Olympics would motivate people to tackle deeply embedded social ills.” - Steven French and Mike Disher

Turner Field Turner Field

Olympic Village

Environmental Concerns Facility Reuse Facility Reuse Waste Management Waste Management Air Pollution Air Pollution Brownfield Redevelopment Brownfield Redevelopment

Other discussions? Terrorist Attack on Olympic Games? Terrorist Attack on Olympic Games?

Winter or Summer Game? Please Vote! Yes, we want Summer Games! Yes, we want Summer Games! Yes, we want Winter Games! Yes, we want Winter Games! No, we don’t want Olympics at all! No, we don’t want Olympics at all! No, we don’t want Olympics at all! No, we don’t want Olympics at all!

Ok, Let’s Go Home…