1. Transitioning to Sustainability Smooth & Safe: Balancing the green, black, and white April 26, 2011 Boise, Idaho

2. Take Home Message 1.Broad Target is Sustainability 1.Lower life cycle costs 2.Benefits span generations 2.Transitional initiatives address PROCESS 1.Infrastructure supports values (focus on service/use, not condition of facility) 2.Information must be useful & relevant 3.Streamline 4.Collaborate and Coordinate

3. The Format 1.Transitioning to Sustainability examples Livability and Sustainable Communities Eco-logical (i.e., Green and Gray Infrastructure) 2.Bridging the Knowing-Doing Gap Visioning Rating criteria and performance measures from values Collaboration and communication 3.Conclusion

4. Transitional Initiatives LivabilitySustainability walkable communitiestransit oriented development Complete StreetsGreen Highways Green StreetsEco-logical Smart growthhealthy neighborhoods Context Sensitive Design/Solutionswildlife permeability Multi-Asset Managementlife cycle management

5. Institutional Issues Transportation Planning Factors (A) support the economic vitality of the metropolitan area (B) increase the safety for motorized and nonmotorized users (C) increase the security for motorized and nonmotorized users (D) increase the accessibility and mobility of people and for freight (E) protect and enhance the environment, promote energy conservation, improve the quality of life, and promote consistency between transportation improvements and State and local planned growth and economic development patterns (F) enhance the integration and connectivity of the transportation system, across and between modes, for people and freight; (G) promote efficient system management and operation (H) emphasize the preservation of the existing transportation system.

6. What’s in it for Other Stakeholders? What are the Benefits of Transitioning to Sustainability? Return on Investment for Taxpayers! Intergenerational Stewardship! New urbanism & active living! Rural Community Enhancement! Economic Competitiveness! Working Landscapes! Functional Ecosystems! What do you value? What are your quality of life indicators?

7. Livability Livability is … “investing in a way that recognizes the unique character of each community.” U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood

8. Transitioning to Sustainability Livability The Livability principles enhance quality of life It is good business for infrastructure agencies because putting the principles into practice: (1)reduces life cycle costs and increase efficiencies in service delivery; (2)accelerates project delivery; (3)improves management of demand forecast uncertainties; and, (4)makes the infrastructure more resilient to bad surprises like natural disasters and climate change.

9. Transitioning to Sustainability Livability – Six Principles Provide More Transportation Choices Coordinate Policies and Leverage Investment Promote Equitable, Affordable Housing Enhance Economic Competitiveness Support Existing Communities Value Communities and Neighborhoods

10. Transitioning to Sustainability Livability Every transportation project is an opportunity to improve the quality of life in a community. AASHTO

11. Putting Smart Growth to Work in Rural Communities The three goals are: Goal 1: Support the Rural Landscape Create an economic climate that enhances the viability of working lands and conserves natural lands. Goal 2: Help Existing Places Thrive Take care of assets and investments such as downtowns, Main Streets, existing infrastructure, and places that the community values. Goal 3: Create Great New Places Build vibrant, enduring neighborhoods and communities that people, especially young people, don’t want to leave.

12. Transitioning to Sustainability Eco-Logical Multi-agency and multi- level implementation http://environment.fhwa.dot.gov/ ecological/eco_index.asp

13. Bridging the Knowing-Doing Gap Vision to Action Ecological, cultural, and aesthetic properties of the natural and cultural resources that sustain and enrich human life Social resources can include urban and community impacts; life, health, and safety factors; displacement; long-term productivity; and energy requirements and energy conservation

14. Bridging the Knowing-Doing Gap bass fishing in reservoir walkable streets neighborhood/ community cohesion weather example using bass fishin’ as a community value

15. Bridging the Knowing-Doing Gap bass fishin’ example Fundamental Objective: Angler satisfaction Means Objectives: Tournament Anglers max # creelable fish Recreational Anglers max large fish All anglers consistent opportunities

16. Bridging the Knowing-Doing Gap bass fishin’ example bass angler satisfaction recreational anglers tournament anglers maximize # creel-able maximize # large consistency how do we achieve? means objectives are tractable what are we trying to accomplish? fundamental objectives may not be quantifiable

17. 17 Bridging the Knowing-Doing Gap Angler satisfaction Large fish density Creelable fish density Population stability Fry carrying capacity Growth rate Trophic state of nursery area ∆ nutrient loading Angling mortality Natural mortality Hatch success Initial adult density Critical Uncertainty Limiting Factor (stressor with most influence) performance measures management objectives

19. Community Cohesion model Project for Public Spaces Mobility & Access Natural Setting/Barriers Levels of & Satisfaction with Public Services Diversity & Stability of Economic Conditions Demographic Mix Land Use & Planning Capacity Perceived Safety Aesthetics/Unique Visual Environment Conflict & Community Disruptions

20. 20 Great Streets Pedestrian rating criteria

21. Transitioning to Sustainability The Collaborative Enterprise Team Building Communicate: Organizational Cultures How will results be used by decision maker? Interpersonal Communication How will diverse knowledge and perspective add value?

22. Bridging the Knowing-Doing Gap National Environmental Policy Act “Considering Cumulative Effects” Table 1-2 “Each affected resource, ecosystem, and human community must be analyzed in terms of its capacity to accommodate additional effects, based on its own time and space parameters” (item #8)

23. National Environmental Policy Act Community values and infrastructure Useful and Relevant Information Characterize … [each resource attribute in terms of its’] response to change and capacity to withstand stresses; and, Characterize the stresses affecting … [the resource attribute in] relation to … thresholds.

24. Lifeline Infrastructure Transportation Water Supply Wastewater Electric Power Telecommunications

25. Multiple Jurisdictions Create performance-based collaboration mechanisms; Align comprehensive plan local towards desired outcomes; Work effectively together at the regional level; One-Stop Shopping; Develop and implement new standards and design guidelines.

26. Transitioning to Sustainability Conclusion Bridging the Knowing-Doing Gap Characterizing community values as goals, desired future conditions, and performance measures/rating criteria; Communicating the desired future in a “one-stop shopping” regulatory framework; Coordinating lifeline infrastructure per relevant comprehensive plan; and Ongoing evaluations and reviews.

27. Transitioning to Sustainability: Project Development Conference Idaho Transportation Department April 26, 2011 Boise, Idaho Kevin Moody, Ecologist