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Would You Buy a Bus for This Developer? Robert T. Dunphy Transportation Consultant Opportunities for Priority Bus Transit in the Washington Region Washington, D.C. June 24, 200
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Real Estate and Transit
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The Transit Conundrum “A STUDY BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION REVEALS THAT 98 PERCENT OF AMERICANS SUPPORT THE USE OF MASS TRANSIT BY OTHERS”. THE ONION “A STUDY BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION REVEALS THAT 98 PERCENT OF AMERICANS SUPPORT THE USE OF MASS TRANSIT BY OTHERS”. THE ONION THE ONION THE ONION "Take The Bus... I'll Be Glad You Did."
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Buses get no respect..
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Not Your Father’s Bus
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Think Development when Thinking Transit (TOD– DOT) More than the transit More than the transit Cheap Routes, cheap development Cheap Routes, cheap development Developer will build Developer will build
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The Development Conundrum
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Bus Based TOD’s
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TOD without Transit Higher value (Compact) Higher value (Compact) Mix of uses Mix of uses Pedestrian orientation Pedestrian orientation Connections Connections Civic uses Civic uses Transit use Transit use Revitalization Revitalization
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Transit Oriented Development Needs
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Development Oriented Transit
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Working with WMATA Hire developer the way the market does Hire developer the way the market does Offer no site before its time Offer no site before its time Get involved in local development Get involved in local development Allow the developer to walk Allow the developer to walk
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FASTEST GROWING TRANSIT SYSTEMS: 2000-2002
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Development Does Not Happen Just Because of the Transit It Takes: It Takes: Planning Regulations Incentives (possibly)
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Thanks! Robert T. Dunphy
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Suburban Destinations – a different story
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