1. Bill White, Mayor A Model for Curbing the Growth of Congestion Presented By Maureen Crocker, Mobility Coordinator Planning & Development Department

2. PROBLEM: Traffic, Traffic & More Traffic

3. Traffic Drivers Included: Perpetual freeway construction $2 billion in downtown street reconstruction Construction of 7 mile rail line Addition of new skyscrapers, an arena, ballpark and stadium

4. 5 5 Five Key Strategies 1 - Better Street & Road Repair 2 - Improved Traffic Management 3 - Shifting The Peak 4 - Mass Transit 5 - Longer-Term Planning Houston Mayor Bill White

5. Coordination of Construction Improved Traffic Management Around Construction Sites Public Information on Street and Road Projects Stopping Work Interruptions 1 1 Better Street & Road Repair

6. Coordination of Construction Improved Traffic Management Around Construction Sites Public Information on Street and Road Projects Stopping Work Interruptions 1 1 Better Street & Road Repair

7. 2 2 Improved Traffic Management www.HoustonTranStar.org Signal Synchronization Traffic War Room Rapid Response Team

8. 2 2 Improved Traffic Management SafeClear Goals Save lives Reduce traffic congestion Cut down on the chaos of the previous system, and Ensure that citizens are treated fairly by wrecker drivers

10. Accomplishments 1/1/2005 to 1/25/2006 115,000 motorists aided 2,536 fewer crashes 87% calls responded to within 6 minutes 75% removed within 20 minutes

11. 2 2 Improved Traffic Management Cameras @ Lights Save lives Reduce accidents Free up police officers for other duties

12. 3 3 Shifting the Peak Flexible Workplace Initiative Increase productivity while decreasing peak hour traffic congestion.

13. 143 employers enrolled with 20,000 employees participating 2768 surveyed participants indicated they eliminated 16,610 peak-time commutes 68% of participants said their commute was faster or much faster 96% found their productivity levels to be the same or higher Results

14. Mobility Results

15. Light Rail Expansion Expanded Toll Service (HOT) Commuter Rail 4 4 Mass Transit

16. Light Rail Expansion Expanded Toll Service (HOT) Commuter Rail 4 4 Mass Transit

17. METRO Mobility 2025

18. Freight Rail 720 At-Grade Crossings

19. 5 5 Longer-Term Planning M ixed residential, commercial, and retail developments should be encouraged by expedited permitting and capital improvements, to build communities where people are able to walk or bicycle or take the bus or train to and from work and shopping. P lans for these development should be driven by broad stakeholder input.

20. Transit Oriented Development

21. Walking & Biking

22. 5 5 Five Key Strategies 1 - Better Street & Road Repair 2 - Improved Traffic Management 3 - Shifting The Peak 4 - Mass Transit 5 - Longer-Term Planning Houston Mayor Bill White

23. “Thanks to Houston's ‘everything goes’ attitude, congestion has grown by only 24 hours. Traffic in Houston has not got any better, but it is getting worse at a slower rate than in just about any other large city in the country. (Only Philadelphia matches its record on congestion abatement.) And getting-worse-more- slowly may be the best anyone in North America can hope for.”

24. Q&A Maureen Crocker, Mobility Coordinator Planning & Development Department Bill White, Mayor A Model for Curbing the Growth of Congestion