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Context Sensitive Solutions for Freight

Context Sensitive Solutions for Freight. By Allison L. C. de Cerreño, Ph.D. Co-Director, NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management and Executive Director, National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), Inc. FHWA Talking Freight Seminar May 18, 2005.

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Context Sensitive Solutions for Freight

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  1. Context Sensitive Solutions for Freight By Allison L. C. de Cerreño, Ph.D. Co-Director, NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management and Executive Director, National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), Inc. FHWA Talking Freight Seminar May 18, 2005

  2. CSS Definitions • CSS is a “philosophy wherein safe transportation solutions are designed in harmony with the community.” • CSS includes public participation, but… CSS ≠ public participation alone • CSS is about making a “place”

  3. Difficulties in Implementation • Competing interests • Fiscal constraints • Institutional inertia and organizational culture • Lack of contextual definition • Legal concerns

  4. CSS for Freight • Community concerns • Traffic flow/congestion • Safety/security • Air quality/environmental degradation • Economic development • Noise • Excessive light/vibrations • Land use/value

  5. CSS and Freight - Examples • Pennsylvania and NJ – Integration of CSS into All Projects • Seattle, WA – Port of Seattle’s Parks and Piers • Toledo, OH – Maumee River Crossing

  6. Courtesy: PennDOT

  7. NJ

  8. Seattle • FAST (Freight Action Strategy for Everett-Seattle-Tacoma) • Central Waterfront Project • Port Parks and Public Access

  9. Seattle’s Central Waterfront Courtesy: Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce

  10. Reclaiming the Waterfront • Vision • A belief that the Port’s landholdings on the central waterfront could be a catalyst for economic development and a civic asset for the city. • Process • Studies for public comment • A concept to allow both civic and commercial uses

  11. Goals of the Team • Create a new, urban neighborhood, “rewoven” into the fabric of the city. • Develop linkages to reconnect the waterfront to establish and rekindle communities. • Respond to the historic and contextual forces of the site. • Create a place of use, where people could convene, work, play, live • Create a framework for economic success for the Port, its industries, and the city.

  12. The Vision

  13. Condos Marina Hotel Site Restaurants WTC Office Building Conference Center Cruise Terminal Parking Courtesy: Port of Seattle

  14. Bell Street Pier Today Courtesy: Port of Seattle

  15. Lenora Street Footbridge Courtesy: Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce

  16. Port of Seattle’s Parks Courtesy: Port of Seattle

  17. Parks and Public Access Sites • 60 acres of parks and public access sites • Bike trails • Pedestrian trails • Fishing piers • Habitat restoration area • Shoreline access • Viewpoints of the port Courtesy: Port of Seattle

  18. Courtesy: Port of Seattle

  19. Maumee River Crossing • Courtesy: Lookup Toledo

  20. CSS in Practice at Maumee • Primary Criteria for Determining Bridge Type • Public preference • Use of local labor and materials • Overall theme • Appearance • Secondary Criteria • Construction costs • Maintenance costs and frequency • Compatibility with approach materials • Traffic maintenance • Amount of disruption caused by construction

  21. Public Involvement Decisions • Type of Bridge • 4 Choices presented for the overall design – public favorite was the cable-stayed bridge • Design Elements • Single pylon, fan-like arrangement of the cable stays, glass incorporated into pylon with the top as a focal point, low maintenance and neutral color • Land Reuse Decisions • Fill trench left and reconnect local roads and communities, also allow access to the river

  22. The Result for Maumee Courtesy of ODOT Courtesy: Figg Bridge Engineers

  23. Maumee River Crossing Courtesy: DSI America

  24. Contact Points and Information • Me: allison.decerreno@nyu.edu • Port of Seattle: The Port & the Community • http://www.portofseattle.org • City of Seattle: Department of Planning & Development • http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/dpd/Planning/Central_Waterfront/index.asp • ODOT: Planning, Urban & Corridor Planning • http://www.dot.state.oh.us/planning/File%20Directory/ODOTstandards.htm • Maumee River Crossing – Look Up Toledo • http://www.lookuptoledo.org • TRB, Integrating Freight Facilities and Operations with Community Goals, NCHRCP Synthesis 320 (Washington DC: TRB, 2003)

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