INTERSECT
Newsletter of the Washington Regional Network For Livable
Communities
Volume 8 Number 3
June
21, 2004
Support Intersect, join WRN!
Summary:
* Recognizing Smart Growth: June 30, 6 pm
* Mallternatives: Transit-Oriented Retail:
July 12, 6 pm
* Real Streets: Dan Burden Shares Insights on Creating
Quality of Life
* Metro Funds Fall Short, Customers Pay More Costs
* Arlington asks for 10 Percent Affordable Housing
in Metro Corridors
* D.C. Advocates Fight Off Mayor to Secure $40 Million
for Housing Fund
* Loudoun Delays Vote on Adding WTC highway
* Arlington Takes Carsharing To A New Level in
Rosslyn-Ballston
* Taxpayers Group Names ICC #1 Boondoggle
* Reader Survey
* Events & Thank You's
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Recognizing
Smart Growth: Can Developers and Environmentalists Agree?
with
Sam Black, Chair, Smart Growth Alliance
Jury and Senior Counsel, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., representing
the Board of Trade; and
Stewart Schwartz, Executive Director,
Coalition for Smarter Growth
June 30, 2004
6:00 pm Refreshments; 6:30 pm Program
National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC)
401 9th Street, NW - North Lobby, Suite 500
Can developers and environmentalists agree on
what smart growth is? Smart growth advocates at the same table with
the Board of Trade and the homebuilders? You can't miss this event!
Learn about the Smart Growth Alliance and how
its jury of smart growth advocates, developers, architects, and environmentalists
is recognizing development projects from around the Washington region.
This is an opportunity to see what types of projects are being endorsed,
to ask about the criteria being used, and to discuss the best ways to
get to win-win development solutions in the region.
RSVP (attendance only): WRN, 202/667-5445, or
e-mail:
staff@washingtonregion.net. This event is free of charge. NCPC is located
between E & D St; Metro Stations: Gallery Place, Metro Center, Archives,
Federal Triangle). Please arrive before 7 pm and bring photo ID. For
more see: www.washingtonregion.net. For more of the Smart Growth Alliance
see: http://washington.uli.org/sga/
The WRN "Design Matters" Spring Forum
Series is sponsored by CIG
International LTD, New Legacy Partners, LLC, Stout and Teague, and Potomac
Investment Properties, Inc.
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Mallternatives:
Transit-Oriented Retail
with
Seth Harry, retail planning consultant
and New Urbanist architect; and
Randy Gross, economic development consultant
July 12, 2004
6:00 pm Refreshments, 6:30 pm Program
NCPC, 401 9th Street NW, North Lobby, Suite 500
The stroll down a pleasant shopping street is
at the heart of our vision for revitalized neighborhoods. But what does
it take to realize that vision? How big is too big? How much parking
is really necessary? How can less-affluent neighborhoods attract better
retail with transit-oriented development?
RSVP (attendance only): WRN, 202/667-5445, or
e-mail:
staff@washingtonregion.net. This event is free of charge.
For more see: www.washingtonregion.net
The WRN "Design Matters" Spring Forum
Series is sponsored by CIG
International LTD, New Legacy Partners, LLC, Stout and Teague, and Potomac
Investment Properties, Inc.
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Real
Streets: Dan Burden Shares Insights on Creating Quality of Life
By Cheryl Cort
Americans have too much land and money, and not
enough common sense, according to Dan Burden, speaking at WRN's May
18 forum. Burden said that Americans don't understand the difference
between standard of living versus quality of life. Modern engineering
has designed out many of the features that gave towns and cities, including
D.C., a sense of place. Good places foster a sense of people watching
over their neighborhood. Freeways and endless traffic have replaced
collections of compact villages where most people walked, and where
villages were linked by trolleys to form a city. Burden warned that
the traffic dilemma will never be solved by building more highway lanes.
After serving 16 years as the State of Florida's
Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator, Burden has traveled the country advising
communities on how to create good places and streets. Burden explained
that cities are places of association - where people have chance encounters
on the street. The purpose of cities is to maximize exchange, and to
minimize travel. Burden cites Vancouver, British Columbia as a city
that is built for walking, offering a good environment at the street
level, and minimized travel. The keys to a good city, according to Burden
are: villages spaced one half mile apart; low speed streets that distribute
the volume of traffic; compactness; fine-grained streets with transit
links, and quality public spaces. Burden also pointed out the emergent
obesity epidemic in the United States demonstrates that the design of
our communities and sedentary lifestyles is having a profound impact
on our health and quality of life. In addition to the health impacts
of driving rather than walking, "car time equals less time with
family and community," Burden said.
Burden discussed specific principles for creating
good places, "we need to convert suburbs into villages, and space
into place." Burden believes that five principles can be applied
to creating good places: (1) security: without a sense of safety, nothing
else matters because no one will want to be there; (2) convenience:
compact villages where buildings frame the street and a variety of stores
offer local products and services, (3) efficiency: safe and easy street
crossings for pedestrians, many linkages to the neighborhood including
walkways, trails and roadways give residents and visitors choices about
how to travel; (4) comfort: streets, connections, public plazas encourage
people to walk and rest; (5) welcoming public spaces: public spaces
celebrate public life and foster a sense of safety and inclusion. Sufficient
housing, where higher residential densities are designed to create these
good places is also a critical ingredient, according to Burden.
Burden cited a number of examples from around
the country where jurisdictions are retrofitting missing elements to
create a sense of place, and a place where people will want to walk.
He said that a fine-grained road system is the basis to supporting transit
and walkability. In Charlotte, North Carolina, the city is creating
a series of transit villages around its new light rail system and will
build missing roads that create well-connected links for good walking
routes. Traffic speeds should be slow in order to provide the sense
of a true village, according to Burden.
Burden warned against off-street bus facilities
that consume valuable space in compact village centers and increase
travel time. He recommended keeping express buses on main line roads
rather than adding travel time and consuming space to accommodate off-street
facilities. Burden also offered more specifics on street design and
suggested that engineers need to be retrained to understand the elements
of good streets. According to Burden, modern road design standards were
written for rural and suburban environments. No main street design guides
for engineers are available except for the states of Oregon, Pennsylvania
and Maryland. Burden advocated for narrower travel lanes of 10 to 10.5
feet, explaining that this slows vehicular traffic and increases safety.
He also recommended adding parallel roads to give traffic more routes.
Roundabouts have the potential to carry large traffic volumes, eliminate
large intersections, while providing for safer pedestrian movements,
he explained. Burden said that a "road diet" typically reduces
the number of travel lanes from four to two while adding a center turn
lane, and often adding on-street parking. This reconfiguration tends
to reduce crashes by 60 percent, and enhances the walkability of the
environment, according to Burden.
Travel lanes narrowed to 10 feet, added corner
bulb-outs, improved pedestrian crossings are also elements of road diets.
These improvements not only improve safety for everyone, they increase
economic vitality of the community. Slower traffic and a desirable pedestrian
environment attract more shoppers and help create a sense of place.
Burden said that we should resist the urge to build fewer big roads,
and instead build many smaller roads. Many smaller roads have two or
three times the capacity of a few big roads, Burden said. Along with
this approach, transit should be added, and truly intermodal centers
created that offer bicycle access, showers, daycare, flower shops, dry
cleaners and other conveniences of a true village center.
For more about Dan Burden's work, see: www.walkable.org
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Metro Funds
Fall Short, Customers Pay More Costs
By Peter Buryk
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority,
or Metro, is suffering from a lack of dedicated funding that is standard
among other transit agencies of its size, according to a new study by
Brookings Institution scholar Robert Puentes. In his study, Puentes
concludes that Metro's inability to collect revenue in the form of taxes
leads to increased budget deficits and decreased service for its customers.
Other large transit systems in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles receive
20 percent or more of their annual revenues from such sources as gas
and sales taxes. Metro is different from these systems in that it relies
on local subsidies from the three jurisdictions that it serves, Maryland,
Virginia, and the District of Columbia, for a large part of its revenues.
In 2002, Metro received 14.6 percent of its operations funds and 20.6
percent of its capital funds from local subsidies. Other large transit
systems average less than 5 percent and 8 percent respectively. Operating
funds are used to run the system and consist primarily of employee salaries
and benefits. Capital funds pay for infrastructure costs such as maintenance,
system expansions, and the purchase of buses and trains. Each jurisdiction's
subsidy contribution is determined by complex formulas for rail, bus,
and other services. Such factors as population density, number of transit
stations, and ridership are considered in local subsidy calculations.
Reliance on local subsidies and the absence of a dedicated funding source
leaves Metro vulnerable to the budgetary pressures and transportation
priorities of local jurisdictions. Continued increases in ridership
and aging equipment and facilities have also driven up costs. For fiscal
year 2005, Metro faces a $25 million budget shortfall. Metro's board
approved a round of fair increases for rail, buses, and parking that
not only closed the gap, but as in last year's price hikes, will raise
more money than the projected shortfall. This year, the fare and fee
increases, effective June 27, will generate an additional $29 million.
Minimum rail fares will increase by 15 cents to $1.35 and bus fares
will increase by five cents from $1.20 to $1.25 per ride. Weekly bus
passes, however, will remain at $11. The budget committee added this
provision recognizing the financial burden of fare increases for bus
riders, who are typically less affluent than rail riders. The cost of
parking at Metro stations will increase by 75 cents, and monthly parking
fees will increase by $10 to $45. Metro's transportation service for
the disabled, MetroAccess, will also increase its fare 10 cents to $2.50.
Weekday service will begin one half hour earlier at 5 am, and late night
Metro service will continue, but riders will be charged peak hour fares
for non-peak service between 2 and 3 am on Friday and Saturday nights.
WRN joined Metro board members Jim Graham (DC)
and Chris Zimmerman (Arlington) in opposing fare increases, especially
on bus riders. WRN argued that transit is an essential public service
that benefits everyone, and that increased costs should be paid by the
public as a whole, rather than transit riders. The smaller increase
on bus fares of five cents versus a rail fare increase of 15 cents is
viewed as an important precedent. Over the past two years, daily parking
fees have risen by $1.50. This is close to the $2 WRN originally proposed
in order to avoid fares increases last year. In both years, however,
fares and fees have increased above what was needed to cover the budget
gap. In this year's action, the Metro board again shifted increased
costs onto its customers.
See "Washington's Metro: Deficits by Design,"
by Robert Puentes, June 2004 at: http://www.brook.edu/urban/publications/20040603_puentes.htm
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Arlington Asks for 10 Percent
of Affordable Housing in
Metro Corridors
By Pete Buryk and Cheryl Cort
As housing costs continue to climb throughout
the Washington metropolitan region, Arlington County took an important
step in an effort to secure more affordable housing, especially in its
Metro corridors. On April 27, at the urging of affordable housing and
smart growth advocates, the County Board approved guidelines that will
ask that 10 percent of gross floor area of new residential and mixed-use
developments be set aside as affordable housing units in Metro corridors
for projects which undergo an extensive negotiated "site plan"
rather than by-right development review process. In addition, developers
of new commercial buildings in the Metro corridors will be asked to
contribute $4 per square foot of above-ground building floor area to
the county's affordable housing fund. For residential, mixed-use and
commercial development outside the Metro corridors, builders would also
be asked to pay $4 per square foot of new construction.
Arlington's Rosslyn-Ballston Metro corridor is
regarded nationwide as a model for smart urban growth. It is also one
of the most desirable places to build in the region. Arlington, however,
also tops the region in the highest housing costs with average monthly
rents at over $1,200.
Charles Rinker, one of the leading proponents
of the new policy, said in a statement following the Board's decision,
"I believe that the action taken on last Tuesday is the biggest
policy step to date that Arlington has taken in support of affordable
housing." He explained that the 10 percent policy, "gives
the County another important and powerful tool to preserve and enhance
our cultural and economic diversity."
Developers have reacted by putting projects on
hold to recalculate costs or renegotiate land prices after the Board's
decision. Others have threatened to cancel housing construction, or
might opt to build at lower density "by-right" rather than
the higher density "site plan" level. On May 25, the Apartment
and Office Building Association (AOBA) and the Northern Virginia Apartment
Association filed suit against the County claiming it does not have
the authority to ask for these affordable housing contributions under
Virginia law.
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D.C. Advocates
Fight Off Mayor to Secure
$40.5 million for Housing Fund
On May 14, the D.C. Council unanimously passed
the FY 2005 Budget, which included $40.5 million for the Housing Production
Trust Fund (HPTF). Although current law mandates that the HPTF is to
be funded by 15 percent of deed recordation fees and transfer taxes,
affordable housing advocates again had to fight for full funding. Advocates
also defeated D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams' proposed changes to securitize
the Trust Fund by limiting annual bond payments to $20 million over
the next twenty years and eliminate the current funding formula. The
Mayor's plan would allow the District to support several major housing
developments and to produce affordable housing in the near future. However,
housing advocates argued that securitization does not make sense this
year because there are no plans for large-magnitude housing investments,
while many modest scale affordable housing projects can be supported
without securitization. Most importantly, the Mayor's proposal would
have cut funding for affordable housing by more than half.
The budget battle was made easier after the Chief
Financial Officer certified an additional $50 million in revenue based
on new economic data that showed higher-than-expected economic growth.
Along with full funding, two amendments, supported by affordable housing
advocates, to the Budget Support Act were passed. One amendment allows
the D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development to draw down
funds already appropriated to administer the Trust Fund at the beginning
of the fiscal year. The other lengthens the time during which HPTF -
funded projects must remain affordable, to 40 years for rental units
and 15 years for for-sale units (previous control periods were 30 and
5 years, respectively.) Affordable housing advocates were also able
to convince the D.C. Council Committee on Economic Development to unanimously
amend the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation Act to require that 30 percent
of all residential development for families at 30 and 60 percent of
area median income.
For more on the HPTF and the Mayor's securitization
proposal, see: http://www.dcfpi.org/4-19-04hous.htm
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Loudoun
Delays Vote on Adding WTC highway
On June 1, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors
voted to postpone putting the Western Transportation Corridor back into
the Comprehensive Plan. After hours of testimony by developers and the
public who raised questions about the need for such a road, the board
voted 9-0 to send the item back to the county planning commission for
further review. The corridor is a proposed highway that would function
as an "Outer Beltway" on the western side of Washington, D.C.,
running along the southwest of Prince William into Fauquier and Loudoun
north into Maryland. The planning commission will make a new recommendation
to the board after completing a study of how the project would impact
existing and approved communities.
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Arlington
Takes Carsharing to a New Level in Rosslyn-Ballston
Arlington County has partnered with Flexcar and
Zipcar to more than double the number of carsharing vehicles in Arlington
through a one-year pilot program in the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor.
The county has designated 20 easy-to-find, on-street parking spaces
for carsharing vehicles, all convenient to Metrorail, Metrobus and ART-Arlington
Transit bus service and marked with bright orange signposts. Similar
to car rental, the program allows members to rent a car for as little
as a half-hour. Vehicles are self-service and the price includes gas,
insurance and maintenance with members only paying for the time they
use.
"Carsharing fits perfectly with Arlington's integrated approach
to transportation,' said Barbara Favola, Chairman of the Arlington County
Board. 'We want to make it easier for folks to get around without owning
a car. Adding more carsharing vehicles helps accomplish this goal."
By more than doubling the number of carsharing vehicles in the corridor,
Arlington hopes to provide the "missing link" to the transportation
mix of Metrorail, Metrobus, Arlington Transit, walking and biking. Now
those who don't own a car or need the use of an extra car can use a
carsharing vehicle.
Arlington anticipates the program will help to
decrease the number of cars on local streets, reduce pollution levels
and enhance residents' lifestyles. Research will be conducted to measure
the effects of carsharing on Arlington's parking, trip reduction and
transit use. Additional information about Arlington's carsharing program
is available www.CommuterPage.com/carshare
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Taxpayers
Group Names ICC #1 Boondoggle
The Intercounty Connector (ICC) is the most wasteful
highway project in the nation, according to a new report released by
Taxpayers for Common Sense and Friends of the Earth. The report, "Road
to Ruin: The 27 Most Wasteful Road Projects in America," calls
for elimination of the nation's most wasteful and environmentally harmful
highway projects. The 6 to 12 lane, 18-mile ICC running through Montgomery
County, Maryland would cost at least $1.7 billion, and as much as $3.2
billion if a plan to fund the project by selling bonds is approved.
The Western Transportation Corridor, the Virginia portion of the proposed
outer beltway around Washington D.C., was ranked 10th most wasteful
project in the nation.
The InterCounty Connector has been highly controversial
for 40 years. Twice before, federal agencies have rejected the alignment
sought by the road and developer lobbies because it would plow through
parkland, generate development and traffic, pollute waterways, and worsen
air quality. Studies have also found that the ICC would have minimal
positive impact on regional congestion and would not reduce average
auto commute times.
Maryland's State Highway Administration has already
spent nearly $20 million studying and restudying the ICC, and this is
the third Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the ICC in less than
25 years. Yet Gov. Ehrlich has declared the ICC to be his top transportation
priority. Current studies exclude non-highway alternatives even though
smart growth advocates claim they offer the best opportunity to address
traffic problems. For the ICC to move forward, especially with the current
financial climate of tight budgets, the state would have to sacrifice
funding for other important future transportation projects, such as
the Purple line, the now stalled rail line from Bethesda to New Carrollton
connecting inner Montgomery Counties and Prince George's.
The report and details on the projects are available
on Taxpayers for Common Sense's website at: www.taxpayer.net/road2ruin.
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Events
Wednesday, June 23. 9:30am-3:30pm. Two-Rate
Taxation of Land and Buildings: Benefits and Challenges of Innovative
Tax Reform. Speakers address the economic impact of two-rate taxation,
its history in Pennsylvania, and current issues in the assessment of
land value. Sponsored by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Marriott
Metro Center, Washington, DC. Free. To register, www.lincolninst.edu/education/education-coursedetail.asp?id=122
Thursday, June 24. 2:00pm-8:30pm. Maryland
- ICC Study Informational Updates. These meetings, held by MD State
Highway Administration, are an interim step prior to the distribution
of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) in the Fall 2004.
American Legion Post 60, 2 Main St., Laurel, MD. See www.iccstudy.org
or contact Sam Raker, MDOT, 301-469-6960 or sraker@mdot.state.md.us
Tuesday, June 22 and Thursday, June 24. 7-9pm.
Metropolitan Branch Trail Community Meetings. Learn about trail
design options for the MBT in your neighborhood. 6/22 Rhode Island Ave.
Station Area, Beacon House, 601 Edgewood Terrace, NE. 6/24 Fort Totten
Area, Lamond-Riggs Public Library 5401 South Dakota Ave, NE. Contact
and RSVP: Chris Holben, DDOT 202-671-2638, chris.holben@dc.gov. See
www.metbranchtrail.com/
Tuesday, June 29, 12:30 - 1:30 pm. Smart Growth
Is Smart Business: Boosting the Bottom Line & Community Prosperity.
Ken Brown, executive director of the National Association of Local Government
Environmental Professionals, and Jessica Cogan, deputy director of the
Smart Growth Leadership Institute, will profile the initiatives taken
by business leaders who recognize that smart growth provides quality
of life, market opportunities, and stable investments. Free National
Building Museum. 401 F Street NW. http://www.nbm.org/Events/Calendar/Lectures_Symposia.html
Tuesday, June 29. 6-8pm. Public Meeting, District
of Columbia Comprehensive Housing Strategy. Savoy Elementary School,
2400 Shannon Place, SE (Corner of Howard Rd and MLK Ave., SE). Contact
Amy Tharpe, amy.tharpe@dc.gov, 202-724-7152.
Tuesday, June 29, 5:00 - 8:00 pm. Design Public
Hearing for Route 50 / Arlington Blvd. (Fairfax County). Review
and discuss preliminary plans for the proposed installation of a pedestrian
bridge and fence on Route 50 from 0.45 miles east of the Route 7 Overpass
to 0.12 miles west of Patrick Henry Drive (Route 2327). Pre-Hearing
begins at 4:30 p.m. Willston Multi-Cultural Center, 16131 Willston Drive,
Falls Church VA. See http://virginiadot.org/projects/publicinvolvement.asp
Tuesday and Wednesday, June 29-30. 5-8pm. Virginia
Citizen Information Meetings for Capital Beltway Study improvements,
including the operational aspects of the HOT lanes and associated environmental
effects. Public comments will be presented to the Commonwealth Transportation
Board. 6/29 Fairview Park Marriott, 3111 Fairview Park Drive, Falls
Church. 6/30 Tysons Westpark, Best Western, 8401 Westpark Drive, McLean,
Virgina. See
http://virginiadot.org/projects/publicinvolvement.asp
Wednesday, June 30, 6:00pm. Recognizing Smart
Growth: Can Developers and Environmentalists Agree? Sam Black, Chair,
Smart Growth Alliance Jury, representing the Board of Trade; and Stewart
Schwartz, Executive Director, Coalition for Smarter Growth will discuss
the Smart Growth Alliance and how its jury of smart growth advocates,
developers, architects, and environmentalists is recognizing development
projects from around the Washington region. NCPC, 401 9th Street NW,
North Lobby, Suite 500. RSVP staff@washingtonregion.net or 202-667-5445.
see www.washingtonregion.net
Wednesday, July 7. Smart Growth Land Conservation
Recognition Program Applications Due. Land trusts, public agencies,
and private landowners are all encouraged to apply. Sponsored by Smart
Growth Alliance. For more see http://washington.uli.org/sga.
Thursday, July 8, 12:30 - 1:30 pm. Mount Joy,
Pennsylvania: Small Town Main Street with a Smart Growth Future. Terry
Kauffman, Mount Joy's borough manager and chairman of 10,000 Friends
of Pennsylvania, will describe how a small town can reach economic development
and community goals through smart growth strategies. Free. National
Building Museum. 401 F Street NW. see www.smartgrowth.org/calendar/evdetails.asp?evid=663
Monday, July 12, 6:00pm. Mallternatives: Transit-Oriented
Retail. Seth Harry, New Urbanist, architect & retail planning
consultant; and Randy Gross, economic development consultant will discuss
how retail can be designed to realize a vision and rebuild neighborhoods.
NCPC, 401 9th Street NW, North Lobby, Suite 500. RSVP staff@washingtonregion.net
or 202-667-5445. see www.washingtonregion.net
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Thank You's: WRN
wishes to thank the following friends of WRN for their generous contributions:
Christopher Brown, Julia Koster, Matthew B. Miller, Dale Tibbitts, John
Bailey, Dieter Thigpen and the Campaign to Reinvest in the Heart of
Oxon Hill, Kathleen Courrier in the memory of Paul Brace, Edward Thomas
and Tom Whitley.
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Intersect staff: Cheryl Cort, editor; Peter Buryk
and Elizabeth Cox, contributing writers.
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