Growing Cooler in New Jersey

Unanswered Questions

Introspection

• What are we trying to achieve? Outcomes?

• Why?• How can we accomplish it?• What resources are available?• How can we best spend these resources?• How do we measure our success?

Transportation’s Role in Growing Cooler

In order to develop a role, the following questions should be answered:

Developing the role requires an understanding of the inter-relationship between:

• Transportation demand• Congestion cycles• Dynamics of transportation and

land use changes• Transportation & land use

component

Transportation’s Role in Growing Cooler

Transportation – A Derived Demand

Working

Activity

Vacationing

Derived Demand

Manufacturing

CommutingTaxi

Air travelTouring bus

TrucksContainership

Direct

EnergyIndirect WarehousingParking

Slide courtesy of Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue

The Vicious Circle of Congestion

Congestion

New capacity

Number of movements increases

Average length of movements increases

Public pressure to increase capacity

Movements are more easySprawl is

favored

Slide courtesy of Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue

Dynamics of Transportation / Land Use Change

Land Use

Network

CommutingFreight Transport

Employment

WorkplacesHousing

Population

Very Slow

Very Fast

Fast

Slow

Very Slow

Pace

of C

hang

e

Slide courtesy of Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue

Transportation / Land Use System Components

Transportation Network

Spatial Interactions

Land Use

• Traffic assignment models• Transport capacity

• Economic base theory• Location theory• Traffic generation and attraction models

• Spatial interaction models• Distance decay parameters• Modal split

Slide courtesy of Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue

How do we reconcile Content with the Context ?

Transportation Network

Spatial Interactions

Land Use

Land Use

Network

CommutingFreight Transport

Employment

Workplaces Housing

Population

Very Slow

Very Fast

Fast

Slow

Very Slow

Pace

of C

hang

e

Congestion Cycle

NJ FITFuture In

Transportation

Linking transportation and land use

Network Connectivity

Help Communities With Land Use Design

Balanced Street Design

Create Sustainable Environmental Design

Involve the Communities !

NJFIT Principles

2 22

2

2

4

66

4

Same Total Lanes

More Capacity• VMT• Turns• Clearance Time• Signal Phase

Benefits of Network

Slide courtesy of Troy Russ, Glatting Jackson

Benefits of Planning

NJDOT Pilot Smart Transportation Studies

•Rt. 9 Ocean County•Rt. 17 Bergen County•Rt. 30 Cramer Hill Camden County•Rt. 31 Hunterdon County•Rt. 57 Warren County•Rt. 130 Burlington County•Rt. 1 Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset•Rt. 29 Boulevard Mercer County•Rt. 295 / 38 Burlington County•Rt. 322 Gloucester County•Rt. 73 Camden County•Rt. 42 College Drive Camden County•Rt. 9 Lakewood Ocean County•Rt. 9 / 33 Manalapan•I-78 Corridor Hunterdon, Warren, Northhampton, PA•I-78 / Rt. 31 Clinton Hunterdon County•Rt. 440 Bayside Redevelopment Jersey City Hudson County

Are we fixing the problem with the right tools?

Some unanswered questions:

Our answers will shape our approach and RESULTS

• Can land use changes alone reduce VMT fast enough?

• Is VMT reduction the solution to “growing cooler” or “zero-emission” vehicles?

• How does NJ deal with the millions of suburban residents living in “sprawl” conditions?

• Is transit viable in disparate development?

•Can “in –fill” development stop sprawl?

What’s Missing?

• Alignment of Interests– We have not developed a spirit of cooperation

between interest groups, e.g. environmentalists and DOT’s, business and government

• Education– Business Leaders– Local / regional planning boards / Officials– Governors / DOT’s– Colleges / Universities

• Communication– Removing the mystique– Speaking in Plain English

• Tools– Local officials have no tools to engage DOT’s /

developers, or the public. Do they have the tools they need? Have anyone asked?

Staying Mobile….Growing Cooler…..

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