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Transit-Oriented Development in Omaha. UP206A. KRISTEN FIGUEIRA. CURRENT POPULATION: ALMOST 410,000 GROWTH: POPULATION EXPECTED TO DOUBLE BY 2050 SOLUTION? TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT (TOD) TRANSIT RIDERSHIP: 1.4%. WHY OMAHA?. PROJECT AREA. PUBLIC TRANSIT (OMAHA METRO). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IN OMAHA
KRISTEN FIGUEIRAUP206A
WHY OMAHA?
CURRENT POPULATION: ALMOST 410,000
GROWTH: POPULATION EXPECTED TO DOUBLE BY 2050
SOLUTION? TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT (TOD)
TRANSIT RIDERSHIP: 1.4%
PROJECT AREA
PUBLIC TRANSIT (OMAHA METRO)
TRANSIT CENTERS
Downtown Transit Center
Benson Park Transit Center
North Omaha Transit Center
Westroads Transit Center Midtown Transit
Center
Metro College Transit Center
TRANSIT USE AND RIDERSHIP
DENSITY AND RIDERSHIP
INCOME AND RIDERSHIP
TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT:• DENSITY• SOCIO-ECONOMIC
OTHER FACTORS: • YOUNG PROFESSIONALS & “EMPTY NESTERS”• TRANSIT QUALITY• OTHER MODE CHOICE
IT’S ALL ABOUT ACCESS!
MEDIAN INCOME (within 1 mile of transit center)
Downtown Transit Center
Benson Park Transit Center
North Omaha Transit Center
Westroads Transit Center Midtown Transit
Center
Metro College Transit Center
TOD VIABILITY
Transit Center Ridership + Pct Trans + Med Inc + Density + Bike + Walk
TOD FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING
Transit Center Ridership + Pct Trans + Pct Below Poverty + Median Income + Density + Avg Ed
CONCLUSION
TOD IN OMAHA?
• DEPENDS ON YOUR GOALS
• FOR AFFLUENT YOUNG, HOUSEHOLDS IT HAS POTENTIAL, BUT NOT MUCH
• AS A MEANS OF FUNDING FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING, IT COULD BE A VIABLE OPTION
REFERENCES
IMAGES• Title Page Photo: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/009/10/1022_40_strongest_US_metro_economies/9.htm• Newspaper Article: http://www.mapacog.org•OMAHA Metro Map: http://ometro.com/bus-system-page/system-mapMAPS• ESRI• 2010 TIGERFILESDATA• American Fact Finder 2010• Omaha Metro• MAPA Council of Governments
SKILLS
MODELINGORIGNAL DATA (transit centers and ridership)MEASUREMENT/ANALYSISHOT SPOT ANALYSIS (SPATIAL ANALYST)GEOCODINGINSET MAPGRADUATED SYMBOLSAGGREGATING ATTRIBUTE FIELDS (transit use, ag) CREATING INDICES (poverty, minority) CUSTOM SHAPEFILE CREATION (transit centers and ridership data)ATTRIBUTE SUB-SET SELECTIONGEOPROCESSING
SKILLS
Attribute Subset Selections for Clips:•Omaha was derived by querying places (NB Places, "Name"= Omaha)•Douglas County was derived by quering Counties Shapefile (Counties, "Name" = "Douglas" AND "SFID" = "055")
Spatial Analyst:Variables were reclassified (high/low) based on output spatial analysis (ie- Median Income reverse ranked for Low Income Locations but not TOD Viability)TOD Viability: Transit Center Ridership + Pct Trans + Med Inc + Density + Bike + Walk Low Income Locations: Transit Center Ridership + Pct Trans + Pct Below Poverty + Median Income + Density + Avg Ed
MODEL: JOINS
JOINS OF CENSUS DATA (% BELOW POVERTY LINE, % MINORITY, MEDIAN INCOME, TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS, ETHNICITY to Douglas County)
MODEL: RASTER FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS
MODEL: TOD VIABILITY RECLASSIFY
MODEL: TOD LOW-INCOME RECLASSIFY