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Integrated Mobility in the City of Pasadena
How electric vehicles, technology, and alternative transportation all fit together in a 21st century City
Alan Huynh | Transportation [email protected]
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What’s On a Street?
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bikes
destinations
people
skateboards
cars
parking
buses
driverspetslanes
police
trucks
signals
boxes
lights
bike parking
stripes
driveways
places
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Streets…
• Dictate our options• How we travel• Our routes• …but are often ignored
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A Person Typically…Destination
Time
Cost
SocialSocial
WorkWork
PlayPlay
MODE
Electric Vehicles are…
• Another mode• Not a car
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And will have to fight for its slice of the modal pie
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…why fight?
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…when we can balance
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The Car…
• Has a designated role in the American lifestyle
• Is optimized for the present infrastructure
• Has innate benefits
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Re-think…
• The streets• The modal balance• The policies • The data collected
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What Next?
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EVs won’t work…
• If they’re looked at individually• EVs work when complimented with other
mode choices and correct density/land uses
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Pasadena• The City of Pasadena currently has– The Metro Goldline– Many TOD station sites– Trip Reduction Ordinance– ARTS Bus– EV Charging Stations– Supportive BIDs– Pasadena Sustainability Plan (Green Team)
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…to become EV ready• The City of Pasadena is implementing– Bicycle Master Plan– Complete Streets LOS– Upgraded ITS– Streetcar– EV infrastructure plan
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Bicycle Master Plan• Will inform residents
the best routes to bike• Set clear design
standards for bicycle infrastructure
• Let bicycling become more predictable and attractive for casual user
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Complete Streets LOS• Go beyond assessing level
of service for cars• Puts the car on the back
burner• Prioritizes buses,
pedestrian, bicyclist• Creates smarter
intersections and more balanced streets
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Upgraded ITS• One cannot compute the
LOS of new modes without upgraded infrastructure to get accurate inputs
• Will prioritize bikes, peds, cars, buses once LOS is determined
• Rebalance the streets
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Streetcar• Fixed route transit that
compliments bus and light rail
• Increases density• Fixed route, easy to predict
transportation mode that integrates with bicyclist
• Economic development benefits
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EV Infrastructure Plan• One cannot throw charging
stations in the wind• Strategic and coordinated
efforts between DOT and Public Works must occur to ensure safety, effectiveness, and installation
• Once EVs are established, charging stations can act as business catalyst
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There is not an EV Ready City…in America•Seattle, WA has made lots of noise with Ecotality•San Diego, CA is on board•Richmond, VA is finding the right partners•San Fransisco, CA has made EVs mainstream
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…but none• Has tied it together to ensure that EVs are an
option and not a primary mode• Pasadena is on track
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What does it take?• A new perspective on data• A new set of policies• Public – Private Partnerships• Correct Demographics• Correct densities• Correct Land Uses
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If all of this doesn’t happen…• EVs have a good
chance of becoming a commodity vehicle like the Neighborhood Electric Vehicles, and Segway
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If that happens…we won’t fix any mobility problems
Questions?
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