| Focus Area: Transportation |
| Initiative |
Measure |
Target |
Prior Year |
1. Continue implementation of Centers,
Corridors and Wedges Growth Framework.
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A. Percent of residential and office development within centers and corridors |
A-1. Minimum of 40% of the new housing unit permits and 70% of the new multi-family unit permits in the city located within the centers and corridors
A-2 Minimum of 75% of new office development square footage and 75% of new employment occurring in the centers and corridors |
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| B. Evaluate the effort of the LYNX Blue Line and SCIP investments on real property values within the South Corridor to guide investment in future corridors |
B. Percent increase in property values in the corridor exceed the average property value increase within the City and County |
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| C. Implement the 2030 Corridor System Plan by evaluating the economic, land use and transportation benefits of the North Tryon Street vs. NC Railroad alignment of the Northeast Light Rail Line. Deliver a final report documenting the analysis and recommendations. |
C. Implement the final report's economic development, land use, transportation and rapid transit recommendations. |
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| D. City Council approval of an updated Centers, Corridors, and Wedges Growth Framework |
D. March 2009 |
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2. Collaborate with local and regional partners on land use, transportation and air quality to enhance environmental quality and promote long-
term regional sustainability
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A. Annual hours of congestion per traveler, as measured by Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), for the Charlotte Urban Area compared to top 25 cities
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A. Percentage change in annual hours of delay per traveler in Charlotte will be less than the average percent change for the top 25 cities in the nation
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| B. Increase the percent of City population with 1/4 mile of parks, schools, shopping, and transit greater than the 2004 baseline |
B-1 Increase the percent of population within 1/4 mile of parks above 16.9% |
B-1 Prior Year:16.1% |
| B-2 Increase the percent of population within 1/4 mile of schools above 13% |
B-2 Prior Year:11.8% |
| B-3 Increase the percent of population within 1/4 mile of shopping above 45.6% |
B-3 Prior Year: 51.4% |
| B-4 Increase the percent of population within 1/4 mile of transit above 63.5% |
B-4 Prior Year: 61.2% |
| 3. Prioritize, design, construct and maintain convenient and efficient trans-portation facilities to improve safety, neighborhood livability, promote transportation choices, and meet land use objectives |
A. Maintain an average pavement condition survey rating of 90 out of 100 |
A. Survey rating: 90
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A. Prior Year: 86.6
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| B. Achieve an average annual weekday ridership of the LYNX Blue Line of 9,100 passengers per day |
B. December 2008 (end of firt full year of revenue service)
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| C. Advance Preliminary Engineering on the Northeast Corridor (LYNX Blue Line Extention) |
C. Complete 15%
Design by June 30, 2009
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| D. Achieve 5 of 6 targets supporting this initiative |
D-1 4% increase in transit ridership |
D-1 3.1% increase
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D-2 Complete a minimum of 10 miles each of new sidewalk and new bikeways annually |
D-2
1.71 miles of sidewalk;
10 miles of bikeways completed |
| D-3 90% of transportation bond projects completed or forecast to be completed on schedule |
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| D-4 Decrease in vehicular accidents per mile traveled and decrease in pedestrian and bicycle accidents per capita |
D-4 Vichicular accidents (4.82% decrease); Pedestrians (2.78% cecrease); Bicycle (17.7% increase) |
| D-5 Maintain a citywide annual average intersection crash rate less than 2 crashes per million entering vehicles |
D-5 Prior Year:1.06 crashes per million |
| D-6 Increase in bike rack usage on transit vehicles |
D-6 Prior Year: 60,818 recorded usage |
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E. Develop a project scope and include funding for an economic impact study of Phase I and Phase II of the Streetcar Project in the city's federal legislative requests. |
E-1 Complete project scope by October 2008
E-2 Obtain funding for the study |
E. Submitted Streetcar funding request to federal delegation |
| 4. Communicate land use and transportation objectives as outlined in the TAP |
A. Complete and present annual Transportation Action Plan Status Report to City Council |
A. December 2008 |
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B. The City will further develop a multifaceted communication and public outreach plan to convey and explain the City's transportation plans and growth strategy. The communication plan will include specific tools and measurable outputs to determine the community's understanding of the City's transportation plans, priorities and growth strategy |
B-1 Develop Communication Plans by September 2008
B-2 Include information on the City's web-site and Charlottefuture.com to reflect the City's land use and transportation strategy by December 1008
B-3 Conduct a survey to benchmark existing community awareness of the City's transportation plans and growth strategy by December 2008
B-4 Obtain public input on Center, Corridors and Wedges Growth Framework by March 2009 |
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