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TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
ASHISH WANKHEDE
Integrated
Mixed use
Right sizing parking & shared parking
Joint development Land assembly
Walkable neighborhood
Strong public realm
Housing trust funds
Centers of community Smart workplace
Livable community
Station area planning
TOD principles
Create a compelling Vision and a sense of place to support community identity
Plan comprehensively - create a true mixed-use environment, that can support neighborhood services and an energized public realm Connect pedestrian and bike links into neighborhoods and reduce need for auto access Plan for a range of market supported housing types Calm the traffic Minimize impact of parking
All Served by Transit
Mixed-Use Programming Synergy of Use & Activity Daytime & Nighttime Act = Increased Ridership
Station Planning Station
Planning
Functional Bus Facilities Adjacent Parking Adjacent Parking
Functional
Bus Facilities
Lacks Land Use Synergy Use Synergy Lacks Land
Sterile Appearance Sterile Appearance Engineering-Driven
Engineering-Driven Use Creative Land Banking Strategy
Use Creative Land Banking Strategy
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Land-banked Approach Land-banked Approach Develop over Parking Develop over Parking Encourage Mixed-Use Encourage Mixed-Use Station within Street Station within Street Focus on Streetscape Focus on Streetscape and... and... Utilize Shared ParkingUtilize Shared Parking
Solution:
Solution:
Land Banking and Land Banking and Shared Parking Shared Parking
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Urban retail
Main street
Urban Retail
Urbanism Live/Work Visibility Shopping Experience
Main New urbanism Street
Live/work New
Storefront visiblity Storefront Cross shopping Cross
Merchandized experience Merchandized Dont parallel
Dont Parallel
Identify space
Identity Space Restaurant driven Restaurant-Driven Integrated Station Integrated station Buses at Perimeter
Buses at perimeter
Soultion : side loaded
Solution: (side-loaded)
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Housing Housing near rail
near
Urban lofts Village format
Rail
Urban Lofts Village Format
Parking Courts Rely on Rely on street environment Street Environment Station part of street systempart of Station Street System Dont avoid it plan for it..
Parking courts
Dont Avoid it Plan for it...
Stations and Traditional design: Redevelopment
Stations and redevelopment
SurfaceTraditional Design: parking dominates
Parking Dominates Expected lacks visual interest Inappropriate Density Expected lacks Anticipate visual interest intensification
Inappropriate dens Surface
Promote intensity around station
Promote Intensity Encourage around Station mixed use mixed-use Live/work district Approaches: Loft above retail Live/work district Enhanced linkages Loft above retail Redevelopment Enhance Linkages
Approaches Encourage
Redevelopment Solution: Intensification
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Transit Connection Transit connectionIdentity generator as as identity Generator
Station in area of Station in area High Visibility of high visibility
Appropriate Appropriate density Density
Mixed use Integration of transit
Mixed-Use
Integration of Into development Transit Showcase Station into Development
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TOD projects
Tysons Corner North Bethesda Town Center Dulles Station Moorefield Station University Town Center Branch Avenue Pentagon Row Muirkirk Marc Station New Carrollton Columbia Heights Twinbrook Rockville
Bethesda Row
The Tysons Challenge
Change the DNA Transportation Civilize Route 123/Route 7 Urban Boulevards. We are in the big city now (Connecticut Avenue 40,000 VPD Route 123 37,000 VPD) Add secondary at-grade transit circulator system.
The Tysons Challenge
Change the DNA Land Use Promote Sustainable Mixed-Use. Create residential options to balance employment. Reduce block sizes. Introduce a finer grain of connected streets. Create Civic infrastructure Walkable Streets, Plazas, Parks, Trails, Public Art, Water Features, etc. Enhance connectivity. Create sensitive transitions.
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Tysons Corner Metro Stations
Site Context
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Pedestrian Trail
PEDESTRIAN TRAIL SLOPED PEDESTRIAN TRAIL ELEVATED PEDESTRIAN TRAIL
Pedestrian and Bicycle Circulation
PHASE 2 MAIN ENTRY PLAZA
PHASE I SCULPTURE PLAZA
PUPPY PARK
PHASE 4 SKY TERRACE
RESIDENTIAL AMENITIES (SEMI-PUBLIC TERRACES) (SEMI-
PHASE 3 COMMUNITY GREEN
MAIN ENTRY PLAZA
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TERRACE PLAZA
