A Downtown Transformed Through Partnerships: the Portland Mall Story

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1 A Downtown Transformed Through Partnerships: the Portland Mall Story Portland 2010 Chris Kopca, Downtown Development Group Steve Iwata, City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability Brian McCarter, ZGF Architects Alan Lehto, TriMet Teresa Boyle, City of Portland Bureau of Transportation Tad Savinar, Urban Design Consultant

2 Slide Master In the beginning Lovejoy/Pettygrove Plan established block size, parks, church site 20th century: the backbone is defined After Lewis and Clark Expo, Fifth and Sixth become the core

3 We lost our way Two decades of erosion s and 1960 s Lovejoy/Pettygrove plan was compromised Mobility was compromised

4 1972 Downtown Plan Funded by private sector Redefined original vision Framework plans, goals, guidelines Mall is the first large public project

5 The Portland Mall set precedents for quality of design rarely matched in the years to follow

6 Over time, the Mall was deteriorating physically, socially and economically

7 Portland 2010 A Downtown Transformed Through Partnerships: the Portland Mall Story Design

8 Project Goals enliven renovate expand access strengthen the retail and office core

9 Public open houses, website Citizens Advisory Committee District design workshops Field mockups

10 Great Streets: design, operations programming and management Fifth Avenue New York City State Street Chicago 16 th Street Mall Denver Market Street San Francisco Nicollett Mall Minneapolis Transit Mall Portland

11 The Mall Revitalization Plan: Seven stations, five districts, one pair of unifying streets

12 Designing the complete environment

13 Continuity Pedestrian paving system

14 Continuity Poles, Lights, Signals, Shelters and Sign Families

15 Continuity Furnishings Families

16 Continuity Trees

17 Distinction Public art

18 Distinction Station as Place: station in a garden

19 Distinction Station as Place: Pioneer Courthouse Square Station

20 Distinction Open view to building from square; extend the plaza

21 Distinction Open view to building from square; extend the plaza

22 Distinction University District: Green Streets

23 Distinction Campus meets City at the Transit Crossroads

24 Distinction PSU/South Terminus Station

25 September, 2009: Opening Celebration

26 The spine is renewed

27 Stations as the center of districts

28 Transit and street life merged

29 Mobility, civic life and commerce - together in a great street

30 Portland 2010 A Downtown Transformed Through Partnerships: the Portland Mall Story Operations

31 Transit Choreography Making trains and buses dance on the Portland Mall

32 Operational Challenges You can t do that I d better retire before that opens

33 Why retire early? Before two bus lanes After add light rail in the same lanes

34 Operations Before Two bus stops per block Pattern repeats every two blocks Through bus yields to curb bus if turn signal is on S SW SW SE SE SW SE

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36 Train length and train forward shadow Trains are one full block long Blocks cross-streets if anything impedes full progress into block

37 Too Many Conflict Points Multiple locations of potential conflict with varying levels of control if no changes in bus stop operations Bus stopped at red signal holds up train potential conflict points

38 What s the Solution?

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40 Field Tests Transit Operations & Transportation Strategy

41 How it works Light rail and bus movements are separated by lane, by time, and by standard traffic and train signals. Buses only allowed to merge onto rail lane when signal is green. Autos stay in left lane with positive separation from transit lanes. Buses follow standard traffic signals just like cars and just like everywhere else in the system. Trains follow standard MAX train signals Solid Yellow horizontal = Stop Flashing Yellow = Signal ending; Prepare to proceed Solid White vertical = Proceed with caution Flashing White = Signal ending; Prepare to stop

42 THROUGH PEDESTRIANS MULTIMODAL CAR/BIKE LANE BUS/LIGHT TRANSIT LANES THROUGH PEDESTRIANS FURNISHINGS FURNISHINGS/ TRANSIT BOARDING

43 THROUGH PEDESTRIANS MULTIMODAL CAR/BIKE LANE BUS/LIGHT TRANSIT LANES THROUGH PEDESTRIANS FURNISHINGS FURNISHINGS/ TRANSIT BOARDING

44 Video simulation

45 We didn t have to retire Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Multi-modal Bridge Opens 2015

46 Portland 2010 A Downtown Transformed Through Partnerships: the Portland Mall Story Construction

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48 1970 s Transit Mall

49 1980 s First LRT Construction

50 There must be a better way!

51 CMGC

52 Moved the buses

53 Early utility relocations

54 Concurrent work zones Eight Zones Six Zones Four Zones

55 Double shifts/night work

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68 Portland 2010 A Downtown Transformed Through Partnerships: the Portland Mall Story Leveraging Private Investment

69 The Block By Block Project (BBB) broke up a 7.2 mile urban LRT alignment down into 1,872 twenty foot redevelopment strategies.

70 $1.5 million in public grants leveraged $9 million of private investment Every $1 of public funds leveraged $5 to $30 of private sector investment (during 24 months of a recession)

71 Caffe Viale

72 $35,000 Private Investment

73 $600,000 Private Investment

74 $315,000 Private Investment

75 $288,000 Private Investment

76 $75,000 Private Investment

77 $250,000 Private Investment

78 $80,100 Private Investment

79 Ongoing private investment

80 Portland Mall Management, Inc.