1. Why and How Providence is Developing a Robust Transit System (and your city or town should be too) Thomas E. Deller , AICP , Director, City of Providence Department of Planning and Development John Flaherty , Director of Research & Communications, GrowSmart Rhode Island Amy Pettine , Special Projects Manager, RIPTA

2. June 3, 2010 Providence “ ...expanded, modern transit systems are absolutely essential to job creation and the long-term health and prosperity of our nation’s cities.” U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood

6. INITIATIVES: RAPID BUS

8. INITIATIVES: STREETCAR

10. STREETCAR SYSTEMS IN OPERATION Streetcar Systems in Operation Modern Streetcar Systems INITIATIVES: STREETCAR

11. Streetcar Systems in Planning or Design Washington DC Cincinnati Dallas New Orleans Charlotte Tucson Salt Lake City Los Angeles Portland Seattle Some “Hot” Streetcar Projects Atlanta PLANNING UNDERWAY FOR STREETCAR SYSTEMS INITIATIVES: STREETCAR

15. PEARL DISTRICT BEFORE… … AND AFTER BENEFITS: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

25. The CTC calls for a 21st century transportation system that enhances our economy , safeguards the environment and provides all Rhode Islanders with healthy transportation choices . Rhode Island’s urban and town centers are vitally important to our state’s future well-being. Businesses have begun to recognize that the highly-valued cadre of younger talent puts a much greater value on workplaces located in vibrant, walkable, transit-rich centers and corridors.

26. AARP Amalgamated Transit Union American Lung Association in RI Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living Aquidneck Island Planning Commission Audubon Society of RI Blackstone Valley Partnership Blackstone Valley Tourism Council Blueways Alliance Brown emPower Childhood Lead Action Project City-State, the Urban Design Lab at RISD Clean Water Action Conservation Law Foundation Cornish Associates DOT Watch East Coast Greenway Alliance Ecolect Environment Council of Rhode Island Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island Environment Rhode Island Farm Fresh RI Goodwill Industries of RI Grow Smart Rhode Island Head of the Bay Gateway LISC-RI Narragansett Bay Estuary Program Operating Engineers, Local 57 Opportunities Unlimited, Inc. Pawtucket Foundation Providence Foundation Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau Recycle-a-Bike RI Association of Railroad Passengers RI Bicycle Coalition RICOSH RI Consulting Engineers (RICE) RI Interfaith Power & Light RI Land Trust Council RI Rehabilitation Council Transportation Consortium RI Student Climate Coalition Save The Bay SEIU, District 1199 Sierra Club The Providential Gardener U.S. Open Cycling Working RI Youth In Action

30. Health Obesity is lower in places where people use bicycles, public transportation, and their feet.

31. “ Complete Streets”

32. Urban-Advantage.com “ Complete Streets”

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42. The Coalition for Transportation Choices calls for a 21st century transportation system that enhances our economy and provides all Rhode Islanders with healthy transportation choices.

43. Questions?

44. Why and How Providence is Developing a Robust Transit System (and your city or town should be too) Thomas E. Deller , AICP , Director, City of Providence Department of Planning and Development John Flaherty , Director of Research & Communications, GrowSmart Rhode Island Amy Pettine , Special Projects Manager, RIPTA