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DATE: April 18, 2018

TO: Transportation Commission

FROM: Debra Perkins-Smith, Director, Division of Transportation Development

SUBJECT: Mobility Choice Blueprint Project

Purpose This memo is intended to familiarize the Transportation Commission members with the Mobility Choice Blueprint Project. Action Informational Item. Background The Mobility Choice Blueprint is a joint planning effort between the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), Regional Transportation District (RTD), and Mobility Choice (a non-profit initiative of the Denver Metro Area Chamber of Commerce) that seeks to establish a coordinated strategic direction for the evolving mobility of the Denver Metro related to walking, biking, driving, ride-hailing, and transit. Mobility Choice is governed by a Board of Directors composed of private and public sector members, representatives of DRCOG, RTD and CDOT, former local elected officials and economic development professionals. Michael Lewis represents CDOT on the Board of Directors. In addition to CDOT’s representation on the Board of Directors, Transportation Commissioner Karen Stuart is serving as one of the project’s Metro Ambassadors through her role as Executive Director of Smart Commute Metro North. These local experts will be complemented by a number of national Thought Leaders to ensure a variety of perspectives are represented throughout the process. Details The Mobility Choice Blueprint is a 12-month process funded jointly by CDOT, DRCOG, and RTD, governed by the Mobility Choice Board of Directors, and managed by project consultant HDR. The effort, as detailed in Attachment A, will require analyzing several new multimodal technologies and assessing different ways to make them available to the public. Multiple scenarios will be evaluated and tested based on what the community and the thought leaders have said is important about the future of mobility. These factors are also discussed in more detail in Attachment A. The final Blueprint will set the vision and contain strategies for local agencies to implement cutting-edge technologies that promote mobility and supports livable communities. It will also have recommendations for agency policy and program changes, as well as options for pilot projects that can be funded and tested by transportation agencies in partnership with the private sector. In doing so, it will complement and enhance existing CDOT efforts including the Statewide Transportation Plan, Smart Mobility Plan, and the RoadX Initiative while supporting future collaboration between CDOT, DRCOG, and RTD moving forward. Next Steps

CDOT staff will provide ongoing updates to the Transportation Commission on the progress of the Mobility Choice Blueprint effort and invite the Commissioners’ participation in the process moving forward.

Attachments

Attachment A: Mobility Choice Blueprint Fact Sheet

Attachment B: Mobility Choice Blueprint Presentation

Multimodal Planning Branch

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How will we travel in and around our communities in the future? The way we travel in the Denver metro area is rapidly changing. Advanced technology and internet connectivity are providing new options every day. To maintain the economic competitiveness and livability of our communities, we must identify and anticipate how technological advances like driverless vehicles, mobility apps and streamlined fare payment could dramatically change our transportation systems.

The region’s major multimodal agencies have agreed to develop a Mobility Choice Blueprint—a coordinated strategic direction for the evolving mobility of metro Denver related to walking, biking, driving, ride hailing and transit.

MOBILITY CHOICE BLUEPRINT FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS

MOBILITYCHOICEBLUEPRINT.COM

Attachment A - Mobility Choice Blueprint

What will the Blueprint address?Representatives from public and private sectors are collaborating to develop a 15-year strategy — a Blueprint — to efficiently incorporate technology into our multimodal transportation network to improve equitable access, connectivity and reliability throughout metro Denver.

THIS PROCESS WILL:

• Analyze travel trends and technologies in the Denver metro area

• Explore and evaluate different combinations and types of technologies and how they increase mobility

• Find ways that regional public agencies and the private sector can work together to fund and implement technologies

• Align transportation investments of multiple public agencies strategically

• Get ideas from local residents and organizations about how technology can help create a livable community

IMPLEMENTATION VISION FOR THE DENVER METRO AREA

Who will inform the Blueprint?The creation of the Blueprint involves extensive outreach to the general public to understand what is important to individuals about transportation and lifestyle needs related to technology. Ideas gained from one-on-one conversations will be supplemented by those submitted through social media sites, online public meetings and electronic surveys.

Global thought leaders and local technical experts will also provide insights into how technology from around the world is influencing mobility here in the Denver metro area.

TECHNOLOGY LIVABLE

COMMUNITY

MOBILITY

TECHNOLOGY

On Demand Shared| | | |Electric ConnectedDriverless

Policy Funding| | Program / Implementation

LIVABLE COMMUNITY

Health & Wellness Social Equity| | |Environmental Urban Form

MOBILITY

Creating a Mobility Vision

Attachment A - Mobility Choice Blueprint

What will define the Blueprint?Arriving at a comprehensive Blueprint will mean analyzing several new multimodal technologies and assessing different ways to make them available to the public. Multiple scenarios will be evaluated and tested based on what the community and the thought leaders have said is important about the future of mobility.

What will the Blueprint contain?The final Blueprint will set the vision and contain strategies for local agencies to implement cutting-edge technology that promotes mobility and supports livable communities. It will also have recommendations for agency policy and program changes, as well as options for pilot projects that can be funded and tested by transportation agencies in partnership with the private sector.

Access to Jobs Improved Air Quality

Reduced Congestion Travel Reliability & Safety

Multimodal Choices Bike / Pedestrian Proximity

Get Involved & Learn MoreMOBILITYCHOICEBLUEPRINT.COM

Attachment A - Mobility Choice Blueprint

Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint

WHY ARE WE HERE?

Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint

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RAPIDLY CHANGING TRENDS

Denver population and

regional transit ridership

Denver region weekday

vehicle miles traveled per capita

Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint

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TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

Enabling Technologies

• Fiber Optics

• High-Speed Cellular

• Computer processing power (Artificial Intelligence)

Safety

• Connected vehicles

• Self-Driving Vehicles

• Pedestrian Warning System

Monitoring and Detection

• Radar

• Lidar

• Cameras

• AI Image Processing

• RFID

Operational Optimization

• Managed Lanes

• Transit Signal Priority

• Adaptive Signal Harmonization

• Microtransit

• Platooning

Mode/Travel Demand Change

• Ridesharing

• Dynamic Tolling

• Bike Sharing

Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint

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OUR MOBILITY FUTUREAs a unified metropolitan region, how might we enable more accessible

and effective transportation mobility choices to enhance the quality of our

social, cultural, and economic life now and in the future?

Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint

HOW ARE WE PLANNING FOR OUR

MOBILITY FUTURE?

Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint

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UNIFIED VISION

A partnership of public and private organizations

focused on changing how we move – and making the

Denver metro area a better place to work and live.

Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint

WHAT IS THE MOBILITY CHOICE

BLUEPRINT?

Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint

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A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY

How to best invest in and

incorporate the rapidly

changing technology that is

revolutionizing transportation

mobility options into

implementable policies,

programs, and projects.

Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint

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WHAT WILL THE BLUEPRINT ADDRESS?This process will:

Analyze travel trends and technologies in the Denver metro area

Get ideas from local residents and organizations about how technology can help create a livable community

Explore & evaluate different combinations and types of technologies and how they

increase mobility

Find ways that regional public agencies and the private sector can work together to fund and implement technologies

Align transportation investments of multiple public agencies strategically

Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint

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STRATEGY COMPONENTS

Technology

Transformation

MobilityLivable

Community

Technology Transformation

• On Demand

• Shared

• Electric

• Driverless

• Connected

Livable Community

• Health and Wellness

• Social Equity

• Environmental

• Urban Form

• Economic Vitality

Mobility

• Policy

• Programs

• Pilot Projects

• Funding

Successful

Implementation

Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint

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WHAT WILL DEFINE THE BLUEPRINT?A comprehensive Blueprint will mean analyzing several new multimodal technologies and assessing different ways to make them available to the public. Multiple scenarios will be evaluated and tested based on what the community and the thought leaders have said is important about the future of mobility.

Access to More Things

Travel Options

Congestion

Air Quality

Proximity to Transit & Bike/Ped Options

Travel Reliability

Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint

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STUDY SCHEDULE OVERVIEWAttachment B - Mobility

Choice Blueprint

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PUBLIC OUTREACH UNDERWAY!

Which Mile High Traveler

Are You?

Take the first online quiz today to help us shape the future of mobility in the

Denver Metro Area

#MileHighMobility

www.mobilitychoiceblueprintquiz.com

Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint

WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS FOR

THE BLUEPRINT?

Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint

Identifying potential for efficient technology-leveraged

investments

Pilot projects with private sector partners and continued

participation of the business

community

Collaboration of CDOT, RTD, and DRCOG policies, programs,

and transportation investments

Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint

WHERE ARE WE NOW?

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• Technology Readiness Self-Assessments

• Technology assessment/gap analysis for

Denver Region and Comparison Cities

• Literature review to identify potential scenario

inputs for technology adoption

TECHNOLOGY UPDATE AND STATUSAttachment B - Mobility

Choice Blueprint

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Baseline forecast (year 2030) reflecting the

probable changes without policy intervention

Compilation of Denver region agency policies

and programs

Review of select peer cities policies and

programs

Issues identification and vision/problem

statement

MOBILITY UPDATE AND STATUSAttachment B - Mobility

Choice Blueprint

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Digital engagement underway

Analysis of ethnography interviews

Selection of Global Thought Leaders

Metro Ambassador outreach kick-off

COMMUNITY UPDATE AND STATUSAttachment B - Mobility

Choice Blueprint

Thank YouQuestions?

Attachment B - Mobility Choice Blueprint