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Future-Ready Cities – Planning for Broadband ERIC FREDERICK, AICP, LEED AP

V ICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, CONNECTED NATION

Planners love to plan…everything

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travel demand bridges

bike paths

workforce development open space water main replacement

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Yet why is there never a picture of a planner like…


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and the new fiber route will

cross the highway, here.

getting planners

involved with broadband

Context Connected Nation, non-profit dedicated to expanding broadband access, adoption, and use. Core competencies include: Network mapping, validation, and analysis Residential and business adoption research Local, state, and national policy analysis and

capacity building Worked in 14 states during the State Broadband

Initiative (SBI) funded by the Dept. of Commerce

Community technology planning Connected Community Engagement Program (Connected)

Established and field validated effort to facilitate the expansion of broadband and technology at a local level

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Communities actively engaged across Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Nevada, South Carolina, Texas, Iowa, and Pennsylvania. Local technology action plans created


Access The physical connection to high-

speed infrastructure

Adoption Recognizing the value of

broadband and subscribing either at home, work, or via public

institutions

Use Skills and applications to leverage

technology to improve quality of life and community/economic

development

Data-driven community technology planning

Basic planning process Engage and listen Gather data Synthesize/ find the gaps Plan accordingly

Comprehensive plan data Census information (age, income, mobility,

educational attainment, etc. Land use patterns Traffic counts Infrastructure availability (water, sewer,

transportation, etc.) Natural features (vegetation, slope,

impervious surface, etc.)

Planners are Facilitators Public input specialists Data nerds (most of the

time)


Data-driven community technology planning

While data on broadband/technology access, adoption, and use isn’t always readily available, conducting surveys and using non-traditional data sources can provide a snapshot of your community


Why? Small businesses using social media weekly are 3x more likely to have recently hired and hired for more positions than businesses that don’t use social media.

Small businesses with websites have higher annual revenues and are more likely to have recently hired than those without websites.

Small businesses with faster internet connections tend to have higher annual revenues that those with slower connections.

Businesses with faster connections have a higher share of employees with advanced tech. skills than those with slower internet speeds.

As digital literacy increases, so too does digital interaction btw. residents and local businesses and local government.

Residents who do not telework typically have incomes that are 75% of that earned by those who telework with some frequency.


Straight from the planner’s mouth Why did you get involved with broadband planning?

What planning-related skills are most useful?

What are some of the challenges you faced?

What advice do you have for other planners?

“As a regional planning organization this issue is right in our wheelhouse…I would compare it to the challenge of regional public

transportation.”

“The ability to design a robust process…inclusiveness and stakeholder engagement is hugely important. Planners understand

how infrastructure fits into community-building.”

“Managing misinformation, and education is necessary so that Planning Commissioners realize the importance of broadband to our

rural areas.”

“Educate yourself. Know the laws which apply to broadband providers. Work hard to bring the service providers together with local governments, businesses, schools, libraries, and any others

interested in broadband for their community.”


Story time Ogemaw County, MI • Rural area of central Michigan • Trouble getting rural areas

connected • County economic

development corporation undertaking project to locate and map vertical assets in rural areas as a means to expand wireless internet

• Looking to catalog agricultural assets including elevators, silos, water towers, etc.

Washtenaw and Jackson Cos., MI • Rural townships and

neighborhoods struggled with high demand, but no infrastructure expansion

• Formed a non-profit organization to work to expand broadband access

• Conducted surveys to aggregate demand and identify barriers

• 92% of those surveyed wanted more choices

• Want to construct fiber network and lease to a carrier for operation

Harbor Springs, MI (HarborActive) • Rural, dispersed, and often

seasonal population • Wants to improve the digital

literacy of the community • Developed their own training

program to train groups of all types on the latest technology including social media, tablets, website development, etc.

• Wine and Web (most popular)

West Central, MI • Rural area with a need to

expand economic development

• Instead of focusing on attracting new businesses, programs aimed at retaining, growing, and sustaining those already in the community

• MichiganWorks office conducting training programs to get more businesses online with social media and websites


1. Get to know your local/county broadband providers

2. Incorporate broadband data in your local or regional Geographic Information System

3. Coordinate and/or help promote technology training events with local libraries, schools, economic development entities, and others

4. Review local regulations and consider amending barriers to broadband deployment (e.g. towers, colocation, ROW, microtrenching, conduit, fees, permits, etc.)

5. Include broadband access as part of

the site plan review process 6. Review the use of technology by the

local government and consider improving online access to services and information

7. Utilize social media, email, and electronic voting; be a digital example

8. Start a local broadband planning effort or participate in efforts taking place across the state

9. Conduct a vertical asset inventory 10. Coordinate with other community

entities that may own infrastructure 11. Think "big-picture" and long term

What you can do


In summary

Why: broadband is a critical

component in a community's ability to increase quality

of life

Issues: funding, momentum, education,

understanding, implementation

How: engagement, inclusiveness,

consensus building, data gathering,

facilitation, convening, partnering

Advice: seek collaboration and diversity, educate yourself, know your

providers, find neutral advocates

and experts

“Broadband is a very different animal compared to land use planning, zoning and/ or community development, it is not for the faint of heart, you will take many steps blindly but in the end, I believe our efforts were both necessary and successful in order to move the needle on broadband accessibility and availability in our region.”


Questions? ERIC FREDERICK, AICP, LEED AP

V ICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, CONNECTED NATION


cooperativelast mile broadband

Greta Byrum, DirectorResilient CommunitiesNew America@gretabyrum

BTOP Keyspots in Philly

● Health● Housing● Education and literacy● Workforce● Youth● Media and Community● Advocacy

BTOP Success: Community-Embedded Broadband

Detroit Digital Justice Coalition

A diverse coalition of organizers leveraging technology to address community goals

● Environmental justice● Food justice● Arts and Media● Entrepreneurship


digital inclusiondigital equitydigital justice

~ meaningful ~ broadband adoption


can we use local broadband to build

community?

* The Detroit Digital Justice Coalition

accessparticipationcommon ownershiphealthy communities

Detroit Digital Justice Coalition Principles

municipal

community isp

public-private

Organizing for Wireless

cooperative purchasing power

Organizing for Wireless

community-led mesh networks

Opening the Black Box

Superstorm Sandy (2012)

hud cdbg-dr

nyc economic dev’t corp

Resilient Networks NYC

Network Design

Designing for Resilience

6 neighborhood networks in Sandy-impacted areas

multi-level partnership (fed + city + local)

● resilience ● seed funding ● tech training● broadband access


Silicon HarlemEast Harlem

Project HospitalityMidland Beach, SI

The Point CDCHunts Point

Kings Bay YSheepshead Bay

RDRCFar Rockaway

Fifth Avenue Committee

Gowanus



Hunts Point, South Bronx

Map: NYCEDC




The Point CDC


Digital Stewardship

If we build with and invest in what is already working in a community, our resiliency efforts will build capacity, add value, and contribute to long-term stability and equity.

Community Resiliency Hypothesis

● emergency information ● mutual aid● AQ testing● tech training platform● education + jobs● apps & services● arts + economic dev’t


We use technology to build participatory governance structures that equalize the flow of resources and knowledge to those that have been economically and politically marginalized.

We intentionally plan for long-term flexibility, adapting to the evolution of technologies and community needs.

Network Principles

MODELS FOR BROADBAND NETWORKS

Prepared for: American Planning Association

National Planning Conference New York City

2017

SESSION OBJECTIVES • Review broadband deployment models

• Evaluate broadband deployment alternatives • Review case studies for broadband deployment

ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL

PLANNING PROCESS

Action Plan Business Plan Engineering Financials

Evaluate Alternatives Costs Organizational Capacity Risks

Vision Goals Objectives Priorities

Needs Assessment Issues Inventory Assets Applications Resources

Engage Stakeholders Survey Community Meetings/Interviews Task force

INVOLVE ALL STAKEHOLDERS • Broadband Providers • City, county, regional governments • Economic Development • Education (Local schools & higher ed) • Health Care • Libraries – community organizations • Public Safety • Technology Companies & Professionals • Large Employers – Business Clusters • Downtown • Developers (Residential & Commercial) • Utilities (Water, Sewer, Power, ….)

NEEDS ASSESSMENT

Connectivity – Access to reliable broadband

Capacity – Bandwidth & speed

Cost – Affordable – Compare with other areas

Choice – Mobility – Redundancy

Community – Anchor Inst. & Digital Divide

Market + Applications + Issues + Resources

BUSINESS MODELS

Private Provider

Municipal Utility

Community Open Access Networks

PRIVATE PROVIDER MODEL • Private provider owns and operates networks.

• End users contract or purchase service from provider

• Maximize Return on Investment (ROI)

• Aggregate Demand

• Financial Incentives

• Low-interest loans

• Increase customer base – Digital Literacy

• Marketing – Share GIS Data

• Dig Once – Joint Trenching Policies

• Reduce fees

• Streamline permitting

• Lease towers, conduits

• Co-Location sites

• Share costs for studies/engineering

• Grants for construction

PRIVATE PROVIDER STRATEGIES

Reduce Cost Enhance Revenue

AGGREGATE DEMAND MODEL Leverages the collective purchasing power of its participants to enable the purchase of advanced network services at a lower cost. Work with anchor tenants. (AKA – Commodity Internet Purchasing)

CASE STUDY - RFI

• 7,000 Population • Before service was 1.5 to 3 mbps DSL • Incumbent was Frontier Telephone • Issued RFI – Farmer’s Mutual Telephone Coop

responded • County & FMTC shared cost of feasibility study in 2010 • Fiber network completed in 2013 funded thru grants

(BTOP) & low interest loan from the County

CASE STUDY – GOOGLE FIBER

MUNICIPAL UTILITY MODEL • Municipal utility owns and operates networks.

• End users purchase service directly from utility

• ROI – May be longer pay-off

• Cost savings to municipality

MUNICIPAL UTILITY MODEL • Multiple funding sources

• Public Benefit

• User fees • Revenue Bonds/General Obligation Bonds • TIF – SIDs • Grants • Existing telecom budget

• Public Safety • Economic Development • Digital Divide • Cost Efficiencies • Smart City Technology (Smart Grid, smart water, smart transportation ….)

CASE STUDY – CHATANOOGA, TN

MUNICIPAL UTILITY NETWORKS

Source: http://www.muninetworks.org/

http://www.muninetworks.org/

COMMUNITY NETWORK MODEL – OPEN ACCESS

• Public Entity owns and operates networks.

• Sells wholesale services to private

• Longer ROI (30-year)

• Multiple funding sources

• Public Benefit

BOZEMAN, MT – OPEN ACCESS NETWORK • Feasibility Study funded by City, Economic Dev. Agency, grants

& community contributions • Formed non-profit to build network & provide oversight • Private contractor operates network • Finance by local bank based on project financials & long term

contracts with school/hospital • Phase 1 Completed – Five providers offering services over

network http://bozemanfiber.com

LESSONS LEARNED • Solid Financials – Return on Investment

• Develop in Phases - Initial phase as pilot to learn what works

• Deploy first to areas of high demand to generate revenue

• Marketing

• Incumbent may lower rates to retain customers

• Build-out may take longer than anticipate

• Community support is important

Resources: www.fcc.gov/general/broadband-deployment-data-fcc-form-477

www.ntia.doc.gov/data/digital-nation-data-explorer#sel=computerAtHome&disp=map www.ntia.doc.gov/category/broadband www.fiberbroadband.org/ www.gig-u.org/ www.muninetworks.org

FOR MORE INFO:

Kate McMahon Applied Communications

[email protected] 406-863-9255

mailto:[email protected]

Karen Rosenberger, PP, AICP, Grants Compliance Manager North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority

MPO Perspective

May 9, 2017

Funding Broadband in the City of the Future

MPOs in the Tri-State Metro Region

NJTPA Overview

Road Network – 147 million vehicles each day – 2,600 miles of roads – 4,900 bridges

Transit Network – 732,000 trips daily – 13% of commuters ride transit – 250 bus routes – Commuter rail: 390 miles of track; 150 stations

MPO Broadband Planning Initiatives

Transit Management

Electronic Payment

Traveler Information

Future City Efforts in the NJTPA Region

• Smart Cities & Transportation Symposium

• ITS Corridors • DOT Traffic Alerts & Map

My Bus • MAP Forum • Positive Train Control

Kenneth Leonard Director, USDOT Intelligent

Transportation Systems Program Office

• Stakeholder Outreach: Plan 2045 Online Survey – Covers resiliency and

technology • Resiliency,

Sustainability & Security Planning

• GIS-based Planning Tools & Products

Future City Efforts in the NJTPA Region

Path to Funding Broadband

• Create a Committee • Engage the Community • Identify Demand • Mapping and Topography • Understand Technology • Understand ROW, “Dig

Once Policy” • Build on Your Online

Platform

Funding & Partnerships

• Start Local & Think Regionally • Federal Grants •Non-profit Partners • Innovative Partnerships & Financing Models • Public Private Partnerships •MPO Self-Funded

Key “C’s” for Success

• Compliance

• Collaboration

• Communication

• Construction

One Newark Center, 17th Floor

Newark, NJ 07102 (973) 639-8400 www.njtpa.org

Thank You Karen Rosenberger, PP, AICP Grants Compliance Manager

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