EXHIBITS Page 114 <br />• Encourage the availability and use of transportation alternatives; and <br />• Enhance livability and economic competitiveness. <br />Nodal development is consistent with the Special Transportation Area designation <br />defined in the draft OHP. The designation is intended to guide planning and management <br />decisions for state highway segments inside nodal development areas. <br />9. Nodal development supports the fundamental principles, goals, and policies of the <br />adopted Metro Plan to achieve compact urban growth, increase residential densities, and <br />encourage mixed-use developments in designated areas. The Land Use Measures <br />Strategies Document found that nodal development also supports increased use of <br />alternative modes of transportation and increased opportunities for people to live near <br />their jobs and to make shorter trips for a variety of purposes. <br />10. Based on an analysis of the Regional Travel Forecasting Model results, an overall <br />outcome of nodal development implementation will be that the percentage of person trips <br />under one mile can be increased to approximately 16.1 percent of all trips; and, on a <br />regional basis, that trip lengths will be slightly shorter in 2015 than under existing <br />conditions, due, in part, to reduced trip lengths within nodal development areas. <br />11. Based on an analysis of the Regional Travel Forecasting Model results, investments in <br />non-auto modes, particularly Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), and implementation of nodal <br />development strategies will improve transportation choices by helping to increase the <br />percentage of non-auto trips from 14.4 percent to 17.0 percent by the year 2015. <br />Increases in the percentage of households and workers with access to ten-minute transit <br />service will result in a 49 percent increase in the percent of trips taken by bus. <br />12. The Market Demand Study for Nodal Development (ECONorthwest and Leland <br />Consulting Group, 1996) recommended that the public strategy for nodal development <br />should be flexible and opportunistic and include use of financial incentives, targeted <br />infrastructure investments, public-private partnerships, and an inviting administrative <br />atmosphere. <br />13. During the public review of the nodal development strategy, many comments were <br />received that identified the need for incentives for developers, builders, property owners, <br />and neighborhoods to ensure that nodal developments would be built consistent with <br />design guidelines. The type of support and incentives suggested ranged from public <br />investments in infrastructure to technical assistance and economic incentives. <br />Policies <br />F.1 Apply the nodal development strategy in areas selected by each jurisdiction that have <br />identified potential for this type of transportation-efficient land use pattern. 13 <br />13 See Glossary for the definition of nodal development. <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 677 <br />