Summary of the 2012 RTA Leadership Briefing and Tour: Transit in Cleveland and Pittsburgh

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1 Revised April 20, 2012 Summary of the 2012 RTA Leadership Briefing and Tour: Transit in Cleveland and Pittsburgh Saturday, April 21 Monday, April 23, 2012 Overall tour sponsor: Forest City Enterprises, Incorporated Saturday, April 21 2:15p - Overview of Transit in Cleveland - Joe Calabrese, CEO, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) - Michael Schipper, Deputy GM, Engineering & Project Management, GCRTA - Valarie J. McCall, Chief of Government Affairs, City of Cleveland 3:30p - Tour of HealthLine bus rapid transit (BRT) system Healthline tour sponsor: CDM Smith - Joe Calabrese - Michael Schipper - Chris Ronayne, President, University Circle Inc. - Jim Haviland, Executive Director, Midtown Cleveland - Joseph Marinucci, President and CEO, Downtown Cleveland Alliance 5p - Tour of Tower City Transit-Oriented Development - James Richardson, Senior Vice President, Forest City Real Estate Services - Lisa Kreiger, General Manager, Forest City Real Estate Services Evening Dinner and Discussion of the Cleveland, OH and Nashville, TN transit experiences Evening dinner sponsor: Lenovo - Joe Calabrese - Bob Baulsir, General Manager of Admin., Metropolitan Transit Authority, Nashville, TN - Laura Baulsir, General Manager, Regional Transportation Authority, Nashville, TN Sunday, April 22 10a - Travel from Cleveland to Pittsburgh via executive coach Executive coach sponsor: Lenovo 1:15p - Tour Pittsburgh Port Authority light rail transit T system, South Busway and East Busway - David Wohlwill, Program Manager, Longer Range Planning, Port Authority 2:45p - Tour of Eastside transit-oriented development in East Liberty area - David Wohlwill - Ken Zapinski, Sr. Vice President, Allegheny Conference on Community Development - Shusheela Nemani-Stanger, Development Manager, Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh 3:15p - Tour of new Northshore Connector light rail and stations - Chuck Rompala, Assistant Manager, Road Operations Department, Port Authority - David Wohlwill 6p - Welcome Reception: Tour of Pittsburgh-area Rivers - David Wohlwill and Chuck Rompala Optional tour: Monongahela Incline railway to Mt. Washington - Chuck Rompala and David Wohlwill Monday, April 23 7:30a - Breakfast session - Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane - Durham Mayor Bill Bell 8:30a - Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) panel focus on East Liberty area - Steve Bland, CEO, Port Authority - Robert Rubinstein, Dir. of Economic Development, Urban Redevelopment Authority - Mark Minnerly, Director of Real Estate Development, The Mosites Company 10:15a - Tour of West Busway en route to PIT Airport

2 2012 RTA Leadership Briefing and Tour: Transit in Cleveland and Pittsburgh Saturday, April 21 Monday, April 23, 2012 Presented by: 0

3 Regional Transportation Alliance 2012 Leadership Briefing and Tour: Transit in Cleveland and Pittsburgh Saturday, April 21 Monday, April 23, 2012 WORKING AGENDA Saturday, April 21, 2012 Cleveland SEE ITEM A ON THE LAST PAGE OF THIS AGENDA FOR DEPARTURE FLIGHT EXAMPLES 1:45 p.m. Reserved shuttle from CLE Airport to Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority : - This (optional) shuttle will provide direct service from the Airport to our first session - Luggage will be dropped-off for you at the Hyatt Regency hotel 2:15 p.m. Overview of Transit in Cleveland - Joe Calabrese, CEO, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) - Michael Schipper, Deputy GM, Engineering & Project Management, GCRTA - Valarie J. McCall, Chief of Government Affairs, City of Cleveland > GCRTA Headquarters, 1240 West 6th Street, Downtown Cleveland - GCRTA rapid transit consists of two light rail lines, one heavy rail, and one on-street bus rapid transit (BRT) called the HealthLine - GCRTA also has two trolley -style downtown circulator buses, and dozens of connecting bus routes in its backbone bus system - GCRTA was named best public transit system in North America in :15 p.m. Tour of HealthLine bus rapid transit (BRT) system serving the Euclid Avenue corridor - Joe Calabrese, CEO, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) - Michael Schipper, Deputy GM, Engineering & Project Management, GCRTA - Chris Ronayne, President, University Circle Inc. - Jim Haviland, Executive Director, Midtown Cleveland - Joseph Marinucci, President and CEO, Downtown Cleveland Alliance - HealthLine: 6.8-miles, 30+ stations, connects Downtown, Midtown, E. Cleveland - Serves destination areas including University Circle the largest concentration of educational, medical, and cultural institutions within one square mile in the USA - Approximately $4 billion in economic development in place or in process along Euclid (1, 2, 3, 4) - HealthLine received an Urban Land Institute (ULI) 2011 award of excellence - The HealthLine BRT, two light rail lines, and one heavy rapid rail line, all serve the Public Square/Tower City area in Downtown Cleveland - The HealthLine leaves every 15 minutes on Saturdays, with Public Square departure times (Euclid/Ontario) at 0:00, 0:15, 0:30, 0:45 - We expect to take the HealthLine eastbound for part or all of the length, exit the bus, and then take the Healthline westbound to return to Downtown 1

4 Saturday, April 21, 2012 (continued) 5 p.m. +/- Tour of Tower City Transit-Oriented Development - James Richardson, Senior Vice President, Forest City Real Estate Services - Lisa Kreiger, General Manager, Forest City Real Estate Services - Tower City serves as the central hub of the rail transit system adjacent to the west terminus of the HealthLine at Public Square - Tower City is a mixed-use development in Downtown Cleveland that converted the former Cleveland Union Terminal railroad terminal building into a shopping center with renovated or constructed additional land uses nearby - The space includes 100 shops, two hotels, multiple restaurants including a Hard Rock Café, and a pedestrian walkway to downtown sports arenas Group dinner Discussion of the Cleveland, OH and Nashville, TN transit experiences - Joe Calabrese, CEO, GCRTA will join us for dinner - Laura Baulsir, GM, Regional Transportation Authority, Nashville, TN - Bob Baulsir, GM of Administration, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Nashville, TN LOGISTICAL NOTE - Chinato restaurant is located adjacent to the Euclid corridor and served by the HealthLine Evening Free time in Cleveland : There are several options for you to enjoy your evening free time in Cleveland, all walkable from our hotel or very close-by. These include: - The East 4 th Street dining and entertainment area near the hotel - Playhouse Square the largest performing arts complex in the US outside of Lincoln Center in New York City has at least five different performances at various theatres in the complex scheduled for 7:30 p.m. or later this evening - A Cleveland Gladiators Arena Football game at Quicken Loans Arena (the Q ) against the Jacksonville, FL Sharks, the defending Arena Bowl champions - As you plan your evening free time activities, please note that we will leave at 10 a.m. on Sunday morning in front of the Cleveland Hyatt hotel for Pittsburgh Head to the Hyatt hotel at your leisure > Hyatt Regency Cleveland at the Arcade, 420 E Superior Avenue, Cleveland 2

5 Sunday, April 22, 2012 Cleveland and Pittsburgh Morning By 10 a.m. Free time in Cleveland - Breakfast is served beginning at 6 a.m. at the 1890 Restaurant at the hotel - Breakfast is included with your stay. Please charge your entrée and beverage to your hotel room - See Item B on the last page of the agenda re morning worship services - Please check out of the hotel by 9:45 a.m. to be ready for our 10am departure Group boards reserved executive coach in front of Hyatt lobby for Pittsburgh 12:30 p.m. Arrive at Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel - Luggage will be dropped off at the hotel, 107 Sixth Street, Downtown Pittsburgh - Arrival time is approximate 1:10 p.m. Depart hotel for tour of selected Pittsburgh transit facilities - Walk from hotel lobby to Gateway Center light rail subway station - The station entrance is located at the corner of Stanwix and Liberty, around a five minute walk from hotel 1:25 p.m. Begin tour of Port Authority light rail transit T system to South Hills - David Wohlwill, Program Manager, Longer Range Planning, Port Authority - We will view five different forms of light rail from Downtown to the South Hills area - Subway, on-bridge, shared light rail/bus transitway, exclusive at-grade, streetcar - We must board a Red line light rail train via Beechview - Our Red line train departs Gateway Center station at 1:27 pm 1:43 p.m. Brief tour of Potomac Station in Dormont area for light rail transit T - South Hills communities of Pittsburgh are older, established, predominantly residential neighborhoods developed along the rail lines - Potomac Station has elements of a 1920s-era "streetcar suburb," with one transitoriented development (TOD) in place and is the site for a proposed second TOD - We will have a few minutes to view the area around an inner suburban station - We will then board a Downtown-bound Red line train at approximately 2 pm 2:05 p.m. Continue travel on Red line back towards Downtown via Beechview 3

6 Sunday, April 22, 2012 (continued) 2:15 p.m. Tour portions of Port Authority South Busway and East Busway - David Wohlwill, Program Manager, Longer Range Planning, Port Authority - We will travel on two of the three bus rapid transit (BRT) busways in Pittsburgh - The South Busway parallels the Blue line (light rail) - The East Busway parallels an existing freight railroad - These busways are in exclusive, fully grade-separated guideways - Bus routes that use all or a portion of a busway begin with the letter corresponding to the busway color designation - We will travel via Yellow and Purple lines (South and East busways, respectively) - We will exit the light rail at South Hills Junction and board a reserved bus 2:45 p.m. Brief tour of Eastside transit-oriented development in East Liberty area - David Wohlwill, Program Manager, Longer Range Planning, Port Authority - Ken Zapinski, Sr. Vice President, Energy & Infrastructure, Allegheny Conference - Shusheela Nemani-Stanger, Dev. Manager, Urban Redevelopment Authority - The first phase of the Eastside redevelopment was completed 10 years ago with the opening of a Whole Foods Market. The second phase opened in A Target store opened in 2011, the first Target in the nation with windows - Target and Whole Foods form the east and west anchors of the development site near the station - We will have an opportunity to review the mix of both new development (Eastside) and the renovation of older existing buildings - The Eastside development was the recipient of an Urban Land Institute (ULI) 2011 award of excellence for its transformation of 14 acres of distressed land AGENDA NOTE: Note: RTA tour group members who are also participating in the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) tour will be able to join the GRCC tour session at Google at 3:15 pm. 4

7 Sunday, April 22, 2012 (continued) 3:15 p.m. +/- RTA group leaves to tour new light rail extension to North Side - Chuck Rompala, Assistant Manager, Road Operations Department, Port Authority - David Wohlwill, Program Manager, Longer Range Planning, Port Authority - The opening of the North Shore Extension of the Pittsburgh light rail system occurs less than one month prior to our visit - The $523m project is 1.2 miles long, including a tunnel under the Allegheny River - Funding breakdown is approx. 80% federal, 17% state, 3% county - Provides access to PNC Park, Heinz Field, and other North Shore destinations - Private sector partners have underwritten the operating costs of the extension; ensuring that all patrons will travel free for at least three years - The Port Authority bus will return us to the Gateway light rail station - Light rail trains normally leave every 20 minutes (red line)/60 minutes (blue line); however, Sunday is a home Pirates game and more trains may be available - Our goal will be to board our return light rail trip at Allegheny station by 4:38p 5:00 p.m. Check in to Pittsburgh hotel > Renaissance Hotel Pittsburgh, 107 Sixth Street, Downtown Pittsburgh AGENDA NOTE: The entire RTA Group joins the GRCC group for the sessions from 6 pm to 8 pm 6:00 p.m. Depart for Welcome Reception: Tour of Pittsburgh-area rivers LOGISTICAL NOTE - We will meet in the Renaissance lobby to prepare to walk to the reception dock 6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception: Tour of Pittsburgh-area rivers - David Wohlwill and Chuck Rompala of the Port Authority will join us on the tour to provide additional background for RTA trip participants - Pittsburgh is the second busiest inland port in the US and the 20 th busiest port - The Gateway Clipper Fleet provides a tour of all three major rivers in the area - The Fleet celebrated its 50 th anniversary of serving the rivers in 2008 LOGISTICAL NOTE - The boat will depart at 6:30pm from a dock near the hotel - You must be on board by this time 8:00 p.m. Approximate end of tour, return to hotel AGENDA NOTES: - The following suggested items on Sunday evening are included for RTA trip participants - Times shown are approximate 5

8 Sunday, April 22, 2012 (continued) 8:30 p.m. Walk from hotel to Wood Street light rail station - Travel via light rail to the Station Square terminal of the Monongahela Incline 9:00 p.m. Visit Monongahela Incline railway to Mt. Washington - Chuck Rompala and David Wohlwill of the Port Authority will join us on the tour to provide additional background for RTA trip participants - The Monongahela Incline is located adjacent to Station Square, a former freight and passenger rail terminal that has been redeveloped into shops/restaurants - The Mon Incline is the oldest continuously operated inclined plane in the USA - The Incline has the highest fare recovery ratio of the entire Port Authority system - The view from the top has been ranked the top urban vista in the US 10:00 p.m. Return to hotel via light rail transit T 6

9 Monday, April 23, 2012 Pittsburgh AGENDA NOTE: The RTA Group rejoins the GRCC group at this time 7:15 a.m. Meet at Renaissance hotel lobby to walk to David L. Lawrence Convention Center 7:30 a.m. Breakfast session - Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane - Durham Mayor Bill Bell > at David L. Lawrence Convention Center, 1000 Ft. Duquesne Blvd, Pittsburgh - The Lawrence Convention Center was the first LEED-certified convention center in the US 8:30 a.m. Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) panel focus on East Liberty area - Steve Bland, CEO, Port Authority - Robert Rubinstein, Dir. of Econ. Development, Urban Redevelopment Authority - Mark Minnerly, Director of Real Estate Development, The Mosites Company Moderator: - Joe Milazzo II, PE, Executive Director, Regional Transportation Alliance > at David L. Lawrence Convention Center - Bland will provide an overview of the Port Authority transit system, which includes multiple light rail and busways, an inclined plane, and a backbone bus system - The speakers will speak to transit oriented development in Pittsburgh, along with perspectives on TOD along a freight railroad corridor - The Eastside development used creative financing and partnerships among community groups, government and private sector developers and retail - The redevelopment of East Liberty has been noted locally (1, 2) and nationally AGENDA NOTE: The RTA Group departs from the GRCC group at the end of the TOD panel by 10:15 a.m. Tour of West Busway en route to PIT airport - The West Busway provides a direct linkage to the Interstate System from the South Side LOGISTICAL NOTE - The bus will depart from the Convention Center at 10:15 AM - You must be on board by this time 7

10 SELECTED TRAVEL LOGISTICS and NOTES Item A. Travel from RDU Airport to CLE Airport on your own: - Please select a flight that arrives at CLE Airport at or prior to 1:15p on Saturday, April 21 st to allow sufficient time to catch the reserved shuttle - Alternatively, please arrive at our first session in Downtown Cleveland by 2:15p Some departure flight possibilities include: - US Airways 2621/3894 leaves RDU 9:15 a.m. xfer CLT arrives CLE 1:15 p.m. - Southwest 948/57 leaves RDU 7:45 a.m. xfer MDW -- arrives CLE 12:00 noon - US Airways 1086/3626 leaves RDU 7:00 a.m. xfer PHL arrives CLE 11:05 a.m. - Southwest 934/2477 leaves RDU 6:45 a.m. xfer BWI arrives CLE 9:55 a.m. - (other flight options exist) Item B. Worship services on Sunday morning in Cleveland that conclude prior to 10 am - We have been able to identify several services that commence between 7:45 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. - Some are walkable, others via HealthLine, and others a short taxi ride away - The Hyatt Hotel [216/ ] has a listing of nearby religious services - Please be sure that you have returned to the Hyatt, having completed your checkout, prior to 10 a.m. on Sunday morning Item C. Travel from PIT Airport to RDU Airport on your own: Please select any flight that leaves at or after 12 noon on Monday, April 23 rd Some return flight possibilities include: - US Airways 3541 leaves PIT 1:40 p.m. nonstop -- Arrive RDU 2:55 p.m. - Delta 4979/3056 leaves PIT 12:05 p.m. xfer CVG Arrive RDU 3:25 p.m. - US Airways 1015/975 leaves PIT 12 noon xfer CLT Arrive RDU 3:20 p.m. - Continental 4885/4958 leaves PIT 12:32 p.m. xfer EWR Arrive RDU 4:40 p.m. - (other flight options exist) Item D. RTA 2012 Leadership Briefing and Tour Staff Contacts: Joe Milazzo II w m joe@letsgetmoving.org Natalie Griffith w m natalie@letsgetmoving.org 8

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