TRANSPORTATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT To develop a balanced, mixed-use community that focuses on innovation and integration of people and their environments
Longevity
Integration
Mobility Interconnected Nodes Pedestrian Walkability Network
Resources
Safe Connections Mixed-Use
GOALS: TRANSPORTATION
CATA System
2009
2009 2013
2009
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION USE INCREASED BY
WALKING/BIKING DECREASED BY
5.1%
22 51115 53 31
785
State College Borough
5,404
1,207 Car
832 6,355
Patton Township
328 5,852
8
0 80
10 8
Harris Township
1,846
CATABus Ridership 7,107,800 CATARide Ridership 37,204 CATACommute Ridership 2,222 121 348 174 53 145
8 262
10 87 785 Ferguson 832
212
Halfmoon Township
Township
1,278
4
2
551 5,852
5
# Bus Stop & Number of Lines
Usage: Previous Year
3,665,192
3,625,569
College Township
3,445
Community Service
Campus Service
+9.1%
860
Carpool
3
2
Most-Used Routes VE 690,479 V 484,100 R 447,740
23.4%
10 8 262 87
2
4
Service Area 135 sq miles
2009 2013 2009
800 60 407
Adjacencies: 7 Stops
Campus Service 4 loops/links
2013
2013
Buses: Site Scale
Community Lines 23 routes
Centre Region: Work Commute Transportation 2013 2009
Commercial Centers Reuse Revitalization
CURRENT NETWORK
Promote safe travel via multiple, interconnected modes of transportation, while especially promoting pedestrian and bicycle facilities.
2013
Efficiency
Public
Walk
Bike
Motorcycle/other
Work At Home
Policy 3.2.2 Encourage the expansion of transit services, ridesharing, and modes of transportation other than single-occupant automobiles to reduce the impact of greenhouse gasses.
WALKABILITY POTENTIAL
Bicycle Trails: Regional Scale Shared Use Path Bike Lane Bike Route BicyclePA G Route
Neighborhood Scale
Regional Traffic Signals
21.9 MILES 8.4 MILES 6.2 MILES 16.3 MILES
Site
49 2012 BRONZE LEVEL BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY
1990
L 0
1
2
71 2000
Superstore
99 Perceived safety, such as traffic signals and crosswalks, enhances walkability.
Restaurant Other
10 min walk
Trader Joe’s Plaza .2 miles
50
North Atherton Site
2010
West Aaron Drive Center .6 mile
Destinations within 1/4 mile encourage walkability. Current conditions reflect strong points of destination for a proposed community.
TOP EMPLOYERS Of the Top 20 Employers in Centre County, 12 are located within Centre Region
7 4 8 5
10
45
1
40
3 11
35 30
Pennsylvania State University
2
Mount Nittany Medical Center
State College Area School District Glenn O Hawbaker Inc 5 Wal-Mart 4
6 12
20
1
3
29
25 15
03
10 20 09 20 08 20 07 20 06 20 05 20 04 20
20
10
Residential
Walmart .3 miles
3 miles
Allow for a diversity of employment opportunities and economic generators that support and sustain the Centre Region, while encouraging revitalization of underutilized properties. Centre Region Pennsylvania Commercial Permits
1
Grocery
5 min walk
GOALS: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ranked first in the Northeast for corporate growth
Retail
The Colonnade .5 miles
Policy 2.1.4 Develop a continuous, interconnected network of bicycle and pedestrian facilities, of all types (designated, on-road, off-road) that can be implemented in phases, linking neighborhoods, schools, parks, open space, and commercial and employment centers.
st
-3.4%
Policy 1.1.1 Existing resources such as available land, existing infrastructure, and Beneficial Reuse water, should be used to market the Centre Region to high-tech and environmentally conscious companies
6
Weis Markets
7
Geisinger Clinic
8
Wegmans Market
9
Mount Nittany Medical Center Health Services Shaner Operating Corp
10
L 0
COUNTY EMPLOYMENT
1
2
3 miles
11
Accu Weather Inc
12
YMCA of Centre County
CENTRE REGION
By Industry
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation and food services Educational services, and health care and social assistance Manufacturing
Halfmoon Township
Wholesale trade Retail trade Transportation and warehousing, and utilities Information Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services Other services, except public administration
72,760
total employees
Number of Workers
$
Construction
Ferguson Township
State College College Borough Township
Harris Township
1,596
7,930
9,275
15,095
4,832
2,448
$118,852
$75,546
$82,852
$47,515
$90,315
$100,565
25.1 min
17.4 min
16 min
15.5 min
14.6 min
18.5 min
Average Salary
Public Administration Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining
Patton Township
11
12
1
10
2
9
3
9
4 7
6
5
Average Time to Work