Puerto Rico Re_Start - Transportation Report

International Project & Research Workshop

Puerto Rico Re_Start 2 Š

Transportation as a platform for Recovery Regional Transportation Network

Systems of Conveyance, Places of Convergence

Edited by Prof. Martha Kohen Workshop Director

Assoc. Prof. Jeff Carney Lab Director

Maria E. Barrios Workshop Coord.

Workshop Directors:

Dr. Carlos Betancourt - Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Prof. Martha Kohen - University of Florida

Workshop Coordinators: Dr. Omayra Rivera - Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Maria E. Barrios - University of Florida

Lab Director:

Assoc. Prof. Jeff Carney - University of Florida

Consultants: Hector Barriera - Architect, FEMA - PR Martha Bravo - Department of Transportation & Public Works, Puerto Rico

Rodrigo Castillo - PhD Students, Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering - UF David O. Prevatt - Ph.D., P.E., Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering - UF William Siembieda - Professor, Ph.D., AICP, College of Architecture & Environmental Design Cal Poly University

Dan Zhu - Research Associate - CHU, University of Florida Students: Rafael Lloveras-Fuentes | Victor Perez

Regional Transportation Network

Systems of Conveyance, Places of Convergence

The Proposal The lab examined the connectivity across the island, focusing in the River Basins approach, creating an inter-modal approach that proposes a grid across the island, installing on one hand effective public transportation lanes on the island circling coastal highways, intersected by the riverine valleys transversal soft modal approach of bicycles and electric carts following linear parks downstream. At the intersection of the two systems, a modal change node was created, including bus stop, parking facilities for cars, carts and bicycles. This proposal allows for the future operation of self-driving buses, electric bicycles, and more, diminishing the dependence on the individual car access to the metropolitan areas for recurring journeys, and creates along the established highways, a grafting node proposal that creates a civic and emergency hub. The proposals develop systems of conveyance to create places of convergence.

The expansion of the reach of the existing Tren Urbano was considered in the San Juan Metro Area, as the final link of the systems to the employment areas. The American Railroad is conceived as a tourist asset linking with an equipped park system, the sugar cane mills and historic centers around finite sections of the Northern and Western Coasts.

In response to traffic, sprawl, and the increasing risks to island communities resulting from climate change, this proposal effectively and dependably convey people and goods along a multi-modal transportation network, while reconnecting the hydrological function of the inland river system as it flows toward the coast. Where transportation systems bridge ecological corridors regional and local identities can emerge.

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History of Puerto Rico From an Inland to a Coastal Focus

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Modern Puerto Rico is Built on an Industrial Infrastructure for Production and Export of Sugar

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Puerto Rico has Capitalized on this Edge to Support Tourism

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Today Puerto Rico is a Densely Populated Place Primarily around the Coastal Edge

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The island’s ecology is varied and changes as the climate warms

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San Juan Region

Flooding from Sea Level Rise and Inland Rivers

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Following Hurricane Maria, How Can Transportation Support the Future of Puerto Rico?

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Mobil Society Coastal Proposal

Transportation Modes Car Dependency

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Recovery that Builds Long-term Resilience Resilient and Sustainable Future

Commitment to Resilience Rebuild / Sustain

Private and Community Investment

Population

Federal/Government Investment

Economy Tourism Ecology

Supports Local/Global Economy Responds to Changing Climate Risks Connects People and Places 15

The Island Scale Population

4 Main Metropolitan Regions: Interchange with the US mainland

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The Island Scale Economics

3 Main Economic Regions:

Connected through Infrastructure around and across the Island

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The Island Scale Tourism

Tourism Network Primarily along the Coast: Inland tourism

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The Island Scale Composite System

Concentration on the Island Loop: Contrast with the watershed transect

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The San Juan Region Proposal

Today:

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Sprawling low-density development Auto-dependence and high traffic Lack of Identity Disconnection from Environment

Eco Communities - Type A Levittown Proposal

Impacts of Climate Change:

Sea level rise will impact coastal edge Increased rain will increase river flooding

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Type A

Functional Diagrams

Systems of Conveyance, Places of Convergence:

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Give “room for the river” and “room for the sea” Transit expansion to include bike, BRT, rail, to build redundancy and choice Town centers reinvigorated as re-connected centers of identity

Rio la Plata Basin Parkway Reconnecting Dorado

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Rio la Plata Basin Parkway Reconnecting Dorado

Systems of Conveyance: Transportation Water

Places of Convergence:

Transport Interchanges

Traditional Town Centers

Identity: People, Place, History, Structure a Resilient Future

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Rio la Plata Basin Parkway Highway 22 Transit Connector

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Rio la Plata Basin Parkway Route 2 Transit Stop

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Rio la Plata Basin Parkway Basin Parkway

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