January 2017 EID SUMMARY

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But none focus specifically on uptown / west Oakland. The
opportunity here is to support the work of Oakland 2025, the
gre...

The process has been an opportunity to bring
community members together and talk about
their hopes for the future

The strategies for uptown / west Oakland
came directly from these conversations.
(TO DATE)

This plan was built with uptown [partners, Oakland
Planning & development corporation, the city of
Pittsburgh, residents, ...

vision:
Uptown/West Oakland will reinforce Pittsburgh as a hub of innovation and
serve as a model for equitable growth, ec...

Community Goals:

PRESERVE AND
STRENGTHEN
THE EXISTING
COMMUNITY

SO WHAT ARE we trying
to accomplish?
- Protect affordability
- Create jobs for residents
- Invest in what makes the
commun...

> Work with banks to address credit issues of local residents.
> Connect residents with available housing programs.
> Moni...

TAXES
LAND
• The next assessments are in 2021 so we
have 4 years to pursue a Longtime
Owners Occupants Program (LOOP)
prog...

> We need to support weatherization and basic systems
rehabilitation for existing homes.
The other thing we can do is lowe...

Repairing or weatherizing a home requires work. As do
many of the things contained in this plan. We need to
connect reside...

> We have active artists and, due to the area’s location, a
highly visible canvas for more public art
> Perception is real...

> Create a
“chamber” of
local institutions
to coordinate
services and
responses to
local issues /
concerns like
illegal du...

ENCOURAGE
BALANCED,
EQUITABLE,
AND GREEN
DEVELOPMENT

Those that know the community best
remember when fifth avenue looked like this.

Unfortunately, fifth avenue today too often
looks like this.

What If we could replace
parking lots and the empty
land in the community with
something else?

If we encouraged new housing for all
family sizes and incomes, we could
again support local stores.
“When I was a child
th...

But today, zoning in Uptown doesn’t work. New construction
would look something like this, a lot of variances and ground
f...

So we should change the zoning to get more of what we
want. The approach is to both allow for higher densities and
protect...

The emphasis is to promote small scale infill in the
residential core and develop a mix of uses on key sites.

Imagine new uses filling space within empty and underused buildings which
will help to preserve the community’s character

Imagine new
development at
5th and
Dinwiddie that
includes a civic
plaza – one that
helps to
connect
Uptown to the
Hill Di...

What 5th and Dinwiddie looks like today

What 5th and Dinwiddie could like in the future

New infill
development
provides
housing and
space for jobs
as well as
improved
infrastructure
throughout
the
community.

And close to
the Arena,
there are
opportunities
for more
density
designed to
support more
retail services.
The potential
d...

To capture this potential, the EcoInnovation District is seeking to replace the existing zoning
with a new one – the UPTOW...

The new zoning should set both
base requirements and
performance metrics that, IF
MET, WOULD ENABLE HIGHER
DENSITIES WHERE...

A FEW SCENARIOS

DISTRICT PARKING + BATTERY STORAGE + COMBINED HEAT & POWER + BIKE
STORAGE AND BIKE SHARE + SOLAR + AIR MONITORING…
A key c...

DISTRICT PARKING + BATTERY STORAGE + COMBINED HEAT & POWER + BIKE
STORAGE AND BIKE SHARE + SOLAR + AIR MONITORING…
Here is...

If we change zoning and encourage investment, what could this mean for
Uptown / West Oakland?
TODAY
> Households: 691 tota...

PROVIDE
CHOICE IN
MOBILITY &
ACCESSIBILITY

uptown / west Oakland is dominated by car traffic resulting in
“places” like this.

RESIDENTS HAVE TALKED ABOUT ISSUES WITH
SPEEDING TRAFFIC

The result is far too many crashes, many involving pedestrians.
Note the darker blue areas – these are hotspots of crashes...

WE NEED TO INCREASE TRANSPORATION CHOICE
TO DECREASE CONGESTION
Uptown has way too many
cars passing through but
also a la...

We need to offer true choice in how to get around. If you
want to drive, you should be able to do so but if you want
to ta...

To offer choice, we have to fix the infrastructure – it’s the
only way to provide streets that are safe for children and
t...

And there is great need in the community. We need a lot of
money to address the existing infrastructure issues

A DEDICATED BUS LANE OPENS UP FUNDING WE WOULD NOT
HAVE ACCESS TO OTHERWISE TO FIX THESE ISSUES WITH OUR
STREETS AND INFRA...

SO how COULD IT WORK?
THERE ARE OPTIONS
TODAY, THE WIDTH OF BOTH
5TH AND FORBES
ENCOURAGES speeding.

BOTH OF THESE OPTIONS SHOW SPACE FOR CARS, PARKING, BUSES, BIKES AND
PEDESTRIANS. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE LOCATION OF T...

Brt rendering
Imagine streets that are safe for all, that help to reduce congestion and are
attractive for new and existin...

Brt rendering
Imagine streets that are safe for all, that help to reduce congestion and are
attractive for new and existin...

Imagine the opportunity to address severe safety issues like this – the longest
crosswalk in Pittsburgh?

Imagine creating a new plaza and improving safety for pedestrians

What it became…

…and how it evolved

Look at the license plate – you can’t make this up

For blank buildings For empty / underused lots For intersections
So what could be done? There are some ideas that can be d...

Today, the Blvd
functions like this

+- Creates large promenade
- Opportunity for landscaping
- Retains 2 driving lanes during
high traffic times
-- Expensive
...

+- Creates large promenade
- Opportunity for median
landscaping – a true
boulevard!
-- Very expensive
- Politically very
d...

The Blvd could be a very different space – one that allows passing traffic
but also offers amenities for uptown residents

Imagine transforming the Boulevard of the Allies, a highway only in Uptown,
from this…

…to this – Uptown’s Riverfront

INVEST IN
SUSTAINABLE
INFRASTRUCTURE

“Sustainable infrastructure” like addressing
stormwater runoff, flooding and energy

“More green spaces like a play ground and
place for the kids to play. They are always
outside, which is great, but have to...

Imagine energy efficient, inexpensive and resilient energy…made in the
community
Combined heat and power solar
Here are th...

> Installing high-efficiency lighting systems and controls
> LED interior lights and street lights
> Occupancy and dayligh...

With respect to stormwater, this plan follows the PWSA’s approach but also the
desires of the residents – to better manage...

Communitypark:
Tustinstreet
Civicplaza:
5th/dinwiddie
We asked
residents
about
programming,
here are some
of the ideas

This is a key opportunity – to expand and connect the Tustin Street
Tot Lot and Tustin Gardens while addressing stormwater...

Imagine if Tustin Street was a true community space – a place
where kids and their parents could meet their neighbors

Imagine if Tustin Street was a true community space – a place
where kids and their parents could meet their neighbors

Watson street near boyd
floods…a lot. What if we created
a “blue alley” to better manage
this issue but also retain parkin...

Watson street near boyd
floods…a lot. What if we created
a “blue alley” to better manage
this issue but also retain parkin...

“We absolutely need a
clear and safe
connection to the
heritage trail through
this area”

But what about a broader approach? Thinking of the hillside as a park, managing
stormwater and extending connections to th...

A major opportunity is to reconnect MLK Gardens with new trails and potentially an
extension of De Raud Street.

Extending from the Hillside, imagine if Colwell Street was a “green connector” – a trail from
the Hillside to Albert “Turk...

Extending from the Hillside, imagine if Colwell Street was a “green connector” – a trail from
the Hillside to Albert “Turk...

Down from the Hillside, imagine a “Freeway Park” under the Birmingham Bridge designed
to manage stormwater, clean the air ...

Down from the Hillside, imagine a “Freeway Park” under the Birmingham Bridge designed
to manage stormwater, clean the air ...

What is now a “moonscape” could be much different

What is now a “moonscape” could be much different

implementATION
1. Traditional community planning
Neighborhood capacity, City priorities and institutional support
2. Statu...

THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO FUND
1. ORGANIZING: business retention, administering housing programs / activities, land ac...

HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT???
> Federal, State, Local funding opportunities
• Federal resources expected to be directed to BRT a...

Pay for Success – social impact bond for
Green Infrastructure
Create mechanism to capture some of the anticipated value to...

Property Assessed Clean Energy
Financing
 Voluntary assessment on property to
pay for efficiency, renewable energy
and wa...

Carbon trading
California carbon auction – now linked with Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba
Can Pittsburgh participate on its own?

> ?
Today, a community facing a lot of challenges, some traditional and some unique

> ?
Imagine an Uptown / West Oakland that puts new technologies & design techniques to
work for the community and serves a...

> ?
Promoting EcoInnovation through technologies & design approaches

> ?
Linked to innovative financing mechanisms to capture the benefits and support some of
the capital costs

> ?
And supporting job development by linking job training for new construction technology

We are currently working on ways to ensure these things happen.
Want to learn more? Visit ecoinnovationdistrict.org

THANK YOU! > ?

January 2017 EID SUMMARY

January 2017 EID SUMMARY

January 2017 EID SUMMARY

January 2017 EID SUMMARY

January 2017 EID SUMMARY

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