An Assessment Of Downtown Syracuse

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Total Pages : 62 pages
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Download or read book Feasibility Assessment of Sustainable Transportation (FAST): Syracuse written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project assessed the feasibility of developing, implementing, growing, and promoting three urban mobility systems for the City of Syracuse: (1) human-powered mobility through enhancing the ability to walk and bike, (2) shared economy through car and bike sharing, and (3) better integration of public transportation services. The approach examined the social perspectives of residents regarding alternative transportation using an online survey, three focus groups, and five stakeholder interviews. Analysis of feedback confirmed automobile dependency behaviors and indicated that there w as a desire for alternative transportation, including walking, biking, and use of bike and car sharing. The primary obstacles to the adoption of sustainable mobility from a societal standpoint are safety concerns, lack of sustainability culture and awareness, infrastructural challenges, perceptions of challenges for flexibility in time management, and preferences for travel using personal vehicles. This report discusses these findings and presents respondent-based solutions for building, maintaining,and upgrading infrastructure; developing educational programs for safety awareness; and shifting policy focus areas to support alternative transport. The solutions focus on opportunities to encourage sustainable transportation at three scales: (1) within the “Convention District” in downtown Syracuse, (2) between “innovation nodes” within the city, and (3) for regional commuters outside the city into and out of the Convention District. In addition, the report discusses opportunities to leverage the forthcoming replacement of the 1.4-mile elevated I-81 viaduct that currently defines the eastern boundary of downtown Syracuse in ways that would encourage increased walking and biking, increased use of bike and car sharing, and increased use of public transportation throughout the city and beyond. Future work could replicate methods of the study in other mid-sized U.S. cities as well as develop the investigation methods to suit other communities’ socio-economic experience.