3. Who is CONNECT? Policy and Planning Research and Resources Outreach, Education and Communications Special Projects Steering Committee General Membership Organizational Members Institutional Partners
4. Institutional Partners City of New Orleans City of Baton Rouge St. John the Baptist Parish New Orleans Regional Planning Commission Capital Region Planning Commission South Central Planning Commission Jefferson Parish Planning Department New Orleans Regional Transit Authority Capital Area Transit System New Orleans Office of Community Development New Orleans Legislative Delegation Capital Region Legislative Delegation Sen. Mary Landrieu’s Office LSU Law School Dr. Norman Francis, Xavier University Southern High Speed Rail Commission
5. Steering Committee Baton Rouge Advocates for Safe Streets Transport for NOLA Providence Community Housing New Orleans Citizen Participation Project New Orleans Neighborhood Development Collaborative American Planning Association, Louisiana Chapter American Society of Landscape Architects, Louisiana Chapter Baton Rouge Downtown Development District Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations Greater New Orleans Community Data Center Louisiana Realtors Association Baton Rouge Area Chamber AARP Baton Rouge Area Foundation University of New Orleans Louisiana Housing Alliance Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation Greater New Orleans Foundation
6. Organizational Members Pennington Biomedical Research Center Forum 35 Puentes New Orleans Sierra Club New Orleans Downtown Development District Urban Land Institute Equity and Inclusion Campaign Louisiana Public Transit Association Gulf Coast Housing Partnership Greater New Orleans Urban League City-Works PolicyLink Greater New Orleans Biosciences Economic Development District Baton Rouge Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Travel Tech Foundation Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center
13. Poll’s Findings: Transportation 40% 50 34 51 46 37 32 27 74% 83 69 86 74 76 64 55 Total BR Market NO Market EBR Ascension Jefferson Orleans Saints 74% of residents are concerned about traffic
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16. Are We Ready for Rail? 75% along the Baton Rouge/New Orleans corridor favor passenger rail connecting the two metro areas Poll’s Findings: Passenger Rail
17. Are We Ready for Rail? 55% of residents say they would use passenger rail Orleans: 61% EBR: 59% Saints: 59% Jefferson: 49% Ascension: 38%
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20. “… the Realtors felt it important to gauge the opinion of residents … about quality of life issues, including the possibility of passenger rail in the seven-parish area. The proposed passenger rail service has the potential to accelerate growth in the entire region .” Malcolm Young , CEO Louisiana Realtors Association Can Rail Make a Difference?
21. “ There will be high-speed rail across the United States , and I don’t want South Louisiana to get left out. I’m for the rail, and this poll gives us unique information and a solid basis to move forward .” Mitch Landrieu , Mayor New Orleans Mayor Landrieu Supports Rail
I would like to introduce our newest initiative called connect
What connect Coalition architecture
Illustrate with CPEX and NARS logos or a map of the corridor of parishes. We thought it important to find out where people are
Transition slide – poll findings that we are presenting are grouped in 3 areas: Community, Housing, and transporation First Community: Illustration: something that depicts neighborhood Not everyone in uS like their neighborhoods
Illustration: something that depicts neighborhood
Illustration: something that depicts neighborhood But these are the concerns – even new neighborhoods have these concerns LA people want to preserve our beauty and heritage - environment
Illustration: something that depicts neighborhood Old fashioned way of getting around We think it is important – are we building for this desire? Sidewalks are not currently installed in all neighborhoods
Housing; Illustration: something that depicts neighborhood Top reasons – when we plan our nbhs, we need to consider safety and crime, convenience We hear a lot about schools, but this is larger set of factors – all related Overplaying the schools aspect
This number is especially high in Baton Rouge, Ascension and Orleans—areas with higher commuter sheds and a lack of transit
Illustration: Traffic gridlock in Baton Rouge or New Orleans with recognizable signs Even though we have programs for roads- how we spend is not addressed, but still an interesting observation
Illustration: something that depicts neighborhood\\ What is preferred option – these are the choices people have today – widening roads Are we providing walking and biking trails Where there can be improved bus service – ongoing issue We wanted to know about passenger rail – ranks right up there with people’s solutions
Illustrate with photo of modern rail or some imagery like that. Have we overlooked this opportunity too long – are we ready for rail?
Illustrate with photo of modern rail or some imagery like that. This shows the interest in our urban areas , but value statement has not yet been made for rural parishes along corridor.
Illustration: something that depicts neighborhood Why people would support it? Evac route – unconventional reason, but showed strong support – powerful reason
Illustration: something that depicts neighborhood This is where our work is yet to be done 43% have heard some or a lot What are the message points – we need to get out there talking about it
Illustrate with photo of Malcolm Young or Louisiana Realtors’ logo Certainly realtors support – deal with econ dev every day
Illustrate with photo of Mitch Landrieu. Mitch notes there will be rail across us – are we positioning ourselves in lA Gives us a solid basis to move forward
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