The 6 R's Reshaping Downtowns: Ridesharing & app-driven business models; rechargeable battery technologies; residential development in the urban core; revitalization of downtowns as 24/7 districts; really bad traffic; rise of the remote workers

1. The 6 R’s
Reshaping
Downtowns

2. THE RESULTS: A new brand and position for the county, a new business identity, the relocation of Boeing to Charleston County, and
an increase in website visits by 150%. In addition this website won the best economic development website in the world in 2011.
7
Countries
48
States
465+
Places
Since 2001

3. The Six R’s:
Reshaping Downtowns & Urban Districts
1. Ridesharing & app-driven business models
2. Rechargeable battery technologies
3. Residential development in the urban core
4. Revitalization of downtowns as 24/7 districts
5. Really bad traffic
6. Rise of the remote workers

4. Source: https://twitter.com/mdeskind/status/1026977578551103488, https://www.vox.com/2018/8/27/17676670/electric-scooter-rental-bird-lime-skip-spin-cities
“2018…Year of the Scooter” –
Forbes, Wired, CityLab

5. Ridesharing & App-Driven
Business Models
1

7. Rechargeable Battery
Technologies
2

8. Remember the Segway?
• 1999 – invented by Dean Kamen
• 2001 – February – Segway breaks ground on its
manufacturing plant and HQ in Bedford, NH.
• 2001 – December –The Segway Human
Transporter (HT), now known as the Segway
Personal Transporter (PT) is unveiled on Good
Morning America.
• 2002 – November – Segway PTs go on sale to
the public through Amazon.com.

10. Residential Development in
the Urban Core
3

11. Residential development in the urban core:
1-mile radius, 2-mile radius, and 4-mile radius

12. Residential development in the urban core:
1-mile radius, 2-mile radius, and 4-mile radius
Geography
2000-2010 2010-2018
# of Cities Gaining
Population
# of Cities Losing
Population
# of Cities Gaining
Population
# of Cities Losing
Population
1-mile radius +65 -30 +93 -2
2-mile radius +53 -42 +93 -2
4-mile radius +51 -44 +87 -8
City +75 -20 +86 -9

13. Downtown residential development:
% annual population chg. in selected cities, 2000-2010 & 2010-2018
City
Annual % Chg. (2000-2010) Annual % Chg. (2010-2018)
1-mile
radius
2-mile
radius
4-mile
radius City
1-mile
radius
2-mile
radius
4-mile
radius City
Austin, TX +4.3% +1.1% +0.5% +2.1% +8.7% +3.7% +2.8% +2.4%
Denver, CO +1.5% +0.8% +0.0% +0.8% +3.1% +3.8% +2.4% +2.4%
Miami, FL +4.7% +2.8% +1.1% +1.0% +4.7% +2.9% +1.8% +2.2%
Cleveland, OH +5.0% +1.1% -1.5% -1.7% +1.9% +0.6% -0.3% -0.4%
Chicago, IL +6.7% +3.5% +0.4% -0.7% +3.8% +2.3% +1.2% +0.1%

14. Revitalization of Downtowns
as 24/7 Districts
4

15. P3 mixed-use development Tech & innovation
Higher education expansion Tactical urbanism

16. Really Bad Traffic5

17. Traffic Trends
Source: 2015 Urban Mobility Scorecard, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

18. More traffic metro
areas of all sizes

19. Rise of the Remote Workers6

20. Remote workers as share of US workforce
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey

21. Top 10 & Bottom 10 Metros (of 100 largest): share of remote workers
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey

22. Photo of CTRL Collective

23. 1 2 3 4 5 6
Ridesharing
Rechargeable
batteries
Residential
development
Revitalization
of
downtowns
Really bad
traffic
Remote
workers

24. Source: https://twitter.com/mdeskind/status/1026977578551103488, https://www.vox.com/2018/8/27/17676670/electric-scooter-rental-bird-lime-skip-spin-cities
“2018…Year of the Scooter” –
Forbes, Wired, CityLab

25. 3 Q’s about the Six D’s &
their impact on economic
development:
1. Are you like me? Do you think e-
scooters are a big deal for cities?
2. Which new technologies & industries
in your community are in the
“deceptive growth” phase?
3. How are rural areas being reshaped
by the Six D’s?

26. John Karras, VP, Strategic Accounts
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Denver, CO 80202 USA
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27. E-scooters! Love
‘em? Or hate ‘em?