Climate-Smart Cities. Robert Kent The Trust for Public Land // North Texas Area Director

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1 Climate-Smart Cities Robert Kent The Trust for Public Land // North Texas Area Director

2 What is The Trust for Public Land? Founded in 1972, The Trust for Public Land is the leading nonprofit working to conserve land for people. We protect the places people care about and create close-to-home parks particularly in and near cities, where 80 percent of Americans live.

3 What is The Trust for Public Land? Operating from more than 30 offices nationwide, we ve protected more than 3 million acres from the inner city to the wilderness.

4 What is The Trust for Public Land? Nearly ten million people live within a ten-minute walk of a Trust for Public Land park, garden, or natural area, and millions more walk on our work every year.

5 Climate-Smart Cities Background

6 Time for a carbon diet

7 Time for a carbon diet

8 and the reasons why are clear

9 10X Increase in Heat-Related Deaths by 2050 Some Don t Like It Hot Especially Poor and Elderly

10 Cities can lead the way! NYC vs. Suburbs 13,448 Lbs. less CO 2 per capita The Greenness of Cities: Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development, Glaeser and Kahn, 2008

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13 Introducing TPL s Climate-Smart Cities

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15 Climate-Smart Cities: Four Areas of Focus Connect Cool Absorb Protect

16 Connect To Save ½ Lb. CO2 & 1.3 Cents in Health Care Costs Per Mile Diverted from Auto Chicago The 606 Seattle Eastside Rail Corridor NYC The Queensway

17 Cool Add Green to Cool Air by 5-22 Degrees

18 Absorb To Save Energy and Recharge Aquifers Ballona Wetlands Los Angeles Green Alleys LA River Restoration

19 Protect Green Shorelines to Buffer Cities TPL Project: North Shore Park, Staten Island TPL Project: Old Place Creek, Staten Island

20 Where to site green defenses? How to design green defenses? Climate Change How to enhance community preparedness?

21 Healthy, Connected Chattanooga Climate-Smart Cities Pilot

22 How does it work? Research GIS Planning Demonstration Projects

23 Greening Chattanooga to Cool and Absorb RESEARCH: Identify Heat Islands & Reduction Strategies GIS: Stack Cool and Absorb Priorities with Demographics DEMONSTRATION: Spear Street Complete Greening

24 Building Chattanooga for the next generation Chattanooga needs a 22 nd century network of green assets to support: Healthy living creating accessible recreation for public health and livability Healthy economy - using greenspace to increase property values and support attractive development Healthy environment Connect the city s non-motorized transportation routes for lower CO2 and health care costs Cool the city from rising heat waves and the heat island effect Absorb the city s increasing bouts of heavy rainfall Protect the city from flooding

25 Using GIS data to understand the challenges

26 Using GIS for decision support

27 Using GIS for decision support

28 Demonstration: Spears Avenue Pump Track Mountain bike course Connection to iconic Stinger s Ridge Park City s first green infrastructure demonstration park Manages stormwater, reduces flooding, and recharges the city s water supply

29 Cross Kirkland Corridor Climate-Smart Cities Pilot

30 Eastside Rail Conversion to Connect Kirkland RESEARCH: Quantify CO 2 reduction GIS: Model for hyper-connectivity DEMONSTRATION: Connect + Absorb

31 Cross Kirkland Corridor Connect the city s non-motorized transportation routes for lower CO 2 and health care costs Creating accessible recreation for public health and livability Optimize location of access points

32 Finn Hill neighborhood to Google, Inc. 0.38% Mode Shift 2.07% Mode Shift Units Days days of use/year Average length of bicycle trips miles Annual average daily traffic trips per day Mode shift from driving to biking Credit for activity centers near the project Annual Auto Trips Reduced trips/year Annual Auto VMT Reduced miles/year Annual Emission Reductions lbs CO 2 /year CO 2 saving per VMT reduced lbs CO 2 /mile GIS Modeling Links to CO2 Analysis

33 Using Modeling to Design Hyper-Connectivity for Lower CO2 Emissions from Transportation

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35 6.3-mile carbon-free transportation route

36 Thank you! Robert Kent