how to create a better place to live (and reduce our carbon footprint)
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How to Create a Better Place to Live (And
Reduce Our Carbon Footprint)Christian Wagley
www.sustainabletownconcepts.com
92.4%
245%
U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Per Sector
Transit Oriented Development is the key to cutting energy consumption — even more so than Energy Star construction or green cars, according to a peer-reviewed study supported by EPA.
SMART LOCATION
DEVELOPING WITHIN AND ADJACENT TO DEVELOPED
AREAS
COMPACT
DEVELOPING AT HIGHER DENSITIES
BRINGS PEOPLE AND THEIR DAILY
NEEDS CLOSER TOGETHER
MIXED-USE
MIXING LAND USES
FOLLOWING TRADITIONAL
PATTERNS BRINGS PEOPLE
CLOSER TO THEIR DAILY
NEEDS
HUMAN SCALE, PEOPLE-FRIENDLY
BUILDING COMMUNITIES
FOR PEOPLE RATHER THAN
CARS ENCOURAGES
WALKING, CYCLING, AND
TRANSIT
CONNECTIVITY
HIGHLY-CONNECTED
NEIGHBORHOODSSHORTEN
DISTANCES, THUS ENCOURAGING WALKING AND
CYCLING
Comparison of street connectivity
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES
COMPACT, MIXED-USE, CONNECTED
DEVELOPMENT OFFERS MORE
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES
85Out of 100
Very Walkable801 E La Rua St Pensacola
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OverviewMore AmenitiesYour CommuteRestaurants
0.15miEnd of the Line CafCoffee
0.15miRoyal Cup CoffeeGroceries
0.24miMaria's Fresh SeafoShopping
0.04miAntique Cardon ApprSchools
0.3miA. V. Clubbs AlternParks
0.39miLions ParkBooks
0.08miUnity MetaphysicalBars
0.23miSammy'sEntertainment
0.48miLoblolly Theatre CoBanking
0.33miBank of America ATMView more amenities
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Walk Score
8Out of 100
Car-DependentValley Ridge Way Pensacola
OverviewMore AmenitiesYour CommuteRestaurants
1.25miDe Luna LanesCoffee
2.28miStarbucksGroceries
1.2miTom ThumbShopping
1.19miTom Thumb Food StorSchools
0.81miR. C. Lipscomb ElemParks
Add placeBooks
2.44miTextbook BrokersBars
1.33miChans NightclubEntertainment
1.48miCarmike Ten CinemasBanking
1.26miGpce Credit UnionView more amenities
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It’s all illegal!
Form-based codes address the relationship between building facades and the public realm, the form and mass of buildings in relation to one another, and the scale and types of streets and blocks.
What will it take to get there?
50%
1.6 million vs 7 million acres!
Florida 2060: A Population Distribution Scenario for the State of Florida
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