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Fig. 23.5 Multimodal access for a major activity centers to support
transit and pedestrian
mobility.
Source
Reference [
19
], p 31. Figure 3.6
12. Achieve a better balance between jobs and housing. This has been a desirable
planning goal for many years. To the extent that it can be realized, there can be
corresponding reductions in peak period VMT as commuting trips become
shorter and can be completed by waking, biking, or bus.
13. Consider value capture and
financial incentives to attract and organize devel-
opments where they can be served by public transportation.
23.7.2 Effects
Although the above
land use/transportation strategies are effective
(in the near term) at the neighborhood scale, signi
“
smart growth
”
cant reductions in
regional
VMT
impacts resulting from a change in land use patterns, however, takes a long time:
“
Even in rapidly growing urban areas, new urban developments and new land uses
comprise only a fraction of all urban fabric. Thus, even dramatic changes to new
development patterns would have to be maintained for decades before they could
signi
cantly reshape metropolitan land uses and, in turn, overall travel origins and
destinations [
3
].
”
