ARCH 551 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Human Scale, Walkability, Urban Design

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ARCH 551: Topic 18

Enabling Active Transportation: “Transit-Oriented Development” and the Re-making of Public

Space

03/19/18

Current urban issue: Infrastructure gap

oTransit-oriented development (TOD): vision of “great neighborhoods” in which

residents have the option to walk to nearby shopping, parks, and schools, using

safe streets, inviting public spaces, where transit is as convenient as motoring

A new level of choice & freedom in the city

oCommon pitfall: transit-adjacent development

Normative & non-normative reasons for TOD:

oLinks amongst walkability, transit use, good public space, urban design, &

sustainability

Lots of empirical links as well

Origins of TOD: pedestrian pockets

oA cluster of housing, shops, services, workplaces, leisure, and other everyday

programming within about a 400m walk, of a high-order mass transit station

Linking TOD w/ policies and strategies for remaking high-quality public space

oWorking on the intuitive and empirically-demonstrated links amongst walkability,

transit use, and good public space

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