Car City Confluence: Town Planning and Mobility July 2009 (Partial)

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Presentation Contents  Town Planning Overview  New Urbanism  Mobility / Circulation  Environmental Analysis  Case Study: Orange County Great Park (Calif.)  Strategic Car Design & Town Planning  NEV Recommendation  Communication/Social Networking  Resources

Town Planning Overview New Urbanism, Mobility/Circulation & Environmental Analysis

What do town planners want? Get our ducks in a row Balance Opportunities & Constraints & create sustainable ‐Political Environment developments! ‐Physical Environment ‐Regulatory Environment

 Master Planning What is Town Planning?  Regeneration/Redevelopment Shaping the built environment in a strategically planned manner while considering social,  Environmental Analysis environmental, and economic sustainability principals.

New Urbanism "Giving people many choices for living an urban lifestyle in sustainable, convenient and enjoyable places, while providing the solutions to peak oil, global warming, and climate change.” – www.newurbanism.org Renewable Energy + Electric Transportation + Walkable Urbanism ‐Shift from non‐renewable to renewable resources ‐Shift from investing in roads to investing in trains ‐Shift from suburban to dense development Photos/Information from www.newurbanism.org

New Urbanism Comparison: Pedestrian‐Centric vs. Automobile‐Centric Designs Photos/Information source: www.newurbanism.org

Mobility/Circulation ENHANCE CONNECTIVITY: Moving people, goods, services to facilitate quality of life (live, work, play)  Public transit: plane, bus, boat/ferry, rail (light, heavy, underground, at‐grade, elevated)  Pedestrians, wheelchairs, segways, people movers  Bicycles  Equestrian  Motorcycles, Scooters, Golf Carts, NEVs  Automobiles

How do planners review projects? Environmental Public Disclosure: Using thresholds of significance, determine project’s cumulative impact after mitigation.  Traffic: Operational/Capacity  Air Quality: Various Emissions  Noise: Decibels  Water Quality: Stormwater Runoff  Waste: Hazardous/Recycling  Climate Change: Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Environmental Analysis California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

Mitigation Measures (MM), Development & Engineering Standards  Safety & traﬃc calming  Emergency access  Number of lanes/signalization  Road/pavement width reduction  Alternate transit modes  Parking (spaces & dimensions)  Building setbacks from roads Tools: Environmental Analysis MMs  Green building standards (LEED) Zoning Codes, Plans & Design Guidelines Standard Engineering Plans

Case Study Orange County Great Park & Neighborhoods – Irvine, California, USA Photo Source: LATimes.com

Case Study: Orange County Great Park & Great Park Neighborhoods (Irvine, California, USA)  First Great Metropolitan Park of 21st Century  40 miles south of Los Angeles, California  4,700 acres of vacant former military base  City re‐zoned land to non‐aviation park use  Navy sold land to developer Lennar Corp. in a public bid  Lennar Corp. dedicated 1,300 acres to City of Irvine for public metropolitan park use & to contribute $200M to backbone infrastructure.  GPN Imagine Video – OCGP Video

Great Park Sustainable Transportation The Great Park is designed to promote sustainable means of transportation. The Park is easily accessible by mass transit via the Irvine Station near Marine Way. Those coming by car can park once and spend the day. Once they arrive, visitors have a selection of ways to get around that do not require gasoline or generate pollution. A non‐polluting shuttle system will take visitors to major park attractions. They can also use an orange bike which will be available at little to no cost. It is easy to bike because the Park’s bike trails mesh with City and regional trail networks. Walkers and hikers have a choice of gentle or challenging routes. All sections of the park are accessible to all people, regardless of physical ability. (Source: www.ocgp.org)

Sustainable Travelways – “Green Streets” Source: http://www.ci.irvine.ca.us/depts/redevelopment/sustainable_travelways.asp  Enhanced tree canopy  Low volume irrigation  Permeable pavements and road surfaces  Use of recycled materials  Integrated runoff treatment  Conservation oriented planting palettes  Structured soil preparation  Reflective color/light values  Integrated transit or NEV travelways  Alternative lighting  Traffic calming features  Reduced pavement/road widths Are all elements incorporated in the Master Plans & Maps?

Strategic Car Design Relation to Town Planning

Strategic Car Design & Town Planning  The genesis of ideation  Opportunities/Constraints  Economic downturn  Going Green/Sustainability  Consider potential impacts & mitigation to generate new vehicle solutions and opportunities  Designing for mass consumption or speciﬁc markets/communities?  Lincoln C  Science Museum Japan Cars Exhibition  Consider partnerships with new master planned communities and redeveloping communities (developers, jurisdictions, planning associations)  Recommendation: Emerging NEV Market (Calif.)

Resources Reports, Links, Key Words/Tags

Resources • Sustainable Travelways Guidelines (Fuscoe Engineering) • Outﬁtting Cities for NEVs (Urban Crossroads) • NEVs – The Other Way Around Town (Urban Crossroads) Tags/Key Words: High Density, Mixed Used Neighborhoods, Innovation, Mobility, Place, Public Spaces, Space, Sustainable Transport, Transit Oriented Development, Urban Planning, Urbanization, NEV Links: http://thecityﬁx.com/ http://www.carfree.com/ http://www.carfree.com/link/furp.html http://www.worldcarfree.net/ http://www.wired.com/autopia/ http://www.rtpi.org.uk/ http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/sustainable/ http://www.masdar.ae/en/home/index.aspx http://www.newurbanism.org/ http://www.ocgp.org http://www.greatparkneighborhoods.com

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