The document discusses the evolution of sustainability from the late 20th century to the mid-21st century, addressing the impact of land use on travel demand and proposing five recommendations for building sustainable communities in San Diego. These recommendations include predictable place-making tools, community-driven neighborhood planning, infrastructure standards, and a focus on municipal economic development. The text highlights the challenges posed by economic issues, quality of life, and infrastructure deficits in urban planning efforts.

1. Vetting Sustainability
Environmental – Late 20th Century
Economic – Early 21st Century (Today)
Equity (Social) – Mid 21st Century?

2. “Americans can drive from one
ocean to the other, stopping every
day for the same hamburger and
every evening at the same hotel, as
traveling in a straight line is no longer
much different than traveling in a
circle.”
- Dan Gilbert

12. “In America, Quantity is Quality.”
-Aldo Rossi

40. Place Affects Travel Demand
(Data from Re-Connecting America)

41. How Land Use Affects Travel Demand
(Data from Re-Connecting America)

42. 5 Recommendations for San Diego to Build
Sustainable Communities

43. 1. Predictable Place-Making Tools

44. 2. Neighborhoods in Community Plans
Place Types
Intersection Types
Street Types
Source: Seth Harry.

45. 3. Infrastructure Standards
4.2 Urban Infrastructure Standards

46. 4.2 Infrastructure Standards

49. 4. Build Towards a City of Villages

53. 5. Municipal Economic Development
• Time
– 21st Century
• Urban/Great Recession
– Housing Supply Issues
• Attainable/Quality of Life
– Public Process Issues
• Infrastructure Deficits
• Community Character
– Maintain Quality of Life
– Plans
• Predictability
• Standards/Coordination

54. 5. Municipal Economic Development
• Money • Time
– Fed/State Grants/Loans – 21st Century Context
– Local Taxes • Urban/Great Recession
• Self-Taxing Districts – Housing Supply Issues
• City Wide Taxes • Attainable/Quality of Life
– Short-Term: – Public Process Issues
DIF/Abatements
– Long-Term: • Infrastructure Deficits
Sales Tax Increment/Budgets • Community Character
– Land – Maintain Quality of Life
• Fed/State/Local Inventory – Plans
• Public/Private/Institutional • Predictability
Partnerships • Standards/Coordination