Past Projects : 2001 – 2003 : Design and Development Principles for Suburban Arterials

Current regional and local public policy directions, along with changes in the market place, are generating a new range of development models that emphasize mixed-use and multi-modal transportation. These models, coupled with an increasing number of available redevelopment and renovation sites, present the opportunity to re-organize and re-engineer the suburban fabric for greater mobility and increased diversity.

Coordination of land use and transportation planning is commonly acknowledged as the starting point for this transition. It is predicated on the inextricable tie between two basic community functions: activity and movement.

The livable Suburban Arterials research project explores how design of the road and site interact to create that inextricable tie between land use and transportation. It also seeks to offer an urban design framework and initial set of tools that enable land use and transportation planners to open a discussion about how to move forward in a collaborative planning effort.
--from the Executive Summary, Design and Development Principles for Livable Suburban Arterials

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