how to create a better place to live (and reduce our carbon footprint)

How to Create a Better Place to Live (And

Reduce Our Carbon Footprint)Christian Wagley

www.sustainabletownconcepts.com

92.4%

245%

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Per Sector

Transit Oriented Development is the key to cutting energy consumption — even more so than Energy Star construction or green cars, according to a peer-reviewed study supported by EPA.

SMART LOCATION

DEVELOPING WITHIN AND ADJACENT TO DEVELOPED

AREAS

COMPACT

DEVELOPING AT HIGHER DENSITIES

BRINGS PEOPLE AND THEIR DAILY

NEEDS CLOSER TOGETHER

MIXED-USE

MIXING LAND USES

FOLLOWING TRADITIONAL

PATTERNS BRINGS PEOPLE

CLOSER TO THEIR DAILY

NEEDS

HUMAN SCALE, PEOPLE-FRIENDLY

BUILDING COMMUNITIES

FOR PEOPLE RATHER THAN

CARS ENCOURAGES

WALKING, CYCLING, AND

TRANSIT

CONNECTIVITY

HIGHLY-CONNECTED

NEIGHBORHOODSSHORTEN

DISTANCES, THUS ENCOURAGING WALKING AND

CYCLING

Comparison of street connectivity

TRANSPORTATION CHOICES

COMPACT, MIXED-USE, CONNECTED

DEVELOPMENT OFFERS MORE

TRANSPORTATION CHOICES

85Out of 100

Very Walkable801 E La Rua St Pensacola

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OverviewMore AmenitiesYour CommuteRestaurants

0.15miEnd of the Line CafCoffee

0.15miRoyal Cup CoffeeGroceries

0.24miMaria's Fresh SeafoShopping

0.04miAntique Cardon ApprSchools

0.3miA. V. Clubbs AlternParks

0.39miLions ParkBooks

0.08miUnity MetaphysicalBars

0.23miSammy'sEntertainment

0.48miLoblolly Theatre CoBanking

0.33miBank of America ATMView more amenities

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Walk Score

8Out of 100

Car-DependentValley Ridge Way Pensacola

OverviewMore AmenitiesYour CommuteRestaurants

1.25miDe Luna LanesCoffee

2.28miStarbucksGroceries

1.2miTom ThumbShopping

1.19miTom Thumb Food StorSchools

0.81miR. C. Lipscomb ElemParks

Add placeBooks

2.44miTextbook BrokersBars

1.33miChans NightclubEntertainment

1.48miCarmike Ten CinemasBanking

1.26miGpce Credit UnionView more amenities

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It’s all illegal!

Form-based codes address the relationship between building facades and the public realm, the form and mass of buildings in relation to one another, and the scale and types of streets and blocks.

What will it take to get there?

50%

1.6 million vs 7 million acres!

Florida 2060: A Population Distribution Scenario for the State of Florida

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