Thirteen Points OF Pedestrian Oriented Development

Thirteen points of pedestrian oriented development as presented by the planning firms Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company.

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May 4, 2005, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Here they are as The diagram shows an auto-oriented sprawl infrastructure in the lower half - notice how each major destination leads to a 'collector road' - a major source of traffic congestion. The pedestrian-oriented layout in the upper half shows how traffic is distributed evenly with multiple choices of travel, though the housing is depicted as predominantly single-family for communication purposes.

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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