land use percentage data

"Carfree City, USA" <carfreecity-/[email protected]> Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:51:41 -0700
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hi all

sorry about the cross posting

I am looking for the following info.  If anyone can help me track it down, =
I would appreciate it.

Joel Crawford, in his book, CARFREE CITIES, page 142-143, describes the lan=
d use percentages as they would be in a carfree district.  He lists the fol=
lowing:

buildings:  38.3%
streets/ pavement: 28.9%
open space: 31.0%
metro freight line: 1.8%

i would love to have similar figures for any cities or suburbs anywhere in =
the world, but especially in the U.S.  I want to have these figures to use =
in educational materials to be able to demonstrate what the advantages of c=
arfree developments can be.

i have tried contacting city planning departments via e-mail, and have eith=
er gotten no response or the response that they do not have that data.  I i=
magine that it could be calculated using aerial fotos.

Does anyone have any ideas of where I might find this data?  Also, if peopl=
e could find out the data for their particular town or city (and pass it al=
ong to me), I could compile it and put it on our website.

I think that it would be very valuable to have.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best

David Ceaser
CarFree City, USA
[email protected]


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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hi all</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>sorry about the cross posting</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am looking for the following info.&nbsp; If 
anyone can help me track it down, I would appreciate it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joel Crawford, in his book, CARFREE CITIES, page 
142-143, describes the land use percentages as they would be in a carfree 
district.&nbsp; He lists the following:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>buildings:&nbsp; 38.3%</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>streets/ pavement: 28.9%</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>open space: 31.0%</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>metro freight line: 1.8%</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i would love to have similar figures for any cities 
or suburbs anywhere in the world, but especially in the U.S.&nbsp; I want to 
have these figures to use in educational materials to be able to demonstrate 
what the advantages of carfree developments can be.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i have tried contacting city planning departments 
via e-mail, and have either gotten no response or the response that they do not 
have that data.&nbsp; I imagine that it could be calculated using 
aerial&nbsp;fotos.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone have any ideas of where I might find 
this data?&nbsp; Also, if people could find out the data for their particular 
town or city (and pass it along to me), I could compile it and put it on our 
website.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think that it would be very valuable to 
have.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance for your help.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Ceaser</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>CarFree City, USA</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A 
href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>

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