Re: land use percentage data

david,
isn't this what you want:
http://www.carfree.com/design/far/

http://www.carfree.com/far.html

The l.a. statistic is widely cited... I think, but I'm
not sure from where.

Colin
http://carfreeuniverse.org

--- "Carfree City, USA" <carfreecity-/[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 land use percentages as they
> would be in a carfree district.  He lists the
> following:
> 
> 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 carfree developments can be.
> 
> 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.  I
> imagine that it could be calculated using aerial
> fotos.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas of where I might find
> this data?  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.
> 
> 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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