6: AOP - SubArea Planning

Question 1

Traditional small towns feature these characteristics:

Answer 1

• Incremental growth outward from a core
• Open space around the edges
• Streets scaled for routine daily use rather than rush hour demand
• Medium density

Question 2

Corridor Planning

Answer 2

Refers to roadways, can be rail - waterways - greenways. Corridor planning can happen multi-national, multi-state, state, regional, or local level.

Question 3

Corridor transportation planning

Answer 3

Occurs at the regional level.

Allows region’s governments and responsible agencies to coordinate major transportation planning projects.

identifies the long-range transportation needs along the corridor, evaluates alts, implements strategies.

Conducted most often by a Metro Planning Org (MPO)

Question 4

National Corridor Planning

Answer 4

National level.

Integrated corridor management (ICM) - refers to efficient movement of people and goods through institutional collaboration and aggressive, proactive integration of existing infrastructure along major corridors

GOAL = corridors tobe managed as multimodal systems where operational decisions are made “For the benefit of the corridor as a whole”.

Question 5

Scenic Corridor Planning

Answer 5

Federal Highway Admin developed National Scenic Byways Program in 1992 - purpose = designate & fund enhancements of scenic highways across the US.

Must have archaeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and/or scenic qualities.

Designation process - corridor management plan prepped - documents intrinsic qualities, identifies goals and strategies, includes an implementation timeline, & IDs responsible parties.

Question 6

Greenways and Blueways Planning

Answer 6

Most effective at regional level.

Achieve these goals:
Protecting natural resources;
Providing alternative transportation options;
Connecting neighborhoods with recreational opportunities;
Promoting healthy communities;
Creating economic development opportunities.

Question 7

Greenbelts

Answer 7

Undeveloped natural land areas set aside for the purposes of open space and rec - linking urban residents with nature

Question 8

1st locally funded greenbelt in the US

Answer 8

1967 - Boulder - through increase in local sales tax

Question 9

National heritage areas

Answer 9

Natural, cultural, historic resources combine to form a cohesive nationally important landscape.

Question 10

Tourism Corridor Planning

Answer 10

refers to efforts to link social, cultural, and economic drivers between communities for the purposes of supporting tourism.

Question 11

urban growth boundaries

Answer 11

Geographic areas defined in plans or regulations as desirable and appropriate for growth during a defined time period - usually 20 years.

High priority for public infrastructure & services (encourages private investment)

Question 12

History of neighborhood planning

Answer 12

Modern conception of neighb planning - traced to Chicago School sociologists in the early 1900s - Robert Park & E.W. Burgess.

& Neighborhood unit concept - Clarence Perry - 1920s

Question 13

What is a neighborhood?

Answer 13

Definition changed over time.

Boundaries can be set for planning purposes based on roadways, rivers, or census boundaries.

Census tracts (average 4000 ppl) often used as a proxy for neighborhood.

Question 14

Neighborhood planning

Answer 14

sub-city level of planning.

Same process as other types of planning.

Public participation key part of the process.

PROS:
Stakeholder engagement likely to be high / easier. Opportunity to be more specific & detailed about future goals.

CONS:
More limited focus
Fewer resources
Limited political influence
Can lead to a loss of objectivity in the process (strong ties to the stakeholders)

Question 15

Downtown Planning

Answer 15

Type of “Specific Area Plan”

Major cities, small & midsized cities can all have downtown plans

Question 16

Main Street Program

Answer 16

Subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation

Popular way for planners to approach downtown revitalization in smaller towns.

STATES source of funding for downtown revitilization programs

Question 17

Edge City

Answer 17

Joel Garreau - Edge City 1991
(argued that edge cities were the new normal of urban growth worldwide)

New concentration of business, shopping, & entertainment outside traditional urban area in what had been a suburb or rural community.

5 rules to be considered edge city

I1. t must have more than five million square feet of office space to accommodate between 20,000 to 50,000 office workers (as many as some traditional downtowns);
2. It must have more than 600,000 square feet of retail space, the size of a medium shopping mall. This ensures that the edge city is a center of recreation and commerce as well as office work;
3. It must be characterized by more jobs than bedrooms;
4. It must be perceived by the population as one place;
5. It must have been nothing like a city 30 years earlier.