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Urban Transportation - Coggle Diagram
Urban Transportation
Community Health
Having mix use zones can encourage people to walk and increase the amount of physical activity they would normally do when using a car.
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Fuel Efficiency
Some public transportation have ability to run on alternative fuel sources. Even then public transportation is better in terms of use of fuel.
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Highway Improvement
Many planners tend to think that improving highways are the best option to lessen congestion. However doing so just creates more space for even more cars. Which doesn't solve our issue.
In Seattle metro are has implemented a plan to improve its light rail and bus transits. As a result of this plan, the percentage of people using public transport has increased from 47% to 58%. As well as increasing the use of bus only lanes
Rezoning for Mixed Use
Implement bike paths, adding greenery so that it attracts people to walk
Improves foot traffic. Normally when driving you skip out on small business. Whereas when walking you notice all these business that to you never existed. Which create more opportunities for small businesses to grow
Keeping track of patterns such as where people walk the most can be good for business owners who look too open up, giving them more of a chance to prosper.
Boston's Hubway bike share program offers discount to local stores, restaurants and so on to people who use public bikes.
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Economic Productivity
Due to traffic congestion, major cities lose out on millions when it comes to productivity.
Their employees spend long hours sitting in their vehicle instead of in the offices.
Pollution causing health issues is also a factor of people sometimes missing out on work and businesses having less people pumping out work.
During high levels of congestion, the price of congestion within the freights sector is around $60 billion in urban areas
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