Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Thursday, April 26, 2007

University of Minnesota Publishes Report on Accessibility, Transportation and Land Use

The University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies released a report that examines how people use the transportation system, and how transportation and land use interact. The report, entitled Asking the Right Questions about Transportation and Land Use explores the concept of accessibility, defined as the ability of people to reach the destinations that they need to visit in order to meet their needs. Click here to download the report summary.

University of Minnesota Access to Destinations website.

(This body of work completely changes my class paper.)
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And I came to this through the Rural Transportation website online newsletter, which is probably worth your signing up for...

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