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street corner radius
gentle curves encourage faster turns
sharper curves encourage slower turns
street lighting
sodium vapor lights are more favorable but they create a glare and dont look good
street trees
help reduce heat, slows traffic but are very costly (roots breaking through surface & water)
base of tree needs to be covered by either mulch or a grate
street width
right of way-whole area reserved for street
paved area for traffic=where roadway
everything else between roadway and building
combating sprawl
focus on mixed use
don't cater to cars (make traveling comfortable for pedestrian)
mixed transportation
mixed housing
retail management-barrier to combat sprawl
centralized management over district
joint management
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starvinmarvin623
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188460
Card Set
Urbanism Final IV
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Updated
2012-12-10T17:01:25Z
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