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5 2.1 What Is Smart Growth? 2.1.1 Description and Definition Smart growth goals typically focus on environmental stewardship, public health and safety, and economic sustainability.
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6 Guide for Integrating Goods and Services Movement by Commercial Vehicles in Smart Growth environments coalition building, policy development, and smart growth research, identifies eight key areas that smart growth practices can help improve for any community (Smart Growth America 2016) : • Housing.
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planning for Smart Growth 7 instead of focusing on roads for personal vehicles. Smart growth also allows more trips by bicycle and foot because of shorter trip distances.
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8 Guide for Integrating Goods and Services Movement by Commercial Vehicles in Smart Growth environments Another tool that supports smart growth is the movement for Complete Streets (see Figure 2-2) , which advocates for design and operations strategies that improve safety and access for all people, including pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, and transit users, regardless of age, abilities, or transportation mode.
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planning for Smart Growth 9 in urban areas with a high supply of loft and warehousing space, which can be found in locations such as Brooklyn, NY, and Baltimore, MD. Eliminating these facilities from the urban environment will redistribute job locations and tax revenue from central cities to suburban or rural fringes and can increase traffic and emissions associated with serving metropolitan customers from facilities farther afield.
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10 Guide for Integrating Goods and Services Movement by Commercial Vehicles in Smart Growth environments Commercial/service vehicles traveling within, through, and next to communities typically fulfill one of three primary trip purposes: 1. Traveling to or from a freight-generating facility in the midst of a smart growth community to deliver or pick up goods.
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planning for Smart Growth 11 are often the primary access routes to or from nearby freight-generating facilities (e.g., clusters of manufacturing or warehousing, marine terminals, or rail yards or terminals)
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12 Guide for Integrating Goods and Services Movement by Commercial Vehicles in Smart Growth environments Greenfield new communities; and Large-scale reconstruction. Some classifications are more likely to be found in urban core areas, while others are more likely to be found in suburban or rural areas.
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planning for Smart Growth 13 basis for FBC zoning that emphasizes neighborhood structure, walkable streets, and other smart growth principles (Center for Applied Transect Studies 2014)
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14 Guide for Integrating Goods and Services Movement by Commercial Vehicles in Smart Growth environments to live in mixed-use, higher density environments. A 2012 study conducted by the American Planning Association (APA)
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planning for Smart Growth 15 benefits for other modes may outweigh increased costs to freight. Communities and freight providers must work together to determine how best to resolve this conflict.
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16 Guide for Integrating Goods and Services Movement by Commercial Vehicles in Smart Growth environments Figure 2-9. Waterfront View and Maritime Industrial Overlay District from Baltimore City Department of Planning (Source: [top]
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planning for Smart Growth 17 Much of the development occurring in these communities is considered "infill," which aims to use land within developed areas for construction or redevelopment, instead of looking for larger undeveloped tracts, helping to fill in the gaps of the dense, vibrant, and distinctive neighborhoods that developed prior to World War II (see Figure 2-10)
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18 Guide for Integrating Goods and Services Movement by Commercial Vehicles in Smart Growth environments on multiple, smaller vendors. The completion of the Interstate Highway System also hurt these areas, because drivers could bypass busy routes entirely, thereby decreasing traffic near local businesses.
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planning for Smart Growth 19 an even more acute issue if the route is a major freight corridor and/or part of the oversize/overweight network, where access for larger commercial vehicles must be maintained. Greenfield New Communities Smart growth construction is not limited to previously occupied areas.
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20 Guide for Integrating Goods and Services Movement by Commercial Vehicles in Smart Growth environments that limit large truck access but still allow freight to move via other modes. Connections to the wider freight transportation network must be considered as well.
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planning for Smart Growth 21 some of these goals may have a natural tension with each other (e.g., increasing access and improving safety)
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22 Guide for Integrating Goods and Services Movement by Commercial Vehicles in Smart Growth environments 2.2.2 Regional and State Transportation and Planning Agencies The relevant regional and state agencies include state departments of transportation (DOTs) , state planning agencies (where they exist)
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planning for Smart Growth 23 Activity Role Role Description State and Regional Freight Plans Lead Link regional freight access/mobility issues and local land use strategies. Use planning process as a forum for engaging municipalities and the private sector.
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24 Guide for Integrating Goods and Services Movement by Commercial Vehicles in Smart Growth environments agencies offer incentive programs that encourage private-sector carriers and shippers to adopt strategies that reduce emissions and other environmental and community impacts. Table 2-5 lists some of the roles that federal agencies perform that could facilitate integration of goods and services movement in smart growth environments.
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planning for Smart Growth 25 Activity Role Role Description Development Proposals and Design Lead Incorporate smart growth principles and anticipate commercial vehicle needs in development proposals and design. Site Plan Review Participant Submit site plans for review to municipal agencies (developers)
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26 Guide for Integrating Goods and Services Movement by Commercial Vehicles in Smart Growth environments 2.3 Best Practices and Conflicts The key conflicts identified in the research throughout the classifications tend to occur in one of four major phases: stage setting, creating places and streets, operation with minimal effects, and ongoing monitoring. The primary problems, issues, needs, and potential solutions pertaining to each phase are described below.
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planning for Smart Growth 27 height of doors or other building openings could eliminate some industrial uses that require space to move larger goods into and out of buildings.
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28 Guide for Integrating Goods and Services Movement by Commercial Vehicles in Smart Growth environments height of the curb can cause issues for commercial vehicles making a curbside delivery. Low curbs are generally preferred for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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planning for Smart Growth 29 and vibration nuisances during the hours many residents wish to sleep. New York City pioneered an off-hour pilot delivery program in 2009, which was well-received by both businesses and carriers, enabling more productive staff, faster deliveries, and significant cost savings.
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30 Guide for Integrating Goods and Services Movement by Commercial Vehicles in Smart Growth environments effects in other transit systems, while delays to freight trains can result in lost productivity and noise/air pollution from idling trains. – Emissions and air quality.
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planning for Smart Growth 31 operational systems. When places and streets are designed and operated to safely integrate goods and services movement with Complete Streets and other smart growth goals, it is important to understand whether the measures taken are effective.
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32 Guide for Integrating Goods and Services Movement by Commercial Vehicles in Smart Growth environments goals that yield economic, environmental, and social benefits while supporting safe and efficient freight transportation. The strategies identified later in this Guide depend on these types of cooperative relationships, and the case studies in Chapter 4 provide real-world examples.
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