City Stuff
A jackhammer on a city street is an example of what type of pollution?
Noise
Why can zoning give business and homebuyers peace of mind?
They know what can and cannot be built around them.
Development in which businesses are arranged in a long row along a roadway, with no main community, is called a what?
uncentered commercial strip development
The amount of land each person uses is known as what?
Per Capita land consumption
The first speeding ticket was issued for going how fast?
12 mph
Which form of transportation uses the most energy per passenger-mile?
Automobile
Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads is defined as what?
Rural
True or False: A single Portland bus can keep about 250 cars off the road each day?
True
The nation's most used train systems are what?
Heavy rail in big cities.
On average, how may individual parts/pieces make up a car?
30,000
How do sustainable cities affect the standard of living for residents?
The standard of living increases
The shift of a population from the countryside to cities is called what?
Urbanization
Removing trees so that native prairie grasses can grow again is an example of what?
Ecological Restoration
In what type of areas do most of the people in the U.S. live?
Urban areas
In what year was the first electric car produced?
1832
What happens to the land outside of densely packed cities?
It is usually developed to allow people to spread out.
Transportation systems, communications systems, water services, power supplies, and schools are all examples of what?
Infrastructure
Saving energy and other resources without sacrificing people's comfort is the goal of what?
Green Building Design
A border put around a city to prevent sprawl is known as what.
UGB, Urban Growth Boundry
What is the best selling car of all time?
Toyota Corolla
What is the relationship between sprawl and overall health?
Sprawl decreases human health (more obesity and high blood pressure)
Less expensive land, affordable automobiles, and improved roads all lead to the increase in what?
Sprawl in the U.S.
Trees, grass, crops, wetlands, water, buildings, and pavement are all examples of what?
Land Cover
What is Smart Growth?
Build up, not out.
What was Mr. Bieri's first car?
1988 Chevrolet Corsica