Key Concepts
When there are mixed types of end uses in an urban area.
What is use mixture?
The term used to describe any way of getting around.
What is a transportation mode?
A physical barrier separating neighborhoods by race or class
What is a highway?
Point in the future in which an investment in more sustainable physical infrastructure pays off.
What is break-even point?
The name given to neighborhoods designed for residents to commute into the city, normally having no sidewalks and scarce neighborhoods.
What is an automobile suburb?
The difficulties of transitioning to sustainable development are split into two main parts.
What is physical infrastructure and cognitive?
The factor the efficiency of cars, buses, and trains relies on.
What is How many people are on it?
The term generally used to refer to crop and livestock production within cities and surroundings.
What is urban farming?
The program the U.S. Green Building Council created in 1998?
What is LEED?
U.S. government created a color-coded map for every metropolitan area and divided cities into areas based on the risk of making loans and mortgages.
What is redlining?
The scenario in which cooler air sits along the surface and warmer air lies above. (usually found in cities with a source of colder air and mountains that trap cold air in)
What if temperature inversion?
The reason the E no longer runs through Most of Jamacia Plan.
What is "temporarily" replaced by a bus line?
The act introduced 30-year mortgages and low fixed interest rates, allowing lower-income people to afford a house.
What is The Nation Housing Act of 1934?
The process of supporting the livability and vitality of residential and commercial areas through improvements in non-motorist safety, mobility, and comfort. (ex. Reducing the speed limits)
What is traffic calming?
On holidays and Sundays in Colombia when cars are forbidden or significantly restricted on roughly 75 miles of streets
What is Bogota Ciclovia?
The man who pushed the production of 500 miles of urban highways started due to a vision for an automobile-oriented city. This vision had little sympathy for poorer residents and people of color.
What is Robert Moses?