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Neighbourhoods and Active Transportation

• links between urban travel and neighbourhood
  design/location
• comparison of neighbourhoods in 5 Canadian cities
• transit/pedestrian-oriented development patterns
  for future growth

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• Tool estimates vehicle km traveled for weekday
  trips based on neighbourhood design, demographics
  and location

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Estimated annual distance driven for weekday
urban trips 10,000 km per household
Central area, compact, mixed-use
Outer suburbs, single-use
Estimated annual distance driven for weekday
urban trips 25,000 km per household
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• How do real neighbourhoods compare?
• 5 Canadian cities Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver,
  Calgary and Toronto
• 6 types of neighbourhoods

central area, mostly apartments
inner suburbs, mostly single-detached
inner suburbs, mixed housing
central area, mixed housing
outer suburbs, mostly single-detached
outer suburbs, mixed housing
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3 zones Central area, Inner suburbs, Outer
suburbs
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Proximity to daily destinations
Data CanMapR Streetfiles V6.3 and the 2001
Census, Statistics Canada.
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Estimated vehicle km traveled for weekday urban
trips
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Estimated vehicles per household
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Monthly housing costs
Data 2001 Census, Statistics Canada
9,000/year to own and operate a vehicle
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• Solutions for future growth

Intensification
Pedestrian / transit-friendly greenfield
development
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• What is residential intensification?
• housing development in existing urban areas
• Different forms
• infill (small lots, lot splitting, laneways)
• adaptive reuse
• addition (e.g. secondary suites)

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• Brownfield redevelopment
• contaminated industrial or commercial properties
  

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• Greyfield redevelopment
• underutilized commercial centres - shopping
  malls, strip malls or retail plazas - and their
  parking lots

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• Why intensify?
• makes transit and walking more viable
• -impacts health, air quality, climate change,
  occupant costs
• reduces infrastructure costs
• preserves farmland, natural areas
• revitalizes urban areas in decline

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• CMHC Case Studies
• insights into challenges and solutions
• interviewed developers, occupants, municipal
  planners
• 54 case studies of built projects and municipal
  initiatives that encouraged intensification

After
Before
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More pedestrian-friendly, efficient new
greenfield developments
Drawing adapted from Canadian Geographic, July
2005
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1 km as crow flies, 2 km pedestrian route
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From Portland grid to rectangular grid
Portland grid
Delete every 2nd street
25 blocks
15 blocks

• a 13 increase in buildable area
• fewer 4-way intersections
• still good connectivity

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Remove streets, create loops

• Streets
• 35
• 27

Lots 65 73
16 more buildable area
Added bonus Traffic Calming
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Remove streets, create cul-de-sacs

• Streets
• 35
• 24

Lots 65 76
from 43 to 24 in ROWs 19 more buildable area
Added bonus Traffic Calming
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Distributing Access and Traffic
Added bonus More Traffic Calming
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Add greenspace for connectivity, views, delight.
Open space 8.7
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Open space 9.5
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Open space 11.7
Open space 11.7
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• Fitting the blocks together

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Where is it being applied?

• Approved plans in
• Stratford, Ontario
• Regina
• Fort McMurray
• Calgary

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• For more information
• www.cmhc.ca
• your municipality
• provincial ministry of municipal affairs
• smart growth networks Canada, BC, Ontario
• Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
• Vivre en Ville