A presentation given to a local environmental organization about how we can design our communities following traditional patterns of development. This leads to choices in transportation that greatly reduce energy use for both buildings and transportation, with consequent reductions in carbon emissions.

1. How to Create a Better
Place to Live (And Reduce
Our Carbon Footprint)
Christian Wagley
www.sustainabletownconcepts.co
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13. 92.4%
245%

24. U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Per Sector

26. Transit Oriented
Development is the key to
cutting energy consumption
— even more so than Energy
Star construction or green
cars, according to a peer-
reviewed study supported by
EPA.

27. SMART LOCATION
DEVELOPING
WITHIN AND
ADJACENT TO
DEVELOPED
AREAS

35. COMPACT
DEVELOPING
AT HIGHER
DENSITIES
BRINGS
PEOPLE AND
THEIR DAILY
NEEDS CLOSER
TOGETHER

42. MIXED-USE
MIXING LAND
USES
FOLLOWING
TRADITIONAL
PATTERNS
BRINGS PEOPLE
CLOSER TO
THEIR DAILY
NEEDS

48. HUMAN
SCALE, PEOPLE-
FRIENDLY
BUILDING
COMMUNITIES
FOR PEOPLE
RATHER THAN
CARS
ENCOURAGES
WALKING, CYCLI
NG, AND
TRANSIT

56. CONNECTIVITY
HIGHLY-
CONNECTED
NEIGHBORHOODS
SHORTEN
DISTANCES, THUS
ENCOURAGING
WALKING AND
CYCLING

57. Comparison of street connectivity

59. TRANSPORTATION
CHOICES
COMPACT, MIXED-
USE, CONNECTED
DEVELOPMENT
OFFERS MORE
TRANSPORTATION
CHOICES

65. 85
Get Walk
Score
Overview
More Amenities Out of 100
Your Commute
Restaurants
Very Walkable
801 E La Rua St Pensacola
0.15mi
End of the Line Caf
Coffee
0.15mi
Royal Cup Coffee
Groceries
0.24mi
Maria's Fresh Seafo
Shopping
0.04mi
Antique Cardon Appr
Schools
0.3mi
A. V. Clubbs Altern
Parks
0.39mi
Lions Park
Books
0.08mi
Unity Metaphysical
Bars
0.23mi
Sammy's
Entertainment
0.48mi
Loblolly Theatre Co
Banking
0.33mi
Bank of America ATM
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66. Walk Score
Overview
More Amenities
Your Commute
8
Out of 100
Restaurants
1.25mi Car-Dependent
De Luna Lanes Valley Ridge Way Pensacola
Coffee
2.28mi
Starbucks
Groceries
1.2mi
Tom Thumb
Shopping
1.19mi
Tom Thumb Food Stor
Schools
0.81mi
R. C. Lipscomb Elem
Parks
Add place
Books
2.44mi
Textbook Brokers
Bars
1.33mi
Chans Nightclub
Entertainment
1.48mi
Carmike Ten Cinemas
Banking
1.26mi
Gpce Credit Union
View more amenities
www.walkscore.com

67. It’s all illegal!

70. Form-based codes address the
relationship between building
facades and the public realm, the
form and mass of buildings in
relation to one another, and the
scale and types of streets and
blocks.

74. What will it take
to get there?

75. 50%

77. Florida 2060: A Population
Distribution Scenario for the State of
Florida
1.6 million vs 7 million acres!

92. ?