Vetting Sustainability
Environmental – Late 20th Century
Economic – Early 21st Century (Today)
Equity (Social) – Mid 21st Century?
“Americans can drive from one
ocean to the other, stopping every
day for the same hamburger and
every evening at the same hotel, as
traveling in a straight line is no longer
much different than traveling in a
circle.”
- Dan Gilbert
“In America, Quantity is Quality.”
-Aldo Rossi
Place Affects Travel Demand (Data from Re-Connecting America)
How Land Use Affects Travel Demand (Data from Re-Connecting America)
5 Recommendations for San Diego to Build
Sustainable Communities
1. Predictable Place-Making Tools
Place Types Intersection Types Street Types
Source: Seth Harry.
2. Neighborhoods in Community Plans
4.2 Infrastructure Standards 3. Urban Infrastructure Standards
4.2 Infrastructure Standards
4. Build Towards a City of Villages
5. Municipal Economic Development
• Time
– 21st Century
• Urban/Great Recession
– Housing Supply Issues
• Attainable/Quality of Life
– Public Process Issues
• Infrastructure Deficits
• Community Character – Maintain Quality of Life
– Plans
• Predictability
• Standards/Coordination
5. Municipal Economic Development
• Money
– Fed/State Grants/Loans
– Local Taxes
• Self-Taxing Districts
• City Wide Taxes – Short-Term:
DIF/Abatements
– Long-Term: Sales Tax Increment/Budgets
– Land
• Fed/State/Local Inventory
• Public/Private/Institutional Partnerships
• Time
– 21st Century Context
• Urban/Great Recession
– Housing Supply Issues
• Attainable/Quality of Life
– Public Process Issues
• Infrastructure Deficits
• Community Character – Maintain Quality of Life
– Plans
• Predictability
• Standards/Coordination
