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Chapter 15:
Transportation, Land Use, and
Whole Community Energy
Vehicle Technologies:
HEV, PHEV, FCEV
Fuel types and characteristics:
petroleum products,
alternative fuels
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Regional Principles:
17. Regions should be bounded by and provide a continuous system of greenbelt/wildlife corridors to be
determined by natural conditions.
Transit Oriented Development (TOD)
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New Urbanism
Developments
King Farm,
Rockville, MD
Covell Village
Davis (CA)
• 1864-units, 422 acres
• Michael Corbett & others
• 2/3 of units serve low- &
moderate-income
• 772 acre farmland reserve
• 124 acre wetland habitat
• 27 acres parks
• 26 acre nature corridor
• 16 acres greenbelts
• Compact/pedestrian design
• 8 miles bike paths
• New transit line to downtown
• Exceeds Title 24 by 30%
• All SF homes 1 kW PV
Shadow patterns