KYTC Street Connectivity Model
Ordinance
The term "street connectivity"
suggests a system of streets with multiple routes and connections serving the
same origins and destinations. Connectivity not only relates to the number of
intersections along a segment of street, but how an entire area is connected by
the transportation system.
KYTC Street Connectivity Model
OrdinanceRoadway
Connectivity (VTPI)Connectivity
refers to the density of connections in path or road network and the directness
of links. A well-connected road or path network has many short links, numerous
intersections, and minimal dead-ends (cul-de-sacs). As connectivity increases,
travel distances decrease and route options increase, allowing more direct
travel between destinations, creating a more accessible and resilient
system.
Roadway Connectivity
(VTPI)Measuring Network
ConnectivityAdvocates of New Urbanist and
neo-traditional planning concepts include street connectivity as a key component
for good neighborhood design. Street networks that are more grid-like are
preferred over networks that include many cul-de-sacs and long blocks, thus
increasing distances between destinations.
Measuring Network
ConnectivityConnectivity Measures
(Rutgers University)Recently, the field of
planning has seen a rise in both academic and popular interest in New Urbanism
and transit-oriented development (TOD). This has placed a renewed emphasis on
higher densities, mixed land uses, pedestrian friendly development, and the
coordination of land use and transportation, which, in turn, has created a need
for methods to empirically quantify and measure urban form.
Connectivity Measures (Rutgers
University)Connectivity
(SRTS)A network of streets, sidewalks,
bicycle lanes and paths in which all parts are well-connected to each other
reduces the distance children have to travel to get from home to school, allows
for the use of more local streets rather than major roadways and provides a
greater choice of routes to travel to and from school.
Safe
Routes to SchoolConnectivity Model
Ordinance (WSDOT)Street connectivity
ordinances are designed to increase the number of street connections in a
neighborhood and to improve the directness of routes. The purpose is to achieve
an open street network that provides multiple routes to and from
destinations.
Connectivity Model
Ordinance (WSDOT)Cary, NC Memo on
ConnectivityThe purposes of the ordinances
are to support the creation of a highly connected transportation system within
the Town, in order to provide choices for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians;
promote walking and cycling; connect neighborhoods to each other and to local
destinations such as schools, parks, and shopping centers...
Cary NC on
Connectivity.pdfKnightdale, NC
Development Ordinance
Knightdale, North Carolina Development
Ordinance