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KYTC Street Connectivity Model OrdinanceThe 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 Ordinance.pdfRoadway 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 (SR2S)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).pdfCary, 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 OrdinanceKnightdale, North Carolina Development Ordinance