Great Places To Live Creating Livable Communities

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Great Places To Live Creating Livable
Communities
Land Use Transportation
November 11, 2004 Katherine Aguilar
Perez Executive Director
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Southern California Population Growth
Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, San Bernardino ,
Riverside Imperial Counties

?1960 - 8.5 million
?2003 - 17 million
-6 of national population -1 in 17 people in
the U.S.
?2030 (projected) 22.9 million
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New Housing Growth
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Development Patterns
Coastal Basin of Los Angeles Orange County
San Fernando Valley
- 77 of Jobs
- 71 of population
But . . .
Under current General Plans this area can only
accommodate 238,000 new households by 2030. . .
29 of their projected population growth.
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Transportation
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Congestion
Under current trends, congestion in Southern
California will double over the next 25 years
and triple in Riverside County.
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In Sum . . .

• Massive Population Growth
• Unsustainable development patterns
• Choking on our own congestion

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The Solution

• Align development with current and future
  transit investments , and increase density

- Problem Existing residents fear density . .
. But they embrace good design.
- Such as . . .
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Fruitvale Transit StationFruitvale BART Station,
Oakland, CA
McLarand, Vasquez Emsiek Partners
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Fruitvale Transit Village
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Fruitvale Transit Village
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Mission Meridian StationMission Gold Line
Station, South Pasadena
Moule Polyzoides Architects
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Mission Meridian Station
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Mission Meridian Station
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Mission Meridian Station
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Hollywood WesternHollywood/Western Metro Red
Line Station, Los Angeles
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