Movements in Land-Use Regulations

摘要

New economy undercurrents combined with the changes instituted by Growing Smarterand Growing Smarter Plus in Arizona will work to accelerate the push for self-contained neighborhoods that possess large parcels of open space, farmland and recreational and/or environmental treasures. Yet, traveling requirements will not decline. With the importance of networking between the nodes escalating, and with the open space element of Growing Smarter Plus expanding the area between the nodes, traveling needs will still experience exponential growth. When tested with statistics gathered from three Arizona communities, the percentage of potential travelers that hit the streets of our communities does grown exponentially. And, while a measure of self-containment affects the rate of that growth-so does the adopted land use doctrines of a community. Overall, more open space, the continued need to travel between the nodes for networking, the need to move goods due to the globalization of retail and manufacturing, and the declining costs of transportation that is implied by technological advances, will all work to increase the number of miles traveled. Thus, just as communities are now searching for ways to ensure that the benefactors of new development cover the costs of providing public services, soon travelers will be pressured to cover the costs of providing transportation services.