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a. American sprawl: places are far apart, so need a car to get places (SOV  single occupancy vehicles), infrastructure is built around cars for example: when improvements to city are made it is made to roads and not sidewalks or trails etc.i. People are limited if they do not have cars, so it is hard for people to have a job and it is expensive to maintain a carii. This sort of infrastructure is bad for people too young to drive and a burden to older people, because they cannot safely travel in a car aloneiii. It is inefficient, it requires a large amount of energy and wateriv. Only developed country where quality of schools is hit and miss1. One of the greatest blocks in economic mobility2. Way we fund our schools may be one of the reasons for sprawlv. Suburbs promote homogeneity which inhibits lower income people to move in1. Also discourages elderly people form moving invi. Sprawl has contributed to segregation in America between age, gender, etc.vii. All the time in the car puts a strain on familiesviii. Opportunity costs: If commuting several hours in the car each day, there are sacrifices that need to be given up, like family time, hobby time, etc.1. Get less exercisea. Quality of living in cities is always badb. “American dream”: has constructed our way of lifed. Local Government: towns and counties are responsible for ty[e of power given to towns , enabling legislation statee. HOH is very democratic; hard for other parties to change anythingf. Luke Roads: Gridlock: for a few years traffic will move better; however, after a few years traffic will get bad againg. Large roads like 540 will make traffic worsei. Infrastructure tool, because people will build more communities closer to the road, people use road as tool to people to build life aroundii. Increasing distances that people have to driveh. Public transit is not used as a infrastructure toolENST201 1st Edition Lecture 20 Outline of Last Lecture I. No ClassOutline of Current Lecture I. Urban PlanningII. Why did this structure develop?Current LectureI. Urban Planninga. American sprawl: places are far apart, so need a car to get places (SOV  single occupancy vehicles), infrastructure is built around cars for example: when improvements to city are made it is made to roads and not sidewalks or trails etc.i. People are limited if they do not have cars, so it is hard for people to havea job and it is expensive to maintain a carii. This sort of infrastructure is bad for people too young to drive and a burden to older people, because they cannot safely travel in a car aloneiii. It is inefficient, it requires a large amount of energy and wateriv. Only developed country where quality of schools is hit and miss1. One of the greatest blocks in economic mobility2. Way we fund our schools may be one of the reasons for sprawlv. Suburbs promote homogeneity which inhibits lower income people to move in1. Also discourages elderly people form moving invi. Sprawl has contributed to segregation in America between age, gender, etc.vii. All the time in the car puts a strain on familiesviii. Opportunity costs: If commuting several hours in the car each day, there are sacrifices that need to be given up, like family time, hobby time, etc.1. Get less exerciseII. Why has this structure developed?a. Quality of living in cities is always badb. “American dream”: has constructed our way of life c. promotes urbanization and industrializationd. Local Government: towns and counties are responsible for ty[e of power given totowns , enabling legislation statee. HOH is very democratic; hard for other parties to change anythingf. Luke Roads: Gridlock: for a few years traffic will move better; however, after a few years traffic will get bad againg. Large roads like 540 will make traffic worsei. Infrastructure tool, because people will build more communities closer to the road, people use road as tool to people to build life around ii. Increasing distances that people have to driveh. Public transit is not used as a infrastructure toolThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a


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