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Sustainable Community Principles and Air Quality

Sustainable Community Principles and Air Quality. 2010 East/Southeast Fort Worth Economic Development Summit September 17, 2010 Carl E. Edlund, P.E. Director, Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Dallas, Texas. HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership.

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Sustainable Community Principles and Air Quality

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  1. Sustainable Community Principles and Air Quality 2010 East/Southeast Fort Worth Economic Development Summit September 17, 2010 Carl E. Edlund, P.E. Director, Multimedia Planning and Permitting Division U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Dallas, Texas

  2. HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership • Enhance integrated planning and investment • Provide a vision for sustainable growth. • Redefine housing affordability. • Redevelop underutilized sites. • Develop livability measures and tools. • Align HUD, DOT and EPA programs. • Undertake joint research, and outreach.

  3. Transit Oriented Development = Air QualityImprovement •Greater density than community average •Reduced parking •Convert surface parking to structured parking •Quality pedestrian environment •A mix of uses •A defined center •Transit integrated with TOD Transit stations help define the most important places

  4. TOD Benefits •Safe streets •Pedestrian-oriented •Strong center •Local services •Parks and open space •Housing choices •Good jobs •Create destinations • Structured parking or further-removed surface parking

  5. Potential, New Transit Corridors In Or Near E-SE Fort Worth: Less Air Emissions and More TOD? • July 2010: FTA awards Fort Worth $25 million for 2.5 mile streetcar • loop. (2)Proposed Southwest to Northeast Line to DFW International Airport (sw2neRAIL)

  6. MW Noon Midnight Electric Power Demand: The Role of Power Plants in Air Quality

  7. Green, Affordable Housing LEED-Silver Habitat homes mean lower utility costs and less air pollution from power plants. Dallas’ sustainable urban block: low-income housing that largely generates its own power, with on-site vegetable gardens

  8. Brownfields Redevelopment Montgomery Ward catalogue center Evans and Rosedale Business and Cultural District Before: 2000 EPA Brownfields funds were used in site assessment. Extensive clean-up of 25 acres, preparing it for redevelopment After Now includes loft apartments, specialty retail; large new department store built nearby

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