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Phoenix May Try Transit-oriented Zoning

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Megan Susman
7 June 2003 - 7:00am

City planners are rewriting zoning codes to create pedestrian-friendly hubs around proposed light-rail stops.

"'Transit-oriented zoning,' which could see its first approval by the Phoenix City Council this fall, promises to slowly remake the landscape surrounding the train tracks into something that looks a little less like freeway-filled Houston and a little more like sidewalk-crazy Portland. The idea is to make the light rail stations more than concrete platforms but interesting places to linger and browse and sip cafe lattes."

Full Story: Valley light rail to mean more places to linger for a cafe latte
Source: The Arizona Republic, June 6, 2003
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