To better plan for our best future, three possible futures have been imagined.
These imagined futures for Aurora each represent extreme outcomes based on the city making different transportation decisions, land use policy choices, and investment priorities. Understanding and analyzing the impacts on travel can help the city identify strategies to achieve the vision, mission, and goals created in the Milestone 1 public engagement process.
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Car-Oriented City (Status Quo)
How far can a person go and what can they reach in 10 minutes?
- Person driving: 5 miles
- For driving, most destinations are within easy reach, but the route may sometimes be indirect.
- Person Walking*: 0.25 miles
- Person Biking*: 0.75 miles
- Person on Transit*: 0.5 miles
- For walking, biking and transit, the number and mix of destinations, services, and jobs within easy reach is very limited for people traveling outside a car.
*Distance due to indirect/uncomfortable network or few and far between transit options.
Transit-Oriented City
How far can a person go and what can they reach in 10 minutes?
- Person driving: 5 miles
- For driving, most destinations are within easy reach, but parking may be harder.
- Person Walking: 0.5 miles
- Person Biking: 1.5 miles
- For walking and biking, essential and daily services are within easy reach for most people, because the density of destinations is greater, and the network is more complete and direct.
- Person on Transit: 2.5 miles
For transit, a high number of jobs and services are within easy reach on transit.
Neighborhood-Oriented City
How far can a person go and what can they reach in 10 minutes?
- Person driving: 5 miles
- For driving, most destinations are within easy
reach but parking may be harder.
- Person Walking: 0.5 miles
- Person Biking: 2 miles
- For walking and biking, essential and daily services are within easy
reach for most people, because the density of destinations is greater and the network is more complete and direct.
- Person on Transit: 2 miles
- For transit, a good number of jobs and services are within easy reach on transit.
