. . . and we digress. Well, the original point of the email was to find out if there were any studies that show that mixed-use, compact development had a lower rate of deaths/injuries due to drunk driving than communities built around the automobile.
It was not to say that drinking is bad. The main focus or concern with drinking is excessive drinking and then driving. Therefore, the root or roots of the problem is excessive drinking and driving. If we can design communities so that folks will not need to drive to and from the bars then we can lower the amount of innocent deaths. Modifying behavior so that folks don�t drink excess is another option but not one I�m interested in exploring right now. I assume from the responses that no one else has seen any studies on this. It just seems to be another reason for smart growth since one of the goals of development, in my opinion, is to make the communities safe and accessible. Cheers, --- Chuck Strawser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's true. the point is that since the definition > of a bar is something > like "an establishment with more than 50% of its > revenues resulting from > the sale of alcoholic beverages" (no, I don't know > if that's the correct > percentage, and I'm sure that it's not the actual > wording, but we do make a > distinction between "bars" and "restaurants" in this > city), then the > parking lots of "bars" should probably be *required* > to be 50% smaller than > a "restaurant" with the same number of patrons. > > Of course, this brings up the whole issue of > *minimum* parking > requirements, which many progressive municipalities > (in the state of > Oregon, e.g.) are simply changing to *maximum* > parking requirements. The > developers love it because it costs them less to > build the same square > footage of any land use, and it mitigates one of the > hidden (actually, > overlooked) subsidies to automobile transportation. > > besides, some of the best "bars", e.g. Crystal > Corner, from my experience, > serve no edible food. > > chuck ===== Steve Tudisco "The revolution will not be motorized" __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
