In many locations, lack of connectivity creates excessively long and indirect trips between neighborhoods and transit stops, schools and shopping areas. Whenever possible, new developments should create streets and greenways that stitch together stand-alone developments or complete segments of larger pedestrian and bike routes. By mapping these potential connections in the comprehensive plan, communities can make these new connections a condition of site plan approval. In some cases, new paths for bicycles and pedestrians enable residents to get to a transit stop, a school or a place to shop.
In many locations, lack of connectivity creates excessively long and indirect trips between neighborhoods and transit stops, schools and shopping areas. Whenever possible, new developments should create streets and greenways that stitch together stand-alone developments or complete segments of larger pedestrian and bike routes. By mapping these potential connections in the comprehensive plan, communities can make these new connections a condition of site plan approval. In some cases, new paths for bicycles and pedestrians enable residents to get to a transit stop, a school or a place to shop.