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The Land Use/Transportation Connection
 

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Here you can find the presentations from the October 29th, 2002 Getting There, The Land Use/Transportation Connection Forum- A Policy Maker Discussion. In addition, forum notes, summary findings, and related documents are also located here.
If you prefer, you can obtain all of this information with our compilation CD that also includes the Thurston County Land Use Flyover Video. Please contact Paul Brewster (360.786.5480) for a copy of this CD.

 

Presentations

1. How Did We Get Where We Are Today 1,683 KB

MS Powerpoint: The history of transportation, land use, and growth management planning in Thurston County. The speaker notes are included in the file.

2.

Thurston County Land Use Flight 1

Introduction*
Central Thurston County Flyover Movie*

Quicktime Movies: A computer simulated flight over central Thurston County. The dialog contains several interesting statistics and facts about land use and transportation along the flight path.

*Note: These movies are no longer available from our website.  However they are available on request on CD.

Where Are We Going To? 7 MB

MS Powerpoint: The history of transportation, land use, and growth management planning in Thurston County. The speaker notes are included in the file.

Note: The following files are available as Adobe Portable Document Format Files (PDF). These files require the Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view them. The reader is available as a free download from Adobe.

 
Forum Participants and Small Group Breakout Notes
  Questions and Answers for each workgroup at the Forum.
 
 
 
Regional Issues Identified and Potential Next Steps
  Summarizes common issues identified by each workgroup as well as a summary of the large group discussion.
 
 
Where You Live Makes A Difference
  The Invitation for the Land Use Forum. This poster-like flyer identifies implications of urban, suburban, and rural land use.
 
References (Adobe PDF)

Map: 2000 Thurston County Land Use (jpg)

Map: Thurston County Capacity Land Use Scenario Under 2001 Conditions (Full Buildout) (jpg)

The Buildable Lands Report For Thurston County

Land Cover Mapping

Land Cover Mapping of Thurston County. Methodology and Applications, June 2001

The Rate of Urbanization and Forest Harvest in Thurston County 1985-2000: A Land Cover and Change Detection Satellite Remote Sensing Study

County-Wide Planning Policies

The Olympian: Motorists using less gas in the Northwest

Getting To Smart Growth International City/County Management Association

Washington State Office of Community Development: Growth Management Program

Forum Snapshots








 

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