Mixed-use development
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Mixed use is a type of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning classification that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions are to some degree physically and functionally integrated, and that provides pedestrian connections. Mixed-use development may be applied to a single building, a block or neighborhood, or in zoning policy across an entire city or other administrative unit. These projects may be completed by a private developer, (quasi-)governmental agency, or a combination thereof. A mixed-use development may be a new construction, reuse of an existing building or brownfield site, or a combination.
Apartment complex with retail and medical offices on ground floor, Kirkland, Washington
Ballston Quarter in Arlington, Virginia, part of the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, is transit-oriented, mixed-use and densified, giving a "downtown" feel in an edge city
Traditional mixed-use development pattern in a city center: Bitola, North Macedonia
Barracks Row in Washington, D.C.; ground-level retail with upper-story residential.
Car dependency
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Car dependency is the concept that some city layouts cause cars to be favoured over alternate forms of transportation, such as bicycles, public transit, and walking.
Traffic in Los Angeles
A diagram showing an inverse correlation between urban density and car use for selected North American cities
Car dependency is inherent with wide, high speed roadways and spaced out business properties. US 22 in Springfield, New Jersey.