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Show LCI Indicators and Benefits Study-Study Area Results 2009 68 | P a g e Street Connectivity and Directness Brookhaven currently has the majority of streets connect with 28% of the streets unconnected. There are recommended street projects to create a better grid system as properties redevelop. Use Mix and Use Balance Use mix is the proportion of mixed or dissimilar land uses among a grid on a scale of 0 to1, where 1 signifies the most mixes areas. Each cell is given a proportion of adjacent dissimilar cells and mixed cells to total adjacent cells. Because the existing land use is predominantly residential and, is segregated from the commercial or other uses the score is extremely low. Under the LCI plan the uses become more mixed but it is still segregated. Use Balance is the overall mixture of land uses within the total study area. The majority of the existing land uses is balanced. With the increase the in the mixed-use development the study area deceases its land use balance but still remains overall balanced. Vehicle Miles Traveled and Emissions With the proposed redevelopment of the MARTA parking lot and commercial areas the study area had a sizeable increase in residential units and population without a relative increase in employment. Even though the area does have good transit service the area will have an increase in VMT per capita because there is not enough employment within the study area. Brookhaven Transit Station Findings With the redevelopment of the underutilized large surface parking lot and the commercial centers, Brookhaven will increase its residential population near transit but the employment loss will may cause an increase in VMT because of the imbalance in jobs-housing balance. However this may be negated because of the proximity to MARTA and the ability to easily connect to regional employment centers. Existing LCI Plan Home-Based VMT 6.1 7.3 Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions 4,066 4,834 Existing LCI Plan Use Mix 0.11 0.20 Use Balance 0.65 0.65 Existing LCI Plan Street Route Directness 1.76 1.96 Street Connectivity 0.72 0.72 |
