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transportation industry for almost thirty (30) years, twenty-three (23) of which he spent at the <br />Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). <br />Through a PowerPoint presentation Mr. Hattaway discussed "Livable <br />Communities & Transportation Issues". He compared conventional suburbs and traditional towns <br />highlighting the differences in both, especially relating to "sprawl" and the way we have been <br />doing things in the past. He talked about Functional Classifications for Arterials (State roads), <br />Collectors (County roads), and Locals (City roads) looking at their major differences and intended <br />purposes. He displayed an image showing conventional patterns that we have been building with, <br />which put all the trips out onto the arterial because of gated communities and "big box" type <br />development patterns. He remarked that sprawl development type patterns have contributed to our <br />problems today. <br />Mr. Hattaway also displayed pictures depicting residential housing and <br />commercial areas. He outlined parts of the problem in the transportation industry, which include <br />mobility and land access. He discussed "functional classifications" expressing that the original <br />arterials would be the State, the County, and the City. He also talked about pedestrian fatalities <br />and speed, standard of living and quality of life. To highlight his point he recited a quote by John <br />Nolen (1926), " The solution of the traffic problem is to be sought not so much by wider streets as <br />by proper plan of the town." <br />Mr. Hattaway presented a Conventional Development Cycle model showing inputs <br />and outputs by use of land use planning, growth, and transportation planning. He discussed <br />transportation design showing comments from DOT Agency staff and County staff Under the <br />"Healthy Development Cycle" he disclosed that the smart growth model is to change the way we <br />develop our land and to look at how we develop our housing, which will also help us with the issue <br />of affordable housing and our transportation system, so that we have options other than just the <br />automobile. He saw the need for more connectivity in our network and the need to look at types <br />February 9, 2007 7 <br />Public Workshop <br />