Exam 3 reviewer

Question 1

What are the linear elements and represent both vehicle and pedestrian movement?

Answer 1

paths

Question 2

What encompasses areas of commonality?

Answer 2

District/s

Question 3

What is the spark that gives life to raw elements?

Answer 3

Creativity.

Question 4

What is the culmination of what the client hopes to accomplish with the site?

Answer 4

Program.

Question 5

What are the three sources of inspiration?

Answer 5

• Natural world
• manufactured world/built environment
• Abstract thought.

Question 6

There are various steps on how the design works, according to.

Answer 6

Kenneth Hall and Gerald Porterfield.

Question 7

What is the first step in the design process?

Answer 7

By getting the pencil moving.

Question 8

What is the last step in the design process?

Answer 8

Asking ourselves how or what we are proposing will fit into the community.

Question 9

ACCORDING TO THE BOOK, THERE ARE NUMEROUS STEPS IN THE DESIGN PROCESS. HOW MANY WAS IT?

Answer 9

13

Question 10

WHAT DOES COMMUNITY DESIGN IMPLY ACCORDING TO THE BOOK?

Answer 10

problem solving

Question 11

This circulation pattern is pedestrian friendly because it provides a variety of routes between destinations

Answer 11

grid system

Question 12

Allow the most direct route through and to a central area and in large areas

Answer 12

radial system

Question 13

Operate most effectively on Residential settings that are on a small scale, with a restricted variety of housing types.

Answer 13

Hierarchical System

Question 14

What is the common problem of a Hierarchical and Looping system?

Answer 14

traffic congestion

Question 15

This circulation pattern is most commonly used in Planned Unit Developments.

Answer 15

looping system

Question 16

A larger area surrounded by streets but allowing no through traffic, were once hailed as the road system of the future.

Answer 16

superblocks

Question 17

It restricts the flow of traffic by requiring vehicles to stop and start. Using the design of streets to slow or calm traffic. increases pedestrians’ sense of safety and reduces the likelihood of traffic accidents.

Answer 17

friction

Question 18

It is a part of the design considerations where the texture of surroundings complements the design speed of the roadway.

Answer 18

visual grain

Question 19

The Architects who proposed the Hillsborough Township in New Jersey are?

Answer 19

Looney Rick Kiss Architects

Question 20

What are the two (2) main streets that divided into several traditional downtown blocks through the introduction of new streets?

Answer 20

A plaza and a town green

Question 21

It is an at-grade solution, allowing some traffic to continue to move even when traffic is stopped by traffic signals

Answer 21

trumpet intersections

Question 22

In order to provide drivers time to recover and more braking room, broken-back curves and reverse curves are typically designed with at least?

Answer 22

100 foot tangent

Question 23

It is a landscaping that dramatically improve the appearance of cul-de-sacs if the larger diameter is required.

Answer 23

Center Island

Question 24

It is useful especially for intersections of 500 to 1000 trips per hour and work well in residential areas, especially if the center area becomes a landscaped park.

Answer 24

rotaries

Question 25

In CSDs, cul-de-sac lengths vary, but generally should not exceed in?

Answer 25

1000 feet in length

Question 26

What has resulted are great expanses of asphalt or concrete, usually filled to only one quarter or__.

Answer 26

one-third capacity 98 percent of the time

Question 27

A sort of parking arrangement known as _____, as allows cars to park exclusively on one side of the roadway

Answer 27

One-way Parking

Question 28

Are necessary services that the general public is served by either the government or private businesses. Electricity, natural gas, water, and telephone services are among these services.

Answer 28

public utilities

Question 29

In what year does national pollutant discharge elimination system (nodes) implemented?

Answer 29

1990

Question 30

What type of stormwater management system that Captures a large quantity of stormwater and slowly releases it until it is completely dissipated?

Answer 30

dry pond

Question 31

Why are well-designed pedestrian ways important in a community?

Answer 31

They are the blood veins of the community and provide accessibility and direction from one place to another.

Question 32

Why are people discouraged from using pedestrian way in a typical community setting?

Answer 32

Due to the sterile and inhospitable environment of the street

Question 33

What was the concept introduced by Jane Jacobs in her study?

Answer 33

Networking of activities

Question 34

What is the ultimate goal in creating a pedestrian way?

Answer 34

To meet the users need for enclosure while providing a safe, comfortable and interesting place to interact with others.

Question 35

What is the preferred sequence in designing a pedestrian way?

Answer 35

Street, on-street parking, tree-planting verge, sidewalk, building

Question 36

What is the primary role of superior circulation design in a community?

Answer 36

Providing access to residents

Question 37

What are circulation systems in a community often compared to?

Answer 37

The lifelines of the community

Question 38

Vehicular circulation consumes what estimated percent of our developed areas?

Answer 38

30%

Question 39

The following that are mentioned are negative impacts of automobiles except? - Increase in the rate of accidental death - Emission of greenhouse gases - Generation of urban sprawl and traffic - Reduces pollution

Answer 39

Reduces pollution

Question 40

It is the most expensive feature of community development and creates vast expanses of pavement

Answer 40

Vehicle circulation

Question 41

What term of TND pattern that separates the developed area from a non-developed area?

Answer 41

drive

Question 42

What are the three primary of streets?

Answer 42

Minor street collector street arterial street

Question 43

What type of streets has 4 or more lanes divided by a defined median in the center?

Answer 43

Arterial streets

Question 44

Why does the streets of TND have narrow width, travel lanes on both sides if the street , and has on street parallel parking

Answer 44

To slow down traffic for the safety of the pedestrian.

Question 45

What offers space for movement and access and facilitate a variety pf uses and activities?

Answer 45

Streets