From the Gainesville Sun
By Christopher Curry
Staff writer
In Florida, living in a residential subdivision and getting around by automobile are a part of the state's identity - like college football and the palm tree.
Locally, Alachua County officials intend to make a sea change in this area's transportation and growth patterns. The end goal is a shift away from suburban-style subdivisions to more compactly built, walkable mixed-use developments that intermingle retail, residential and office, and go by planning terms such as "transit-oriented" or "traditional-neighborhood" developments.
Instead of getting behind the wheel to head to the job, the store or a restaurant, residents of these developments could either have these destinations in their neighborhood and within walking distance or get to them by a new mode of transportation - the planned express bus service that Gainesville's Regional Transit System will operate. (more)...
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