Albuquerque’s ten Community Planning Areas are primarily low residential density and have a wide variety of land use conditions. Infill development is occurring, providing more opportunities for residents to walk to work and walk for exercise. Citizens recognized the progress that has occurred.

INDICATORS

• 27.1 Residential Density and Land Use
• 27.2 Vacant Sites and Building Activity
• 27.3 Walking to Work and For Exercise
• See Goal 4, Indicator 25.2 Open Space and Trails

  LOCAL TREND:

Residential acres in every Community Planning Area (CPA) in Albuquerque are at least 81% low density, ranging up to 98.7%. The percentage of medium residential density ranges from 0.2% to 12.5%, and high density ranges from 0.1% to 11.4%. Land uses are similarly dispersed among CPAs, creating variety, but not necessarily balance, in Albuquerque’s residential density and land uses. Infill development is occurring with a 59% reduction in the number of vacant sites inside the 1960 city limits between 1999 and 2008. Such development is creating more opportunities for people to walk to work and walk for exercise. City trails are very accessible to residences: 74% of residences are within ¼ mile of a trail and 99% are within one mile. Only 1% are farther than one mile from a City trail.

  NATIONAL/REGIONAL COMPARISON:

Two of five regional benchmark cities, Tucson and Colorado Springs, have a better percentage of commuters walking to work. Albuquerque has a slightly better rate than Oklahoma City, Austin, and El Paso. These differences are slight, and likely within the surveying margin of error.

  CITIZEN PERCEPTION:

In 2007, Albuquerque citizens considered a balance of densities, land uses, and pedestrian friendly environments as only slightly important, placing it 43rd of all 51 Desired Community Conditions. Progress, however was perceived to be somewhat better, 19th of 51 DCCs, which is a closer match to the indicator data. Among the CPAs, Central Albuquerque residents considered this DCC more important than other residents, while Near Heights residents perceived the lowest level of progress.

Opportunity to Continue to Improve	LOCAL TREND IS:	Stable
	ALBUQUERQUE, COMPARED TO OTHERS, IS:	Similar
	CITIZEN PERCEPTION COMPARED TO DATA:	Matches

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