This page includes videos that highlight how livability has been implemented in various communities.
The Newtown Pike Extension Project Videos: Enhancing Quality of Life for the Davis Park Community in Lexington, Kentucky
This 9 minute video https://youtu.be/B4ke-j5P6yY provides an overview, for transportation decision-makers and the public, how effective transportation planning, project development, and design can preserve and enhance quality of life in the Davis Park Community in Lexington, Kentucky. The project illustrates the implementation of the community impact assessment process, collaboration among federal, state, and local agencies and the use of a Community Land Trust.
This 30 minute video https://youtu.be/zGAbX_rFR5Y shows how effective transportation planning, project development, and design can preserve and enhance the quality of life in the Davis Park Community in Lexington, Kentucky. The project illustrates the implementation of the community impact assessment process, collaboration among federal, state, and local agencies and the use of a Community Land Trust.
The videos below examine the six livability principles developed by the Partnership for Sustainable Communities from the perspective of local, rural, and regional agencies.
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Provide more transportation choices. Develop safe, reliable, and economical transportation choices to decrease household transportation costs, reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign oil, improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and promote public health.
Julio Portillo Q5 transcript |
Ron Townley Q2 transcript |
Promote equitable, affordable housing. Expand location- and energy-efficient housing choices for people of all ages, incomes, races, and ethnicities to increase mobility and lower the combined cost of housing and transportation.
Shawn Seager Q4 transcript |
Enhance economic competitiveness. Improve economic competitiveness through reliable and timely access to employment centers, educational opportunities, services and other basic needs by workers, as well as expanded business access to markets.
Jake Gilmer Q5 transcript |
Shawn Seager Q2 transcript |
Mitch Poulsen Q6 transcript |
Doug Elliott Q4 transcript |
Support existing communities. Target federal funding toward existing communities-through strategies like transit-oriented, mixed-use development and land recycling - to increase community revitalization and the efficiency of public works investments and safeguard rural landscapes.
Natalie Murdock Q2 transcript |
Shawn Seager Q3 transcript |
Jake Gilmer Q3 transcript |
Coordinate and leverage federal policies and investment. Align federal policies and funding to remove barriers to collaboration, leverage funding, and increase the accountability and effectiveness of all levels of government to plan for future growth, including making smart energy choices such as locally generated renewable energy.
Rita Seto Q6 transcript |
Hanna Cockburn Q2 transcript |
Value communities and neighborhoods. Enhance the unique characteristics of all communities by investing in healthy, safe, and walkable neighborhoods—rural, urban, or suburban.
Amy Kessler Q6 transcript |
Julio Portillo Q4 transcript |
Allison Beasley Q2 transcript |
Mitch Poulsen Q2 transcript |
Jake Gilmer Q2 transcript |