Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing traffic studies

[Kathryn McCamant (kmccamant]

Philip said: 

Holding demography and location constant, I would not expect passenger vehicle 
usage to vary much from cohousing models to “regular” models.
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I disagree. I think that cohousing in any location has much reduced trips for 
1) taking kids to playdates, and 2) those quick trips to the grocery store. For 
example, I would always just work my way down the walkway to find an onion 
before I hopped in my car to go buy one.  And much more of our social life is 
"on site." 

I would be really great to get data comparing an existing cohousing community 
to other multi-family housing in a similar location. Because we don't have good 
data, we have to use the standard multi-family estimates for car trips. Senior 
communities get extra credit...ie fewer car trips as a standard. 


Katie 
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Kathryn McCamant, President
CoHousing Solutions
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