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 | | For example, the neighborhood center may have a transit station and a few multi-story commercial and residential buildings surrounded by several blocks of townhouses and small-lot single-family residential, and larger-lot single-family housing farther away. |
 | | They calculate that, on average, each 100 jobs leads to 2.3 daily boardings, each 100 residents to 9.3 daily boardings, each 100 park-and-ride spaces leads to 77 boardings, each bus to 123 boardings, and an airport to 913 boardings. |
 | | High-quality transit supports the development of high-density urban centers, which can provide accessibility and agglomeration benefits (efficiencies that result when many activities are physically close together), while automobile-oriented transportation conflicts with urban density because it is space intensive, requiring large amounts of land for roads and parking facilities (Voith, 1998). |
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