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<br />rider origi.... and destinations in the Shook's Run study area are OIlly a small
<br />portiOllofthetotoloriginsonddestinotionsgen..rotedinlheCity. Without
<br />occesstotheporticularsoftheirstudy,ilisdifFicuhtodeterminetheactual
<br />signif;conce of the figure, but it con be noted that the 1970cenlus for the
<br />tracts thot compri.e the Shook's Run area and itl immediate lurrounding.
<br />showlthet only 2%afgll wgrkers in the areo utilize public transit to go
<br />to and from work. This, 01 compared to SO% who travel by private auto
<br />and Fully 11% who walk. II might, in fact, be impossible to occurotely
<br />determine the transit need and potential ridership in Ihe Shook'sR unOreo
<br />w1thouto Fairly detailed survey of the area r...idents. If the Sorton-Aschmon
<br />onoly.isisco"ectondbasedonodequotedota,perhapstroositisn'to
<br />.ignificont problem In Ihe studyareo. II would appeor Ihot odditionol in-
<br />formation ,s needed before a final recommendation on tran.itfor the Shook's
<br />Run study area Con be mode.
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<br />Thelondu.eandzoningpiclurefortheShook'IRunstudymeoi.,losor
<br />the leost, a confusing one (.eem"p 1'.11). Port of the area isa "tran-
<br />sition" areo between Ihe Central a...sine~' District (CSD) which is ,nten-
<br />sively commerciol end odjacenl neighborhood. which ore olmost exclu.ively
<br />residential in character. A.such it i.severly offlicledwith the problem.
<br />of mixed usage, deteriorating resldentiol .trUClure., ",eculotive ownership
<br />ond uncertainty of chorocter thaI hove plagued similar tron,ilion orea.
<br />in larger commun1ti..s thraughout the country.
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<br />A portion of the study area to Ih.. southerly end and northerly olonglhe
<br />A.T. &S.F. RailrO(ld, is portlally developedwllh heovy industrial uses
<br />to the extent Ihal developmenl of large areo.of vocont land has been
<br />.everelyinhibitedforanythingbulodditionolindustrialu.e.. Subse-
<br />quently, large acreages in the clty and immediatelyodiacent to" have
<br />been zoned for industry with, in rnany ca,e" much mare attractive loca-
<br />lions for developing indu,trie~ then ore ovai lable In the Shook', Run orea.
<br />The impact On the aree ha. been considerable. Yacont lond, interspersed
<br />with l...du,lrial ond heavy commercial use" which has remained vocant
<br />for mony yea.. shows little Indinnlion toward development in th.. near
<br />future.
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<br />Still onotherpertian of the study "'eoportieulody thenartheoslerly segment
<br />persi.ts 0' 0 ,olld r",identiol area with only minimal encroochmentof in-
<br />compotibl.. "'N.
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<br />The "Generalized Lond U~e" mop (p.ll) indicote. bo~ic potternl thai ore
<br />discernoble in the ,tudy area. Urfortungtely, if not viewed in the proper
<br />perspeclive, this mop con be high:y misleading. It connot beQ"umed that
<br />theact",o! pattern i. anywhere dese to the cleon definition delineotedon
<br />omopofthi. scele ond,in fact, there Qre v"ryfew Jfl<Its in Ihe Shook's
<br />Run area where 0 definitive !ine exi.,. between clo.....of londuse. Never-
<br />the leIs, land","" c<:>nflict, arc aplCrenteven On the highly generoiiz ed
<br />mop. For exampie, there or.. oreosalong the northeost ,ide of the Centrol
<br />bu.iness Districr where inten.e commercial u~es obut and are inlerspersed
<br />with low deruity ""idential",.e,. F",rthermore, m",ch of the indultriolly
<br />""ed lend in the .tudyoreo abuts lowd.,mlty r'l'5id..nt;,,1 'Jses. These Ore
<br />direct conflichwith the ho.k precepts ofzaning and ore merely the most
<br />f(ogront e~ompJe. of wide lpreod land ",sa conflicts in the Shook's Run
<br />~tudy Or"".
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