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Neighborhood Centers can be developed in new growth areas or on redevelopment or infill sites. Providing.a mix of housing, shopping, and public uses within walking distance of transit and neighborhood commercial services are primary requirements of neighb.orhood center nodes, but lower density housing is appropriate in neighborhood centers as long as average density within the node meets transit service minimum density thresholds. Neighborhood centers can provide for affordable housing through efficient land use and by encouraging a variety of housing types to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse population. Neighborhood Infill This designation applies to existing low density neighborhoods which have potential for nodal development through slight increases in residential densities, redevelopment and more efficient land use, while minimizing changes to the existing character, of the area. The Neighborhood. Infill designation would promote pedestrian, bicycle and transit activity by either establishing or reinforcing small-scale, neighborhood commercial "anchors" within these low-density residential areas. These areas must be located along a planned or existing Multi-modal corridor or transit route. The focus within Neighborhood Infill areas is on promoting pedestrian, bicycle and transit activity by either establishing, or retrofitting small-scale neighborhood commercial centers within existing low density residential areas, and enhancing the bicycle and pedestrian circulation systems. Connected Pedestrian Nodes Connected Pedestrian Nodes (CPNs) are a nodal development type with several distinct characteristics that distinguish them from other nodal 'development types. Key components of the Nodal Development strategy (mixture of land uses, residential densities, pedestrian circulation,, bicycle circulation, transit connections and open space) are similar in almost all respects to the components of a CPN. However; CPNs differ in several important respects. The most important distinction is that Connected Pedestrian Nodes would be designed and developed to encourage gradual removal of automobiles for everyday access to uses within the node. The gradual removal of automobiles would .depend on development of an alternative transportation system and infrastructure that would make auto-free neighborhoods, a practical alternative. Vehicular access would be maintained for emergency vehicles, service vehicles, wheelchairs and the like. CPNs would be developed in clusters to promote the necessary densities and mixture of activities that would allow each node to support the others. The centers of all CPNs would be cOnnected to other nodes with an efficient multi-modal transportation system, emphasizing bicycle, pedestrian and urban rail modes. Access to automobiles, for those who live and work Land Use Measures Strategies Page 13