Crossword Puzzle October 19, 2023

December 1, 2023, 3:25 PM PST

By Diana Ionescu @aworkoffiction

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1 The Americans with ____ Act codified accessibility requirements into law beginning in 1990.
6 A strategy aimed at eliminating pedestrian deaths by improving road design and infrastructure with a focus on safety.
9 Residential or commercial development clustered around public transit stations, for short.
11 A term used to refer to suburban development that is spread out over a large geographic area and encourages car-oriented development.
14 A supplementary residential unit built into or next to an existing housing unit, in brief.
15 A type of zoning code named for a Supreme Court case that prioritizes use-based zoning.
16 Changes to a zoning code made to increase the amount and/or density of development allowed in the future.
17 Futuristic theme park originally designed by Walt Disney as a prototype for a high-tech city of the future.
19 Texas city famous for its lack of zoning codes.
20 A computer system for capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions on Earth's surface.

1 The number of developed units in a specific area of land.
2 A form of transportation that uses subterranean trains to move passengers.
3 A network of publicly available bicycles that can be rented by the minute or hour and returned at different locations around a city.
4 The first mass-produced housing development in the United States, which set a standard for planned subdivisions for decades to come.
5 A set of legal tools that regulate what can be built and where, usually decided at the local level.
7 Often used derisively, this term is an acronym for people who oppose new development in their neighborhood.
8 A community that lies beyond the suburban fringe but is still connected to a larger metropolitan area.
10 Writer often cited as the foremost urbanist in history, famous for the book The Death and Life of Great American Cities
11 A type of light rail transportation that operates on a fixed route in cities and suburbs.
12 The practice of restricting investment in areas deemed high-risk by banks.
13 A Dutch term for road design that encourages the mixing of pedestrians, vehicles, bikes, and other transportation modes.
18 A multi-passenger vehicle that runs on a fixed route, stopping at designated stations.

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