Introduction

Orange County is in the process of approving and adopting an MMTD for the Innovation Way area located in south east Orange County.  The goal of a MMTD is to facilitate the use of multiple modes of transportation, leading to a reduction in automobile use and vehicle miles traveled.  The designation of such districts recognizes the inherent, integral relationship between transportation, land use and urban design and the degree that these elements affect the other.  Establishment of a MMTD in the Innovation Way Corridor will assist the County in avoiding a future for southeast Orange County dominated by suburban land use, sprawl development and limited transportation capacity.  Instead, the MMTD will assist the County in establishing an environmentally sound, pedestrian friendly community that provides a balance of transportation alternatives for movement within the area, to adjacent development within the corridor, and to the rest of the region.