Bridgeport's Big Step to Becoming a More Livable & Green Community

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After years of working through the relevant boards and councils, Bridgeport's new citywide zoning map was approved the evening of Monday, November 30.

Along with it comes the adoption of some of the most progressive transit-oriented development zoning for the city's downtown. Using aspects of form-based codes, these new rules for redevelopment will help downtown Bridgeport achieve its goals of being a walkable, livable community that reduces its carbon emissions by avoiding automobile trips and development on the region's fringes.

RPA completed the urban design component of the downtown master plan in 2007 and drafted the corresponding Downtown Village Districts.