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The Two Faces Of Sprawl

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
28 April 2003 - 9:00am

The seemingly disparate interests and concerns of urban and rural residents need to be balanced to address sprawl. Is mass transit the solution?

"In four decades, her aging suburb beside Detroit lost one in every three residents. During the same period, his rural township near Pontiac more than doubled in population, sprouting miles of stores and homes...As Michigan seeks a delicate consensus on the prickly issue of dealing with sprawl, leaders must knit the interests of city and country, and of people who live in areas as different as this pair. Their stories show that one key to blending urban and rural hopes is to make big investments in better transportation for all of metro Detroit."

Full Story: Fight to stop sprawl moves into the country
Source: The Detroit Free Press, April 27, 2003
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