Growing Differently: An Alternative To Sprawl
Sacramento's most influential leaders want the city to grow without sprawling.
"The key to avoiding this nightmare is not to stop growing, but to grow differently. After another 50 years of sprawl, only 2 percent of new growth would be near frequent-running transit. Build more cluster homes and more town houses and a third of all future housing could be near transit. The payoffs would be stunning."
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
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Published on Sunday, May 2, 2004 in
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