The American Planning Association launches a special section with facts and mini-essays on the impacts of sprawl.
"For half a century the United States has grown in a new way: Sprawl. In recent years corporations, non-profit organizations and government agencies have studied the impact of sprawl. Every study shows that sprawl has strained public budgets, increased traffic congestion, threatened public health and the environment, over-consumed land, and damaged the social fabric of our nation. "Localities cant keep up with demand for public services like roads; there are traffic jams, schools are overcrowded, and housing has become unaffordable."1 It does not have to be this way, there are smarter ways to develop."
Thanks to Congress for the New Urbanism
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California High-Speed Rail's Plan to Right Itself
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