Sprawl = Injustice

The sprawling suburbanization of America has implications for both planning and social justice -- it penalizes the millions of Americans who are too poor to drive.

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April 10, 2001, 7:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

For the past century, government has built highways to suburban areas with minimal or nonexistent public transit, thereby making it convenient for businesses and civic facilities to abandon transit-friendly cities and move to car-dependent suburbs. By making car ownership a necessity for work and play, sprawl penalizes the millions of Americans who are too poor to drive and the 24 million disabled Americans who are physically incapable of driving, freezing them out of the labor market and out of civic life. Mr. Lewyn calls for a "no roads without transit" policy.

Thanks to Michael Lewyn

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