If trying to reorganize society in more compact arrangements were ever a good idea, now is not the time to do it.
American commuting patterns have been on something of a roller coaster ride over several decades, driven predominantly by the baby boom on the demographic side and by a successful economy and government pressures against the single-occupant vehicle (SOV) on the public policy side. Following are some of the trends that have sharply affected commuting patterns in the past: a boom in workers as the baby boomers came of working age; a surge of women joining the labor force; a boom in automobile ownership based on the affordability, low operating costs, and durability of automobiles; a shift outward in homes, and then jobs, as the circumferential commute came to dominate the geographic patterns of commuting.
Thanks to Urban Land Magazine
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