Regional Planners Sued for Promoting Sprawl
The Cleveland National Forest Foundation is suing SANDAG over a $200 billion transportation plan that purportedly only promotes sprawl through freeway extensions.
"'We don't need to spend money doing what we've been doing for the past 40 years when we can change and build a better community for our own citizens,' [president of the Cleveland National Forest Foundation Jack] Shu said."
"Duncan McFetridge said the plan fails to address the need for for livable, transit-oriented communities.
'There are some parts of the SANDAG plan that sound very attractive, there's a lot of transit investment for example, but it's off in the future,' said McFetridge. 'And the kind of challenge that we face is now. And if we don't invest now, we won't reap the benefits later.'"
Published on Monday, November 28, 2011 in
Topics
- Every Parking Lot, Visualized
- First Mile-Last Mile, Intermodalism, and Making Public Transit More Attractive
- To Learn About a City, Visit Its Neighborhoods
- A Boring Lesson for Planners
- An Interactive Map of the World's Climate in 2100
- Like City, Like Stadium
- Study: 'Eyes on the Street' Have Real Value for Neighborhood Safety
- Are Form-Based Design Standards Easier Than Form-Based Codes?
- Big Transit Plans Approved for Richmond, Virginia
- 2018 Congressional Transportation Budget Begins to Take Shape
- Billionaire Row's Newest Residents: Lawsuits and Foreclosures
- Federal Safety Watchdog Takes a Position on Speeding Drivers
- Friday Funny: An Artist Makes Climate Change 'Look Awesome'
- Manhattan's Midtown East Rezoning Wins Critical Approval
- Trump Tells Residents to Leave Upstate New York
- New Pedestrian Crossing Between California and Mexico Opening Next Week
- Berkeley Wants to Fund a Tent City for the Homeless
- California's Business-Friendly, Bipartisan Approach to Climate Change
- Portland's 'Adaptive Biketown' Sets a New Standard for Access to Mobility
- Big Investment Firms Are Dominating the Landlord Business
