Shorter commutes. Less sprawl. Cleaner air.
Denser housing closer to downtown near transportation hubs.
"Smart growth" it's called.
California policy makers have been yakking about this -- dreaming about it -- for decades. But too many interests have been prospering from dumb growth or have merely been skittish of a future they can't quite visualize.
Enter a tenacious policy wonk with roots in local government: state Sen. Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento). He has just managed to finesse to the verge of legislative passage a visionary smart growth bill that, by its nature, also fights global warming.
Denser housing closer to downtown near transportation hubs.
"Smart growth" it's called.
California policy makers have been yakking about this -- dreaming about it -- for decades. But too many interests have been prospering from dumb growth or have merely been skittish of a future they can't quite visualize.
Enter a tenacious policy wonk with roots in local government: state Sen. Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento). He has just managed to finesse to the verge of legislative passage a visionary smart growth bill that, by its nature, also fights global warming.
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- bshipp
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I am proud of California for making these new steps toward responsible city growth.
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- sublimeuniverse
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It's already too late, the sprawl here in LA is unchangeable for the most part. Even the expansion of the metro hardly helps. We need a PT overhaul.
But at least something is being done. Californians are wayyyy too dependent on cars.
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we can change if we want to bad enough.
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I want subways!
In Orange County at least.
The LA metro subway lines are loveeelly.
There is no reason they shouldn't have them in more areas of Southern California. If we have a more comprehensive subway line I couldn't imagine how much the commutes from LA to OC and vice versa would take cars off the roads.
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