One of my favorite things is Urban Planning. I know, it doesn’t sound sexy does it? All wrapped up with that are topics like land use, road development, and politics (particularly at the local level). In a place like Connecticut, with 169 home-rule towns, regional planning of any sort can be difficult and inter-city rivalries are almost the norm.
I once heard that planning like this needs to happen on the scale commiserate with the distance one commutes on a daily basis. I commute almost 50 miles each way (I’m sure I’m way on the longer side of this) and go through a dozen towns. Do you think that they are all cooperating to make sure that there are alternative transportation sources available?
Here are a couple interesting sites:
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