The Future Isn't What It Used To Be: Changing
Trends And Their
Implications For Transport Planning
... if we start developing a new suburban highway now, it will be
completed about the time that most Baby Boomers retire, fuel prices rise
significantly, and consumers increasingly value walkable neighborhoods. It
may be better to anticipate these trends by investing resources in
alternative modes and creating less automobile-dependent communities.
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Packing Pavement
The vitality of a city comes from its pedestrians, not its cars.
The Importance of Smart
Growth to America's Future
Speech by
Parris N. Glendening, Governor
Imagine a different
future ... a better vision that it is within our power to create: A future
based not just on economic prosperity, but community prosperity as well.
Where people spend evenings having dinner with the family or at a
daughter's soccer game... not sitting in traffic jams. With vibrant,
viable, walkable communities where people can work, have
dinner, visit a museum, or attend the theater in safety and comfort.
Learn about roundabouts on informative pages of Maryland SHA