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  • Transit Villages are a Throwback to Medieval Society

    08/14/2004 11:16:56 AM PDT · by hedgetrimmer · 67 replies · 1,583+ views
    Advance Bulletin ^ | Aug 04, 2004 | Michael Park
    Summary: SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- The transportation options available in feudal society are only quaint in hindsight. Smart Growth calls for a reversion to the limited mobility of the pre-automotive society. Full text: Transit-oriented developments (TODs) are a failure in modern society. The reason I say it this way is because the idea of a transit-oriented development is not new, but has arisen naturally as transportation has evolved. TODs are an artifact from the pre-automotive society and their failure in modern implementation is due to this fact. It helps to define a TOD... Transit-oriented developments are optimally self-sufficient nodes on...
  • New law eases rules on high-density homes

    09/14/2002 9:58:21 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 8 replies · 86+ views
    Mercury News ^ | 9/14/02 | Mercury News
    <p>Gov. Gray Davis has signed a bill that will allow cities to approve high-density development near busy bus and rail stops -- even if traffic in surrounding neighborhoods would significantly worsen.</p> <p>The bill, SB 1636, sponsored by state Sen. Liz Figueroa, D-Fremont, will create special zones within a third of a mile from busy rail and bus stops, for which current rules could be waived.</p>