The mall is all about our appetite for stuff, our greedy habit of consuming more than anyone else in the world. It is about our relationship to cars — off the freeway, with plenty of parking! — and our abandonment of our cities. It is about our infantile attention span, our embrace of the artificial, our transformation from a country that makes things to a country that buys things. Things we do not need.
It’s time we built a high-speed rail system connecting Cleveland-Columbus-Cincinnati. It’s time we fund our transit systems to be strong competitors to the car. It’s time we invested in Complete Streets (like the Euclid Corridor). It’s time we fixed our potholes. It’s time we stopped building new highways to nowhere. It’s time we had a real conversation about investing in a transportation system that recognizes climate change, peak oil, and sustainable solutions.
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Transit-oriented development (TOD) creates livable places that offer many convenient transportation choices. Transit becomes a convenient choice when medium- and high-density mixed uses are concentrated in a pedestrian-friendly environment, within walking distance of bus and rail stops.
This is accomplished by the coordination of land use planning, urban design, and transit investment.
Resources:
Committee for Transit Oriented Design
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