A new normal: Putting the brakes on suburban freeway expansion
By Steve Berg | Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010
Eight years ago, a conservative administration came to power clinging tightly to an idea that had characterized American greatness in the post-1945 era: expansion on the suburban edge, fueled by cheap gasoline and the laying of new pavement.
The new governor, Tim Pawlenty, went so far as to select his running mate, Carol Molnau, as his transportation commissioner, knowing well her "concrete-in-my-veins" reputation and her advocacy for a second beltway to further extend the much idealized "crabgrass frontier."
But now the administration has run out of gas, or, more accurately, out of money to pay for new roads. This is a coming-of-age story for Minnesota, a realization that suburban expansion can no longer be sustained in quite the same way and that the Twin Cities must find more efficient ways to grow.
Full column at: http://www.minnpost.com/steveberg/2010/09/29/21858/a_new_normal_putting_the_brakes_on_suburban_freeway_expansion?utm_source=MinnPost-RSS&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+minnpost-steveberg+%28MinnPost+-+Cityscape%29&utm_content=Google+Reader#18-21858
By Steve Berg | Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010
Eight years ago, a conservative administration came to power clinging tightly to an idea that had characterized American greatness in the post-1945 era: expansion on the suburban edge, fueled by cheap gasoline and the laying of new pavement.
The new governor, Tim Pawlenty, went so far as to select his running mate, Carol Molnau, as his transportation commissioner, knowing well her "concrete-in-my-veins" reputation and her advocacy for a second beltway to further extend the much idealized "crabgrass frontier."
But now the administration has run out of gas, or, more accurately, out of money to pay for new roads. This is a coming-of-age story for Minnesota, a realization that suburban expansion can no longer be sustained in quite the same way and that the Twin Cities must find more efficient ways to grow.
Full column at: http://www.minnpost.com/steveberg/2010/09/29/21858/a_new_normal_putting_the_brakes_on_suburban_freeway_expansion?utm_source=MinnPost-RSS&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+minnpost-steveberg+%28MinnPost+-+Cityscape%29&utm_content=Google+Reader#18-21858
Ken Prendergast
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
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Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
