Op-Ed: Recognizing Nondrivers Can Spur a Revolution in Transportation and Housing - The Urbanist
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Op-Ed: Recognizing Nondrivers Can Spur a Revolution in Transportation and Housing - The Urbanist
With auto-based infrastructure needing dramatically more money than is currently available just to maintain what we’ve already built, urban transportation advocates are forced to support lots of additional revenue for roads to get tepid support for walking, biking and transit funding.
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