Guardian(UK): America's love affair fades as the car becomes burden of suburbia

[arenean]

From today's Guardian.....

Guardian(UK): America's love affair fades as the car becomes burden of suburbia

[Selatius]

1. What it means is that cities and towns yet to be built won't be sprawled cities with miles of roads.

They would more likely resemble cities built before cars--in essence, cities where things are closer together. Likely, there would be a lot of rezoning to allow small businesses among previously residential-only areas so that food markets can be located near homes instead of at shopping plazas blocks away.

[enid602]

2. LA

Or, maybe some sprawling, suburban cities will retool to accommodate the new reality. Los Angeles, for example has added more than 800 miles of subway, elevated, light-rail and commuter rail in the last 25 years, more than any other city on the planet. Los Angeles and surrounding suburban counties changed their zoning so that developers building units within 1/4 mile of a heavy rail station don't need to provide automobile parking. That's pretty radical for Southern California, and there are 200 such stations in the LA metro area. Lots of little downtowns. Sales and rentals in these TOD´s (transit-oriented developments) are doing well.

[hogwyld]

3. What will eventually happen

Is that those who choose to live out in the boonies, will demand to have their lifestyles subsidized by the taxpayers.