The Oberstar Transportation Plan: A Costly Exercise in Lifestyle Modification
US News • November 2009 • Views: 527
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As written, many provisions of STAA have two primary purposes:
* Deterring the use of automobiles; and
* Forcing residential and commercial development into higher density urban communities where public transit, walking, and bicycling would be the main form of transportation.
To do this, Oberstar’s bill would encourage and require states and metropolitan planning organizations to use new land use regulations that would lead to much higher densities than Americans now prefer.
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