It's a quicker fix than you'd think in the central areas of most American cities. In Austin, the neighborhood next to the University of Texas (enrollment: ~50,0

It's a quicker fix than you'd think in the central areas of most American cities. In Austin, the neighborhood next to the University of Texas (enrollment: ~50,000) was drastically underzoned for decades. Within five years of its rezoning, the neighborhood changed drastically. I'd estimate that the neighborhood has about doubled in density in half a decade, and there's still plenty of land that will be redeveloped in the next decade. Most suburbs will never be easy to serve with high quality transit, but most central cities could do it fairly quickly with the stroke of a pen. http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid:193942 http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid...