> possibly solving a lot of housing issues in metropolitan areas Sprawl does not solve housing issues. Let’s say the metropolitan range is expanded by 100 mile

> possibly solving a lot of housing issues in metropolitan areas Sprawl does not solve housing issues. Let’s say the metropolitan range is expanded by 100 miles, all that’s happened is now the 100 mile area will soon get filled up with low density housing full of new NIMBY homeowners. It’s much better to approve new housing near existing transportation infrastructure than spend billions building out a speculative technology to fix a problem with an easily understood solution.