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Local government have insight on the capacity of services currently available in some regions, and also which growth strategy they could follow to avoid very ex
by geezerjay 7y ago
Local government have insight on the capacity of services currently available in some regions, and also which growth strategy they could follow to avoid very expensive investments with very negative externalities (i.e., congestioned freeways whose capacity can't be extended).
Allowing high-density residential construction near public transportation hubs creates more value than allowing urbam sprawl to grow indefinitely. The single most important reason why people are forced to waste their lives in long commutes is allowing residential neighborhoods to spring up in the middle of nowhere in places where their only way in and out of their homes is through a long congestioned road served by no public transportation service.
- jasonwatkinspdx 7y agoYou've got the wrong end on this one. Oregon law prescribes urban growth boundaries, so there's already a mechanism to counter sprawl. HB 2001 is in no way a "build more sprawl" bill. The bill also allocates funds to local governments in order to help them understand how their infrastructure needs may change under the bill. "Appropriates moneys to Department of Land Conservation and Development to provide technical assistance to local governments in implementing middle housing regulations and to plan improvement of urban services supporting middle housing."
- bluGill 7y agoWe know from experience that one lane roads are enough to support a city of all two story buildings. There are plenty of examples of such cities more than 500 years old that are still going strong.