Edge City: Life on the New FrontierFirst there was downtown. Then there were suburbs. Then there were malls. Then Americans launched the most sweeping change in 100 years in how they live, work, and play. The Edge City. |
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... Traffic lights were the reason road improvements were essen- tial . Traffic lights were abhorred . If this town center was going to have one thing , it was going to have overpasses . " We realized that there was a tremendous cost ...
... Traffic lights were the reason road improvements were essen- tial . Traffic lights were abhorred . If this town center was going to have one thing , it was going to have overpasses . " We realized that there was a tremendous cost ...
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... traffic jams . Now that is a genuinely limiting factor . Traffic jams are a horrifying waste of that vital commodity , time . Americans tell pollsters that traffic congestion is among the most maddening problems they face . However ...
... traffic jams . Now that is a genuinely limiting factor . Traffic jams are a horrifying waste of that vital commodity , time . Americans tell pollsters that traffic congestion is among the most maddening problems they face . However ...
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... traffic flow is probably temporary . The more capacity you add , the more likely you are to make the place more popular , attracting more development , thereby attracting more business , and creating more traffic . But there are ways of ...
... traffic flow is probably temporary . The more capacity you add , the more likely you are to make the place more popular , attracting more development , thereby attracting more business , and creating more traffic . But there are ways of ...
Contents
PIONEERS FRONTIERS AND THE TWENTYFIRST CENTURY | xix |
THE SEARCH FOR THE FUTURE INSIDE OURSELVES Life on the New Frontier | 1 |
NEW JERSEY Tomorrowland | 17 |
Copyright | |
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