A series of links to resources on the American approach to reducing car dependency.
In the USA a movement has been established which has a similar philosophy to ConnectedCites, but which generally focuses on new rapid transit systems. It has various names: The oldest example is the:
There are many other examples, including: To European eyes these developments appear normal, and quite car oriented. But by US standards they represent a radical shift away from the freeway/parking-lot/strip-mall suburbia which has been the norm since WW2. |