Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sprawl

Talking Headways Podcast: Let’s Go to the Mall With Alexandra Lange!

By Jeff Wood | Aug 7, 2022 | No Comments

This week: architecture journalist Alexandra Lange talks about her book, "Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall," plus the evolution of the enclosed shopping center, equity, legal implications, and of course, zombies. It's a one-of-a-kind episode!

DR: STRANGECAR: Or How I Learned to Keep Worrying and Hate E-Cars

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 23, 2022 | No Comments

If you think electric cars are going to change all the problems of cars, well, I've got a bridge I really wish I could sell you.

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Biden is All In on EVs — But Will that Just Create a New Generation of Car Dependence?

By Vince DiMiceli | Feb 14, 2022 | No Comments

In doing so, the White House ensured that car culture will continue to help set the agenda on transportation policy after more than 70 years of misguided, deadly mistakes.

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Not So FAST: Senate Transport Bill Causes Pileup for White House Climate Goals

By Aaron Short | May 27, 2021 | No Comments

A Senate proposal to shovel hundreds of billions of dollars into new freeways will wipe out the Biden administration’s goal of halving carbon emissions by 2030.

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What’s Driving Hospital Sprawl?

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 11, 2018 | No Comments

The trend toward private rooms has hospitals heading for the cornfields.

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How Houston’s Sprawl Makes It Harder to Cope With Storms Like Harvey

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 28, 2017 | No Comments

While any city would be overwhelmed by so much rain in so little time, land use in the Houston region has made a difficult situation worse.

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