Opinion
A Growing Political Dispute In Cary
It’s become somewhat of a cliché within North Carolina political circles to cite politics in Cary as exemplifying local conflicts over growth and development.
Opinion
Wake County’s Open Space Bond
On October 9, 2007, Wake County voters will decide whether to support or oppose a $50 million bond for open space. The bond would fund a government land grab, with the alleged purpose of restricting development. This type of development restriction is a push for higher-density living and leads to higher home prices.
Opinion
Asserting Links That Don’t Connect
Despite the lack of supporting evidence, heard politicians and activists assert confidently that suburban “sprawl” is a public-health problem that regulation and transit can address.
Opinion
[Not] In the Middle of Sprawl-ville
Writing from Los Angeles County, about high-density growth patterns, which actually exist in Los Angeles County, contrary to some’s misperceptions.
Opinion
Missing the Boat on Trafffic Congestion
North Carolina is missing the boat on how to alleviate traffic congestion — particularly if we use a nautical analogy, rather than a landlubber’s, to describe the potential effects of the Internet.
Opinion
No. 138: Houston Freeways: A Road Map for Other Growing Regions
Author Eric Slotboom shows how other cities can adopt some of Houston's innovative highway designs in Houston Freeways: A Historical and Visual Journey.
News
Preserving the American Dream
RALEIGH — Over the past two decades, the term “smart growth” has become part of the national lexicon. Used frequently by policymakers and activists, the term describes a planning vision for transportation and development that purports to preserve the American dream of home ownership, mobility, and freedom. On Jan. 10, the Center for Local Innovation will host “Innovate 2004: Preserving the American Dream in North Carolina,” a discussion of what’s in store for the state if smart-growth policies continue to be implemented. Transportation and growth experts from around the nation will speak at the event in RTP.
Opinion
“Sprawl” Solves Another Problem
Just about everything you think you know about the negative consequences of "sprawl" is wrong. And now, here's another wrinkle: the alternative, "New Urbanism," promotes crime.
Opinion
No. 702: EPA Report Exposes Environmental Alarmists
Environmental pressure groups regularly publish “studies,” blindly reported by the media, meant to convince people that the environment is falling apart. We are also told that as a consequence our health and quality of life are declining. In June the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency exposed all of this as nonsense.
Opinion
Sprawl and Obesity in North Carolina: What’s All the Fuss About?
It has always been difficult to make something out of nothing, but a new report linking America’s growing obesity problem with urban sprawl (suburban living) sets a new record for political spin.
Opinion
No. 677: Hooray for Sprawl: New Study Debunks “Smart Growth”
Sprawl is a word that has acquired a negative connotation in our language. Mention sprawl and the immediate image in most minds is of subdivisions gobbling up farmland and pristine forests and causing commuters to sit in time-wasting traffic jams to and from work. Many politicians say they are for “smart-growth,” which is a kind of fuzzy, ill-defined alternative to “nasty” sprawl.
Opinion
Growth Is Bad — and So’s No Growth
There's apparently too much growth in Charlotte and too little growth in Greensboro. Fortunately, we have a Goldilocks Government who can get things just right for us.
