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As the economists Ed Glaeser and Matt Kahn have written, while in 1940 most jobs were located close to the urban core, by 1996, only 16 percent of jobs were within three miles of a city’s central business district: “The dense, walking city of the 19th century has been replaced by the medium density, driving city of today.”
What’s Causing Black Flight?
theatlantic.com
The 1940s-era research supporting the 85th percentile relied on self-reported crash data and was conducted on two-lane rural highways, devoid of multimodal activity.
Designed to Fail | National Association of City Transportation Officials
nacto.org
Our landscapes are changing in a cruel and ironic way: they’re becoming less permeable to wildlife at the precise moment animals need to move most. As our climate warms, beings large and small will be forced to relocate, either north or upslope, to remain within their “thermal envelope,” the band of temperatures in which they evolved.
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