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Why Ban the Beltways

by James Russell on March 4, 2011 - Get free updates on posts here

Houston’s third outer beltway would bisect the precious Katy Prairie, but at least it’s advocates are honest about its purpose according to this Streetsblog post: to aid development not mobility. There’s plenty of unmet transportation demand around Houston but it is outer-outer suburban developers who get state road dollars to pave access to their doors — before they’ve even built. It’s the most egregious example of why I call for banning beltways in my new book The Agile City (above, Las Vegas).

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