Portland Demonstrates The Importance Of Urban Planning

Suburbia, envisioned as a cure for the "ulcers" of cities, is now seen as an evil.

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September 2, 2003, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

For more than a decade, Portland has proudly extolled its virtues as one of the most thoughtfully planned cities in the country...Portland has long been the darling of so-called "New Urbanist" advocates of mass transit, denser neighborhoods and strict design controls to promote walking. But it now may find itself at the forefront of a movement by public health advocates to consider -- or actually reconsider -- urban planning...

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Walking the Portland way

Monday, September 1, 2003 in The Oregonian

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