High-density Housing Targets City Sprawl

"San Jose, a city shaped by decades of suburban sprawl, took a critical step Tuesday toward controlling its growth by reserving more than 100 acres of land along the city's expanding light-rail lines for thousands of new apartments and condominiums. The city council's unanimous vote, which could produce more than 7,000 new homes, commits San Jose to a course many cities have been slow to take. Rather than develop on vacant land at the city's fringes, San Jose will build on underused parcels along the planned Capitol and Vasona light-rail lines."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan