Brookings Institute Scholar Says Pittsburgh Sprawl Is Worse Than LA

To Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution, who will speak to a seminar on Smart Growth in Pittsburgh, the town is slowly sprawling out of control.

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June 10, 2001, 8:00 AM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

"If you regard sprawl not as congestion, but as [inefficient] use of land, Pittsburgh did not perform very well in the 1990's," Katz said. Pittsburgh, in fact, could be considered "one of the worst sprawling places in the country."

Thanks to Sheryl Stolzenberg

FULL STORY: Scholar Says Area Sprawl Worse than LA's

Monday, June 4, 2001 in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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