Planners Reviews Options As Growth Clogs Roads

Traffic planners framing the debate over how Palm Beach County, FL, should respond to an estimated 36 percent population growth by 2025 sketch alternate scenarios for suburban commuters -- local roads swollen to highway proportions, or trains or

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July 17, 2001, 5:00 AM PDT

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

Palm Beach County's MPO planners have sketched two scenarios -- one relying on road building, the other imagining a much larger role for public transportation than now exists. The reality, which the MPO will discuss on July 19, will probably be a combination of the two. However the MPO slices it, engineers say the transportation pie won't be big enough to keep drivers from feeling the pressure of population growth.

Thanks to Sheryl Stolzenberg

FULL STORY: As Growth Clogs roads, Palm Beach planners puzzle over transportation system

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