Getting There No Longer Just About Highways and Cars

Regional economic transition invites new reckoning with transit.

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November 16, 2005, 8:00 AM PST

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

The great road and highway-building era ended with the 20th century. Five years into the 21st, southeast Michigan's road builders confront a uniquely messy new challenge: Cracked and congested highways and not nearly enough money to either repair or widen them. Gradually public transit alternatives are gaining prominence in the region that helped invent sprawl.

Thanks to Keith Schneider

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