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Mini review: Suburb, by Royce Hanson

January 17, 2018 By Michael Lewyn

Suburb: Planning Politics and the Public Interest is a scholarly book about planning politics in Montgomery County, a (mostly) affluent suburb of Washington, D.C.  The book contains chapters on redevelopment of inner ring, transit-friendly areas such as Friendship Heights and Silver Spring, but also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: infrastructure, Logistics & Transportation, Michael Lewyn, NIMBYism, planning, Transportation, zoning Tagged With: downzoning, level of service, Washington

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