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One of the things I noticed in the Paris suburbs is that the first development around the suburban railway stations was independent houses sprawl at the beginning of the century ; and the more dense neighbourhoods, that were built later where Paris itself had filled up, were built farther from the railway stations - very inefficient...

Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 at 09:49:32 AM EST

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Yes, if the above is required as a string attached for Federal funding, it steps around that problem by automatically laying the growth path where infill development can occur on a lot by lot basis around the transport corridor stop.

Utsukushii kereba sore de ii

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 at 10:43:17 AM EST
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