One possible explanation: there are no interchanges on Hwy 14 between McCoy Road and the outskirts of Oregon, so the freeway doesn't do much to make this land more accessible to development.
Also, there's land use policy to consider: the land to the east of the freeway is in the Town of Dunn, which regulates development very strictly. (The road itself goes through Fitchburg.) If a commuter rail line goes to Mazomanie, it will probably promote growth; but there's a chance that the growth would be relatively compact -- in around the villages of Mazomanie, Black Earth, and Cross Plains -- instead of random development scattered around the countryside. Commuter railroads and streetcar lines, before World War II, produced relatively reasonable development. It was after the war, when people started relying on the automobile for everything, that we started seeing uncontrolled sprawl. I don't think a commuter railroad would be the magic bullet that would stop sprawl in Dane County, but it might be a useful tool for fighting sprawl. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "bikies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [Bikies] North Beltline article in the WSJ > > Here's a quote from the article: > > > > consultant Mike Slavney: " if you do a freeway first, you're > > going to be sucking development into that area ahead of its time." > > > > This should be obvious to anyone. > > Does US 14 heading east and south of Madison stand to counter the > claim of obviousness? > > It certainly could be argued that Oregon would not be growing at > its current rate without it. However, there currently are no big > boxes and no sprawl reaching from Madison toward Oregon along > this freeway corridor. When was this freeway built and what are > the factors that are acting to inhibit sprawl along it? Is there > something to be learned here that might be applied to the NBL? > > If Oregon's growth is a direct result of this freeway, doesn't > one have to concede that increased growth in Mazomanie would be > the likely result of proposed commuter rail projects? > > -joe > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
