I believe a more effective place to assign the *real* costs of fuel is in the building of the highways that made the sprawlburbs possible. It is a well established fact that building transportation infrastructure will induce demand because THE MARKET takes advantage of the infrastructure.
Build commuter rail and THE MARKET will respond with high density housing and mixed-use development along the rail line that give people a range of transportation choices. Build wide roads with high (60+mph) speed limits and THE MARKET will respond by creating single-use development 25 miles away from major shopping/employment centers that leave people no option but to drive everywhere. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If we had taken this perspective 20 years, and included the *real* cost of fuel (pollution, global warming, deaths on the road....) in the housing market, we wouldn't have so many sprawlburbs today. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
