PROGRAMMING AREAS
Balanced Use of Natural Resources
The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
The Pennsylvania State University
7 Armsby Building, University Park PA 16802-5602
814/863-4656(phone); 814/863-0586(fax)
Please send questions and comments to:
nercrd@psu.edu
Land Use in the Northeast US:
Ten Things Members of Every Rural
Community Need to Know About Land Use...
Once traffic gridlock occurs in a community, it is almost always too late to do anything about it (The Brookings Institution). Traffic congestion tends to sneak up on communities gradually, and building new roads is often only a temporary solution to congestion. The costs associated with congestion in major cities are increasing around the nation (Texas Transportation Institute, using NHA data).
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