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In article <JYM.92Jun2213217@remarque.berkeley.edu>, jym@mica.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) writes:

> =x= Sprawl is an enormous topic, and one that might be better
> dealt with in the new alt.planning.urban newsgroup (or, at
> least, ought to be cross-posted to there).

I just read somewhere the other day (can't remember where, but if
someone were to ask me civilly I'd think about looking it up)
that the average distance that USAmericans live from their jobs
is about six miles.  This figure hasn't changed much in the last
thirty or so years.  The article also suggested that the average
amount of time hadn't changed much in the last <smaller number of
years that I can't remember>.  The jobs have followed the people
out into the suburbs, it seems.  Most of the commute then was
from suburb to urb.  Now it's more likely to be suburb to
different, or different part of, suburb.  This raises hell with
mass transit planning, since no great numbers all follow the same
path anymore.

All of which would seem to argue for a small-scale, flexible
commuter transportation system.  Maybe we should try individual
commuter units.  Maybe we could call them auto-mobiles, to
mean self-transport units.  You suppose anybody'd buy one?
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