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Road to the Future, The

• 1994 ----- color ----- 56 min ----- vhs
• Considers transportation alternatives exemplified by four metropolitan areas. In LA, we learn about the 1939 vision of the "World of Tomorrow" a sprawling urban metropolis linked by uninterrupted ribbons of super-highways, and the impact of this unfettered mobility. Chicago provides a model of an older American city that has made enormous investment in mass transportation. But traditional mass transit is not working well for the increasing number of people who no longer commute downtown, but travel from suburb to suburb. Tysons Corner is an auto-oriented suburb of Washington, DC and a good example of the challenges presented by the emerging "Edge City." Concludes with a look at Portland, Oregon, a place held up by urban planners as a model for the successful integration of transportation into the urban environment.
• Topics: (Cities and Towns, Civil Engineering, Transportation, Urban Planning/Restoration)

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