The Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission have approved Plan Bay Area, a master plan for housing, transportation and land use in the San Francisco Bay Area through 2040. The goals of "smart growth" and "sustainable communities" sound noble, but the plan will disproportionately harm the region's poor and minorities. A lawsuit seeks to halt implementation.
It will deploy a transportation budget of $292 billion, but only 12 percent will fund new capacity. The plan will "stack and pack" people in "transit villages" along already overcrowded transit corridors. In this respect, Plan Bay Area is no different from other "sustainable communities" projects around the world.
Plan Bay Area: 'Smart growth' and 'sustainable communities' hurt the poor - San Jose Mercury News
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