Suburban street design has driven emissions since WWII, study suggests

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Jun 18, 2026, 5:40 pm297 ptsTop
Half of all Americans live in the suburbs. For decades, planners and policymakers have blamed suburban sprawl's environmental and social costs on one thing: distance. The farther people live from city centers, the more they drive, the more carbon they emit and the more disconnected they become from one another.…

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