How the Accommodations We Make for Cars Impose Huge Costs on Cities

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By Angie SchmittNov 4, 2016, 11:46 am120 pts
Drive-thrus and parking lots are bad news for a city’s tax base. Image via Streets.mn Wide highways, big parking lots, dangerous intersections designed for speed — there are a lot of downsides to all this car-centric infrastructure, including the way it saps the fiscal health of cities. Bill Lindeke at…

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