THE RURBAN FRINGE

Do Highway Bypasses Bring Benefits?

My community has gone through several agonizing months of presentations, consultations and the like in order to determine the best possible scenario for a proposed major highway realignment.  I won’t lie, it’s been heated at times, with residents arguing for - and against – the proposals.
But do highway bypasses really create unimaginable damage to communities?  Or are there [...]

Density is a Four Letter Word

After spending time in New York this past week, I couldn’t get over the population density of the city … over 1.6 million people live within the 60 square kilometres of Manhattan Island alone; it is the densest population centre in the United States.
I’m sure many New Yorkers wouldn’t have it any other way … [...]

Highways and Byways

Within our region, there are a few communities experiencing the impacts of highway bypass development.
Yet in many urban fringe and rurban areas, highway construction activities are important to communities both because of the investment they represent and the changes they trigger.  And while such activities often relieve traffic congestion, shorten travel times, and provide new [...]