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Won’t You Be My Drinking Buddy Neighbor? |
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Written by Petra Spiess
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Sunday, 02 September 2007 |
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Page 3 of 3 Access to Public Transit The voters in the city of Denver, Colorado approved a sales tax increase in 2004 to support the construction of more than 100 miles of commuter train to connect the metro area and the nearby communities of Boulder, Louisville, and Longmont. Communities are springing up all along future proposed stops for this rail line, providing residents of these areas an opportunity to live in close walking distance to exceptional mass transit. These developments, often referred to as Transit Oriented Developments (TOD) are also popping up in different places across the nation such as Salt Lake City, Utah. The new urbanist community of Daybreak will have two light rail stops as part of a recently approved extension of a light rail system. These different neighborhood design features have one goal in common: to reduce the need for driving. Residents of these communities no longer need to spend significant amounts of time bargaining with their buddies on whose turn it is to be designated driver for the evening—everyone can join in the libations without fear, and if that isn’t progress, what is?
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