Wendell Cox It is hard to imagine anything more wrongheaded than to connect increasing levels of traffic congestion with urban sprawl. But this is a conclusion of a recent Smart Growth Coalition for Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky report. But anyone who has ever driven in crowded European or Asian cities knows better.
Development is forced into areas designated by government for growth.
Far higher levels of transit service are provided, and densities are greater. It is much worse than in the United States. The average large European urban area has a density of traffic greater than that of America's most congested urban area, Los Angeles. And they don't have the road systems to deal with it. The same thing is true in the United States.