Schools are a huge issue. Most people who live in cities and who love cities encounter big problems when it comes to schools. The issue between education and transportation is an issue of physical design. We can now use technology to show people how a streetscape can be transformed. In Hillsborough, New Jersey, which has a population of 30,000, they did an electronic street survey which allowed people to vote on what their streetscape would look like and how much they were prepared to pay.
People make very different decisions when they are looking at things at eye level.
This is an edited version of a speech given to the Cities For The New Economy Leadership Summit at the Marriott Hotel, Surfers Paradise, 23-24 April 2001 . Tell us in our forum . Back to the top Home Search Forum Feedback About us Links Privacy Policy . The opinions in On Line Opinion are those of the contributors and are not necessarily shared by the editor.