While smart growth could be a potential solution to reducing timing of traffic, and helping prevent issues with the environment, there are still many flaws with this idea. To start with, traffic could actually become heavier, which means that more fuel in cars would be reduced. One could argue that a public transportation system could help reduce the amount of fuel used by people who try to get to their offices, but the amount of money put into a public transportation system may not entirly be inexpensive, even with more people surrounding the cities. The article that I read said, "Smart Growth threatens the American Dream." I found this very interesting because the American Dream is a very large concept, but to make a claim that it smart growth threatens it is a huge statement, whether I or anyone else agrees with it or not.
Wendell Cox. "Smart Growth Is a Threat to the American Dream." Current Controversies: Urban Sprawl. Ed. Debra A. Miller. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Deerfield High School. 11 Feb. 2010
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