Taming the Northeast megalopolis
November 2, 2017
The Daily Record
by Joe Nathanson
Daily Record 2017 11-02 Taming the Northeast Megalopis
“In 1961, Jean Gottmann authored his book, “Megalopolis, The Urbanized Northeastern Seaboard of the United States.” He was describing the vast urbanized area stretching from the Boston suburbs extending into New Hampshire and south to D.C.’s outer reaches in northern Virginia. Today, this region encompasses 44 million people, representing about 16 percent of the total U.S. population.
In the more than half-century since Gottmann’s publication, many have thought about better ways to navigate this Boston-Washington corridor, as congested highways and airways pose ever increasing challenges…”