Counterpoint: Accessibility and Sprawl

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Authors:  Randall Crane

Date: July 1, 2008

Project: Counterpoint: Accessibility and Sprawl

Randall Crane’s essay provides a counterpoint to Robert Bruegmann’s perspective on  accessibility and sprawl in this journal volume. Bruegmann’s recent work  on the history of urban form situates contemporary discussions of  sprawl in a well-researched historical context; however, this essay  takes a different perspective on several key points in Bruegmann’s  analysis, particularly in relation to cost-benefit analysis for  transportation-disadvantaged populations.