There's something deeply wrong with Tysons Corner. For starters, Virginia's bustling commercial district the 12th biggest employment center in the nation has more parking spaces than jobs or residents. What was a quaint intersection of two country roads 50 years ago is now a two-tiered interchange with 10 lanes of traffic-choked hell; try to cross it on foot, and you're taking your life into your hands. Located about 14 miles west of downtown Washington, the nearly 1,700-acre area is home to fortresses of unfriendly buildings surrounded by oceans of parking lots, as well as single-story car dealerships, strip malls,...
A (Radical) Way to Fix Suburban Sprawl
The traffic-jammed town surrounding one of America's biggest malls is being turned into a pedestrian-friendly community. Is this the city of the future?
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