Here’s how researchers think the Washington-Baltimore region could look in 20 years
Curious about what the Washington-Baltimore region might look like in 20 years? Researchers at the University of Maryland say they’ve found a new way to predict how much traffic congestion will worsen, where people will live, and what they’ll pay for housing.
The future, they say, lies in how quickly — and how much — residents begin using autonomous vehicles, whether gas prices rise or fall, and where governments allow growth to occur. To see how those forces could play out, researchers at the university’s National Center For Smart Growth Research and Education used a new combination of integrated computer models to come up with four possible scenarios. [Read More]
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