Even now, the effort to shift development from suburban to urban areas is facing strong head winds. Across California, local resistance and an existing state environmental law that prioritizes car travel over mass transit have frustrated attempts to plan and build housing that will help the state meet its climate goals. For that to happen, more people will have to live near where they work or shop, which means more housing in urban neighborhoods and other job centers. of Governments and California’s other regional governments to plan their residential growth to meet the climate goals. The city plan calls for greater density and transit improvements in existing urban neighborhoods with the hope that half of residents in those areas don’t drive to work.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 06, 2017 08:08 UTC