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Sustainable Missoula: Transit key to city’s balanced future

Sustainability may be an easy word to say, but it’s a complex concept in both thought and practice. Perhaps hundreds of different definitions are given, and common themes include endurance, diversity, resilience and long-term well being.

Most people don’t think of urban areas as ecosystems, governed by principles of sustainability, but in many ways, cities function according to the same rules as the natural environment.

Carrying capacity describes the ability of a given ecosystem to support a population of organisms, and our ability to move through a city is no different. The intricate relationship between land use and transportation is a primary example of the principles of sustainability in action in the urban sphere.

Renowned national transit expert Jarrett Walker recently wrote a piece titled "The Dangers of Elite Projection" on his Human Transit blog:

By Bill Pfeiffer

Sustainable Missoula: Transit key to city’s balanced future

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