- I live in East Stroudsburg, PA, located in northeastern PA. The East Stroudsburg metropolitan area has 54316 people according to the 2010 US Census. Many locals work in New York City. East Stroudsburg is an automobile suburb. Even to go to the local grocery store we use car. Going to a neighbor’s house is just about the only thing we use walking for. On my street, urban density is low. In a 1000-foot portion of street there are only 7 houses. However we do have buses. There are bus lines that go to New York City. It is a popular recreational destination. Air quality is good.
- Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA: East Stroudsburg might consider adding sidewalks for walking and biking. It might also consider building houses close to bus lines to New York City.
- Detroit, MI: Crops could be grown on local farms and sold at a farmer’s market. This farmer’s market could be combined with other buildings to reduce environmental impact of buildings.
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Hi Yeeren,
My name is Tanya, and you can check out my blog entry here: http://geog030.dutton.psu.edu/2016/03/12/urban-planning-t-smith/
I assume there is a route from East Stroudsburg to NYC? You mention building houses closer to the bus lines might make an improvement. I wonder if they would either make a new bus station at the other end of the city and have a route from that station to the one with the NYC routes, or maybe add mores buses to the existing station to get more people there from a wider area. However, that would also a collective action problem, if everyone would find it useful.