AMERICA 2050 (Part of Agenda 21) ONE WORLD ONE VISION 2050
Many reports on the Regional Plan Association website of their vision for America 2050.
See link here rpa.org/work/reports?series=america-2050
“We cannot leap into world government in one quick step … The precondition for eventual globalization – genuine globalization – is progressive regionalization. Because thereby we move toward larger, more stable, more cooperative units.” Zbigniew Brzezinski , former US National Security Adviser (1977-1981) 1995
Map of the Mega-Regions for America 2050. Please note that portions overlap with Canada (Cascadia) and Mexico (So. California).
For a more detailed perspective, see links here:
www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/publications/megaregions_report_2012/megaregions2012.pdf;
also www.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/rpa-org/pdfs/2050-Paper-Defining-US-Megaregions.pdf;
see also www.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/rpa-org/pdfs/2050-An-Infrastructure-Vision-for-the-21st-Century.pdf
HIGH SPEED RAIL AMERICA 2050
“The United States has embarked on a program of building high-speed rail corridors in the nation’s most urbanized corridors and regions.” From the High Speed Rail in America Report, see link here :
www.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/rpa-org/pdfs/2050-High-Speed-Rail-in-America.pdf
Photos of Smart Growth
Retail space on bottom floor with stack-and-pack apartments above. Mixed use.
Plannedopolis:
Forum for the Future’s Megacities on the Move:
https://www.forumforthefuture.org/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=90b7e1fd-10f8-4caa-b02e-f6fa9e60efe8