The Megaregion Challenge
April 8, 2009
The Megaregion challenge TSU speaker urges creativity
By David Crossley
The Texas Triangle and the nation’s other megaregions will soon contain two-thirds of the population of the United States, according to Dr. Catherine Ross, speaking today at the 25th anniversary celebration of the transportation programs at Texas Southern University. Ross said that, without changes in thinking about development, the great challenges facing Texas and the nation by 2050 are a doubling of travel by car and bus, congestion of airports and air space, serious environmental concerns, and massive land consumption that could leave the megaregions as relatively continuous stretches of urbanization.
