Regional Issues

 

WITH SYNERGY INVOLVED, ALL ISSUES WILL BE COLLECTIVELY COVERED

Land use patterns in each region that require long job commutes and personal commutes, which results in an imbalance of services, jobs and housing.

Housing development  all over the region  encourages sprawl,  provides inadequate supply  and distribution of  affordable housing, infill housing  and rehabilitation of declining neighborhoods is discouraged.

Inner-city areas of the region  are declining areas  and discourage  economic development

Air and water pollution in each region are above acceptable levels.

 

 

Funding of freeway expansion and upgrades takes away from continuing maintenance of major streets and how effectively they’re used.

 

 

 

Mass transit systems (surface, rail, subway) within regions are not efficient and do not allow the system  to connect people  to important destinations either quickly or inexpensively.

 

School and educational systems do not equally serve the needs of all citizens.

Job-training programs within regions are not coordinated with demand nor job creation that is needed to ensure peoples livelihoods.

 

 
 
Many regional airport systems
are  out – of – scale,  congested
and not equally available to all.
 
 
 
 
 
Taxes collected by entities within regions are often inadequate to solve local problems or even available  to share with other regions  to achieve any kind of environmental justice.
 
 
Many  health  services  (clinics, hospitals, etc.)  are very localized and not associated with a larger coordinated regional system to achieve economies of scale or to provide specialized treatment.
 
 
 
Community budget needs within each region often exceed the available taxes and many services  are duplicated  resulting  in  waste and sometimes in corruption.