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If
we conduct business as usual, by 2030 here is what is projected
to happen:*
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The region will lose 383 square miles of farmland
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Only 7.5 percent of housing units will be built within walking
distance of mass transit
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There will be a 75 percent increase in auto miles traveled
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Trip lengths to workplaces: Up 27 percent
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Use of transit for work trips: Down 17 percent
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Trip length to non-work places: Up 52 percent
*Preliminary estimates based
on Chicago Metropolis 2020
forecasts.
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